#Azora Chin

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来 拔掉我手上的鳞片 / Come, pluck the scales from my hands 撕开我脚上的蹼 / Tear the webbing from my feet 把我的犄角都锯断 / Saw off my horns 拔出我牙里的毒 / Draw the venom from my teeth 来 套上你准备的束缚 / Come, put on the chains you've prepared 拽我回肮脏的泥土 / and drag me back into the mud and muck 我仍会在土壤里燃气火焰 / I will still catch fire amidst the dirt 束缚里开始起舞 / and dance in my chains 颜色 味道 血液 汗水 / Color, taste, blood, sweat 我为什么要对你忏悔 / Why must I repent to you 我对自己赞美 / for the praises I sing of myself?

披荆斩棘的哥哥 CALL ME BY FIRE S4 | 五公 FIFTH STAGE

《作为怪物》 As a Monster

bonus: shi kai and wang zhengliang expressing their enthusiasm for zao an

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你说得对 / You were right 我该醒来 / I should wake up

披荆斩棘的哥哥 CALL ME BY FIRE S4 | 五公 FIFTH STAGE

《求不来》 Unattainable

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披荆斩棘的哥哥 CALL ME BY FIRE S4 | MIYAVI & AZORA CHIN

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披荆斩棘的哥哥 CALL ME BY FIRE S4 | 《作为怪物》 "As a Monster" Song Request Surprise Attack

genuinely in love with this. the energy in the room. shi kai bullying you zhangjing. jing long headbanging so hard that the post-prod team calls him out for it. fu xinbo grooving like it's a ballad. azora and his harmonies (holy shit)

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References to previous stages: 1: 《血腥爱情故事》 A Bloody Love Story 2: 《呓语》 Maddened Murmurs 3: 《十字街头》 Crossroads 4-5: 《变废为宝》 Turning Trash to Treasure 6: 《借过一下》 Let Me By 7: 《剑魂》 Soul of the Sword 8: 《寓言》 Fable

披荆斩棘的哥哥 CALL ME BY FIRE S4 | 《作为怪物》 As a Monster

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披荆斩棘的哥哥 CALL ME BY FIRE S4 | AZORA CHIN + DOING THE MIC THING

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是梦幻 成就艺术宫殿 / It is fantasy that completes the palace of art 致美惨烈合二为一 / Utmost beauty and tragedy combined into one

披荆斩棘的哥哥 CALL ME BY FIRE S4 | 总决赛舞台 FINAL STAGE

《斗牛》 Bullfight

bonus: what in the renaissance painting—

[barananduen-blog]

Call Me by Fire 4

Favorite performance from the weekend of Oct. 12-13

🔥"Can't Beg for Love" by Azora Chin, Miyavi, Rhydian Vaughan, Hito, and Caelan Moriarty

The music, which blends traditional and modern rhythms, is very catchy, and the performance is super fun to watch! Azora's high notes toward the end are fantastic! Also, splashing water!💦

Very cool ethnic outfits. They said the performance was done in the style of Southern Fujian and was based on a dance that's performed as part of temple fairs to pray for good fortune.

There are two Generals who encourage people to do good deeds, the blue-faced general Sun and the red-faced general Zeng, played by Miyavi and Caelan, respectively. General Sun was responsible for keeping track of people's evil acts, while General Zeng was responsible for recording people's good deeds.

Face-painting took one hour for each.

One of the challenges of this performance was that it's sung in Minnan dialect, which only two of the members speak (Azora and Rhydian). Moreover, Caelan seems to have trouble with Mandarin, and Miyavi only knows some words. Therefore, Rhydian had to teach the team how to pronounce each word in the song.

Rhydian also explained the difference between the northern and the southern pipa, which is that while the northern pipa is held vertically, the southern pipa is held more horizontally, similar to a guitar.

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【三公舞台·纯享】#尤长靖 #Miyavi #黑泽良平 #黄潇 全新演绎#周深《#借过一下 》哥哥们湿发跳舞帅炸了！｜Call Me By Fi...

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[averaillisa]

How about the character ask game with kaeya? 🥺👉👈 the way you draw him is always so round n soft

Thank you so much! And yay Yaya 🤗

Favorite thing about them

I just think he's so cute! I like his smile specifically, it either looks super smirky or super sincere and both look adorable >< and the fact that he always tries to present himself as this smooth-talker but immediately gets flustered and tongue-tied when people, esp family, show him sincere affection?? Ough 🥺

Least favorite thing about them

Nothing hehe

Favorite line

Honestly I like most of his lines! His JP voice esp sounds rlly sing song and pleasant, I like his delivery!!

