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Has anyone talked about the translation of "Mo Ran, hell is too cold, I'm here to die with you?" Even when reading this part I thought about how difficult it must be to translate it, specifically because the Chinese verb for "to die with," 殉 (xun), has layers of implications and doesn't really have an equivalent in English.

殉 means "to be buried alive with the dead" or "to die for the cause of/to be a martyr for." The original meaning of 殉 is human sacrifice, which was practiced in ancient China by monarchs and noblemen, who bury their concubines and servants with them to accompany them in afterlife. When 殉 takes place without the concubines' consent, it's a very cruel and barbaric practice, but I think Meatbun used this term partially for its implication of ownership - the concubines are buried with the monarch because they belong to the monarch; Chu Wanning used 殉 because he belongs to and belongs with Mo Ran. In the rare historical cases where the concubines are voluntary, 殉 is carried out to express grief and loyalty.

A more modern and common usage of 殉 is in the phrase 殉情, which means "to die for love." 殉情 is often used in cases where lovers who couldn't be together either because of their families' disapproval, or their relationship being frowned upon by society, or some other insurmountable obstacles, choose to commit suicide together. If they can't be together in life, at least they can reunite in death. Chu Wanning, too, chose to martyr himself for love.

So you see how 殉 conveys so much emotion and subtext in the space of a single word - love, grief, devotion, loyalty, belonging, self-sacrifice, Chu Wanning's desperate resolution, and the cruel circumstances that drove his action.

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one more 2ha gotcha prompt – txj/chu feinyan for anon! (@2haaction)

aka txj expering the average cat owner’s struggles on the one (1) day of the month he leaves his bedchambers

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heavy erha spoilers, as usual!

(my tg channel decided that goutou is a girl, and who am I to argue)

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taxian-jun and his concubine for Ranwan Calendar (on twt/ig) 🎀

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You are my sweetest downfall

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My art for the Timeless: 2024 ranwan calender zine on Twitter

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some spoilers to erha's ending, be carefull

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this was supposed to be a panel redraw until i went crazy

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Bulk post of my weekly illustrations from the past 10 weeks!

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"Sleep, Wanning. I'll hold you. You don't like the cold so I'll keep you warm."

📖 2ha | ranwan

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Shen Yuan as the system of the protagonist!

Proud Immortal Demon Way is a great novel. Sure. Good word-building, in-depth characters and a strong protagonist! What else could a loyal reader such as Shen Yuan ask for?

Well.

There is one thing.

Why did the novel end like that!?? He wants a refund! What do you mean Lou Binghe goes evil?? What do you mean he has a harem of women he doesn't love at all but are there just because, that damned author, spinned him into an insecure, blackened mess of a puddle?

Shen Yuan dies. Yikes. He transmigrates into the world of pidw. BIG yikes!! And what-- he. He is a... set of data weaved into existence?

He twirls, the green static whirlpool surrounding him beeping errors. A tight knot of something dreads in the pit of his stomach (does he have one?) as panic settles into his data. He can't feel his limbs. Oh my god. He can't feel anyth-

"Welcome user0109, System999 greets you." A cold voice, like the coldness of that soggy ramen he choked on before he died, sent a scattered path of errors across his body— or what is left of it. "You died— he guessed that already. Surely, this is too weird to be a dream— your job is to guide the protagonist into what you deem a perfect ending—"

Yeah sure, he could do that. How hard can it be?

"— as a system."

Say WHAT now?

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Thinking about more Li Yu and Shen Qingqiu meeting

Li Yu: So these are my boys - Dabao, Sabao, Erbao, and Sibao

Sqq: Where did you find four children to adopt??

Li Yu: They aren't adopted

Sqq: I thought you said your tyrant was a faithful man? I assumed you were the same

Li Yu: He is... They're uh.... I gave birth to them

Sqq: *spit take* you WHAT

Li Yu: Your scamming system didn't trick you into getting pregnant?

Sqq: I'M A MAN

Li Yu: SO AM I BUT LOOK AT ME NOW