#( jiang chen ) — general .

[casualavocados]

I'm not finished yet. ...[🎶!]

KISEKI: DEAR TO ME Ep. 13

[askthatoneanacondraikaiguy]

Building off that idea of Kai taking on the Mark of Anacondrai to trick Chen, but he and Skylor are left stuck as Anacondrai after Chen is defeated.

Permanent Anacondrai Kai... Permanaconkai. That’s fun to say.

[morganstuart]

Jiang Wen and "Twinkling Eyes"

It's been a hot minute since I made one of my "Books on Baze" posts about my research and reading on the works of Jiang Wen. Fortunately, I've found a fascinating book that's new to me, and I wanted to share some Jiang Wen goodness.

The following quote about the film Lotus Lantern (1999) is from the book The New Generation in Chinese Animation by Shaopeng Chen (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021):

"This is the first time that Chinese cinema animation has had a domestic all-star voice cast, including Xu Fan as San Sheng Mu, Jiang Wen as Erlang Shen, Ning Jing as Gamei and Chen Peisi as Sun Wukong...

"At the top of the film stars, I want to mention the role of Jiang Wen in the whole production process. Jiang Wen, as 'China's most famous movie star', is also distinguished by his low husky voice. As mentioned earlier, in this film he plays Erlang Shen, who is characterized by a cold and autocratic voice and dry laugh. According to Chang Guangxi, Jiang Wen was reading Erlang Shen's character design sketches when he was in the recording studio. Suddenly Jiang made a bold suggestion: '[I]s it possible to recreate Erlang Shen's appearance based on my face? Look, small but twinkling eyes and sparse but domineering eyebrows (Jiang Wen's facial features)....' Chang adopted Jiang's idea, in other words, the final image of Erlang Shen is the animated Jiang Wen. Internationally, it is very common for the design of cartoon figures (both animation and comics) to be inspired by real people."

Here is the accompanying illustration:

[gam3bo1-movedagain]

closed starter for @pushpulls!

     ᘛ⁐ᕐᐷ 🧀   𓈒ㅤ⋅    "you ruined my night completely so you could have the money but i hope now you can spend it on getting some lessons in grace and decorum, because you have all the grace of a reversing dump truck without any tyres on."

[random-chaotic-bitch]

this is gonna be amazing lmao

Hello, tumblr user. Before you is a tumblr post asking you to name a female fictional character. You have unlimited time to tag a female character, NOT a male one.

Begin.

[guzhufuren]

New posters, message, part of a soundtrack and information about upcoming chinese BL The General's Son, show from the director of Word of Honor

"Green mountains are hidden in the distance, the waters are far away, the bright moon is always shining, the world is full of happiness."

Genres: wuxia; revenge Number of episodes: 24 Episode runtime: 18 minutes

Lead actors: Li Kaiwen as Li Jianwei; Dong Zifan as Chen Xiaoxi

Director and executive producer: Ma Huagan (Word of Honor, The Legend of Anle, Sword Dynasty) Art director: Liu Jingping (Love and Redemption, A Dream of Splendor, Wonderland of Love) Screenwriter and chief producer: Zhou Shucheng Executive producers: Zhuo Zuoqing, Yang Qi Co-producers: Jiang Yuxin, Li Shike, Dong Xinyu Co-director: Wang Xue Producers: Jiang Zhengpeng, Liu Wei, Xu Heni Planning by: Luo Yuting, Luo Gaoqiang

Filming finished this June. Will not be broadcast in mainland China. Original script.

Synopsis: General Li's family were killed on New Year's Eve. Li Jianwei, the youngest son of the Li family, escaped death, but disguised himself as a courtesan and went to Wei Mountain to seek revenge. Chen Xiaoxi, the young master of Guigu, has a lively and eccentric personality, becomes increasingly close to Li Jianwei, who has tried his best to win him over. Chen Xiaoxi's sister, Xiao Hetao, is simple and kind. She discovers that Li Jianwei came for revenge, and dies to resolve the hatred between the two.

Characters:

Li Jianwei. Twenty years old, the youngest son of General Li Fei, he is loved by the whole family, standing like an orchid and a jade tree, smiling like the bright moon. He should have had a bright future, but his fate changed overnight. In order to get revenge, he went undercover to Weishan, enduring humiliation and patiently executing his plan step by step.