It's really funny when he goes 'Ew' in the ENG voice when u give him food he dislikes tho ajdkejfke

brOTP

Diluc is his big bro and Jean is his best friend!!!!! And they love him a lot!!!!

OTP

I think kaebedo is pretty cute ^w^

nOTP

kluc 😐

random headcanon

When Kaeya trusts someone a lot, he'll unconsciously start physically leaning against them somehow. Like, he'll lie on Albedo's lap while he's drawing, he'll prop his head on Jean's shoulder whenever they both need to read a report she's holding, he used to nap against Diluc's shoulder or his back a lot while they were growing up. It's a subtle, sincere, and rare show of trust <3

unpopular opinion

Hmm can't think of anything specific hehe

Song I associate with them

I said this on the Diluc character ask but 是你想成为的大人吗 by Azora Chin just reminds me of both ragbros in general :(

Favorite picture of them

This one definitely! He's so small and cute and happy! (honestly I think Kaeya has some of the cutest official chibis hehe)

[averaillisa]

Hmmmmm can I do two? Diluc & Zhongli

I did Zhongli earlier so I'll just answer for Diluc if that's okay!

Favorite thing about them

His hair is honestly a major draw for me lol, both to look at and to draw. it's so long and thick and floofy. I wanna brush and braid it d(^w^)b

He's also v sweet and soft and gentlemanly if u get past the idea that he's always grumpy!

Least favorite thing about them

His original non-costume in-game model could use some work in my opinion, his face looks a bit funny and they didn't rlly do his hair justice >< then again I guess modelling it to be that fluffy would be pretty difficult!!

Favorite line

His "Uhm, thanks 😐" after u give him food he doesn't like is v funny to me, he's trying so hard to be polite asjflehfk

"Knights of Favonius, always so inefficient" is also a classic hehe

brOTP

I like the ragbros! Does that count? ^^'

OTP

Honestly I don't ship Diluc romantically with anyone either hehe

nOTP

kluc, again for obvious reasons 😐

random headcanon

Probs not surprising but my fav hc is that he feeds the stray cats and dogs of Mond, and is just a huge animal lover at heart <3 I also have a soft spot for aro diluc!!

Unpopular opinion

Though he def lashed out in some way, I don't think Diluc was straight up trying to kill Kaeya the day their dad died. Idk I just see it in a lot of fanfic and I wonder where the idea that he was trying to just flat out murder his brother came from 🤔

Song I associate with them

是你想成为的大人吗 by Azora Chin always makes me think of both ragbros whenever I hear it 🥺

I actually tried planning an animatic for it a few months ago but got overwhelmed before I could finish. Maybe one day 😔

Favorite picture of them

the entire set of KFC collab chibi stickers. He looks adorable <3

Thanks again for the ask!

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thank you for — well, you didn't exactly ask, but now I'm going to put you on blast about it as an excuse to dig a bit deeper into this stage because really!!! what's going on here huh!!!!!

this stage takes much of its inspiration from Westworld, a science fiction-dystopian show in which androids perform immersive fantasies in an amusement park for the entertainment of humans. the themes of human vs. nonhuman, performance vs. authenticity from Westworld are then carried into this stage and refracted through the lyrics of the song 《作为怪物》 As a Monster, which was originally performed by 李宇春 Li Yuchun (Chris Lee) and 吴青峰 Wu Qingfeng (Greeny Wu, also the composer) with lyrics by 李格弟 Li Gedi. the original version of As a Monster leans on the aspect of monsters as lonely outcasts who will not and cannot fit into the rest of society, and metaphorically extends to an artist's search for someone to understand them. the lyrics of the original song follow a self-proclaimed "monster's" search for a true companion:

花了许多时间去很多地方 / I spent a lot of time going to a lot of places, 看很多不是你的人 / meeting a lot of people who were not you 这就是他们唯一的定义 / That is the only defining trait of "them"

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我是你的同类 / I am one of your kind 只为与你匹配 / I exist only to match with you

perhaps it is worth noting that in the original song, the sought-after "other," the desired monster, is never actually found:

要如何找到你如何为你命名 / How do I find you and name you? 你总有不在场证明 / You always have a perfect alibi for your absence 是否这就是你唯一的定义 / Is this the singular defining trait of you? 是否你在暗地里 / Are you in the shadows 心有所爱 / in love with someone 只能旁观 / but can only watch from afar? 深情款款 / Lovingly, adoringly— 你是否也在找我？/ are you also looking for me?

