#Bai Ze Ling

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Fangs of Fortune (Bai Ze Ling): perfect on pure aesthetics alone, but also it will tear your heart out while being very gay.

I was lured in to this show by Tumblr gifsets and friends on Bluesky talking about how queer and poly this show is. I'm old and I've been in fandom more than half my life. I know how to read queer subtext. I'm also pretty well versed in cdramas, so again, I know how to read subtext. So I went into this ready to, well, read the subtext.

But no this show is just puts the queer it right there in the text. The vague information we have about Chinese censorship repeatedly left me asking, 'wait how are they getting away with this?' Like some of these jokes and implications are just so blatant it seems incredible this show ever made it to being broadcast. It just feels very much like queer media made for queer people even if t's more subtle than something western like Queer as Folk.

Even without the heavy coloring of gay this show is incredible and so much more than I expected from the title and the promo. The premise is essentially the death of the goddess, who governed relations between humans and demons, leads to an influx of demons in the human world. This brings together the goddess's disciple, Wen Xiao--seeking to restore the goddess's power. WX's childhood sweetheart, Zhuo Yichen--seeking to restore the demon-hunting bureau after the powerful demon Zhu Yan killed his father and brother. It opens on Zhu Yan, in human disguise as as Zhao Yuanzhou, volunteering to help the imperial court restore the demon-hunting bureau to quell the chaos. They are joined by Pei Sijing, a retired female general from the rival demon hunting sect, and a very young doctor (and comic relief) named Bai Jiu. It starts off as a sort of monster-of-the-week with a grim Scooby gang doing detective work and fighting monsters. Each major demon has a mini arc that relates to the larger case (restoring the power of the goddess to balance the realms), and they are repeatedly blocked by either the demons or the rival demon hunting sect. Each mini arc also acts as a mirror or parallel story to slowly revealed backstory of all the main characters as well. In true cdrama fashion it's a mix of adventure, intense emotional drama, romance, and comedy. And queer and poly jokes and romance. It also has a kind of manga vibe in the way the comedy is woven into the more serious story, and in the fantastical depiction of the characters and how the story unfolds.

It is also just insanely beautiful. Every single shot is lovely. The costumes, make up, and hair are incredible. The casting director made all the major demons inhumanly beautiful. The sets are spectacular. The effects are nicely done. Every bit of has the vague surreality of a fairytale. The perfection of each shot ads to the manga vibe, as if we're seeing each critical storytelling panel come alive. There's recurring water-based special effects that are just gorgeous. Based on aesthetics alone this show would be worth watching to me. That it is combined with a complex, very emotional story is a spectacular gift to the watcher. A lot of the negative reviews of this complain about the staginess or that it's overly contrived in how each scene is shot. But I think it's gorgeous, works perfectly with the storytelling, and if we criticize art on whether it achieves the goal it intended then this show is doing exactly and perfectly what it means to do and doing it beautifully.

Additionally the acting is also very good, but Neo Hou is the stand out for sure. I enjoyed him in Back from the Brink, especially the later part of the story, but in Fangs of Fortune he's transformed, utterly embodying the role, the way Dylan Wang is Dongfang Qingcang in Love Between Fairy and Devil. Neo Hou has the right look, a slightly uncanny beauty perfect for a gorgeous immortal not of this world. The show does incredible things with his styling between the various looks and personas the role requires. But in acting he somehow manages to utterly transform his face and demeanor to manifest each aspect of the character as story demands changes from him.

There is a lot of crying in this drama. Like early on I joked that there was going to be a character crying a single perfect tear in every ep. Lol nope. Multiple single perfect tears per ep and many outright full on sobbing scenes. This show is just waiting to rip your heart out and you see it right from the beginning. But it was such sweet pain all the way through. Just a truly engaging and utterly wrenching set of intertwined stories.

My only criticism is that the pacing falls apart in the last 3 episodes. But overall the story is solid through the end, though like so many cdramas, it's saved by the epilogue.

You should absolutely watch it if you want the chaotic bi polycule (it's her, her girlfriend, her boyfriend, her boyfriend's boyfriend who is also her boyfriend, their two idiot sons, and her boyfriend's ex-who is also eventually sort of his boyfriend again), or if you want your heart torn out and stomped on. Or even if you just like really gorgeous cinematic things. Also if you watch, please don't skip the ending credits, as they change as the arcs change, and the radiant joy Tian Jiarui has as he dances is an excellent antidote to the emotions of each episode.

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Cdrama: Fangs of Fortune (2024)

He had been badass until the ML teased him, pretending that he was gonna k!ss his doll.🤣

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Secrets of the Shadow Sect (皎月流火) | Cdrama | Whump List

Genre: Historical, Romance, Wuxia, Action

Synopsis: The young lady Ling Xuan of the morally ambiguous Spiritual Heaven Sect must disguise herself as a useless fool in order to protect herself from her father. At this very moment, Ying Shi is sent by the Shadow Pavilion to approach Ling Xuan in search of the Wanxin Technique. Through suspicions, testing, and dangers during their journey, they eventually build complete trust in each other. However, just as they have fallen for each other, Ling Xuan discovers the secret of Ying Shi's birth.

