#replies: jian

[randomprose]

It started out as allergies. At least that’s what He Tian said when he couldn’t stop sneezing.

When he started sniffling the next day when he went to pick up Guan Shan from work, Guan Shan told him to take some cold medicine, but He Tian just said, “Only idiots catch colds.”

To which Guan Shan replied, “All the more reason for you to take them then.”

Then He Tian started coughing at dinner and Guan Shan had yelled at him to take a flu tablet and go to bed.

“You’re sick, dick head.”

“In more ways than one, baby~” He Tian teases, but the leery effect he wanted to get going was undermined by his stuffy nose and the resounding sneeze that followed. “Fucking allergy season.”

“Disgusting,” Guan Shan sneers with an arm over his face as he hands him a tissue. “And quit calling it an allergy. You never get them even at the height of spring, dickhead.”

“Fucking Beijing pollution then.”

“You were born in Beijing. Pollution is practically your oxygen.” He Tian lets out another sneeze that has Guan Shan mentally cataloguing the medicine cabinet and making a list of what to get from the pharmacy in his head. “You’ve got the flu.”

“Shut the fuck up,” He Tian sniffs and tries to tamper down a cough against his elbow as he reviews the dossier his brother sent him. “I never get sick.”

Annoyed at his stubbornness, Guan Shan decides he wouldn’t be hanging around until He Tian gets his head out of his ass and gets better.

That was over two days ago. Guan Shan gets a text from Jian Yi who heard from Brother Qiu that He Tian looked like death warmed over at the last meeting.

Stubborn fuck.

Guan Shan comes over that night and sees for himself. He Tian greets him at the threshold panting and heavily leaning on the door frame as if the walk there was a trek instead of just a couple of strides. He’s sweating and his eyes are sunken and red rimmed with dark bags underneath. 

Yep. Death warmed over was accurate alright.

“Told you ‘m not sick.”

Guan Shan doesn’t say anything, doesn’t comment that he sounds like his sinuses are gonna explode, and doesn’t rise to any of He Tian’s baiting. He just makes a beeline for the kitchen to cook beef stew, watches as He Tian struggles to eat without an appetite, and nods in satisfaction when he eventually finishes a bowl. 

(The day He Tian refuses Guan Shan’s cooking will be his last. Even with taste buds shot to hell and a stomach that can barely stand water, he’ll always want Guan Shan’s food.)

He Tian staggers away from the kitchen on to his bed and Guan Shan only has to count to three before he's taking a nose dive straight to his mattress. He smirks from where he’s looking at He Tian’s knocked out state thinking maybe he might’ve put a little too much pseudoephedrine on his stew but not entirely regretting it.

Guan Shan moves to arrange He Tian under the sheets and in a more comfortable sleeping position. Then he goes to wet a towel in cold water to wipe He Tian's fever-warm face and arms before rubbing Vicks on his chest to help his congested sinuses. He cleans the kitchen and apartment a little thinking if maybe he should stay before deciding He Tian will be fine for the night and going home.

He comes back to check up on him the next day after his shift is over. When no one answers, Guan Shan lets himself in and sees that the place is as he left it last night. He Tian is still knocked out cold in his bed.

Guan Shan peers at He Tian and sticks a hand on his forehead. He’s still a bit warm to the touch and a little pale but it seems like he’s sweated off most of his fever at least. After filling a basin with water to wipe down He Tian’s fever sweat, Guan Shan goes to undresses him, taking off his soaked shirt and only hesitating for a second about his pants before thinking ‘Might as well’, and wipes him down with the cold towel until his hand doesn’t feel like it’s touching a furnace whenever he lays it on He Tian’s skin. Then he dressed him up with matching button up pajama top and bottoms before slapping on a fever patch on his forehead and tucking him back to bed.

All of that and He Tian didn’t even so much as make a sound. Guan Shan is starting to admit to himself that maybe he did use a little too much pseudoephedrine on the stew. Belatedly, he thinks if it was a good idea to mix in flu medicine in it as well.

“Ah, fuck it.” He shrugs as he sprays some disinfectant on his hands (better safe than sorry; he can’t risk getting He Tian’s germs and miss a day of work). What’s done is done. At least it worked to get his fever down. He doesn’t seem to be having any more troubles with his sinuses either. “He’ll thank me later.”

He Tian won’t, probably. Instead, he’ll probably leer at Guan Shan as per usual and make quips about him taking advantage of him while he’s in a “vulnerable” state—in quotation marks because He Tian is never really vulnerable in whatever state he is, in Guan Shan’s opinion. Fucking menace. 

He Tian’s phone vibrates on his night stand and Guan Shan peers to see He Cheng’s name on the caller ID.

It’s probably important but like hell he’ll answer He Cheng’s call.

Guang Shan nearly spills his basin of water when his phone vibrates with a call and he sees He Cheng’s name on the caller ID.

Holy fucking shit.

Out of sheer terror in knowing that not answering is the worse option, Guan Shan puts the basin in the sink and slides his thumb over the screen to pick up the call. 

“Hello—”

"You roofied my brother," came He Cheng’s low flat baritone.

Fuck! They must’ve come in after he left last night or something!

"What—I—” His eyes travels to the kitchen counter and sees the bottle of flu medicine already opened which confirms it. “Well...h-he wouldn't rest otherwise!” 

Guan Shan decides to get into defensive mode. What’s He Cheng gonna do? Have him beat up for basically taking care of his stupid brother? 

“He was gonna get himself killed walking all sick and shit! Hell! He was gonna get people killed by infecting them with his germs! He—”

There's low laughter on the other end of the line but it wasn't from He Cheng.

"He drugged your brother. Oh, man. This kid really has guts." Brother Qiu? "Your brother's gonna kill him."

Fuck. He's right. And the realization that he just drugged a mobster boss’s brother is starting to sink into Guan Shan fast.

"Listen, I—”

"Thank you for taking care of He Tian, Mo Guan Shan. Rest assured you will be compensated."

"Erm—That's really not necessa—"

The line was already dead.

Well. At least he knows he’s not gonna get dragged by He Cheng’s goons to get beat up on a remote warehouse somewhere.

He Tian wakes up just as the sun sets. Guan Shan is watching some re-run of a movie in the living room when He Tian stalks over with a dark look on his face.

"You drugged me." He Tian says, voice flat and inflectionless just stating facts. “You drugged me.”

"I—" Guan Shan sits up from his slump on the couch upon seeing thunder on He Tian’s face. “Look! I was just—”

"You fucking roofied me."

"It wasn't roofy, you di—!"

"Jesus, Guan Shan. You put in enough drugs to knock out an elephant. What was it? NyQuill?"

“It’s just some generic shit from the corner pharmacy.” As if Guan Shan has the money to spend on branded shit. “Had to crush and put in some flu tablets as well. You wouldn’t have taken them otherwise.”

“Fucking hell.” He Tian sighs, putting a hand to his face and sounding like he doesn’t know whether to laugh or be annoyed. "You know, you don't have to date-rape drug me to get your way with me, right?”

"Chicken dick! That is not what—"

"But thanks."

He Tian plops on the couch over him, burying his face in Guan Shan’s chest. Guan Shan only puts up a token protest at the sudden weight before sighing and sinking back in the cushions with He Tian’s still warmer than normal body on top of him. He shifts to re-arrange them so they're both comfortable and not half hanging off the couch. He Tian grunts at being jostled and Guang Shan's hand instinctivley comes up to stroke at his hair to soothe.

"We're gonna have to fumigate your bed at this point,” he comments idly. He Tian had let his germs and sick fester and it would've probably mutated into some new strand of disease if Guan Shan hadn't done what he did. "Fucking hell, Tian."

"Burn it, shred it, toss the whole damn thing out, I don't care." He Tian wounds his arms around Guan Shan’s waist, nuzzling his face needily on his chest. "I've got myself the best bed here anyway."

"Don't treat me like a mattress and don't fucking get your snot on me or I swear to god." 

A half-hearted threat that He Tian knows Guan Shan would not go through if only because he doesn't push him away and the hand stroking his hair hasn't stopped. 

“Can you eat? You haven’t had anything all day and you need something in you before drinking the meds again.”

“Mm. Later.”

“Okay.”

Guan Shan drapes the throw-over blanket they keep on the couch over them, making sure He Tian is covered up to his shoulders. He puts a palm on He Tian’s forehead and neck to check for his temperature and sighs in relief when he deems it's gone down enough that he can just sleep it off. 

He Tian falls asleep to the low sound of the TV, the steady staccato beats of Guan Shan's heart, long fingers making soothing motions through his scalp, warm and safe, and already knowing he'll wake up feeling better.

#19 days #tianshan #he tian #mo guan shan #sick fic #idk man established tianshan is just he tian being a baby with momo #also i love momo being babied and pampered #but i also just think gremlin baby he tian deserves that too #writing

[sgdlr-asdfghjkl]

Link Click Musical update 153

(Qiang Dongyue's birthday and Cai Qi's concert tangent)

Covering these (crossed out one done in update 152) 🌟

As always, check Encore Musical's weibo for Qiang Dongyue's birthday clip, she does a lil dance 🥳

Links to videos in replies: Cai Qi's performance of 'What Time Taught Me' (时光教会我的).

