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trans-axolotl · 11 months ago

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this is a shortened works cited from my thesis, pulling out the sources about American intersex history and activism from the past 30 years. i have pdfs for most of the sources there, if there's something that isn't linked send me a message and i can try to find it!

just thought i'd try to put a lot of intersex history sources in one place.

Works Cited:

Amato, Viola. “The Intersex Movement of the 1990s: Speaking Out Against Medical and Narrative Violence.” In Intersex Narratives: Shifts in the Representation of Intersex Lives in North American Literature and Popular Culture, 55–102. Transcript Verlag, 2016. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv1xxrsz.6.

Bauer, Markus, Daniela Truffer and Daniela Crocetti. “Intersex Human Rights.” The International Journal of Human Rights. 24, no.6. (2020):724-749.https://doi.org/10.1080/13642987.2019.1671354

Brown, Lydia X.Z., Erickson, Loree, da Silva Gorman, Rachel, Lewis, Talila A., McLeod, Lateef, and Mingus, Mia. “Radical Disability Politics.” In Routledge Handbook of Radical Politics, edited by A.J. Withers and Liat Ben-Moshe, 178-193. Routledge, 2019.

Cameron, David. “Hermaphrodites With Attitude.” Newsletter. 1994. https://isna.org/library/hwa/

Carpenter, Morgan. “Fixing bodies and shaping narratives: Epistemic injustice and the responses of medicine and bioethics to intersex human rights demands.” Clinical Ethics. 2024;19, no. 1. (2024) :3-17. doi:10.1177/14777509231180412

Chase, Cheryl. “Hermaphrodites with Attitude: Mapping the Emergence of Intersex Political Activism.” Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies. 4, no.2, (1998): 189-211.

---, Hermaphrodites Speak! 1997; Rohnert Park: Intersex Society of North America. Video tape.

Cohen, Julie, dir. Every Body. 2023; United States: Focus Features, DVD.

Denny, Dallas. "Chrysalis Quarterly, Vol. 2 No. 5 (Fall, 1997 / Winter, 1998)." Periodical. 1998. Digital Transgender Archive, https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/files/7s75dc39s (accessed April 08, 2024).

Davis, Georgiann. “Introduction: Normalizing Intersex: The Transformative Power of Stories.” in Voices: Personal Stories from the Pages of Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics: Normalizing Intersex, edited by James DuBois and Ana Iltis. 1-4. John Hopkins University Press, 2016.

Dreger, Alice. “Rejecting the Tranquilizing Drug of Gradualism in Intersex Care.” Alice Dreger (blog). November 2015. Accessed April 9, 2024. https://alicedreger.com/dsd_human_rights/

Dreger, Alice and April Herndon. “Progress and Politics in the Intersex Rights Movement: Feminist Theory in Action.” Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies. 15, no. 2. (2009): 199-224.

Fausto-Sterling, Ane. Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality. New York: Basic Books. 2000.

“A Framework for Intersex Justice.” Intersex Justice Project. 2021. Accessed April 8, 2024. https://www.intersexjusticeproject.org/intersex-justice-framework.html

"FTM Newsletter #37." Periodical. 1997. Digital Transgender Archive, https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/files/kd17cs89j (accessed April 08, 2024).

Hegarty, Peter, Marta Prandelli, Trove Lundberg, Lih-Mei Liao, Sarah Creighton, and Katrina Roen.”Drawing the Line Between Essential and Nonessential Interventions on Intersex Characteristics With European Health Care Professionals.” Review of General Psychology. 25, no 1. (2020): 101-114.

Hermaphrodites With Attitude. "Hey AAP! Get Your Scalpels Off Our Bodies! Flyer." Ephemera. 1990. Digital Transgender Archive, https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/files/qj72p712h (accessed April 08, 2024).

“Hermaphrodites With Attitude,” Intersex Society of North America. 2006. Accessed April 8, 2024. https://isna.org/library/hwa/

“How To: Organize an #EndIntersexSurgery Protest in your hometown--a toolkit created by Intersex Justice Project (IJP.” Intersex Justice Project. 2019. Accessed April 8, 2024. https://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20191111232744/https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EgYy2jfSO04HF_FGv-8RXYEgWW422L-RB7oxMOaIiBc/edit

Hughes, Ieuan, Christopher Houk, Syed Faisal Ahmed, Peter Lee, and LWPES1/ESPE2 Consensus Group. “Consensus Statement on Management of intersex disorders.” Disease in Childhood. 91, no.7. (2006): 554-563. doi: 10.1136/adc.2006.098319

“I Want to Be Like Nature Made Me: Medically Unnecessary Surgeries on Intersex Children in the US.” Human Rights Watch. InterACT. July 2017, accessed April 8, 2024. https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/report_pdf/lgbtintersex0717_web_0.pdf

“InterACT Statement on Intersex Terminology.” InterACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth. 2015. Accessed April 8, 2024. https://interactadvocates.org/interact-statement-on-intersex-terminology/#:~:text=interACT's%20use%20of%20terminology%20and,of%20the%20term%20%E2%80%9Cintersex%E2%80%9D.