Length: 24 eps

Whump meter: ▲▲◭△△ 

✨ Everything I love wrapped in a pretty packag. If you liked Zhang Gong Zhu Zai Shang, you'll love this. Also quite some whump ✨

⚠️Trigger Content: Usual historical cdrama content warnings. ⚠️⚠️Some SPOILERS might be found, proceed with caution⚠️⚠️

Whumpee: Ying Shi/Bai Chen/Tang Yan portrayed by Lin Ze Hui

Ep 1 - Covers scar | Scar reveal, scar touched, scar opened, winces, bleeding, made to taste his own blood.

Ep 2 - Wipes blood off mouth | Cut on the forehead with a shard

Ep 3 - Cut on the forehead with a shard, blood trailing down the side of his face (10/10), grabbed by the chin, head pushed away, scolded, made to kneel and strip to receive punishment, scars on his back, whipped | still being whipped, pale, winces, sweating, several large cuts on his back, bleeding, belittled | Blood staining white clothes.

Ep 4 - Shirt removed to reveal the cuts on his back, made to lie down, wound treated, winces.

Ep 5 - none.

Ep 6 - Fought | Takes drug that binds him to his master.

Ep 7 - Weak, loosening collar of his clothes, blurry vision, leaning against table | Fought, blurry vision, struggling to focus, protected, sword to the chest then to the neck, chin tilted up with blade, weak.

Ep 8 - None.

Ep 9 - Restless, can't sleep | Blade to his neck.

Ep 10 - None.

Ep 11 - Stabbed in the back of his neck with three needles, trembling.

Ep 12 - Struggling to walk, weak, in pain, leaning over table, clutches chest, meditates to ease the pain | Sweating, injury reveal (three needles visible under his skin).

Ep 13 - Fought, kicked in the back, spits blood, falls to the ground, struggling to get up, scratches on his face, kicked in the chest, falls to the ground again, spits blood, cut on the cheek, blood on his face and neck | steps in front of loved one and gets stabbed in his right shoulder, blade removed abruptly, bleeding, clutches wound, falls onto his knees.

Ep 14 - Protected, concerned for loved one | Treated, needles removed from his skin, spits blood, pale, blood dripping from his lips.

Ep 15-19 - None.

Ep 20 - (in past) rescued (off screen), scratches and cuts on his face, talks about his unwillingness to live | (in past) watches his friend die, crying.

Ep 21 - (in past) x mark cut onto his left shoulder, crying.

Ep 22 - Force™ pushed away | Imprisoned by loved one | Gets up abruptly, sudden pain, winces, forced to sit back down, in pain, clutching chest, feeling withdrawals from drug, meditates to ease the pain.

Ep 23 - Fought, jumps off cliff after lover, saves lover by pushing her to safety but falls off cliff.

Ep 24 - Limping | Can't stand too long and has to sit, concern for him.

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Will add gifsets once I get around to making some

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List of all 80 Espers still in the running for Hottest Esper (05/01/24 | Alphabetized)

Abigail (Frigga)

Adrina (Chantico)

Ahmed (Geb)

Alice (Gullveig)

Anna (Persphone)

Archibald (Mictlantecutli)

Asenath (Nefertem)

Ashley (Heimdall)

Brewster (Garmr)

Camille (Hati)

Catherine (Hela)

Cecilia (Isis)

Chloe (Medea)

Chu Yao (Tai Yi)

Clara (Hera)

Drew (Anubis)

Eira (Freya)

Elaine (Nyx)

Embla (Ymir)

Ethan (Pan)

Everett (Tyr)

Farrah | Aminah (Tiamat | Abzu)

Fatum Sisters (Nornir)

Feng Nuxi (Nuwa)

Feng Xun (Fu Xi)

Fu Shi (Suan Ni)

Fumitsuki (Kaguya-hime)

Gabrielle (Njord)

Gaius (Zeus)

Ginny (Hestia)

Hailey (Hephaestus)

Heng Yue (Chang’e)

Hilda (Hypnos)

Hyde (Hades)

Ife (Meretseger)

Ikki (Tsukuyomi)

Intisar (Kauket)

Javid (Shamash)

Jiang Jiuli (Chiyou)

Jiang Man (Meng Po)

Jin Qiu (Ru SHou)

Jin Yuyao (Queen Mother)

Leora (Athena)

Li Guang (Vermilion Bird)

Li Ling (Nezha)

Liam (Xolotl)

Lian (Jiao Tu)

Lin Xiao (White Tiger)

Long Mian (Ao Bing)

Lucas (Apollo)

Mateo (Prometheus)

Mavis (Mictecacihuatl)

Nicole (Nephthys)

Norah (The Muses)

Ollie (Osiris)

Ophelia (Thanatos)

Parmi (Ninsun)

Raven (Odin)