Chen Xiaoxi. At the age of twenty, we meet the young master of Weishan Guigu. He was born pure but had evil eyes. Under his lively and sunny appearance, his face looked like that of a devil's. In fact, he was rough but kind, and treated people with sincerity. Unfortunately, fate played a cruel joke on him and his mother died.

Xiao Hetao. At the age of seventeen, Chen Xiaoxi rescued a human child from a wolf pack. Innocent and romantic, she was very simple and naive. Gui Rong and others gave Xiao Hetao the purest and most innocent living environment, but she hoped to resolve the hatred of everyone with her own power.

Princess Qingyuan. Thirty-four years old, a graceful and elegant lady, smart and tenacious. She was in love with Chen Dawang when she was young. After Chen Dawang's death, she firmly refused marriage arranged by the magistrate's office and spent many years in Zhejiang. While helping Li Jianwei to take revenge, Qingyuan, the deputy envoy of the Chang'an Supervisor Zi Ke, has been trying to find out the truth about Jian Jishan from 20 years ago.

Chen Dawang. At the age of 38, we meet the leader of Guigu in Huishan. Twenty years ago, he was a major general in the Loyal and Brave Army led by Chen Weishan. Entrusted by the general, Chen Dawang and his party lived in seclusion in Guigu for twenty years, just to avenge the Loyal and Brave Army and reveal the truth to the world one day.

Sizhou. 24 years old, a descendant of the Loyal and Brave Army, he was a martial arts expert but became blind in two days. Because he was indebted to the Lord of Qingyuan, he stayed by his side and waited for investigation. While helping Li Jianwei to get his revenge, he also hoped to find out the truth of the old case of the Loyal and Brave Army from 20 years ago.

Wan Qianhong. Thirty-eight years old, owner of Baihua Villa, with mysterious martial arts and deceitful tricks. When she was young, she fell in love with Li Pu, who concealed his identity. Later, Li Xifei and Huang Jueda broke off all ties with Wan Qianhong. Since then, Wan Qianhong deeply hated Li Pu and all men in the world. Behind the hatred, Wan Qianhong missed her daughter so much that she mistakenly recognized Xiao Hetao as Zaotian's daughter. In the end, they ended up loving each other but not being able to be together.

Shi Tou. Eighteen years old, a good martial brother of Chen Xiaoxi, grew up in Jianweishan. He is the beloved son of Uncle Hua and Aunt Hua, with a simple and straightforward personality. He was happy and naive until Xiaohe died. The joy he did not even have time to express became the biggest regret in Shi Tou's life.

*text from informational brochures was converted with image to text online programs, translated through google translator and edited by me with some help of online dictionaries. i do not speak chinese, so there are most certainly mistakes in the text. purpose of this translation is to give you the general idea

[nemainofthewater]

In honour of the fact it is the evening preceding the birth of a religious figure best known for rising from the dead please have this poll.

They are alive in our hearts 😭😭😭😭😭

There are SPOILERS

SO MANY SPOILERS

PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK

Write-ins, propaganda, and images are welcome!

[the-monkey-ruler]

Our Winter Olympics (2022) 我们的冬奥

Director: Lin Yongchang / Li Haoling / Zhuang Hao / Qu Qiang / Zhong Ming / Zhang Zhe / Wang Liwen Screenwriter: Xu Yun / Wang Gang / Zhang Jie / Xu Bijun / Xu Bo / Han Feiyi / Xie Peng / Pan Xiaoxuan Starring: Shen Shiyou / Liu Siqi / Zhang Ming / Jia Chenlu / Yang Ning / Bao Muzhongyang / Jiang Guangtao / Shan Xin / Xu Chunni / Zhang Li / Li Lihong / Wang Kai / Liu Xuanrui / Pan Yan / Fu Chong / Cui Jie / Chen Zhaoxiong Genre: Drama / Animation Country/Region of Production: Mainland China Language: Mandarin Chinese Date: 2022-02-19 (Mainland China) Duration: 90 minutes Also known as: 我和我的冬奥 / Me and My Winter Games IMDb: tt18080516 Type: Crossover

Summary:

