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samson - regina spektor

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absolution

[image is a stylized drawing of a figure with long hair, dressed in white hanfu robes, slumped upside down; his wrists are bound above his head with a white ribbon and his eyes stare out, unseeing. dozens of black swords have been impaled into his torso and throat. the image is greyscale but for the bright red blood soaking into his robes and dripping down his expressionless face.]

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You’re my senior brother, please allow me. WORD OF HONOR 山河令

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word of honor 山河令: episode 36

The one who survives hurt the most.

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first kiss

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WORD OF HONOR: PRESENTING THE ROMANCE THROUGH TRADITIONAL WUXIA TROPES.

There is a reason why to the Chinese audience, WenZhou's relationship is indisputably romantic. It's because there are very specific visual cues used to show romance in wuxia, and WOH uses the exact same visual language on WenZhou. These tropes are blatantly recognizable from the wuxia/guzhuang dramas we all grew up watching.

1. Fated meeting in a peach blossom forest.

Although in this case, fate has a name and it is Wen Kexing.

2. Sucking poison from the other's shoulder.

Worth mentioning that in the book, the wound was on Zhou Zishu's arm. The drama deliberately took it up a notch and chose the more tropey version.

3. When the disguise (usually the female lead disguised as a man) is removed, the love interest can't stop staring.

Later on (ep 13) there is a scene where Zhou Zishu is trying on a fake beard that looks exactly like the ones female leads use to disguise themselves.

4. Spinning together in mid-air during a fight, the love interest's hands on the other's waist. Slow motion. Eyes firmly locked together.

Usually male lead saving the female lead. For example, there is a very similar scene between Yang Guo and Xiao Longnv from Condor Heroes. In fact, if you've seen it, you'll recognize similarities between the visual cues used for the two couples.

5. Martial siblings falling in love.

Yes, this is a common thing in wuxia. And no, it is not incest, nor does it make the dynamic any less romantic. What the hell. Martial siblings are often coded as romantic in wuxia, and there are actual examples in the show itself: Wen Kexing's parents were shixiong/shimei and Gao Xiaolian eventually married her shixiong, Deng Kuan.

6. One of them getting kidnapped (usually the female lead) by their sect/family and the love interest swooping in dramatically to save them.

And yes, riding on the same horse.

7. One of them is from an evil/unorthodox sect and it causes problems for the couple. The person is hailed as a villain and the other one challenges all of jianghu to stand by their beloved.

Their confrontation with Ye Baiyi is also a good example: Zhou Zishu defending Wen Kexing despite him being the Ghost Valley Master and choosing to die with him instead letting Ye Baiyi kill him alone. Going against the jianghu is a common trial for lovers in wuxia. Yang Guo and Xiao Longnv went through something similar as well.

8. The male lead fixing the female lead's hair and putting a hairpin on it. Then she looks at her reflection on bronze mirror. This usually happens the morning after the wedding night

This is a very blatant romance trope in guzhuang, so much that I instinctively went "they got married??" when I first saw it. A lot of us were surprised this even made it in. They even had a lingering shot of Zhou Zishu smiling at a bronze mirror!

9. Falling off a cliff together, or one falling and the other jumping in immediately to save them.

WOH gave us both versions. The first one was before they found Senior Long (which also gave us another common trope: the couple spending time in a cave while the other is injured/knocked out) and the cliff scene in the latter episodes where Zhou Zishu jumps in after Wen Kexing.

10. Dual Cultivation to save/heal the other.

Know who else cultivated in a cold place and also ended up as immortal lovers after going through trials and tribulations for each other? Yang Guo and Xiao Longnv again! (Yes, I am a big fan of Condor Heroes) arguably the most famous couple in wuxia. If you've seen the wucai bros reaction series, they all clapped and said "It's just like in Condor Heroes! They are immortal lovers!"

There is honestly a lot more, depending on how detailed you want to get. The point is that it wasn't just the flirting, the hugs, or the poetry. Wen Kexing and Zhou Zishu's relationship itself was presented in the visual language of traditional wuxia romance, but this time in a love story between two men. WenZhou was written in the language of love.

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Paint-on-glass animation is a technique for making animated films by manipulating slow-drying oil-paints on sheets of glass as the animator gradually alters the shapes they create, and during this process, a camera records each finished ‘frame’.

When adapting ONE’s Mob Psycho 100, director Yuzuru Tachikawa wanted to adapt the source material in fantastic ways. And so, by combining the talents of a skilled staff, an anime with an incredible mix of animation techniques was born. 