Sachiko (Hare of Inaba)

Sally (Sif)

Sander (Set)

Sienna (Gaia)

Su Jue (Daji)

Tang Xuan (Sun Wukong)

Tevor (Sphinx)

Tiye (Nut)

Toland (Tezcatlipoca)

Triki (Loki)

Uday (Sopdet)

Unas (Shu)

Valeria (Quetzalcoatl)

Wu You (Dijiang)

Xiao Yin (Azure Dragon)

Xuan Pin (Jiutian Xuannu)

Yamato (Izanagi)

Yu Ran (Bai Ze)

Yu Xu (Jing Wei)

Yun Chuan (Yang Jian)

Yuuhime (Izanami)

Zora (Amunet)

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Ji ji fu ji ji

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Boardwalk Notebook from the Ocean City Springfest Character Convocation

Somehow, Penelope Pitstop couldn't help but notice at least one ice cream stand on the Ocean City Boardwalk offering frozen yoghurt smoothies "just to keep these good looks obvious," though she admitted to several visitors in meet-ups that yo-yo dieting isn't good for herself or her body image.

Magilla the Chivalrous: On Saturday and Sunday afternoons, Magilla Gorilla "himself," something of a banana addict himself, could be seen passing around frozen chocolate bananas to Springfest visitors. "Frozen, true--but they're the real thing!" (Though he did admit a fondness as well for the beach life, not to mention being one with the Peter Potamus dive troupe.)

Speaking of Peter Potamus, we understand that the Character Convocation was occasion enough to call his divers together and announce a rebranding: In recognition of his Magic Balloon, the heretofore Peter Potamus Travelling SCUBA Par-tay will now become "Peter Potamus' Magic Divers," hoping to share the magic and wonder of the diving experience all the more. And not just SCUBA; snorkelling is also bound to come into the foci. Even then, Peter and the dive crew's members could be seen in walkabout discussing diving experiences with Springfest visitors, and even auctioning off for diving-related charities a substantial autographed group picture of the Magic Divers taken underwater off Catalina Island a few years back.

The big culinary draws on the Ocean City Boardwalk happen to include Maryland crab cakes, Delmarva fried chicken, freshly-cut French fries, even frozen custard. No wonder Shaggy and Scooby-Doo couldn't resist their fill ... or even Yogi Bear, as if being the Jellystone Park delegate to the Character Convocations wasn't good enough or embarrassing. For the Hair Bear Bunch, tanking up on freshly-grilled hamburger ahead of bear mating season was their Boardwalk distraction (right down to the grilled onion, as at least one visitor spending some time with Square Bear observed during a brief conversation and selfie opportunity).

So much for wolves being general nuisances: Loopy DeLoop, Hokey Wolf and Mildew Wolf, breakout stars of Peter Potamus' Magic Divers in their own way, managed to find conversation galore with a number of Boardwalk fans--in particular Loopy DeLoop, ever trying to challenge negative attitudes towards wolves and always getting the short end of the stick. And with at least one French-fry stand offering poutine among its offerings, "ze good wolf" (as Loopy explains it in his Quebecoise accent) treated several fans to poutine, in a majority of such introducing them to the Canadian snack sensation.

And who could forget the Divin' Wolf Pups, none other than Bon-Bon (Loopy's nephew) and Ding-a-Ling (Hokey Wolf's biggest supporter), signing autographs and encouraging young divers from a picnic table close to a Boardwalk hamburger joint? Several were even asking if the two used their tails underwater, prompting Ding-a-Ling to remark that such "are not there for show; on occasion, such can help us reach the bottom faster, as if weight belts weren't good enough!"

Huckleberry Hound and Snagglepuss couldn't be more enthused by where Old Bay Seasoning, a popular Maryland table and cooking seasoning, was being used at one French-fry stand to season their fries. "Seems Marylanders must be gung-ho for Old Bay," Huckleberry remarked, prompting Snagglepuss to head to a gift shop specialist in Maryland-made souvenirs (both practical and tacky) to buy two cans of Old Bay for table seasoning on an upcoming motorhome road trip with a few close buddies. (The name, incidentally, comes from the Old Bay Seafood House, a since-closed eatery on Baltimore's Light Street close to the onetime terminal for the Old Bay Line's steamers to Norfolk back in the day.)

Obviously, Ocean City's Boardwalk is no place for boots such as the Cattanooga Cats are fond of wearing (Country with more cowboyish wear, Kitty Jo fond of go-go boots), prompting band members to wear slip-in sandals or espadrilles on the Boardwalk during meet-and-greet sessions thereon. Fans seemed not to take much note, though one fan asked Scoots over a Delmarva fried chicken dinner about the time he dove into a river by way of the Magic Crayon; his response was "I just seem to be a diving sort of cat more than anything."

So why were the crowds fascinated about The Great Grape Ape straddling the Ocean City Boardwalk at its northern (27th Street) gateway? You probably wouldn't be interested.