A series of wonderful stories happened to Bing Dwen Dwen and Shue Rhon Rhon when they went to attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Village. Little Bald Qiang and Little Bear and Big Bear helped everyone escape from the blizzard; Jiu Yue accidentally "picked up" Bing Dwen Dwen and returned her while enjoying a perfect vacation; Little Tiger Girl bravely faced the challenge with the encouragement of her toys; Monkey King met Tutu when he borrowed an "ice tool" and they participated in the Tiangong Ice and Snow Festival together. From Monkey King to Inhuman, the film brings together more than 30 well-known IP animation characters to awaken the childhood memories of five generations. Starring Bing Dwen Dwen and Shue Rhon Rhon, the only authorized animation film of the Winter Olympics, creating the most meaningful animation film at the beginning of the year!

Source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18080516/?ref_=tt_mv_close

Link: https://www.bilibili.com/bangumi/media/md28236490

[soursgrap3s]

"that's the stupidest fucking question you've ever asked me." jiang deadpans, expression unchanged even as hyejin appeared visibly frazzled and distressed. it was, frankly, a concerning sight, considering their history of unpleasant interactions where hyejin had always consistently responded with snarls, hisses, and glares. "i don't trust you. what the fuck do you want, seriously?"

🥛⠀. . .⠀ ♡⠀ ੭ ˚ you know , it really is a perfect opportunity to get in jiang's good graces : not that hyejin is dying to , but she always gets a nagging sensation when people don't like her . also , why the fuck does that thing have so many legs ? she's grateful not to be in his spot right now . “ fuck you . how much do you trust me by the way ? ”

[theresattrpgforthat]

Hi! This request was easier to search for, so I see you’ve recommended Hearts of Wulin and Ten Thousand Days for the Sword. Do you have any other wuxia or xianxia game recs?

Have a good day!

THEME: Wuxia Games.

Hello friend, I'm certainly not an expert, but after reaching out to some more knowledgeable folks, I think I have a few!

Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall, by Wet Ink Games.

This is a collaborative, storytelling RPG about a Chinese family making their living by running a restaurant in one of America’s Chinatowns, circa 1920. Despite societal backlash and anti-Chinese laws, they have turned a profit and their quality of life has recently improved.

Night, however, brings a new terror.

Players take on the roles of members of the Chinese family (mostly from Guangdong province), spanning three generations, who face threats of jiangshi (hopping vampires) at night and racism by day. It has players balancing the responsibility of maintaining their family business with protecting themselves and their community from the dreaded Jiangshi. This is primarily a game about storytelling. Combat is limited, but horror, drama and sometimes comedy are the primary vehicles for driving the game forward.

This game draws quite a bit from boardgaming elements, so I think this one is best played around a physical table, especially since it requires a custom deck of cards. You’ll use these cards to represent the demands of running a restaurant in the day, as well as fighting of a vampire at night. This game is probably on the borders of what I think is considered wuxia, but if you have a horror lover in your group, this might be worth checking out.

Exalted, by Onyx Path Games.

This is the tale of a forgotten age before the seas were bent, when the world was flat and floated atop a sea of chaos. This is the tale of a decadent empire raised up on the bones of the fallen Golden Age, whose splendor it faintly echoed but could not match. This is a tale of primal frontiers, of the restless dead, of jeweled cities ruled openly by spirits in defiance of Heaven’s law. This is a tale of glorious heroes blessed by the gods, and of their passions and the wars they waged in the final era of legends.

Exalted has a number of different sources, only one of which feels close to wuxia, but the stories are certainly expected to give you long, sweeping epics and larger-than-life characters. There are many different kinds of Exalted, including Solars, Lunars, and Dragon-Blooded. Since I’m not a wuxia connoisseur myself, I’m not entirely sure how close Exalted comes to hitting the mark - I’m mostly recommending it because it came up connected to some other wuxia fantasy games when I was doing some searching.

Jiang Hu, by wum1ng.

Jiang Hu is a role-playing game for the wuxia genre. Drawing inspiration from wuxia novels written by luminaries such as Jin Yong and Gu Long, the Feng Yun comics from Ma Rong Chen and the multitude of wuxia movies and television series, this game brings the world of dashing swordsmen, warrior monks, brawling beggars and high-flying stunts to your tabletop. 