Mob Psycho’s ending, and a good portion of the paranormal scenes are a complex product of paint-on-glass animation, done by Miyo Sato, a Tokyo University of Arts graduate and animator who has had her work nominated for multiple international animation awards. 

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JUJUTSU KAISEN - EPISODE 20

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Hi...how are you? If you don't mind me asking, what are your top 5 favorite moments from SVSSS novel's extras? And why?

And who are your top 5 favorite characters from SVSSS? And why? Sorry if you've answered this question before.....

Thank you for the ask, I hope you're doing well! thanks to this i went back and reread the wedding extra and cried

Unsurprisingly, the wedding extra. LBH is distracted thinking about marrying SQQ. SQQ mentions LBH has been more energetic during sex! I can just imagine him doing sqq while thinking marry me marry me marry me marry me, and my heart melts. And ofc the actual poposal is so precious, really shows how insecure LBH still is, overthinking asking his boyfriend of (presumably several) years to marry him, scared because he loves him so much and doesnt want to lose him!

Shen Qingqiu gives bunhe spiritual energy in the deep dream extra. This scene is so much. Cute bunhe getting a boner from getting held by his Shizun, Shen Qingqiu saying he'd just do this for Binghe and no one else! Obliviously going after him and chasing him into cold water... GOD

BingQiu's "first" time. It's a whole extra but i LOVE it. Shen Qingqiu being distracted by the hole in the roof, LBH being bent on their first time being then and there in qjp, trying to make LBH cum via handjob first but gripping too tight and hurting him, only managing to rile him up more, then SQQ flipping their positions and sitting on the sky pillar, starting to enjoy it and then!! hearing voices outside!! And LBH, so bold!!, clasping a hand over SQQ's mouth and continuing to fuck him!!, Got me right in the exhibitionism kink

good god im running out of numbers and still there are so many great scenes in the extras!!! That scene in Bingge vs BingMei where SQQ brushes and braids LBH's hair, it's just so sweet and domestic. You can see how much SQQ cares for LBH, **From an outside perspective**. LBG even says it that looking at them it's so obvious SQQ loves him!! God, and of course Bingge wanting that for himself, breaks my heart! Bonus from the same extra: Bingge groping SQQ

Shen Qngqiu carries a sleeping Binghe up the stairs of CQM in Return to Childhood! It's such a small scene but i think it says soo much about how SQQ shows affection and how BingQiu's relationship has evolved. These are two characters that have gone past the awkward dating phase, past the honeymoon phase, past the hardships, and into comfortable companionship. In their day to day, BingQiu is playful. LBH begs for affection and SQQ "reluctantly" agrees (though we know depite his refusal to admit it that SQQ likes it when LBH begs). But here we see another side of them! SQQ notices LBH is tired and he just picks him up and simply says "you can sleep"!! It's soft! It's quiet! such a small gesture that is so *so* full of love!! You can see that affection comes out of SQQ naturally! He sees LBH might be even mildly inconvenienced by something and goes "hey, let me help you"

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where’s my husband?

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@priestnet‘s Summer Solstice Event: Remembrance

“two thoughts, equally as terrifying: WHAT IF I SEE YOU AGAIN? WHAT IF I DON’T?”

- Margaret Schnabel

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wwx: haha lan zhan you seem all tensed up today, do i scare you ;)～

the girls: w̸̹͇͗̐͒̀a̶̛̦̩̬̮̳͙̽͜t̷͈̰̠̊̈́̇̌̓̓c̸̨̛̦̜̹͔͆͒͑̊̎h̶̢͎͍̲͇͖̙̬̾̿̃̚̚ ̷̛̜̙̩̈́̉͐̿̕o̶̠͈͙̱̮̐̈́̂͂̎̏̑ṷ̴̢̙̪̽͛͌̒̇t̴̠́̑ ̵̨̫̓̃́͂̃̌̔b̸̛̮̥̰̯̹̤̭͍͔̺̑̅i̷̢̻̯̣̲̫̜͕̺͒͐͝ͅt̵̯̮̃͂̌̔̅c̸̪̝͑̍͂͝h̵̡̤̝͑̇͑̂́ ̴̡͉̹̠̤̟͌͋̌̄̕͝

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word of honor 山河令 »zhou zishu + smiles [15/?]

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wei wuxian & lan wangji in every episode of the untamed