Champion Eaters Department: Big H, from The King's crew, downing no less than 39 fried crab cakes in ten minutes, with two litres of lemonade washing all down ... the Hair Bears managing to split a large bucket of French fries (seasoned with Old Bay, know) and not leave much wasted (even several fans were stunned) ... Super Snooper and Blabbermouse managing to find some hot coffee even around midnight, just as city cleaning crews were starting to get through the day's mess ... and Ruff and Reddy just being content to share some Philadelphia-style pizza as the sun was setting over the Inlet.

The Inevitable Tom and Jerry Item: It was bound to ensue that Tom ran into overly warm sand on Ocean City's beaches during the inevitable chase with Jerry, with the inevitable screaming in agony on Tom's part ... only to find Jerry drifting along the shore in a discarded Crocs sandal as Tom's hindpaws found comfort in the Atlantic's waters to the extent that he forgot what the rationale was.And at least four beachgoers complaining of sand getting kicked into their eyes from Tom's running.

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Here is where we meet

Here is where we meet 2023/06/29-10/15 Venue: Chiayi Art Museum 1F-3F Supervisors：Ministry of Culture, Chiayi City Government Organizers：Chiayi Art Museum, Tianmei Art Foundation Collaborators：TKG+, Mind Set Art Center, Each Modern Curator：Erica Yu-Wen Huang Artists：Wang Po-Yen, Wu Chuan-Lun, Lin Yi-Hsuan, Lin Ying-Chieh, Chiu Chen-Hung, Chang Chih-Chung, Zhang Xu-Zhan, Chang Cheng-Chun, Chuang Ho, Kuo Yu-Ping, Chen I-Chun, Chen Sung-Chih, Chen Ching-Yuan, Chen Ching-Ming, Huang Chih-Cheng, Liao Chi-Yu, Liu Chih-Hung, Cheng Nung-Hsuan, Jian Yi-Hong, Lo Yi-Chun Archive Room - Participating Artists：Ding Chien-Chung, Niu Jun-Qiang, Wang Po-Yen, Shih Meng-Hsin, Wu Chuan-Lun, Li Yi-Fan, Li Ting-Huan, Lin Hao-Bai, Lin Yi-Wei, Lin Ying-Chieh, Chiu Chen-Hung, Chiu Chien-Jen, Hung Sheng-Hsiung, Hsu Yin-Ling, Shiu Sheng-Hung, Chang Chih-Chung, Zhang Xu-Zhan, Chang Cheng-Chun, Chang San-Hsueh, Chuang Ho, Kuo I-Chen, Kuo Yu-Ping, Chen I-Chun, Chen Sung-Chih, Chen Kuan-Ying, Chen Fei-Hao, Chen Ching-Yuan, Chen Ching-Ming, Huang Chih-Cheng, Huang Xuan, Yang Han-Chiao, Liao Chi-Yu, Liao Zen-Ping, Liu Chih-Hung, Liu Feng-Ling, Cheng Nung-Hsuan, Ou Jing-Yun, Hsieh Jhou-Yu, Jhong Jiang-Ze, Lo Chan-Peng, Luo Jr-Shin, Lo Yi-Chun

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CHECK.THIS.OUT...

Even the song is super sexy!!!

From CN server Valentine's day event

[thescentoflavender]

MLQC CN: What mythical creatures do the guys transform into?

I decided to write this encyclopaedic entry post because I saw someone reblog the PV I translated with a comment in the tags about it being “sum (sic) mythical creature ancient china nonsense”. I don’t think the person meant any harm by it, but I feel like some clarification is in order. These mythical creatures are a treasured part of my culture, and I hope the non-Chinese audience here on Tumblr can appreciate them for what they are as well. 

The theme for the Qixi event this year is mythical beasts, and is probably inspired by the ancient Chinese collection of texts, Classics of Mountains and Seas（《山海经》 ）。This is organised in two large volumes: the Mountain （《山径》）and the Sea（《海经》）. The Mountain volume describes the myths, mythical creatures and religions in ancient China, while the Sea volume describes interesting findings in oceans and in places outside of China. 

Mythical Creatures and the Guys

Xu Mo = Baize (白泽）[pronounced “by-tsuh”]

The Bai Ze is regarded to be an auspicious creature. Its appearance differs from text to text, so I figured I’d refer to the Qing dynasty text 《渊鉴类函》which quotes from the Classics:

东望山有兽，名曰白泽，能言语，王者有德，明照幽远则至。——《渊鉴类函》

There is a beast named Baize in Dongwang Mountain* which is capable of human speech. Only if the king is virtuous will he be able to see it. 

*Some believe that the Dongwang Mountain refers to the famous Kunlun Mountain.

N.B. There’s some contention as to where this creature first appeared in ancient Chinese literature. The passage above is specified as being quoted from the Classics of the Mountains and Seas. However, modern-day versions of the Classics do not include this passage, possibly because it had gotten lost over time. 

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Bai Qi = Qilin（麒麟）[pronounced “qi-lin”]

Yet another auspicious creature, on the same level as dragons. 