Players take on the role of Martial Artists fighting against various threats to the lands of Jiang Hu, ranging from evil sect leaders who have mastered forbidden secret martial arts techniques to megalomaniacs seeking to take over the Imperial Throne by force and the blood of countless innocents.

The Worlds Without Number series by Kevin Crawford has its praises sung by many people, especially folks in the OSR scene, and that is the bones that this game is built on. Your character is built from quite a list of skills, which are differentiated between Combat and Non-Combat. You also have a number of secondary attributes, for things such as Armour Class, Evasion, and Luck, as well as a dedicated space on your character sheet for weapons and martial arts. Expect combat to to take up a bulk of your time!

When you roll for your character background, you also get a significant life event that is expected to shape your character’s past, such as having a loved one murdered, or falling into serious debt. Out of all of the games listed here, I think this game is the closest to D&D, what with the “packages” of skills, items and abilities attached to each background.

The Oath, by brushmen.

"We seek not to be born on the same day, but hope to die on the same day." And with such an oath, Yong, Li, and Ming swore loyalty to each other.

When earthly desires tempt them, and devotions threaten to tear them apart, with or without a hand from uncaring fate…

will their oath endure?

The Oath is a collaborative storytelling game for one Game Moderator and three players.

This is meant to be a one-shot, which borrows the Entanglements system from Hearts of Wulin and the character Keys and Tags from Lady Blackbird. Since this game comes with characters already pre-written, it would probably be very good for groups who have very little time, or who want an easy on-ramp to games or the wuxia genre. I like the fact that the Keys give you prompts and directions for your character’s behaviour; it’s strong statement on how the author interprets the genre, but it still gives you, the player, a choice on what elements of your character will be emphasized, and what elements will take up the background.

brushmen also has another wuxia Lady Blackbird hack called The Escort, about recovering from a violent robbery, this one for four players and one GM.

Four Swords, by ehronlime.

This is a tabletop roleplaying game about being young heroes in a wuxia story, made for the #AsianMartialArtsJam.

You start with your First Sword, which you use to challenge other heroes and villains and strive for mastery.

You will then gain three more Swords: the Second a sword of great pride and regret, the Third a sword of mastery and expression, and the Fourth a sword which is no sword.

You will also struggle between the obligations put upon your by others and what you truly desire from the life of a wandering hero.

Four Swords really zeroes in on the combat mastery part of wuxia fantasy. Your characters will grow into mastery, and battle with rigid codes and rules that structure the world you live in. The game is very descriptive, leaving you with only 4 abilities that are meant to broadly encompass what you are able to do. The game encourages characters to interfere with each-other using a mechanic called Vows, and levelling up gives you access to different techniques, which reinforce the competence of your characters as well as the rigid guidelines by which they might improve.

This game was made for the Asian Martial Arts by Asian Creators Game Jam, so you might find some more wuxi-themed games there!

Blades of the Immortals, by Jagganoth.

Blades of the Immortals is a tabletop roleplaying game inspired by xiānxiá. It uses the Forged in the Dark rules engine developed by John Harper, as seen in games like Blades in the Dark and Beam Saber.

In Blades of the Immortals, you will take on the roles of cultivators, striving for your own ambitions, for the glory of your sect, and for the ultimate prize —  immortality. You'll viciously struggle for scarce resources, compete for the patronage of powerful and influential teachers, gather allies to your banner, and scheme against your enemies. Your cultivators will wield mystical treasures and supernatural spell-arts, mastering the very laws of the cosmos as their weapons, as they become entangled in centuries-long vendettas between deathless wizard-kings.

This game is solidly focused on supernatural abilities and grand increases in strength. You choose from one of 9 different playbooks, and collaboratively create a faction that binds you all together. The sources listed as inspirations for this game include (but are not limited to) Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, Forge of Destiny, Aspiring to the Immortal Path, and Journey to the West.

Compared to other Blades hacks, this game reduces the standard number of action ratings, ties character growth to a change in your character’s beliefs, and separates your gear from your playbook. Characters can also level up through Realms, which increases your effectiveness and upgrades your inventory.

Mist-Robed Gate, by Shreyas & Elizabeth Sampat.