March 30th, noon: Ding Xingchen, Wu Yihan, Cai Lu

They are so criminally underrated that I only found 2 clips and a few photos from a Cai Lu's fan from this day 😔

Thankfully, lots of cute Ding Xingchen stage door photos 😊 Good to see him back in a good health :>

March 31st, noon: Cai Qi, Wang Minhui, Qian Anqi

On the occasion of cq&wmh lineup I'd like to do a tangent about Cai Qi's personal concert event 'Another me in the world' on March 29th.

As for Link Click references, Cai Qi sings 'What Time Taught Me', a song from lc s1 (⬆in the outfit above, yes) 🌟

Guest actors, Cai Qi's friends, were promoting plays they performed in together with cq (忘忧世界/Forgotten World, 遗愿清单/Bucket List, 杨戬/Yang Jian). There are Zhang Zhihan (he did 'Dive Back in time' song and tuttng cover!) and Shen Shuai (androgynous dance king) from Forgotten World (I love this play, ok?), Wang Minhui from like 10+ plays he did together with Cai Qi etc. And they performed separately or in a group as Cai Qi's 'clones' (he calls them that).

I'm explaining this very poorly, so listen, here's the concert's tag #蔡淇平行世界个人音乐会# ​​​search it on weibo for videos (wmh or cq tags will do too). They do a mf kpop dance break and Wang Minhui looks like a million dollars 100% of the time.

Also wmh at some point nags cq '[...] you will have to act with me the day after tomorrow.' (referencing lc musical).

Thanks @/bhd322418 on twt for telling me more about the concert 💖 tangent over ✨

When it comes to the actual lc stage, the actors' tags were flooded by concert stuff >< but I believe they had good old fun pinching each other and butchering rock paper scissors 😌

March 31st, night: Bai Zhuoming, Wu Yihan, Qian Dongyue

It was time for Qiang Dongyue's birthday celebration 🎉If you don't remember, that's her :>

I still have more Bai Zhuoming's photos I wanna share, but I have to save them for later :<

Bye bye <3

#link click #link click musical #shiguang dailiren #lu guang #cheng xiaoshi #qiao ling #ding xingchen #wu yihan #cai qi #wang minhui #bai zhuoming #qian dongyue #cai lu #source: weibo

[cerastes]

The love they poured into Jiang Hu and Dusk’s animation, good lord.

What Dusk wields is a Jian, a particularly oversized one, in fact, in the style of a Han Dynasty-era design.

The Sui saga pays a lot of homage to Wuxia films and stories. The Jian, among classic Chinese weaponry, is considered “The Gentleman of Weapons”, and is usually the weapon of choice among many weapon-wielding Wuxia protagonists as it allows for sharp cuts, efficient thrusts, strong deflections, and elegant motions. What makes this straight sword effective at deflections is the fact that China, with its big territory and borders, had access to good quality iron ore (mostly through import or acquisition, their own reserves were not high quality), and thus was able to forge weaponry that was sturdy and durable without sacrificing flexibility, an incredibly important and often overlooked aspect of weaponry. 

Another staple in Wuxia is calligraphy and swordsmanship being intimately tied, as precision, focus, and your ‘tool’ being an extension of your body was fundamental. A brush or a sword couldn’t be a tool, it had to be a part of you, before you could call yourself a true calligrapher or a swordsman. “Hero” (2002) and “Crouching Tiger,  Hidden Dragon” (2000) both have iconic calligraphy-into-swordsmanship scenes, and the calligraphers in both of these settings are also the best swordmasters. I am deliberately using these two examples as some of the better known Wuxia in the West, if you look into more Wuxia, you’ll find this is a very common trope. Another trope is the calligrapher being coy or deflective about his or her skill with the sword, a trait that Dusk also embodies:

If asked about it, Dusk essentially replies “Brush and sword, at the lowest level, open the world’s truths to the wielder, and at the highest level, allow the wielder shape the world and its truths. Am I kidding or am I being serious? Don’t worry about it”. Fitting, given Dusk’s powers that allow her to create pocket dimensions and imbue life into her art, without getting into being able to draw the innermost emotions from within others to create worlds, dreams, and nightmares with these, in the same vein calligraphy invites deep, reflective thought in those who can grasp its essence and beauty. It’s the deflection one would expect from a calligrapher and swordmaster that prefers to splash ink instead of spilling blood. The hermit calligrapher swordmaster is, indeed, a beloved trope in Wuxia.

But in Jiang Hu, it seems Nian has somehow convinced Dusk to do something she doesn’t even do in her capacity of an Operator: Go wild with her sword for a bit. And the animators knew what they had to do.

A Jian is meant to bend:

During Dusk’s demonstration with the sword, if we pay attention, we can see that her blade bends beautifully with some of her more forceful motions. Some of these are merely motions added to the sword for the sake of dynamism -- a technique to better show motion in animation -- but those are exclusive to edgewise bends, akin to smear frames. Note above how the blade bends flatwise. This is deliberate, to mimic how a Jian looks like in reality, a beautifully inspired touch! It happens on certain frames when Dusk can’t deflect and is forced to block:

And this is what the blade ought to do! This is how one animates a good Jian! It’s a flexible, strong sword! (of course, if you can help it, you don’t block with a sword, you deflect!)

The presence of mind, precision and focus of the calligrapher and swordmaster, as stated, is important in Wuxia, as the true master can tear and sever when they have no other choice, but likewise, the true master must have completely control, as to not give in to the thirst of the unsheathed blade. A beginner can cut with a blade, a master can not cut with a blade. A bit esoteric, if you’re not familiar with the philosophy, but allow Dusk to demonstrate this control:

Those swings are not wild, they are motions full of intent, deliberate and meaningful, and the Jian in the hands of a master is often compared to the wind, and the reason it is considered the Gentleman of Weapons: It must simultaneously be a strong gale that severs, and a gentle breeze that doesn’t harm the world around it, outside of the enemy, not even a simple leaf.

As for the sparring session with her ink clone, it reflects Dusk’s passive nature, as the clone is the attacker for the most part, with Dusk preferring to deflect, dodge, and only occasionally counterstrike. Funnily enough, much like Nian, it seems one of Dusk’s techniques when she actually has to fight seriously is to manifest multiple massive weapons to attack. Perhaps it is because it resembles Nian’s powers to some degree that Dusk prefers not to do this. Just her clone is able to launch multiple greatswords and spears like it’s nothing. Sometimes a nightmare real is not enough and you have to cut someone open, it seems. All in high heels, because you gotta flex a little, you know?

The attention to detail and motion that they put into these animations shows the deep love Hypergryph has already shown for good choreography and Wuxia before in Who Is Real? and Invitation To Wine, and they even tell us a bit more about Dusk, to boot. You can check this gorgeous animation here, starting at 10:52.

But it does make you wonder how the conversation between the sisters went in order to get Dusk to participate in Nian’s movie. 

“I want you to help me in my movie!”  “No way. Your movies as garbage.”  “But little Dusk’s sick sword skills are the Formula X that will make it work, no one else will do...” *very covertly blushing* “Well, I guess I can at least read your script.”

#arknights #dusk #ambient synesthesia

[accio-victuuri]

SBMS Clowning Series ☀️ v.3

i wasn’t expecting to post this so soon from the last but here we are….

this is mainly to clown about the fact that shengyang’s scene where he says jian bing is his charger essentially was his own improvisation. we already talked about this before but thought it’s part of the script. it’s so funny how we cpn certain things because of rumors and then what we speculate is actually true. whether it’s indeed connected to yibo or not, what’s true if that xz has that thought in real life.

the person he loves is his charger. he can hug them and hold their hand and he will have the energy again. 🤍 he added that it’s when to people are busy with their work so when they see each other, they will recharge 👀

if you’re wondering, this what was mentioned in the fake rumors before:

A. When two people meet again after being apart for a while,When the time comes, the younger one will hug the older one, and the younger one will hug the older one. For a long time, the older one asked him what (?). Younger one said it was “charging”.

B. I'm not in a very high mood today at noon. I'm just too tired. I sent a lot of voice messages, but Xiao Laoshi seemed to be filming and didn’t reply. Wang laoshi sighed.

Teacher Wang’s power bank has arrived. ( the power bank in this case, we speculate is XZ who finally answered his call lol )

XZ: Did Xiao Baili eat anything?

WYB: You don’t care whether he eats or not

C. An incident where WYB walked over to XZ and said he was out of battery, and XZ just holds out his hand. WYB gets flustered.

• Another addition to the XZS and YBO similarity. The percentage thing. So yeah. It’s my favorite thing, collecting all the times they used the same idea in their posts.

• What’s him and being a rapper? LOL. influenced by his husband?

I miss WYB rapping. I wish his single this year will have a rap part please. 🙏🏼

• In the recent episode of SBMS, shengyang was pitching an idea to jian bing for one of the ads. So it’s about recycling & waste management, his idea was doing it in the perspective of the garbage. something like “personification”. What a coincidence that in One and Only, Chen Shuo was doing the same thing. Although his was promoting the garbage can. This connection is so funny!

and the fact that this happened in Happy Camp. Lol. Their garbage classification song 😂😂😂

• Shengyang’s house number is 28, and the one in front of them is 23. Lol. The numbers!