Most early mentions of qilin describe it as having only one horn: 

仁兽也。麕身牛尾，一角。张揖云：牡曰麒，牝曰麟。郭璞曰：麒似麟而无角。——《说文解字》

It is a benevolent beast*. It has the body of a deer and the tail of an ox, and has a single horn. According to Zhang Yi, males are called qi, and females are called lin. Guo Pu says that the males look like females, except that they have no horns. 

*Renshou/benevolent beast is another name for qilin.

Some of you might be wondering at this point why Bai Qi’s Evolved karma clearly shows him wearing two horns. This is because there are some descriptions of qilin from ancient Chinese literature which depict it as having two horns, and some even five. 

N.B. There’s a Chinese idiom, 凤毛麟角, which means that something is very rare. “凤毛” = the feathers of a phoenix; “麟角” = the horn of a lin. The latter part of this idiom is a reference to this very mythical creature, since legend goes that qilin are nearly impossible to find.

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Li Zeyan = Black Dragon （黑龙）[pronounced “hey-long”]

Fitting for Li Zeyan that he should get to be a dragon. Dragons are also auspicious creatures, and traditionally they are associated with emperors. 

I don’t think I need to elaborate on this since most people are well-acquainted with this creature already.  

--- Zhou Qiluo = Three-legged crow（金乌）[pronounced “jin-wu”]

As with Li Zeyan, it’s fitting that they made Zhou Qiluo’s creature jinwu. It’s a mythical bird which represents the sun, which is why these two terms are sometimes used interchangeably in ancient Chinese poems. 

Let’s refer to our trusty Classics again for a description of the three-legged crow:

汤谷上有扶木，一日方至，一日方出，皆载于乌。——《山海经·大荒东经》

There is a fusang tree in the tang valley. Whenever a sun rises and whenever a sun sets, it is always borne on the back of the crow.

This is a reference to the Legend of Hou Yi and the Ten Suns. As the legend goes, there used to be ten suns sleeping under the fusang tree. They would take turns to brighten the sky. But when all ten of them appeared together, they scorched the earth. To save the human race, Hou Yi shot nine of the suns down, leaving one behind. Each sun that was shot down transformed into a three-legged crow. 

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Ling Xiao = Zheng（狰）[pronounced “juhng”]

Described to be a ferocious mythical creature, the zheng looks a bit like a leopard with five tails and a horn. Its entire body is crimson. 

Again turning to the Classics for a description:

有兽焉，其状如赤豹，五尾一角，其音如击石，其名如“狰”。——《山海经·西山一经》

There is a beast which looks like a crimson leopard, but has five tails and one horn. The sounds it produces is like hitting stone. Its name is “zheng”. 

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I hope that’s a relatively concise explanation of what the mythical creatures in the PV are! If you understand Mandarin and haven’t already, I recommend glancing through 《山海经》。The descriptions make for quite a relaxing read. (I read the ancient Chinese version, but I believe good modern Chinese translations of the text exist.)

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Fangs of Fortune truth in advertising. Yes it is this gay.

[kdram-chjh]

Cdrama: Fangs of Fortune (2024)

Didi adores his gege. He always acts cute and smol next to his ge.

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[cheri-translates]

Hello Cheri! How are you? It's really interesting to know about Victor's name in Chinese :D Could you write about the other guys as well? Sorry if this bothering you! Please take care of yourself! ;D

Hello~ I’m not sure about the canon nicknames for Kiro, Shaw and Lucien though (I haven’t touched the CN main storyline in a long while HAHA) so I might have missed out some names! 😅

💙 Gavin 💙

Canon names:

> 白起 (“Bai Qi”)

> 学长 (“Xue Zhang” - Senior)

> 白队 (“Bai Dui” - Captain Bai)

> 白警官(“Bai Jing Guan” - Officer Bai)

> 白指挥官 (“Bai Zhi Hui Guan” - Commander Bai)

> 白哥 (“Bai Ge” - Bro Bai)

> 老大 (“Lao Da” - Big Boss)

> 小白 (“Xiao Bai” - Little Bai)

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Fanon names: 

> 起起 (“Qi Qi”)

> 起子 (“Qi Zi”)

> 起子哥 (“Qi Zi Ge” - a more coquettish version of ‘Bro Bai’)

> 白飞飞 (“Bai Fei Fei” - White Fly Fly)

> 白先生 (”Bai Xian Sheng” - Mr Bai)

> 红起 (“Hong Qi”) -> I’ve seen a few writers use this name when Gavin is blushing! It’s an adorable play on words. Gavin’s Chinese name 白起 literally translates to “white up”. And 红起 translates to “red up” :’D

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💛 Kiro 💛

Canon names:

> 周琪洛 (“Zhou Qi Luo”)

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Fanon names:

> 洛洛 (“Luo Luo” - Ro Ro)

> 小周 (“Xiao Zhou” - Little Zhou)

> 大明星 (“Da Ming Xin” - Big Celebrity)

> 周甜甜 (“Zhou Tian Tian” - Sweet Zhou)