There are some things that we value more than life.

There are things we're willing to scheme and cry and fight and die for.

That's what wuxia cinema is about— fighting and dying for the things we care about. That's what Mist-Robed Gate is about.

Mist-Robed Gate comes with a full list of movie recommendations, but includes Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and House of Flying Daggers as key influences. I really like the fact that a key mechanic of this game includes stabbing your character sheet with a knife.

Players create factions first, and then take turns creating characters that represent those factions, with elements that represent the hero’s distinctive personality and style. Players also create the different locations that will serve as the stage for your scenes. Play happens over a series of scenes, as their characters push and pull against each-other, sometimes even making terrible demands (which is where the Knife comes in). If you want a game that has a lot of politics in the terms of actions having large ramifications over big groups of people, and if you want a game that is extremely dramatic, you might want to check out Mist-Robed Gate.

[shiguangbrainrot]

masterpost

hello~ due to me losing ability to care about anything else ive decided to pour time and energy into collecting and documenting stuff about link click musical

here are tags for chinese sites mainly for my own ease of search, but you can use them as well

main tag for general content related to musical

offical musical profile they post special content

musical bilibili profile not sure how different it is their weibo profile

actors but only lg and cxs bcs i dont care about others,

Lu Guang: Wang Minhui, Wu Yihan, Guo Hongxu(he plays both), Du Guangyi, Zhu Hanbin, Yang Haoran, Yin Haolun, Wang Zhiwei, Li Yuyan, Qiu Junyang

Cheng Xiaoshi: Cai Qi , Shu Rongbo, Teng Chupeng, Wang Yifei, Ji Xiaokun, Cao Muzhi, Bai Zhouming, Ding Xingchen, Jing Yangqiao, Zhang Jiahao, Chen Kai, Jiang Yizhe

and you can just copypaste this 时光代理人音乐剧 into bilibili to look for videos there.

im not sure how long this obsession will last but i hope this blog helps someone in future, at least its helping me organise.

also, i might do photodumps of actors or post about them unrelated to link click. or go the other way and post about link click stuff unrelated to musical.

also also, bcs im lazy to type i will be refering to actors and character by acronyms.

plan was to make "daily" posts of performances as they come out, but ive decided its too annoying and there isnt that much to say for every performance, ill leave what ive done so far as it, but from now ill be putting multiple performances together, maybe by a week? ill see what works.

i also want to go over old ones so those will appear randomly, ill put dates on top of the post for clarity. and i wanna make some specifc moment posts, like a hug masterpost or something, and maybe collection posts for specific duos

and some more weibo tags

shiguang guangshi and general fandom tag

[compneuropapers]

Interesting Papers for Week 49, 2024

Psychometrics in experimental psychology: A case for calibration. Bach, D. R. (2024). Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 31(4), 1461–1470.

Cellular and circuit architecture of the lateral septum for reward processing. Chen, G., Lai, S., Jiang, S., Li, F., Sun, K., Wu, X., … Zhu, Y. (2024). Neuron, 112(16), 2783-2798.e9.

Prediction-error signals in anterior cingulate cortex drive task-switching. Cole, N., Harvey, M., Myers-Joseph, D., Gilra, A., & Khan, A. G. (2024). Nature Communications, 15, 7088.

An essential role for the latero-medial secondary visual cortex in the acquisition and retention of visual perceptual learning in mice. Consorti, A., Sansevero, G., Di Marco, I., Floridia, S., Novelli, E., Berardi, N., & Sale, A. (2024). Nature Communications, 15, 7322.

Abstract representations emerge in human hippocampal neurons during inference. Courellis, H. S., Minxha, J., Cardenas, A. R., Kimmel, D. L., Reed, C. M., Valiante, T. A., … Rutishauser, U. (2024). Nature, 632(8026), 841–849.

Dopamine biases decisions by limiting temporal integration. Gautham, A. K., Miner, L. E., Franco, M. N., Thornquist, S. C., & Crickmore, M. A. (2024). Nature, 632(8026), 850–857.

Slow ramping emerges from spontaneous fluctuations in spiking neural networks. Gavenas, J., Rutishauser, U., Schurger, A., & Maoz, U. (2024). Nature Communications, 15, 7285.