-END.

#yizhan #bjyx #there is no science here i’m just clowning like i always do

[nowwaitaminute]

I hope when He Tian leaves we get to see parts of him missing the boys. When Mo didn’t talk to He Tian for one whole day He Tian went crazy. I’d love to see him message Mo like his whole world is going to come crashing down if he doesn’t get a reply in 1 second.

Also I’m so excited for more Jian Yi and Zhan content so that’s going to be nice to focus on.

#he tian #mo guan shan #jian yi #19 days #old xian #tianshan #zhan xixi #clingy boyfriend

[outofthemouthsof]

15-Day BL Challenge in 1 Night!

I'm more of a lurker than a poster but Tumblr's my fave place to wallow in BLness. My 2nd favorite place is the spreadsheet where I track the shows I've watched (172 completed in just over a year), so @negrowhat 's challenge was irresistible. I'm gonna cram my answers in one post. Here goes!

Fave OG Actor Pairing: Some of the ones I think of as OG are only like 4 years old, so this was tough. And the 18 shows that have gotten my top score aren't very old. But I went through those 18 and picked the oldest, and it was the 2018 Korean microfilm Some More. Because it's so short it's super rewatchable, but even if I wasn't able to watch the whole thing a half dozen times (which I have), I'd still have gone back & watched the sweet moments and sex scene about 25 times (which I have). So I guess my fave OG actor pairing is Park Chan Ung and Kim Joon Bum! How they got me so deeply invested in their love in mere minutes is beyond me, but they did!

Fave Rookie Actor Pairing: Does Japan do the CP thing that Thailand does? I don't think so, but one couple I wish had about a dozen more BL series together lined up are Kouhei Higuchi and Atsuki Mashiko of My Personal Weatherman! Their chemistry was visceral and they're too pretty to be believed.

Side Dish That Should've Been the Main Course: While I enjoyed the main pairing a lot, they were nothing compared to the crazy rollercoaster side plot (how'd it go from so funny to SO dark to so sexy to so sweet and wholesome like that??) of Vegas/Pete from KinnPorsche!

Fave Ship Dynamic: Obvs from answers 2 & 3 I am not against D/s ships at ALL. Also a sucker for tough-but-submissive-bodyguard with mafia-brat-prince. Honestly I like tons of different dynamics from innocent to toxic, but one that gives me major butterflies is a guy who thinks he's straight but when confronted with the idea of liking another guy, doesn't have a macho freakout or run away, just kind of straightforwardly & sincerely searches his feelings until he figures it out. And then takes care of his baby. Why's that so HOT and sweet? Some of my fave examples: Pete/Ae in Love By Chance, Le Jian/Amber from DNA Says Love You, and Ida/Aoki from My Love Mix-Up!

Biggest Flop: This is expectations vs. execution, right? There's loads of shows I've abandoned, some I've stuck with for no good reason, etc., that are way worse than what I consider my personal biggest let-down. I was so enamored of Perth from LBC that I assumed he could do no wrong, and the bully-to-lover, rich/poor pairings often do it for me. So I guess I just assumed Dangerous Romance would be amazing, and it was REALLY good for a couple episodes. It wasn't the worst thing I ever saw, but so much of it just ... felt ... flat. Very surprising.

Fave Line From Your Fave Series: Well I know my fave series--Cherry Magic Thailand was the most perfect, entrancing, heartwarming series EVER, OMG, it was staggeringly good and stuck the landing in a way few shows have managed. I can't really think of one standout line--the script was so on point & there were HUNDREDS of sweet tingly moments. There were some epic ones in ep11 tho: When Achi says "The voice inside your head is so loud" and Karan (the boldest he's ever been) replies "Don't worry; soon you won't be able to read my mind anymore." (But then clearly uses that power one more time to gain the sweetest nonverbal consent EVER.) Then, Karan: "Do you regret losing your power?" Achi: "I'd regret not loving you." (OMG how I squealed.)

Fave Villain: This was so tough. An over-the-top villain I loved to hate (and an actor I loved from his sweetie-pie green-flag role in SCOY) was obvs Heng Asavarid as Chalothon in The Sign. But an actor who was so excellent at being loathsome and malicious toward the main couple, with just enough of a redemption arc that I didn't totally despise the character by the end (but did hate most of the way through): Park Hae In as Eun Ji (Jae Won's ex) in The Eighth Sense. It was a typical "faen fatale" role but so well done. So a tie between 2 totally different takes on the destructive ex.

The Trope You Hate Except When It's "This Series": OK, "hate" is a strong word for how I feel about the drop-of-rain-makes-you-ill so love-interest-takes-care-of-you trope. It's OK. But holy SHIT is it overused. Holy shit. I sigh resignedly when I realize we're going there. EXCEPT. When P'Phayu goes to visit Rain in Love in the Air when he's sick, and his version of caregiving? Forcibly applying medicine in the form of a rectal suppository. It is so funny, weirdly sexy, very in line with their dynamic (doesn't get in the way of their romance moments later at all), & it shoves a big middle finger up the overoveroverused sick-bed trope.

Most Visually Pleasing Love Scene: Okay, THE scene in The Sign is the clear winner in my & many people's books. But there are so many runners-up: the post-race one in Love in the Air. Just about every one in Pit Babe (both couples) & My Personal Weatherman. (A lot of other faves don't quite qualify as visually or emotionally pleasing--lustfully pleasing should be a 3rd category in this challenge!)

Most Emotionally Pleasing Love Scene: Again, I have a clear winner: Cherry Magic Thailand. So full of emotion, so well deserved, so everything. Sigh. But lots of runners-up: same scene in The Sign, both kissing scenes in DNA Says Love You (tame but soo emotionally satisfying), Ray & Sand's camper reunion in Only Friends, the post-prison love scenes for both couples in Kiseki: Dear to Me, the 1st time in I Feel You Linger in the Air ...

Breakup That Should've Stayed Broken Up: Maybe it's because I try to be choosy in what I watch all the way thru or maybe I'm a big softy who tends to root for every couple no matter how lame. In all my completed shows, I could only think of 2 breakups where I wasn't at all invested in them getting back together (and maybe against it): Tian/Poon, What Zabb Man and Top/Mew, Only Friends.

Wedding You Wish You Had an Invite To: If we're talking weddings that actually appeared in the show, Achi and Karan's in Cherry Magic Thailand, obvs! If it's hypothetical weddings, I'd be desperate to go to one of ANY of the characters in Playboyy! I'd wear a bulletproof vest & bring my own flask of booze, but it would be the trashy chaos-filled social event of a lifetime.

Give 5 Good Boys a Gold Star: Just 5? OK, some I haven't mentioned yet. 1. Shin Woo, Light on Me, 2. Palm, Never Let Me Go, 3. Mohk, Last Twilight, 4. Thun, He's Coming to Me, 5. Neua, Secret Crush on You. Best boys!

The Top 5 Most Sad Boys: I'll limit it to ones where the suffering was kinda pretty, not just painful. 1. Way, Pit Babe, 2. Akk, The Eclipse, 3. Kaipa/Gaipa, Moonlight Chicken, 4. Hae Bom, Cherry Blossoms After Winter, 5. Kiyoi, My Beautiful Man

Bestest Besties: Just one? Gah! Fine, Pearl & Gavreel in Gameboys. She got those boys together in quarantine!

#BLChallenge2k24 #cherry magic thailand #gameboys #until we meet again #secret crush on you #light on me #he's coming to me #pit babe #the eclipse #my beautiful man #cherry blossoms after winter #playboyy the series #love by chance #strongberry #the sign the series #only friends the series #the eighth sense #dna says love you #my personal weatherman #my love mix up #love in the air #kiseki dear to me

[myunghology]

hi jian,i hope you're doing well these days♡´･ᴗ･`♡!i've seen your post reharding about your inbox being opened,so i'll give it a try!can i request a scaramouche/wanderer and albedo hc with their s/o,g/n reader,who turned into a cat and how would they react?👀iyw to add more,you can add some domestic stuff.Its okay of this request is too much,you can ignore it!

ʚ scaramouche and albedo with an s/o who turned into a cat, + domestic headcanons ɞ

— ✦ gender neutral reader, headcanons, pure fluff! [ a/n : I think I'm in my Sabrina carpenter phase ]

ʚ SCARAMOUCHE ɞ

didn't realize it was you when he visited. tried calling you and said "what's this cat doing here?" but then you don't reply. are you not there? he looks around the living room and sits beside you and pets you.

but in his pov, he was wondering why you weren't there. so he tries asking the cat (he's a lil silly okay) and then you try to convince him that the cat is you. obviously doesn't believe you

and then, you finally convinced him.

he's mad. but not that mad. who would do this to you? or did you do it yourself?

you totally did it yourself.