> 傻子洛 (“Sha Zi Luo” - Silly Ro)

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🦈 Shaw 🦈

Canon names:

> 凌肖 - (“Ling Xiao”)

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Fanon names:

> 皮卡肖 (“Pi Ka Xiao” - Pikashaw)

> 底迪 (“Di Di” - Little Brother)

> 臭弟弟 (“Chou Di Di” - Smelly Brother)

> 凌春雷 (“Ling Chun Lei” - Spring Thunder Ling)

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💜 Lucien 💜

Canon names:

> 许墨 - (“Xu Mo”)

> 许教授 (“Xu Jiao Shou” - Professor Xu)

> 最强大脑 (“Zui Qiang Da Nao” - The Greatest Mind)

This is the name MC set for Lucien in her phone :’D

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Fanon names:

> 墨墨 (“Mo Mo”)

> 许撩撩 (“Xu Liao Liao” - Flirty Xu)

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For completion, I’ll include Victor’s names here too:

❤️ Victor ❤️

Canon names:

> 李泽言 (“Li Ze Yan”)

> 李总 (“Li Zong” - CEO Li)

> 李老师 (“Li Lao Shi” - Teacher Li)

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Fanon names:

> 老李 (“Lao Li” - Old Li)

> 李爸爸 (“Li Ba Ba” - Daddy Li)

> 金主爸爸 (“Jin Zhu Ba Ba” - Daddy Investor)

> 李怼怼 (“Li Dui Dui” - Li Retort)

> 普通市民 (“Pu Tong Shi Min” - Ordinary Citizen)

> 李泽甜 (“Li Ze Tian”) -> This is a play on words because it rhymes with his name, and 甜 means “sweet”

[princes-cherry]

Title: Love and Producer | Mobile Game

Type: SSR Card | Illustration

「Bai Qi | Police Officer × Love and Producer | Mobile Game × SSR Card | Illustration × Normal, Evolution」

• Stay Tuned

Credit: ELEX | PAPER GAMES

“What’s exposed now is just the tip of the iceberg.”

“This dance under the moon, let me accompany you.”

「Li Ze Yan | CEO × Love and Producer | Mobile Game × SSR Card | Illustration × Normal, Evolution」

• Film Sparse

Credit: ELEX | PAPER GAMES

“You can walk towards me more calmly.”

“It’s so red, I just want to stay with only you.”

「Zhou Qi Luo | Superstar × Love and Producer | Mobile Game × SSR Card | Illustration × Normal, Evolution」

• Dark Fragrance

Credit: ELEX | PAPER GAMES

“You are mine who the glimpse of my world.”

“You are destined to entangle with me.”

「Ling Xiao | Archeology Graduate Student × Love and Producer | Mobile Game × SSR Card | Illustration × Normal, Evolution」

• Frivolous

Credit: ELEX | PAPER GAMES

“It’s all boring, I have one last speech.”

“Love Language Cruise will return tomorrow.”

「Xu Mo | Neuroscientist × Love and Producer | Mobile Game × SSR Card | Illustration × Normal, Evolution」

• Hidden Game

Credit: ELEX | PAPER GAMES

“You don’t have to know what’s hiding in the shadows.”

“We have a tacit secret, don’t we?”

[supernovaae]

List of all 144 Espers in Dislyte (alphabetized)

Abigail (Frigga)

Adrina (Chantico)

Ahmed (Geb)

Ain (Ptah)

Alexa (Aphrodite)

Alice (Gullveig)

Alolin (Pazuzu)

Anesidora (Pandora)

Anna (Persphone)

Arcana (Hermes)

Archibald (Mictlantecutli)

Asenath (Nefertem)

Ashley (Heimdall)

Aurelius (Ullr)

Bai Liuli (White Snake)

Bardon (Baldr)

Berenice (Bastet)

Biondina (Poseidon)

Bonnie (Eris)

Brewster (Garmr)

Brynn (Valkyrie)

Camille (Hati)

Cang Ji (Cang Jie)

Catherine (Hela)

Cecilia (Isis)

Celine (Siren)

Chalmers (Idun)

Chang Pu (Yao Ji)

Chloe (Medea)

Chu Yao (Tai Yi)

Clara (Hera)

Daniel (Charon)

David (Jason)

Daylon (Sobek)

Dhalia (Calypso)

Djoser (Atum)

Donar (Thor)

Drew (Anubis)

Eira (Freya)

Elaine (Nyx)

Elliot (Thoth)

Embla (Ymir)

Emma (Jade Rabbit)

Ethan (Pan)

Everett (Tyr)

Fabrice (Freyr)

Falken (Horus)

Farrah | Aminah (Tiamat | Abzu)

Fatum Sisters (Nornir)

Feng Nuxi (Nuwa)

Feng Xun (Fu Xi)

Freddy (Fenrir)

Fu Shi (Suan Ni)

Fumitsuki (Kaguya-hime)

Gabrielle (Njord)

Gaius (Zeus)