Task-specific invariant representation in auditory cortex. Heller, C. R., Hamersky, G. R., & David, S. V. (2024). eLife, 12, e89936.3.

Replay-triggered brain-wide activation in humans. Huang, Q., Xiao, Z., Yu, Q., Luo, Y., Xu, J., Qu, Y., … Liu, Y. (2024). Nature Communications, 15, 7185.

Temporal resolution relates to sensory hyperreactivity independently of stimulus detection sensitivity in individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Kaneko, A., Atsumi, T., & Ide, M. (2024). Perception, 53(9), 585–596.

Partial blindness: Visual experience is not rich, but not sparse. Kim, C., & Chong, S. C. (2024). Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 31(4), 1558–1569.

Amygdala and Cortex Relationships during Learning of a Sensory Discrimination Task. Levitan, D., & Gilad, A. (2024). Journal of Neuroscience, 44(34), e0125242024.

Slow-wave sleep drives sleep-dependent renormalization of synaptic AMPA receptor levels in the hypothalamus. Liu, J., Niethard, N., Lun, Y., Dimitrov, S., Ehrlich, I., Born, J., & Hallschmid, M. (2024). PLOS Biology, 22(8), e3002768.

How aging shapes our sense of agency. Mariano, M., Kuster, N., Tartufoli, M., & Zapparoli, L. (2024). Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 31(4), 1714–1722.

Individual thalamic inhibitory interneurons are functionally specialized toward distinct visual features. Müllner, F. E., & Roska, B. (2024). Neuron, 112(16), 2765-2782.e9.

Predictions enable top-down pattern separation in the macaque face-processing hierarchy. Nigam, T., & Schwiedrzik, C. M. (2024). Nature Communications, 15, 7196.

Signatures of hierarchical temporal processing in the mouse visual system. Rudelt, L., González Marx, D., Spitzner, F. P., Cramer, B., Zierenberg, J., & Priesemann, V. (2024). PLOS Computational Biology, 20(8), e1012355.

Dopamine Release in the Nucleus Accumbens Core Encodes the General Excitatory Components of Learning. Taira, M., Millard, S. J., Verghese, A., DiFazio, L. E., Hoang, I. B., Jia, R., … Sharpe, M. J. (2024). Journal of Neuroscience, 44(35), e0120242024.

Non-invasive stimulation of the human striatum disrupts reinforcement learning of motor skills. Vassiliadis, P., Beanato, E., Popa, T., Windel, F., Morishita, T., Neufeld, E., … Hummel, F. C. (2024). Nature Human Behaviour, 8(8), 1581–1598.

Short-latency preference for faces in primate superior colliculus depends on visual cortex. Yu, G., Katz, L. N., Quaia, C., Messinger, A., & Krauzlis, R. J. (2024). Neuron, 112(16), 2814-2822.e4.

[bastardtrait]

Legacy superlatives tag game

hello babes I found this really old tag game that was being passed around simblr like almost 10 years ago and I thought it was funky and fun. I brought it back for the legacy girls. I'm tagging some folks who've got a few generations under their belt, so: @beebeesiims @simsandgiggles @natolesims @bearphase @akitasimblr but if you see this n u wanna participate please feel free to!! <3 I will be answering for Nova and Lucky bc they're both done as of October 2024.

Favourite heirs

Nova: HONESTLY I think my 9th generation heiress has officially dethroned Musica from gen. 2, like I genuinely feel like I went out with a bang.

Lucky: I love Iain from gen. 5 okay he's been through a lot. I put old boy through a victorian death trap of a story and he still made it out flaws and all.

more below...

Favourite spouses

Nova: this is really hard but I think it's Neveah from gen. 6 by @lizillasimming. I had genuinely so much fun with her and she even got her own solo adventure like hello? mother

Lucky: OOHHH this is really hard but I love Chen Ruiyang from gen. 4 mainly because he had the most fleshed out story between Magnolia and his generation and also bc he's hot like. yes daddy.

Favourite spares

Nova: hmm I guess I'll hand it to Crow from gen. 3 bc he appeared as a side character in the Luckys too! but then again Soma from gen. 8 is about to be in another save, so it's up in the air.