"are you stupid" - scaramouche

asks if you can turn back into a human. "meow meow meow raaaaaaaaa hiss hiss" translation = "IF I COULD I'D BE A HUMAN RIGHT NOW"

"dang okay"

tries buying cat toys to tease you. and you just sit there with a :// sick and tired of his bs.

bought more like stole something to make you turn back into a human. but of course, things don't always go that well.

you basically turn into a cat for the rest of your life, but you can turn back into a human anytime. and to be honest? it's not bad.

you have sat on this man's lap multiple times, human or not, he finds it comforting

STAWWPPP im literally thinking of scaramouche with a s/o who turns into a cat when they're flustered

you definitely sit on his shoulder when he's working in your cat form

ONLY. LET'S YOU EAT IN YOUR HUMAN FORM. HE ISN'T FEEDING YOU CAT FOOD.

I'm gonna tell you. Living with him is a nightmare. No it's not those type of aesthetic couples let's be fr... You two literally have fights every hour. Playfully of course

"scara what do you use for your eyeshadow?"

"my aunts ashes"

"scara smile for me"

*smiles*

"ugly"

"fuck you"

MALE WIFE SCARA OMG

definitely knows how to cook.

also, definitely late night walks / dates.

buying lots of random shit in 7/11 is considered a date. to him at least. or mall dates!

SOMETHING LIKE THIS

+ taking baths together... not sexually omg

washing each other's backs and hair :), you accidentally got soap in his eyes and he hissed so badly HAHAHAH

"OH SHIT SORRY"

"(#(#(#(! #? @) @? @?? #(#() 1#(#("

oh btw he definitely does skincare. forces you to do it with him.

random goofy ass selfies in the mirror wearing face masks with scara >>>>

ʚ ALBEDO ɞ

he was definitely the one who turned you into a cat let's be honest

he. he doesn't really have that much of a reaction.

but he tortures you 'trying' to find a cure and says 'it's hard' BUT IT ISN'T. HE JUST LIKES TEASING YOU AND LIKES SEEING YOU AS A CAT

doesn't turn you back until he's satisfied. sorry.

you knock down some of his materials to annoy him LMAO, acts like he doesn't care but inside he's like "dyk how much I spent on that"

your paws on top of his hair gripping on to it forcing him to turn you back into a human.

eventually, he did.

but he was missing one material,, and apparently you can't get it anymore.

insert incoherent cat noises

and finally, you did turn back.

you'll still turn into a cat from time to time though.

he sends you to places when you're in your cat form because he thinks it's probably faster to get materials that way.

i don't think he's wrong though..

living with albedo... eh..

he's rarely home. most of the time he's in the lab— that's acceptable.

and half of the time he's taking care of klee.

but he all makes up for it, he can't leave you hanging just like that of course.

it's good that he gets home early, you two spend the rest of the day painting together, or either just doing random things together. also— when klee is there, is definitely more fun.

baking with them, coloring, playing hide and seek, making random potions!

“albedo do you know how to make slime” — klee

you three tried making slime. it got stuck on klees hair LMAO

eventually got it out after an hour.

swore to never make slime again.

klee sees you as a sister figure, and that makes albedo really happy :)

she keeps clinging on to you, while albedo just stares in awe at you two smiling and tilting his head slightly.

at the end of the day, you three all take a rest together on the couch looking like a cute little family. actually people have actually mistaken you guys for a famil-

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[baiwu-jinji]

Hello! Can you, please, recommend interesting donghua? Maybe something similar to 天宝伏妖录 or 千秋？

Thank you!

Hi! :) Sorry about the late reply, I wrote this post with a list of donghua recommendations (it's over two years old I forgot this blog is that old?)

I'm putting some other donghua I personally like below (those with links attached link to posts I wrote about them), although they aren't necessarily like the danmei adaptations you mentioned:

The Guardian (大护法), Ne Zha (哪吒之魔童降世), The Legend of Tiangang (画江湖之天罡), White Snake (白蛇：缘起), Chinese Folktales (中国奇谭), Chang An (长安三万里), Choir of Chinese Poems (中国唱诗班), New Gods: Yang Jian (新神榜：杨戬), All Saints Street (万圣街), Scissor Seven (刺客伍六七)

#chinese animation

[sammie217]

Call me baby like you used to.

he forgot to kiss you 3 times this week

at first you brushed it off thinking he is stressed because of the schedules.

“im leaving bye” hyunjin said and quickly left

“hyunjin your lunch-“ You said before he closed the door and left

“whatever ill stop by the company and drop it off later”you said to yourself in your head

you cleaned the house before packing his lunch in a cute lunchbox with cute tooth picks and made the fruit into hearts

you went to the cafe near the company building to get hyunjin and the boys coffee they were probably exhausted practicing

you went inside the building

“Hey Y/N!!! i havent seen you in so long” jian one of the staff member said

“yeahh ive been busy lately i missed you where is hyunjins practice room?” you asked

“let me check the systemi think they are at 3rd floor room 325, yeah it says they are” jian responded

“thank you see you around” you waved

“bye” jian waved back

you got in the elevator and pressed 3rd floor

“excuse me do you know where room 325 is?” you asked the lady in the hallway

“its to the right” the lady said

“Thank you have a nice day”

you knocked on the door and chan opened it

“oh hey Y/N come in” chan greeted you

“thank you where is hyunjin?”

“I think he went to help riko with their new dance collab” felix responded

“yeah he did” changbin said

“ohh okay here is coffee for you guys i know you guys are tired”

“thanks Y/N very much needed haha” jeongin replied

“No problem should i leave hyunjins lunch here or go hand it to him? “

“go give it to him he might take long” lee know said

“the room number is 408 by the way” seungmin said

“okay thanks bye see you guys around”

“BYEE” they all said at the same time

you got at the 4th floor and found room 408 you looked from the glass next to the door you saw hyunjin and who you believed was riko on top of hyunjin holding his hands on top of his head

he looked up at the door and saw you looking he looked shocked pushed the girl off and got up to follow you.

you just ran to the elevator with tears in your eyes

“Y/N angel wait” he yelled

he catched you before you entered the elevator

“Let me explain angel-“

“there is nothing to explain hyunjin. YOU COULD HAVE JUST TOLD ME YOU DIDNT LIKE ME IT WOULD HURT LESS” you said while trying to escape his hug

“let me go!” you said

“wait listen to me” hyunjin said

“what?!!? what is it say it” you yelled while crying

“she was forcefully kissing me i swear!” he said looking into your eyes

“i don’t believe you Hwang Hyunjin” you said angry and sad at the same time

“don’t call me that angel call me baby like you used to”

hyunjin said sadly

“i swear im saying the truth just check the cameras please angel” hyunjin said while also tearing up

“fine. show me the cameras” you said still not believing

“ we need to ask JYPAPI to show” hyunjin said

(i had to include that im sorry)

you went to JYPAPI’s office

hyunjin knocked

“Hello jay papi park can i see the cctv footage of room 408 please” hyunjin asked while bowing

“Hello to you to Hyunjin” jay papi park said

“and hello Y/N” jay papi park waved

you bowed “hello papi park”

“ok hyunjin ill send u the fotage on your phone” papi park said

“okay thank you bye Mr Papi park have fun” hyunjin said

“bye Mr park” you said

“bye kids”

he sent the footage to hyunjins phone and there you saw how she forced him to kiss her

“im still sorry angel it wont happen again” he said while hugging you

“its okay baby i love you”

“how about i take the day off and we hangout for a bit ive been so busy lately sorry for forgetting to give you hugs ahd kisses” hyunjin said

“you noticed too hehe and sure if chan allows you to” you said happily



did i write this at 1 am again?

yes. help it turned out so bad i was planning to make it sad ending but i was like i already made 2 with sad endings anyways so YEAH hope you enjoyed HAVE FUN BYE BYE

send me requests please im running out of ideas 😔😔

#kpop #skz stay #stray kids #skz angst #sad fanfiction #( i don’t have enough money for chicken nugget ; ooc ) #i want a boyfriend

[grungiiuvu]

Hi! Previous anon here! I just rechecked ur blog and i saw u replied to me and ajsjdnkdkdn im so honored u wanna know more abt my culture😭😭😭 but before i start rambling i just wanna say im apart of two chinese clans? Cultures? Idk how to say it but i googled it and its called a province so province it is! My mom is fu jian and my dad is fu jian AND ke jia, but since my grandma's(ke jia) influence is so strong and most of my grandpa's(fu jian) relatives are 💀 i actually have an equal share of both cultures. By that i mean like, two different languages, which are thankfully just spoken, not written, and also lots of different food and pronunciations! For example, instead of hongbao, i say angbao.

Okay, so! I think one of the most prominent things i've grown up with is like, nicknames. And one thing i see is so common in tgcf fanfictions is the "A". Like: A-lian, A-qing, A-xin. Which okay, its actually used but its actually very uncommon(at least where i've grown up). Only person that uses it is my family is like, my grandpa and its to ny grandma. My grandma calls him BY NAME its actually crazy. We tend to use more double names? Idk how to say it but for example Mu Qing would be Qing Qing, Shi Qingxuan would be Xuan Xuan yk? My parents only call me by that, but the purpose of the nick names would be to mostly shorten the names becus most ppl have 3 character names. So unfortunately someone like Xie Lian(who has a 2 character name) would be refered to mostly as Xie Lian and not A-Lian or lian lian😭 And! The "A" prefix isn't only used from the last character! Sqx can also be refered to as A-qing as well as A-xuan, as well as A-qingxuan(its complicated)

For family stuff, younger siblings usually never refer to older ones by name. Like sqx would call swd ge ge, wu du ge, du gege but never outright Wudu.

