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I depend on you

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cq would really go bald if yzm did (out of stress)

also, go read liuyao, everyone!

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Little sketch Lanzhou

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Xiao Chiye when Xiao Jiming asks him if he is dating someone: Nope! There is no one! Absolutely none. I am not dating anyone. (Blinks nervously) There is no one I want to date and I am absolutely not pining after anybody. I am so single right now. I am also never getting married, why do you ask?

Xiao Chiye when Xiao Fangxu asks him if he is dating someone: Yeah Dad, I am a homosexual. I am so in love and he is the most beautiful man to ever live. (Runs to avoid horse dung) We’ve been having premarital affair for a very long time and I am going to take him home immediately to see Mom since we will obviously have our wedding as soon as possible.

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I think what makes Qiang Jin Jiu so great as a historical court politics danmei is that it’s not just about the power struggles in the Imperial Court, it portrays real issues that are still prevalent even in modern times such as corruption, poverty, misogyny, female oppression, etc.

The working class suffers due to increasing wealth inequality and corrupt officials who are too busy deepening their own pockets. People die of starvation and the government simply chooses to close its eyes. Women are still discriminated against in the workplace and their achievements are often questioned and undervalued. Majority of rape cases are not even investigated, the perpetrators get away scot-free while the victims are shamed instead. It’s very easy to compare the fictional story with the real life predicaments in today’s news.

Additionally, even the corrupt clans and the Biansha tribes are not portrayed in a black-or-white manner—they are not just two-dimensional evil characters; there are multiple characters from the eight great clans who are still good at heart and struggled to do the right thing such as Hua Xiangyi and Pan Lin, and through Hasen and Duo’erlan we were shown that the Biansha tribes are also human beings—they have families, and they are struggling to survive in the desert. The war is a brutality that causes casualties in both sides, but there are parties that benefit from it just as other parties suffer deeply from it.

Qiang Jin Jiu is a multifaceted story—it has excellent romance, but it’s not just mainly about the romance. The author went through great lengths to establish such a complex world-building then executes the plot and climax beautifully, in a way that’s consistent with every character’s personality, background, motivations, and relationships. This not only makes the story development compelling and believable, but also allows the author to bring forth complex issues that can become food for thought for the readers who empathized with the characters. This is why Qiang Jin Jiu is such a masterpiece.

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Tell me little bird, do you know how to swim?

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kitten is clean now

time for important questions

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Something looks a lil backwards here

Textless version

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Stp art but I use a bunch of colors

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time for important questions

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princesses from magma today!!

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a bright heart

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Also it just occurred to me how Narrator is tasking Quiet, the embodiment of stasis, to enact a change (aka slaying Shifty) while hoping Shifty, the embodiment of change, will remain a constant long enough for Quiet to do so. It’s almost like he’s relying on the unevenness of the tear to make this whole scheme work.

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this song makes me think about the princess and tsm

the princess exists in this dark place in fear for her life and doesn't know what waits for her if she escaped

she goes through both horrible and somewhat happy events and all this time tsm watches over her, and the moment the princess reaches her limit, tsm will take her for herself, and then she will become one with something greater, will reunite with the entity that understands and cares for her the most of all

her hands always take them away so gently

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just remembered how on my first ever therapy session my therapist asked me who is my favorite character in stp and what I think I have in common with them

I really did not expect this question lol