Lucky: Sara from gen. 3 thank u bye! actually, I loved Ibrahim too; gen 3 kids were just built different

Favorite side characters, if you do story-oriented saves (skip if not)

Nova: ok this save was really inconsistent with story lmfao but I'll hand it to ... idk Lim Shiyeon from gen. 3? she was not a good person but she gave us Delilah at least so.

Lucky: of COURSE it's miss Khadijah Daniel from gen. 3! she ran Finn's office like a naval commander. but I also have to give an honourable mention to Jiang Yuqi from gen. 4 because she's mother.

Mishaps during your legacy

Nova: let's discuss Salem from gen. 7 dying in a glitched out fire that the firefighters refused to save him from!!! damn!!! that shit pissed me off so bad bro

Lucky: umm it's obviously Shaw from gen. 7 fucking DYING BEFORE HIS GENERATION COULD EVEN START OMFGG.....like are u kidding me dawg!!! i had PLANS FOR U!!!!!

fuck man, 7th generations of my legacies are bad omens...

Largest number of children

Nova: oh let's talk about how Jericho and Day-Day from gen. 1 had four kids: TWO sets of twins in a row?!! i actually quit this save for the first time because of that AJDSIOFDSKF

Lucky: Franklin and Bayram from gen. 2 had three, and that's not even counting all their dependent animals. six chickens, two cows, and a llama! and one Sister Elisabeth.

Any surprises

Nova: that I even FINISHED THIS SAVE AT ALL. lmfao. I abandoned it like 3 times dude! but I'm nothing if not stubborn. and also that I ended up really loving my final 9th generation. I can't wait to post that one.

Lucky: that I pulled out all the stops for the story portion of gen. 6? tbh that was the most story for TS4 i'd ever worked on, and it was hard, I won't lie. but rewarding. and I'm terribly satisfied with the results.

Favorite family pet why this is question so low smh.

Nova: aw now come on, it has to be my baby Tango from gen. 4. a little stray that went up to Delilah to ask for a home...and she took him in...I love u Tango...

Lucky: now can this go to anybody but Cake Boss from gen. 4? the immortal dog so iconic she also appeared in TWO Nova generations? like hello?

[danmeigirl]

Listing Upcoming C-Drama's to watch :-

Fox Spirit Matchmaker : Love in Pavilion (Lead- Liu Shishi & Leon Zhang)

Fox Spirit Matchmaker : Red-Moon Pact (Lead- Yang Mi & Gong Jun) Released

Fox Spirit Matchmaker : Sword and Beloved (Lead- Li Yi Tong & Cheng Yi)

Legend of the Female General (Lead- Zhou Ye & Ryan Cheng)

The Princess Royal (Lead- Zhao Jin Mai & Zhang Ling He) Released

Love of the Divine Tree ( Lead- Deng Wei & Julia Xiang)

Guardians of the Dafeng (Lead- Dylan Wang & Tian Xi Wei) Released

Fangs of Fortune (Lead- Neo Hou & Chen Duling) Released

Love in the Desert (Lead- Fang Yulin & Hanikezi) Released

Snowy Night : Timeless Love (Lead- Joseph Zeng & Li Qin) Released

Reborn for Love (Lead- Jing Tian & Zhang Lingh He) Released

Shui Long Yin (Lead- Fang Yilun/Xiao Shunyao/Luo Yunxi)

Lady Revenger Returns from the Fire (Lead- Xu Lu & Wei Zheming)

A Dream Within A Dream (Lead- Li Yi Tong & Liu Yu Ning)

Thousand Fragrances (Lead- Song Wei Long & Ju Jing Yi)

Love Game in Eastern Fantasy (Lead- Esther Yu & Ding Yuxi) Released

Legend of Dark River (Lead- Gong Jun & Chang Hua Sen)

Dashing Youth (Lead- Neo Hou & Hu Lian Xin) Released

The Story of Pearl Girl (Lead- Liu Yuning & Zhao Lusi) Released

Lin Jiang Xian (Lead- Joseph Zeng & Bai Lu)

Fall in Love with a Fox (Lead- Wanyan Luo Rong & Xu Hao)

Echo of her Voice (Lead- Wei Zheming & Xu Jia Qi) Released

Snowfall (Lead- Gao Wei Guang & Nana Ouyang) Released

Go East (Lead- Tan Jian Ci & Zhou Yiran) Released

Moonlight Mystique (Lead- Bai Lu & Ao Rui Peng)

Ran Shuang Wei Zhou (Lead- Wang Yuwen & Tian Jiarui)

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@womansound (2/4) hello :)

"books mean more to me than people anyway."