And i also found out u wrote cheap villain??? I owe everything to you its so WELL WRITTEN?? AND THE PLOT?? ITS SO GOOD KIKE KSJDJD BUTTtttt one thing i've actually wondered is like accents. Like in english, ppl who speak mandarin tend to have accents! And ppl in BeiJing have a very prominent one. First time i tried talking to someone in BeiJing i had trouble understanding cus even tho we were speaking the same language it sounded so different! The tcgf donghua actually sounds a lot more similar to tawainese than like native mandarin cus it sounds so clean cut, if ykwim??? Like the pronunciation in the donghua is GOODDD and so SHARP(i may be jealous). BeiJing mandarin tends to sound more round and so I would've liked to see like, mu qing waking up in a whole new reality, starts speaking, and xie lian is like: "huh? What? Mu qing, SLOW DOWN WHAT ARE YOU SAYING!?" I think it would've been funny, in my opinion😭😭 (do i sound fussy again i hope this comes off as light hearted😭)

I MIGHT add more cus theres actually sm more i wanna say but im gonna leave it at here i hope it isn't TOO long😭 ur welcome ti ask me anything u want to know cus I LOVE talking abt my culture!!! Hopefully this isn't too boring for u😭

This wasnt boring at all!!! I love learning about different societies, it really fascinates me!! I'm from England and South Africa, so both my cultures are very modern western (living in the UK doesn't help) so I'm utterly at a loss with Chinese culture aside from deep-diving on the internet and doing my own research lol :')

The nickname thing is very interesting and i didn't know that!! tysm for telling me :D I know I've used it quite a bit in Cheap Villain but i feel I'm too far in to switch it up now TTvTT I don't want to seem like I'm abruptly changing things, and making the story inconsistent!

The stuff about the shi siblings is very helpful!! I shall be sure to remember that 🫡🫡

I've only recently started hearing about the accents thing, I'm afraid :')) If i had known when i first started writing Cheap Villain, I definitely would've done something about it lol! it was such a good joke opportunity missed o(TヘTo) Hopefully, I'll find somewhere to put it in, because that'd be very fun :D

I absolutely loved hearing all this!! feel free to send as many as you'd like :D I am aware I really don't know much about other cultures and I'm always happy to learn more anytime :))

Im so glad you enjoy Cheap Villain!! I've been trying my best haha

tysm anon!! :D

#anon my beloved

[randomprose]

“Can you make this?”

Mo Guan Shan frowns at He Tian’s phone when he angles it in his direction. It’s a video of someone making cute rectangular layered cakes. 

He tilts his head a little, lower jaw jutting out in consideration, and He Tian knows Mo Guan Shan will make it anyway regardless of whatever he’s gonna say next.

"You into this shit?"

He Tian just shrugs. It's cute. He's into cute shit and he's not afraid to admit it. "It looks tasty."

"Hm," Mo Guan Shan hums with a non-committal shrug. "I'll try I guess."

'Try' he said as if that isn't as good as a yes. He Tian knows Mo Guan Shan won't just try. The second the question left He Tian’s lips Mo Guan Shan already took it as a challenge. He'll fucking do it and blow He Tian's mind in the process at how way better and prettier his version will be than the one in the video. Just like all the other times He Tian has shown him foods he thinks are interesting. It's as good as done at this point.  

See, it’s like this. Outside of work, the foods Mo Guan Shan cooks are just a rotation of his and He Tian’s favorite or any dish He Tian has mentioned even in passing that he likes. Mo Guan Shan has picked up on He Tian's picky eating habits and developed an instinct to mentally cataloguing He Tian’s niche food preferences and all the subtle ways he’s let them known. In his published cookbooks, at least half of the foods featured are a variation of what suits He Tian’s tastes and all of them have ‘For 贺天’ printed on the first page.

God. He Tian loves him so much. What the hell did he do in his past life to deserve such devotion?

The weekend rolls around and Mo Guan Shan presents He Tian with his own version of the cakes. 

He Tian, as he expected, is floored by how pretty they are that he doesn’t even say anything. He just stares at the little rectangular cakes in pastels decorated with intricate shapes made of fondant and meticulously piped icing.

"What's wrong?" There's worry in Mo Guang Shan’s voice seeping into defensive. "What? You don't like it?"

"No, its..." He Tian looks up at him, brows furrowed and a look of genuine conflict on his face. "They're too pretty. I kinda don't wanna eat them."

“Idiot,” Mo Guan Shan just scoffs and rolls of his eyes but the slight quirk at the corner of his lips lets He Tian know he’s pleased. "Just eat it. Food is meant to be consumed. I can always make more."

"These are definitely way, waaaay cuter than the ones in the video I showed you."

"They're okay. You're just exaggerating."

"No, I'm not," He Tian insists. "When have I ever lied to you?"

Mo Guan Shan stares at him. He looks to be considering He Tian's words for a moment before nodding curtly.

He Tian takes what seems like a thousand pictures and sends them to their group chat with Jian Yi and Zhang Zheng Xi, to his brother, and then to Brother Qiu with a very proud caption of 'Momo made these for me~. They’re pretty AND they taste great~.’'

He revels in Jian Yi exploding in the group chat and demanding Mo Guan Shan make some for him and Zhan Zheng Xi too.

‘Heh,’ He Tian types with a smug smile, ‘Eat your heart out, bitch.’

(He Cheng thumbs-upped his message while Brother Qiu’s reply was to tell Mo Guan Shang to bring some over the next time they come to the mansion. To which He Tian replies a very empathic ‘No <3’).

When he’s done gloating, He Tian turns back to Mo Guan Shan and knows by the look on his face that he’s already thinking about including the cakes in his next cookbook. He thinks that if Mo Guan Shan ever gets his own restaurant, he’ll make it so at least half of the menu will be to He Tian’s liking. 

"I love you," He Tian says and means it. Because he really does and because he doesn’t know any other way of saying it. 

"Wha—" Mo Guan Shan blinks, a flower fondant halfway to his mouth, and looks at He Tian weirdly. "Just because of this? You're too easy."

For Mo Guan Shan? He really is. Always has been and always will be.

"You take care of me so well." Mo Guan Shan's loudest love language has always been food and He Tian still can't believe how lucky he is that he gets to have this. “I’ve gotten spoiled.”

“You’ve always been spoiled,” Mo Guan Shan retorts as he bumps a forkful of chiffon against He Tian’s lips. "Shut up and eat your damn cake." 

I love you too.

#19 days #tianshan #he tian #mo guan shan #food as a love language #writing #if there is one thing MGS will do for HT it's to cook for him #cooking is some high level shit show of love ok #it's not even a 'labor' of love it's just is #it's not something he 'does eventhough it's hard' it's something he truly wants to do for HT ok #at least in my head #cooking for someone is just another way to say you love them

[ellakomskaikru]

Why don’t you like Maiko? I was tempted to ask this because if you didn’t know already, it’s Maiko week. I ship Maiko. I’ve seen more hate for Maiko than love for it and I’ve never really understood why. I get liking Zutara, it’s a really dynamic ship, but liking Zutara doesn’t mean you have to hate Maiko. I hope this doesn’t come off as rude, I’m just curious about your reasons for disliking Maiko.

Hi! Your ask isn’t rude at all!

(I really hope this doesn’t end up visible to Ma.iko shippers, especially during Ma.iko week, that would just be awful. Even with correct tagging, it can still sometimes come up, so if it does, I’m so sorry for that! Please ignore if it does.)

My reasons for disliking Ma.iko are very long, so be warned.

1. Their backstory was not convincing.

Although we were shown Mai having a crush on him as a child, we were never shown that Zuko actually reciprocated those feelings. I did not take him knocking the burning apple off of her head as proof that he liked her back. If they wanted to set up their relationship, they could have had Zuko mention her during his banishment. A simple line of how much he missed Mai would have done the trick. I also was very put off by how Mai smiled at the prospect of literally hunting Zuko down. So basically, their backstory didn’t do it for me.

2. I did not like the way that they got together.

Zuko was anxious about returning back home, to the father that burned him in the face, and whom had abused him for years. He needed to be comforted in that moment. And I know many say that Mai was genuinely trying to cheer him up in her own way, but Zuko clearly didn’t like it, and she noticed it. So instead of really comforting him after, by asking him to elaborate on his worries and listening to him, she put her hands on him and kissed him when he clearly did not look like he was in the mood for that. Then she left him to sulk alone on the deck of the ship. So that immediately turned me off their relationship, but I was still willing to see if it would get better later.