Ginny (Hestia)

Hailey (Hephaestus)

Hall (Hodur)

Helena (Helen)

Heng Yue (Chang’e)

Hilda (Hypnos)

Hyde (Hades)

Ife (Meretseger)

Ikki (Tsukuyomi)

Intisar (Kauket)

Jacob (Jormungand)

Javid (Shamash)

Jeanne (Gerd)

Jiang Jiuli (Chiyou)

Jiang Man (Meng Po)

Jin Qiu (Ru SHou)

Jin Yuyao (Queen Mother)

Jin-Hee (Dokkaebi)

Kara (Serket)

Kaylee (Anuket)

Koharu (Ame No Uzume)

Laura (Neith)

Lauren (Heket)

Layla (Medjed)

Leon (Vali)

Leora (Athena)

Lewis (Ares)

Li Ao (Tao Tie)

Li Guang (Vermilion Bird)

Li Ling (Nezha)

Liam (Xolotl)

Lian (Jiao Tu)

Lin Xiao (White Tiger)

Long Mian (Ao Bing)

Lucas (Apollo)

Luo Yan (Yanluo Wang)

Lu Yi (Dayi)

Lynn (Hathor)

Mateo (Prometheus)

Mavis (Mictecacihuatl)

Mei (Kaya-no-Hime)

Melanie (Medusa)

Meredith (Scylla)

Mona (Artemis)

Narmer (Ra)

Nick (Magni)

Nicole (Nephthys)

Norah (The Muses)

Odette (Skadi)

Ollie (Osiris)

Ophelia (Thanatos)

Parmi (Ninsun)

Pritzker (Mimir)

Q (Eros)

Raven (Odin)

Ren Si (Black Tortoise)

Sachiko (Hare of Inaba)

Sally (Sif)

Sander (Set)

Sienna (Gaia)

Stewart (Dionysus)

Su Jue (Daji)

Tang Xuan (Sun Wukong)

Tang Yun (Six-Eared Macaque)

Taylor (Hercules)

Tevor (Sphinx)

Tiye (Nut)

Toland (Tezcatlipoca)

Triki (Loki)

Uday (Sopdet)

Unas (Shu)

Unky Chai (Yue Lao)

Valeria (QUetzalcoatl)

Wu You (Dijiang)

Xiao Yin (Azure Dragon)

Xie Chuyi (Death Guard Hei)

Xie Yuzhi (Death Guard Bai)

Xuan Pin (Jiutian Xuannu)

Yalina (Mamitu)

Yamato (Izanagi)

Ye Suhua (Shao Siming)

Yu Ran (Bai Ze)

Yu Xu (Jing Wei)

Yun Chuan (Yang Jian)

Yuuhime (Izanami)

Zelmer (Sekhmet)

Zhong Nan (Zhong Kui)

Zora (Amunet)

[japaneseadventures]

Prince of Tennis (2019) Characters

This list was made based on the Chinese and Japanese Wikipedia entries for Prince of Tennis (2019), and the Dramawiki for the names of most of the actors. Please let me know if you spot any mistakes/ have any more to add!

Legend: [CHN Character name] [Name in Chinese characters] (Actor): Original JPN Name Names with readings I'm not sure of are in italics

Yu Qing 育青 / Seishun Academy

Lu Xia 路夏 (Peng Yu Chang): Echizen Ryoma

Mu Siyang 穆司陽 (Xie Bin Bin): Tezuka Kunimitsu

Qiao Chen 喬晨 (Dong Li): Momoshiro Takeshi

Chi Dayong 池大勇 (Zhu Zhi Ling): Oishi Shuichiro

Zhuo Zhi 卓治 (Zhang Yi Jie): Fuji Syusuke

Tang Jiale 唐佳樂 (Xu Ke): Kikumaru Eiji

Yan Zhiming 嚴智明 (Li He): Inui Sadaharu

He Xinglong 賀興隆 (Fan Lin Feng): Kawamura Takashi

Zhang Baiyang 張百揚 (Wu Xu Dong): Kaidoh Kaoru

Qi Ying 齐瑛 (Song Yi Ren): Ryuzaki Sakuno

Peng Shang 彭湘 (Lu Jia): Osakada Tomoka

Huang Jing 黃靖 (Yu Kai Ning): Combination of Arai, Sasabe, etal

Ma Xiuwen 馬修文 (Zhang Ke Yuan)

A Mu 阿穆 (Li Jun Zheng)

Qi Na 齐娜 (He Jia Yi): Ryuzaki Sumire

Lu Xiangqian 路向前 (Wu Qi Jiang): Echizen Nanjiroh

Hao Dahe 郝大河 (Jin Yu Bo):  Yamato Yudai

Yu Hang 育航 / Gyokurin

Bu Zhongchuan 钟歩川 (Jin Hao Chen): Fukawa Kimiyoshi

Wu Quan 吴泉 (Zhang Hang [YOUNG-G]): Izumi Tomoya

Yu Feng 玉峰 / Fudoumine:

Xu Ziping 徐子平 (Chen Shang Ze): Tachibana Kippei

Yan Jiang 燕江 (Wang Yong Feng): Sakurai Masaya

Shi Tienan 旋铁男 (Yang Chen Yi): Ishida Tetsu

Sima Yiwu 司马亦武 (Kong Chui Nan): Ibu Shinji

Shen Weiming 申伟明 (Liu Cheng Lin): Kamio Akira

Chen Desen 陈德森 (Gu Yu): Mori Tatsunori

Wei Kefei 韦克飞 (Ming Peng): Uchimura Kyosuke

Xu Xingzi 徐杏子 (Sun Jia Yu): Tachibana An

Xing Yao 星耀 / Hyotei Academy

Ji Jingwu 纪景梧 (Ren Yan Kai): Atobe Keigo

Hua Chonghong 华崇宏 (Yu An): Kabaji Munehiro

Hu Liangliang 胡亮亮 (Yang Ze): Shishido Ryo

Song Ci 宋慈 (Shi Zi Xun): Akutagawa Jiroh

You Shixing 游世星 (Fan Xiao Dong): Oshitari Yuushi

Yue Yang 岳阳 (Gao Xin): Mukahi Gakuto

Ji Nuo 吉诺 (Jiang Xin Qi): Hiyoshi Wakashi

Feng Zhiyuan 冯志远 (Jin Zhong Xi): Ootori Choutaro

Coach Fu 付教錬 (Tian Jia Da): Sakaki Tarou

No. 3 (Shisan) High School 市三 / Yamabuki

Ya Jiuxin 亚久辛 (Wang Yan Yang): Akutsu Jin

Shen Qianshi 沈千石 (Lou Ming): Sengoku Kiyosumi

Nan Jianzhi 南建知 (Liu Yu Feng): Minami Kentarou

Tan Yitai 谭一泰 (Huang Xing Yuan): Dan Taichi

Fang Yadong 方亚东 (Peng Gang): Higashikata Masami

Ma Lintao 马林涛 (Zhang Yuan Kun): Muramachi Tohji

Coach Tian 田教練 (Hong Wei): Banda Mikiya

Chen Huijing 陳慧敬 (Yang Cai Ying): Akutsu Sayuri

Guo Zi 國子 / St. Rudolph

Zhuo Yu 卓宇 (Zhao Zi Qi): Fuji Yuuta

Guan Yue 关岳 (Lan Bo): Mizuki Hajime

Qiao Ze 乔泽 (Liu Ming Kai): Akazawa Yoshiro

Ling Tian 梁田 (Jerry Chang): Kaneda Ichiro

Liu Zecheng 刘泽成 (Tang Xiang En): Yanagisawa Shinya

Qin Yifei 秦一婓 (Deng Zhi Yuan): Kisarazu Atsushi

No. 6 (Di Liu) 第六 / Rokkaku

Kui Jian 奎建 (Lei Ming): Aoi Kentaro

Yu Zifeng 余子风 (Fu Yan Zhang): Kurobane Harukaze

Lin Xiyan 林希彦 (Yao Jun Zhe): Itsuki Marehiko

Tian Ye 田野 (Wang Hao Yu): Amane Hikaru

Zuo Xiaohu 左���虎 (Li Zheng Jun): Saeki Kojiro

Mu Jinliang 穆金亮 (Zhai Xu): Kisarazu Ryo

Liu Muyun/Mr. Six 劉牧雲/六爷 (Hou Tong Jiang): Oji

Hai Guang 海广 / Rikkaidai

Bai Shiting 白市廷 (Ren Yun Jie): Yukimura Seiichi

Tian Zilong 田子龙 (Xiang Yun Long): Sanada Genichiro

Ke Jie 柯杰 (Tan Xu): Jackal Kuwahara

Liu Lian 柳濂 (Wang Yi Bo): Yanagi Renji

Jin Wentai 金文太 (Cao Jun Xiang): Marui Bunta

Yuan Chi 袁驰 (Shen Qi): Kirihara Akaya

Wang Yaren 王雅人 (Xu Rui Lin): Nioh Masaharu

Lu Sheng 吕胜 (Li Shu Ren): Yagyuu Hiroshi

Ying Cai 英才 / Ginka

Xiang Jingtian 向静天 (Chen Peng Wan Li): Fukushi Michiru

Chen Dahai 陈大海 (Ma Wenchao)

Lin Ye 林叶 (An Zi Yang)

Other Characters

Sha Sha 沙莎 (Liu Yong Xi): Shiba Saori

Li Na 李娜 (Li Na) [Bookstore owner]

Jiang 姜 (Jiang Shang): Tatsugoro [Racquet repair man]

*(2020.03.11) Fixed typo on Bai Shiting's actor name. Thanks to @tsunaminh for pointing it out!

*(2020.03.16) Fixed Ji Nuo's name! Thanks to @rlkkai for pointing it out!

*(2020.04.08) Fixed typo in Lu Xiangqian's name