尤长靖 You Zhangjing (Azora Chin) enters this stage, costumed as — well, actually his costume is a reference to a third stage performance — but it appears that, in this stage, Azora is playing the role of a mad scientist, here to manage his android test subjects, which includes 早安 Zao An. Azora sings to Zao An in the role of the self-proclaimed monster:

我想要你 / I want you 想找到你 / I want to find you 你和我一样 / You are the same as me 你是个怪物 / You're a monster 怪物太害羞 / Monsters are too shy

the following choreography quite literally goes through the motions of different iconic roles in various installations around stage (most of these are references to previous stages). Zao An, at Azora's behest, tries out different roles but none of them quite suit him, reflecting the repeated insistence in the lyrics that "作为怪物 格格不入," that monsters are eternally "out of place" and incapable of truly "fitting in"

what makes this staging particularly interesting is that, while Azora sings the lyrics of the original song as the self-proclaimed monster looking for his match, Zao An writes and performs his own rap lyrics in direct conversation to the original song. what was formerly a haunting monologue has now become a dialogue, and the monster searching for but never quite finding its match in the original song does, in fact, find another monster in this version

the first time Zao An forcibly breaks free of the original song's lyrics is in gif 2, where he snaps:

我不用你告诉 / I don't need you to tell me 我也知道我是个怪物 / I also know that I'm a monster

but unlike Azora's monster of a mad scientist, comfortable and assured in his pursuit towards creating a monster of his own design, Zao An's monster is troubled by his own monstrousness:

我感觉到什么但没人会在乎 / No one cares what I feel 要怎么解释我都不知道 / I don't even know how to describe it 我应该笑 还是不应该笑 / Should I smile? Or should I not smile? 我应该要 还是不应该要 / Should I want? Or should I not want? 脑子里重复着残暴的欢愉 / The pleasure of violence repeats in my mind 最后也将终结于残暴 / And in the end it also ends in violence 手指上长出了鳞片 / Scales grow on my fingers, 脚趾间长出了蹼 / webbing between my toes 头顶上长出了一点点黑色的犄角 / The beginnings of black horns grow from my forehead 牙齿里好像有毒 / and there seems to be venom in my teeth 熄灭了烛火 / When the candle's flame is extinguished, 他们怕如果我在 / they're so afraid of my presence 脚步都变了轻 / they tread light and uneasy 但为什么 你的味道 / But why is it that your smell 也有点腥 / also seems a little bloody?

the conflict arises between Zao An's internal landscape — emotional, sensitive, human — and his external appearance — increasingly monstrous (which, given the lack of any visually or physically realized monstrosity, may also be metaphorical). Zao An's monster feels anguish from the way he is treated in response to his monstrous exterior rather than his human interior, while confessing that he does have an internal drive towards the very violence that others fear him for

by the end of his rap, Zao An pivots to his suspicion that mad scientist Azora isn't all that high and mighty compared to the rest of the androids in the room — that Azora is, in fact, simply another one of them. Zao An smells blood on Azora, sensing something monstrous about him. a power struggle then ensues between Zao An and Azora as they both attempt to take control of the other androids. in a reversal of their earlier dynamic, Azora is now forced to perform some familiar choreography while Zao An exults:

来 拔掉我手上的鳞片 / Come, pluck the scales from my hands 撕开我脚上的蹼 / Tear the webbing from my feet 把我的犄角都锯断 / Saw off my horns 拔出我牙里的毒 / Draw the venom from my teeth 来 套上你准备的束缚 / Come, put on the chains you've prepared 拽我回肮脏的泥土 / and drag me back into the mud and muck 我仍会在土壤里燃气火焰 / I will still catch fire amidst the dirt 束缚里开始起舞 / and dance in my chains 颜色 味道 血液 汗水 / Color, taste, blood, sweat 我为什么要对你忏悔 / Why must I repent to you 我对自己赞美 / for the praises I sing of myself?