3. Their interactions in the Beach Episode made me lose all patience with their relationship.

Zuko was on edge the entire day because he was anxious about the possibility that his father may find out that the avatar was still alive and punish Zuko. So Zuko was trying to distract himself with Mai, his girlfriend. When he got her a shell, she rejected it with, “Why would I want that?” And Zuko responded with, “Don’t girls like stuff like this?” And Mai replied, “Maybe stupid girls.” Like, it’s fine if she didn’t like it, but she should have at least appreciated the fact that he was trying to connect with her. Zuko had severe self esteem issues because of his father’s abuse, and he was just trying to please her.

Then, at the party, Zuko was jealous of Rion Jian, and yes, it was irrational, at first. But then, Mai and Zuko were sitting next to each other and clearly not connecting. Mai had her arms crossed and her back turned to Zuko. She then ordered him to get her food. And yes, it was an order. “So, find me some food.” Not, “Hey, could you get me some food, please?” Zuko went to do this for her, but when he returned, he found her engaged in a conversation with the very same guy that Zuko was jealous of. Mai almost looked like she was smiling. Her body language was open, and she looked like she was enjoying the conversation. She may not have actually been flirting with him, but to Zuko, it clearly looked like Mai enjoyed talking to that guy more than to Zuko, you know, her boyfriend. Yes, Zuko’s reaction was way over the top and totally out of line. But it was clearly a build up of the entire day of Mai not connecting with him. Seeing Mai speaking so easily with the other guy probably made Zuko feel so inadequate. Then Mai rightfully broke up with Zuko when he yelled at her and she watched as Zuko left the party. Their issues were not resolved after they got back together. Them deciding to burn down Chan’s house was negative. Zuko figured out why he was so angry, but that didn’t really fix their relationship problems. Mai was still apathetic and hated the world, while Zuko was emotional and did care about the world.

4. Their nightmares and daydreams interactions were not good.

Many Ma.iko shippers use their interactions there to defend their ship. They say, “Look at how happy Zuko looks with her!” Yes, he was smiling. But that wasn’t the real Zuko. Zuko was showing off for her. He was playing the role of the perfect son of Ozai. He was ordering fruit tarts for her and Mai was pleased with the “perks” of royalty. The Zuko that Mai was pleased with was the Zuko who was the worst version of himself. That was a regression from what Zuko learned at the beach. Zuko was angry because deep down he knew that he made the wrong decision in Ba Sing Se. So Zuko was basically ignoring all of that in Nightmares and Daydreams. He was trying to be the perfect prince. Then when Zuko was upset about not being invited to the war meeting, Mai tried to cheer him up by having them order around servants. That’s where their huge disconnect is shown. Mai sees no problem with ordering them around in order to have fun. In her view, they’re just peasants, and she’s a noblewoman. But Zuko doesn’t have that view anymore, not after his experiences in the Earth Kingdom. Zuko can never be what she wants him to be. Zuko wants to make the world a better place, to help the same type of people (peasants) that Mai thinks it’s fun to order around for entertainment.

Therefore, they do not have the same morals. In that same episode I believe they are also implied to have had sex, and Zuko is turned away from her and doesn’t look happy about it. Then after Zuko attends the war meeting, he tells her that it went well, and she tells him, “That’s wonderful.” I can tell that Mai is really trying to help him, but she just couldn’t because she didn’t actually understand him. Zuko later told her that “That wasn’t me.” We didn’t see her response, but I’m guessing that it was negative. Mai wouldn’t want Zuko to be dissatisfied with his life as a prince, because that would mean him eventually pulling away from her. And given by how he broke up with her through a letter, I’d say that belief is likely to be correct. In my view, the Zuko Mai loved was the worst version of himself. Therefore, it was not the real Zuko.

5. Zuko did not trust her.

Although he claimed that he broke up with her over a letter because he couldn’t “drag her into it” it was clearly because he was afraid of what her reaction would be. Mai never showed any signs of being against what the Fire Nation was doing. Towards the end of their relationship, she seemed perfectly happy with being the girlfriend of the Crown Prince of the Fire Nation, and was completely blindsided by Zuko breaking up with her. So I think Zuko thought that Mai would try to stop him from leaving, and given how proficient she is with knife throwing, I’d say she may have very well succeeded in pinning him to a wall. I can even picture her saying, “I’m stopping you from being stupid, Zuko.” Their relationship also had no depth. They did not connect on a deep emotional level. It mainly consisted of raging teenage hormones and physical attraction.

6. I did not like their interactions at the Boiling Rock.

Although I understood Mai being upset at Zuko breaking up with her over a letter, there were bigger things at stake there than their relationship. Zuko was literally committing treason, and the only thing that Mai cared about was Zuko breaking up with her. When he said, “Stop, this isn’t about you, this is about the Fire Nation!” She made it all about her again by saying, “Thanks Zuko that makes me feel all better.” Then he told her that he was doing what he was doing to save his country and she told him she was betraying it. That’s when I really lost all patience with Mai as a character. Like, Zuko was doing the right thing by trying to stop his father from wiping out the entire Earth Kingdom, and Mai still thought that he was in the wrong. Not to mention the fact that Mai wanted Zuko to stay loyal to the Fire Nation and by extension to Ozai, the man who literally abused him and burned his face. Then we were not shown Mai’s reaction to Zuko further explaining his reasons for turning against the Fire Nation, and the next shot of them was Mai literally frowning at Zuko, insinuating that she still did not agree with his reasons. Then Zuko literally locked her inside of the cell and left her again.

7. Mai saving Zuko at the Boiling Rock was not a true redemption.

There was never one scene of Mai agreeing with Zuko’s beliefs that the Fire Nation was in the wrong. The last we saw of them, Zuko was locking her in a cell. If she had agreed with him, he wouldn’t have had to do that. And when the gaurds asked Mai what she was doing, she said, “Saving the jerk who dumped me” those were her choice of words. She clearly still viewed Zuko as a jerk for breaking up with her, for prioritizing saving the world from his evil father over his relationship with her. So with all this in mind, I think it makes sense to conclude that Mai’s views on the war never really changed. She only saved Zuko because she still loved him.

8. I’m not convinced that Zuko loves her at all.

Zuko did not mention Mai even once after she seemingly sacrificed herself to save him. He had to have known Mai would either end up dead or at best, in prison, for committing treason. But he still never showed any worry for her fate. Then in the next episode, he literally focused all of his energy on winning the forgiveness and trust of another girl, Katara, and literally helped her infiltrate a Fire Nation stronghold to help her avenge her mother. He could have at least tried to find out if Mai was alive and if she was, to help free her from prison. We all know Zuko is super stealthy and adept at breaking into places, but he never even tried. So sorry, Zuko’s interactions with Katara were so much more impactful and intense than those with Mai, the girl he supposedly loves romantically. Honestly, Mai deserves better. I’ve never liked her character, but she deserves a boyfriend/girlfriend that truly loves her, because Zuko wasn’t it. Ty Lee honestly showed more devotion to and love for Mai than Zuko ever did tbh.

9. Their reunion scene made no sense to me.

Zuko wasn’t even the one to get her out of prison there, it was her uncle. As Fire Lord, he would have been able to get her out, but he didn’t. The guy even looked surprised to see her. It’s like he completely forgot about her. Then Mai just assumed they were back together. “When the Fire Lord is your boyfriend” I was just so confused by that. Then she said “Never break up with me again” some people insist that was an innocent joke, but I don’t see it that way. If it had been a male Mai telling a female Zuko that, I think no one would be okay with it. The fact that she told him that, even jokingly, also proved that she never really understood why Zuko did what he did. She was still angry at him for breaking up with her even though he had a good reason for it, you know, to stop his father from burning the Earth Kingdom.

So those are my reasons. There were just too many negatives that I couldn’t ignore in their relationship. Mai as a character also just always rubbed me the wrong way. But I think it’s a shame, because she had the potential to become a compelling character. Instead, the writers had her character revolve around Zuko. She switched sides for Zuko. Not because of her own realizations about the war being wrong. And her supposedly ending up with Zuko isn’t good for her either, because she was trapped and stifled growing up as an aristocrat, and she clearly resented her father’s political career. Mai needed to branch out on her own and have adventures. She needed to figure out who she was separate from Zuko and Azula. As Zuko’s partner, she’d always have to deal with politics. And Zuko needs someone by his side who truly cares about the world and wants to make it a better place, and that just isn’t Mai. She cares for some people, obviously, but not for the fate of the entire world.

Sorry, this got really long, but I wanted to be thorough on why I dislike it. I hope it wasn’t upsetting to you, as a Ma.iko shipper, to read such a harsh critique of the ship, but I was trying to answer your question as detailed and as honestly as possible. Many other anti ma.ikos believe many of the same things I do. You may be able to overlook all these reasons and ship ma.iko, or maybe you have a different interpretation, but many of us don’t, which is why we don’t like it.

There are certainly some multi shippers that like both Zutara and Ma.iko, but unfortunately I’m not one of them. I just think that Mai and Zuko are fundamentally incompatible, and both want different things from life. On the contrast, I think that Zuko and Katara would be very compatible. They both have compassion for the lower classes, and want to make the world a better place. So those are my reasons.

Thanks for the ask! Enjoy Ma.iko week.