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@somefishycat @zyrafowe-sny @whimsicalmeerkat annnnnd now we have a totally random assessment of words! AKA ill-advised au where I've given two characters kids (they should not be having kids together) (they're fine for now)

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Jiang Mingxi didn’t really like children. This was less a statement about children and more a statement about people. In general, she didn’t really know what to do with them. Children, despite their size and ignorance about the workings of life, were still people; Jiang Mingxi and people did not get along.

She hadn’t thought about how this would apply to her own children, but in retrospect, the answer had been obvious. There had been no instant connection to the child, no maternal instinct telling her what she was supposed to do. Faced with the prospect of holding a baby – any baby -- Jiang Mingxi was left only with the conviction that she was somehow unqualified for it.

The baby didn’t soothe her feelings about this. The baby only stared at her with big, dark eyes, as if it, too, was judging her.

“You’re holding A-Chen like he’s a bomb,” Yang Haoran said dryly. “He’s a baby, he’s not going to explode.”

“You don’t know that,” Jiang Mingxi said.

Yang Haoran huffed and took the baby from her. “A-Chen isn’t going to bite you. I wish A-Chen would bite you – but A-Chen is so good, he’s so well-behaved, do you know how many parents would be jealous of having a baby like you? That’s right, A-Chen is the best --”

It was weird, watching Yang Haoran dissolve into cooing over the baby. Jiang Mingxi had been certain he also didn’t really like children. By default, he was better at them than Jiang Mingxi was, as how he was generally better at people, but he’d expressed great distaste at at the concept of actually having them.

Then the baby was born and Yang Haoran was suddenly and severely afflicted with parental sappiness, to the point where Jiang Mingxi was mildly unsettled by it. Yang Haoran had never been this nice to anyone or anything in his entire life. Parenthood had changed him in strange and unnerving ways.

“I wish he’d bite people,” Yang Haoran said, stroking the baby’s head. “When he gets teeth, he should bite people, it’s good for him.”

“… Really?” said Jiang Mingxi, who distinctly remembered being told not to bite people as a child.

“He needs to defend himself from strangers,” Yang Haoran said righteously. “Of course it’s not good to put dirty things in his mouth, but breaking the skin should scare people off.”

Jiang Mingxi didn’t know very much about parenting, but this didn’t seem correct.

“Are you… planning on handing the baby to strangers?” Jiang Mingxi said, perplexed.

Yang Haoran glared at her like she’d just suggested dropping the baby in molten lava. “As if.”

“Then why--”

“He needs to be prepared on the off-chance it happens,” Yang Haoran said. “I don’t see why you’re trying to argue with me about this. You liked biting people all the time.”

This was true.

“Mostly, you liked biting me.”

This was still, unfortunately, true.

“Why are you talking about this,” Jiang Mingxi said.

“Actually,” Yang Haoran said, starting to sound dangerously amused, “you still like biting me, don’t you?”

Jiang Mingxi’s head snapped towards Yang Haoran so quickly that it felt like she’d broken her neck.

She wasn’t a little kid anymore; she didn’t pick fights where biting was a viable winning strategy. The only context in which she was still biting anyone at all – Yang Haoran specifically -- was during sex.

They didn’t talk about sex. They’d spent a good number of years pretending they hadn’t been fucking each other, and this had extended even after their marriage. The habit was strong enough that she could barely believe what he’d just said, except there was literally no other way she could interpret it.

Yang Haoran had a pretty smile on his face. Something almost playful, not that dangerous, sharp-edged thing he’d directed at her for almost the entirety of their acquaintance. He’d tilted his head ever-so-slightly to the side, baring his neck just enough to give her easier access if Jiang Mingxi really did want to sink her teeth in.

Was that an invitation. Was this flirting.

“You’re making such a stupid face right now,” Yang Haoran said. “What kind of shit are you thinking, huh?”