through this, Zao An comes into his monstrousness both in defiance of and in concert with Azora's intent. he is a monster, yes, but he will not be Azora's mirror image, a monster dressed up in the outfit of a person. they can do violence to his exterior to try and make him conform to some arbitrary kind of presentability, but that cannot touch or reshape his internal monstrosity, which Zao An refuses to "repent" for — he will "catch fire" in spite of other people's attempts to chain him down

the following choreography is then performed mirrored, reflecting their new dynamic on more synchronized footing. Zao An is now the (frankenstein's) monster to Azora's mad scientist, and has found and accepted the role he was meant to play

but notice that none of Zao An's struggle or catharsis was inherently at odds with Azora's goal of finding another monster to complete him. the choreography still suggests that Azora controls Zao An, not just puppeting his movements, but affecting his thoughts:

sure, Zao An appears to triumph over Azora by forcing him into the choreography Zao An was put through earlier, but all of this has been engineered by Azora, the mad scientist who creates and manages all of these androids in this underground laboratory. Azora never actually loses control over the situation, and as he goes over to the piano to play a slow, dreamy version of the song's melody, Zao An turns, dazed, and sits docilely on the piano bench next to Azora. together, they break down, leaning their heads back onto each other's shoulders, locking together like puzzle pieces perfectly fitted to negative space, two monsters finally finding each other:

so then, this the story that plays out onstage: mad scientist Azora finally creates a monster in Zao An that is his true match. Zao An initially struggles with his own monstrosity, lashing out at his creator, but comes to eventually accept it

but! remember the frame story?

in the vein of Westworld, everyone here is playing a role. Azora isn't actually a mad scientist — he's an android cast in the role of a mad scientist. nor is Zao An truly the monster that he agonizes over being, because Zao An is simply an android cast in the role of an experimental monstrous test subject

for all of their posturing and performance, power struggle and personal realization, both of them are simply androids playing their parts in a larger performance. as they are dragged off stage by mysterious figures, the questions remain: were they monsters because they were nonhuman androids, or were they monsters because their roles required them to perform monstrosity? were either of them ever monsters at all, and if not, who were the true monsters in this performance?

来 拔掉我手上的鳞片 / Come, pluck the scales from my hands 撕开我脚上的蹼 / Tear the webbing from my feet 把我的犄角都锯断 / Saw off my horns 拔出我牙里的毒 / Draw the poison from my teeth 来 套上你准备的束缚 / Come, put on the chains you've prepared 拽我回肮脏的泥土 / and drag me back into the mud and muck 我仍会在土壤里燃气火焰 / I will still catch fire amidst the dirt 束缚里开始起舞 / and dance in my chains 颜色 味道 血液 汗水 / Color, taste, blood, sweat 我为什么要对你忏悔 / Why must I repent to you 我对自己赞美 / for the praises I sing of myself?

披荆斩棘的哥哥 CALL ME BY FIRE S4 | 五公 FIFTH STAGE

《作为怪物》 As a Monster

bonus: shi kai and wang zhengliang expressing their enthusiasm for zao an

[rubyyvonne]

ZHANGJING

Stage Name: Zhangjing (长靖)

Birth Name: You Zhangjing (尤长靖)

Birthday: September 19, 1994

Position: Main Vocalist

Height: 176cm

Nationality: Malaysian

Instagram: azorachin

Notes:

Zhangjing ranked 9th on Idol Producer.

He is under Banana Entertainment.

His hometown is Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia.

His english name is Azora Chin.

He was apart of TRAINEE18 which was a pre debut team of trainees from Banana Entertainment before appearing on Idol Producer.

At first he was scared of Xiao Gui.

He is the oldest of the group but acts younger.

He can play the piano.

[honeyed-sunflowers]

thank you for the tag! 🥰🌼

pruning shears - the amazing devil

sukoon - hassan & roshan, shae gill

gottasadae - bewhy

傲紅塵 - azora chin

that unwanted animal - the amazing devil

je t'aime - various artists

entrancing - dreamcatcher (siyeon)

ptt (paint the town) - loona

american teenager - ethel cain

ruin - the amazing devil

(i just suffered my on repeat playlist lol)

open tags! anyone who wants can do this. 💗🪩

Thanks for tagging me @invisiblesting !

The first 10 songs that play when I hit shuffle:

Picture to Burn by Taylor Swift

Renegade (ft. Taylor Swift) by Big Red Machine

deja vu by Olivia Rodrigo

The Alcott (ft. Taylor Swift) by The National

Starlight (Taylor's Version) by Taylor Swift

Nobody Gets Me by SZA

Matilda by Harry Styles

Our Song by Taylor Swift

How You Get The Girl by Taylor Swift

1 step forward, 3 steps back by Olivia Rodrigo

no pressure @bettysparksfly @thesunandstarss @getmystifieds @honeyed-sunflowers @you-knewi-was-trouble