#anti maiko #anti mai #zutara #Ella’s original post #atla ask

[soulfm]

.☾ // hi ignore that this is on ren’s acc just doing his replies djsksks but !!! i finally was able to sit down and actually look at my plots pages and update them :’) also realized i don’t have many especially for chaerin and jian but regardless if there’s any muse of mine that doesn’t have a plot with yours then let me know and we can do some fun ol’ brainstorming<3

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【History About Princess Xijun of Han Dynasty 】

Liu Xijun (Chinese: 劉細君;123?–101 BC), also known as Princess Xijun (細君公主), Princess of Jiangdu (Chinese: 江都公主) or the Princess of Wusun (Chinese: 烏孫公主), was a princess of the Han dynasty sent to marry the King of Wusun(烏孫) as marriage alliance. A poem said to be by her is one of the earliest known Chinese poems attributable to a named woman.

Liu Xijun was the daughter of the King of Jiangdu (in modern-day Yangzhou, Jiangsu), Liu Jian (劉建) and granddaughter of Liu Fei, brother of Emperor Wu of Han. Xijun was orphaned while still an infant. Her father was described as incestuous, cruel and depraved, and had to commit suicide after being implicated in a rebellion. Her mother was also executed the same year for “practicing witchcraft”. As daughter of disgraced parents, she would likely have a low status at the Han court.

In 105 BC, Xijun's status was elevated and she was made a princess by Emperor Wu（漢武帝）. The emperor wanted to send her off to marry the king (Kunmi or Kunmo) of the Wusun, Liejiaomi (猎驕靡), with the intention of forming an alliance with the Wusun and breaking up the confederacy of the Xiongnu. After a gift of 1,000 horses from the Wusun were sent to the Han court, she was sent to the Wusun 5,000 miles away in the Ili valley area with a retinue of 100 officials, eunuchs, servants and carriages. After her marriage, she was made Lady of the Right, a position subordinate to the Lady of the Left who was of Xiongnu origin.

However, her husband was elderly, she rarely saw him and could not communicate with him. Two years after she married to Wusun King, The Wusun King died. Most of the ancient nomadic had the custom of "Shouji Marriage/ Widow inheritance(收继婚)"which mean a custom that compulsory marriage of a widow to a brother of her deceased husband etc. In the case of the royal family, it is necessary to marry the next King. Xijun is the King's Lady, after the king's death, she needs to marry the next king according to the custom, and the next king was her husband grandson Cenzou (岑陬). 

Although Xijun protested such remarriage which was considered improper in Han Chinese custom and beg to Emperor Wu (漢武帝) to let her return to Han, the Emperor Wu (漢武帝) replied that she should comply as the alliance with Wusun was deemed necessary to vanquish the Xiongnu (匈奴). She duly married Cenzou, who became king after Liejiaomi died. She had a daughter with him in 102 BC, and died the following year.She died at the age of 21, and never returned to her country in her life. A further princess named Princess Jieyou was sent to marry Cenzou (岑陬) after her death.

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A poem credited to Xijun is given in Hanshu:

【悲愁歌/ Song of Sorrow 】

悲愁歌吾家嫁我兮天一方， 

 My family married me off to the edge of the world

遠托異國兮烏孫王。

Far away in the strange land of the Wusun king

穹廬為室兮旃為牆，

A domed hut is my chamber, the felt my walls

以肉為食兮酪為漿。

Meat is my food, fermented milk my drink

居常土思兮心內傷，

Living here, I long for my land, and my heart aches

願為黃鵠兮歸故鄉。

Wishing I could be a yellow swan,and return to my old home

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In the history that has lasted for hundreds of years, the marriage of princesses to foreign country/tribe has become a common diplomatic method. Countless women who shoulder the heavy trust of the empire and share the name of "Princess" go to foreign countries alone to complete the mission of unknown answer.Their fate is forced to conform to the torrent of the times, it is a sigh.

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[afterburning]

out of sight.

red gorge, the zhao estate; ft. @insouciont

it’s good to be home. jiyu never misses his bed as much as he misses the rocking of the waves beneath him, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t enjoy being at the zhao estate: the space, the perfectly manicured greenery. expensive booze from crystal glasses. jiyu’s favourite foods, when the servants hear of him dropping in.

their meal is finished now, the staff have left them alone. jiyu’s laying on the floor, one leg propped up against the low table they’d been sitting at. the rug beneath him is soft, the lights above are blurring together. he may or may not have had more to drink than he’d care to admit. but in private like this, it’s not like it matters. if his brother is losing any respect for him, then he’s a massive hypocrite - jiyu’s seen him in worse circumstances.

“i still think you should lower their taxes.” they’re talking about a small farming community in the south, hit hard by temperatures hotter than usual around this time of year. jiyu props himself up on his forearms, both to glance at jian and to take his glass and drink more. “what’s it matter anyway. and if you don’t, we’ll be marching down there within the month.”

maybe they shouldn’t be like this. maybe they should try to get along better without alcohol helping them along, and maybe jiyu should try to reach out more. but jian’s lost a lot of his goodwill over the years, and regaining it is a slow climb, more about endurance than speed. jiyu wonders whether they’ll ever cross that mountain.

he sits up. almost loses his balance while he does, but it’s no matter - nobody’s watching. clears his throat, refills his empty glass with water, downs that. maybe he should start snacking.

“have you heard from the girls?” jiyu’s been away for a while, and bad at replying to letters.

#ft. jian #tw alcohol #jian: out of sight

[bookofjin]

Three Families Divide Jin

This was intended to be a translation of the first part of the Tongjian jishi benmo通鑑紀事本末 ("Comprehensive Mirror Chronicling Affairs from Beginning to End") which is a rearrangement of the Zizhi Tongjian into topics rather than a strictly chronology done by Yuan Shu (1131-1205) . However I quickly realized that for this particular topic there is no rearrangement done, as the ZZTJ after starting the chronicle in 403 BC with the elevation of Wei, Zhan and Han immediately launches into an extended retrospective. So I guess it's actually just a translation of the beginning of the ZZTJ. I have reluctantly decided to skip Sima Guang's long commentary at the start, and after the death of the Elder of Zhi in the interest of actually completing anything. Note that "Han" here refer throughout to the Warring states era state of Han韓 rather than the later Han漢 empire.

Three Families Divide Jin

23rd Year of King Weilie of Zhou [403 BC], began to instruct Jin's great men Wei Si, Zhao Ji, and Han韓 Qian to be Marquises.

Earlier, Count Xuan of Zhi wanted to use Yao as heir. Zhi Guo said:

He is not as good as Xiao. That which people find worthy with Yao are five, that which he does not match up in is one. His beautiful temple-hair, his tallness and large size are admirable. That he shoots and drives with the strength of his feet is worthy. That his skill and craft are fully provided is worthy. That his artful writings are articulate and graceful is worthy. That he is strong, resolute, decisive and daring is worthy. It is like this, but he is extremely inhumane. In case he used his five worthy qualities to climb past people, but uses his inhumaneness to act against them, who would be able to treat with him? If in the end [you] install Yao, the Zhi lineage will surely be wiped out.

He did not listen. Zhi Guo separated from the family with the Grand Scribe, and became the Fu clan.

[Wei Zhao says: Count Xuan of Zhi was the Jin dignitary Xun Li's son, Shen. Yao was Count Xuan's son, [known as] the Elder of Zhi. His posthumous title was Count Xiang. Zhi Gao was a kinsman of the Zhi clan. Xiao was Count Xuan's common-born son.]

Among Count Jian of Zhao's sons, the elder was called Bolu and the younger Wuxu. He wanted to set up the heir, nu did not know who should be installed. He therefore wrote a speech with teachings and admonishing in two letters, and gave them to his two sons, saying:

Vigilantly familiarize yourself with it!

After three years, he asked about it. Bolu and not been able to study his speech. He demanded his letter, but he had already lost it. He asked Wuxu, he recited his speech with great practice. He demanded his letter, he produced it from within his sleeves and laid it before him. And so Count Jian considered Wuxu to be worthy, and installed him as heir.

Count Jian sent Yin Duo to be at Jinyang. He inquired, saying:

Use it as silk from a cocoon? Or use it as a protecting shield?

Count Jian said:

A protecting shield!

Yin Duo reduced the number of his households. Count Jian spoke to Wuxu, saying:

If the state of Jin has difficulties, regardless of Yin Duo being of little importance, and regardless of Jinyang being far away, be sure to use is as somewhere to return to.

[Hu Sansheng says: “To extract the people's vital bounty is like pulling a silk thread from a cocoon.”]

When Count Xuan of Zhi passed, Count Xiang of Zhi had the government. He feasted Count Kang of Han and Count Huan of Wei at Lantai. The Elder of Zhi made fun of Count Kang and insulted Duan Gui. Zhi Guo heard about it, and admonished, saying:

If a ruler does not prepare against difficulties, difficulties will surely arrive!

The Elder of Zhi said:

Difficulties will be due to me. I will not be in difficulties, who would dare to raise them up!

He replied, saying:

Not so. The Book of Xia has this: “One man makes three mistakes, will his enemies be made clear? The unseen must be planned for.” In all cases the Lordly Man is able to pay attention to small things, and for that reason he has no large worries. Now the ruler in a single feast then has shamed a lord of men and his minister. Again to not make preparations but say “they do not dare to raise up difficulties”, nothing then is impossible. If black flies, ants, wasps and scorpions are all able to injure a person, then how much more a lord and his minister.

He did not listen.

The Elder of Zhi requested land from Count Kang of Han. Count Kang intended not to give it. Duan Gui said:

The Elder of Zhi is fond of gains and is headstrong. If we do not give it, he will attack us. It is not as good as giving it. That one is accustomed to obtaining land, and will surely request it from other people. [If] other people will not give it, he will surely turn against them with troops. Afterwards we will obtain our escape from worries and wait for a reversal in affairs.

Count Kang said:

Good.

He sent messengers to bring a town of ten thousand families to the Elder of Zhi. The Elder of Zhi was pleased. Again he demanded land from Count Huan of Wei. Count Huan intended not to give it. Ren Zhang said:

What is the reason for not giving?

Count Huan said:

He has no reason to exhort land is the reason for not giving.

Ren Zhang said:

He has no reason to exhort land, the various great men will surely be afraid. Us giving him land, and the Elder of Zhi will surely be haughty. When that one is haughty, he will make light of his foes. When these are afraid, they will be affectionate with each other. Use troops of those affectionate with each other and wait for a person to make light of his foes, and the Zhi clan's lifespan will surely not be long. The Book of Zhou says: “If you want to defeat him, you must for the moment assist him. If you want to take from him, you must for the moment give to him. What the ruler [said] is not as good as giving it to him, and so make haughty the Elder of Zhi. Afterwards we can chose who to make contact with and make plans against the Zhi clan. What recourse is there in for us alone to be the Zhi clan's target!

Count Huan said:

Good.

Then he gave him a town of ten thousand families.

The Elder of Zhi also demanded the lands of Cai and Gaolang from Count Xiang of Zhao [i.e. Wuxu who had succeed his father, Count Jian.] Count Xiang did not give it. The Elder of Zhi was angry, and led the forces of Han and Wei to attack the Zhao clan. Count Xiang wanted to set out, and said:

Where can we flee?

His followers said:

Changzi is nearby, moreover the walls are thick and complete.

Count Xiang said:

The people exhausted their strength completing them. To also be wrecked and die defending them, who of them will be with us!

The followers said:

Handan's granaries and armouries are full

Count Xiang said:

[We] extracted the people's vital bounty to fill it. Also because of that to kill them, who of them will be with us! Those at Jinyang belonged to the Previous Ruler and were treated generously by Yin Duo. The people will surely be agreeable.

Therefore he fled to Jinyang.

The three families used the people of the state to besiege and flood him, that of the city walls which was not immersed measured three ban [3 ban = 6 chi]. They submerged stoves to produce frogs, and the people had no rebellious thoughts. The Elder of Zhi went to the water. Count Huan of Wei steered and Count Kang of Han was on his right side in the carriage. [A traditional chariot had a crew of three. The noble, the driver, and the bodyguard on the right.] The Elder of Zhi said:

I have now learned water can be used to destroy a person's state.

Count Huan elbowed Count Kang. Count Kang trod on the back of Count Huan's foot. By using the Fen River he could flood Anyi, and with the Jiang River he could flood Pingyang.

Xi Ci spoke to the Elder of Zhi, saying:

Han and Wei are certain to turn against you.

The Elder of Zhi said:

My Count, how can you know that?

Xi Ci said:

It is due to people's affairs [I] know it. In all cases troops from Han and Wei have been used to attack Zhao. When Zhao perishes, the difficulties are sure to reach Han and Wei. Now the pledge is to win against Zhao and then divide its land into three. The walls that are not immersed measures three ban. People and horses eat each other. The city will surrender within days, yet the two Counts have no joyful resolve, but have an anxious appearance. If they are not turning against you, then why?

Next day, the Elder of Zhi reported Xi Ci's words to the two Counts. The two Counts said:

This is a case of a slanderous person intending to be the Zhao clan's wandering persuader, making the ruler be suspicious of the two families and negligent in the attack on the Zhao clan. If not so, why in that case are the two families not profiting from morning to evening by dividing the fields of the Zhao clan, but intend to be in precarious difficulty in an affair with no possibility for success!

The two Counts went out. Xi Ci entered and said:

Why did my ruler report your subject's words to the two Counts?

The Elder of Zhi said:

Sir, how did you know that?

He replied, saying:

Your subject saw them looking at your subject in particular, and then scurried away, and [I] knew your subject had obtained their feelings.

The Elder of Bo did not make amends, and Xi Ci requested to be sent to Qi.

Count Xiang of Zhao sent Zhang Mengtan to furtively go out and see the two Counts. He said:

Your subject has heard that when the lips are gone, the teeth are cold. Now the Elder of Zhi leads Han and Wei to attack Zhao. When Zhao is destroyed, Han and Wei will be next.

The two Counts said:

In our hearts we know that it is so. [We] fear if the affair is not be carried out when the plan leaks, then the calamity would become extreme.

Zhang Mengtan said:

The plan goes out from the two Counts' mouths, and goes in your subject's ears. What is the harm!

The two Counts therefore furtively made a pledge with Zhang Mengtan, that on the appointed day they would dispatch [their forces]. Count Xiang sent people at night to kill the functionary who guarded the dikes, and then breach the water to flood into the Elder of Bo's army. The Elder of Bo's army put a stop to water but was in disorder. Han and Wei flanked and then struck them, Count Xiang commanded his solders to assault them in front. They greatly defeated the Elder of Bo's multitudes, and thereupon killed the Elder of Bo and entirely wiped out the members of the Zhi clan. Only Fu Guo survived.

The three families divided the fields of the Zhi clan. Count Xiang of Zhao lacquered the Elder of Zhi's head, and used it as a drinking vessel. The Elder of Bo's subject Yu Rang wished to get revenge on him. He therefore pretended to be a punished criminal, tucked a spoon-head dagger, and entered within Count Xiang's palace to plaster the lavatory. Count Xiang went to the lavatory, felt his heart race. He search it and captured Yu Rang. His left and right wished to kill him. Count Xiang said:

The Elder of Zhi died without descendants, and yet this person wishes to revenge him, truly a right-principled gentleman. I will respectfully release him, and that is all.

He therefore let him go. Yu Rang again lacquered his body to become leprous, and swallowed charcoal to become mute. He went to beg at the market, his wife did not recognize him. He went to see his friend. His friend recognized him, and he began sobbing at him, saying:

Due to Sir's talents, [if you were] to serve Zhao Meng as a subject, [you] would surely obtain affection and favour. Sir would then have what [you] wished to have, would that not be easy? Why then make yourself miserable like this? The search for vengeance, would not also be difficult!

Yu Rang said:

Then [I] would have given my pledge as a subject while also seeking to kill him, this is to have two hearts. Overall, what I am doing is extremely difficult, that is all. However, what I am doing perhaps might shame those in later generations Under Heaven who are subjects with two hearts in their breasts.

Count Xiang set out and Yu Rang hid under a bridge. Count Xiang arrived at the bridge, and his horse startled. He searched it and got Yu Rang, and consequently killed him.

Count Xiang, because Bolu had not been installed, although he had five sons, was not willing to set up an heir. He ennobled Bolu's son at Dai. He was called Lord Cheng of Dai and passed young. He installed his son Huan as the Zhao clan's heir. Count Xiang passed, and his younger brother, Count Huan, expelled Huan, and installed himself. After one year, he passed. The people of the Zhao clan said:

Count Huan's instalment was not Ruler Xiang's idea.

Therefore they together killed his son[s]. They then welcomed Huan# and installed him. This was Count Xian. Count Xian begot Ji, this was Marquis Lie. Wei Si was the grandson of Count Huan Wei, this was Marquis Wen. Count Kang of Han begot Count Wu. Count Wu begot Qian. This was Marquis Jing.

Marquis Wen of Wei used the Bu Zixia and Tian Zifang as teachers. Always when he passed by the cottage of Duangan Mu, he was certain to bow toward the front crossbar [on his chariot]. Many of the Four Regions' worthy gentlemen reverted to him. Marquis Wen was dranking wine with the crowd of subjects. They were having fun but then it was raining. He called for his carriage, wanting to go out into the wilderness. Left and right said:

Today we are drinking and having fun, and the sky is also raining. Why would my lord go?

Marquis Wen said:

I had an appointment to hunt with the gamekeeper. Though we are having fun, how could [I] not meet with someone at the appointed time.

Then he left and and put a stop to it himself.

Han [wanted] to borrow a force from Wei to attack Zhao. Marquis Wen said:

This Orphan and Zhao are brothers. [I] do not dare to hear the instruction.

Wei [wanted] to borrow a force from Wei to attack Han. Marquis Wen responded to them in the same way. The two states were both angry and left. Later they understood Marquis Wen was reconciling them, and both came to court in Wei. Wei hence was first to be great among the Three Wei. The various feudal princes were unable to contend whit them.

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