Lindhal, Hans. “Is PCOS an Intersex Condition? Here’s 5 Reasons Why Some Say Yes.” HansLindhal.Com (Blog). February 2023, Accessed April 7, 2024. https://hanslindahl.com/blog/is-pcos-an-intersex-condition

---., “9 Young People on How They Found Out They Are Intersex.” Teen Vogue. October 2019. Accessed April 10, 2024. https://www.teenvogue.com/gallery/young-people-on-how-they-found-out-they-are-intersex

“M.C v. Aaronson.” Southern Poverty Law Center. 2017. Accessed April 8, 2024. https://www.splcenter.org/seeking-justice/case-docket/mc-v-aaronson

Merrick, Ten. “From ‘Intersex’ to ‘DSD’: A Case of Epistemic Injustice.” Synthese 196, no. 11 (2019): 4429–47. http://www.jstor.org/stable/45220035.

Orr, Celeste. Cripping Intersex. University of British Columbia Press, 2022.

Pagonis, Pidgeon. “#EndIntersexSurgery Protest At Lurie Children’s Hospital Recap + 5 Ways To Get Involved.” Intersex Justice Project. 2018. Accessed April 8, 2024. https://www.intersexjusticeproject.org/blog/endintersexsurgery-protest-at-lurie-childrens-hospital-recap

Pagonis, Pidgeon and Sean Saifa Wall. “Open Letter to AIS-DSD Support Group.” EndIntersexSurgery. Intersex Justice Project. February 2018. Accessed April 8, 2024. http://www.endintersexsurgery.org/

Redick, Alison. “What Happened at Hopkins: The Creation of the Intersex Management Protocols. Cardozo Journal of Law & Gender. 12 (2005): 289-296

Reid, Graeme, and Minky Worden. “Caster Semenya Won Her Case, But Not the Right to Compete.” Human Rights Watch. July 2023. Accessed April 10, 2024. https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/07/18/caster-semenya-won-her-case-not-right-compete

Reis, Elizabeth. Bodies in Doubt: An American History of Intersex. John Hopkins Press, 2021.

---, “Did Bioethics Matter? A HIstory of Autonomy, Consent, and Intersex Genital Surgery. Medical Law review. 27, no.4, (2019):658-674. https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fwz007

Rios-Espinosa, Carlos, Koomah, Syrus Marcus Ware, and Sean Saifa Wall. “Liberating All Bodies: Disability Justice & Intersex Justice In Conversation.” Webinar at the Crip Camp Impact Team and Human Rights Watch Film Festival, United States, October 2020.

Rubin, David, Michelle Wolff and Amanda Lock Swarr. “Creating Intersex Justice: Interview with Sean Saifa Wall and Pidgeon Pagonis of the Intersex Justice Project.” Transgender Studies Quarterly. 9, no. 2. (2022): 187-195. https://doi.org/10.1215/23289252-9612823

Sharman, Zena. “Intersex Justice and the Care We Deserve: ‘I Want People to Feel at Home in Their Bodies Again.’” Ms. Magazine. 2022. Accessed April 8, 2024. https://msmagazine.com/2022/02/03/intersex-justice-the-care-we-dream-of-queer-trans-healthcare/

Sharpe, Sam. “No one-size-fits all: Myths and Misconceptions about PCOS.” InterACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth. Advocates for Informed Choice. October 2022. Accessed on April 7, 2024. https://interactadvocates.org/no-one-size-fits-all-myths-and-misconceptions-about-pcos/

Spurgas, Alyson. “(Un)Queering Identity: The Biosocial Production of Intersex/DSD.” in Critical Intersex edited by Morgan Holmes. 97-122. Ashgate Publishing, 2009.

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niteshade925 · 4 months ago

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April 20, Beijing, China, National Museum of China/中国国家博物馆 (Part 7 – Ancient Chinese Food Culture exhibition/中国古代饮食文化展):

Happy Chinese New Year and Lunar New Year to everyone in advance! Wishing everyone success in the Year of the Snake! 祝大家蛇年吉祥，万事如意！

CNY and LNY traditions vary by region, but the one thing that is definitely shared by everyone is that there's bound to be a family feast on the Eve (which for this year will be the 28th of January), so today's post will be quite fitting. Let us begin with alcohol-related artifacts:

The Alcohol (酒/jiǔ)*:

Liao dynasty (916 - 1125) gold wine vessel, where this type of vessel is named zhihu/执壶. Typically when you see similarly shaped vessels in Chinese period dramas, wuxia or xianxia shows, or animated shows, regardless of the material, it's always a wine vessel. The detailed low relief motifs of bird and flowers was crafted using repoussé and chasing techniques, together called zanke/錾刻 in Chinese:

*Note: although in this post I will be alternating between using "wine" and "alcohol" as the translation for jiu/酒, jiu can refer to all types of alcoholic drinks, and usually a descriptor will be added before jiu to create a new word for a specific type of alcoholic beverage. For example, wine would be called putaojiu/葡萄酒 in Chinese (lit. "grape alcohol"), and cocktails would be called jiweijiu/鸡尾酒 in Chinese (lit. "cocktail alcohol"). The names of traditional Chinese alcohols are descriptive in other ways, for example baijiu/白酒 (lit. "white alcohol"; actually it's colorless) and huangjiu/黄酒 (lit. "yellow alcohol"). Beer is called pijiu/啤酒 (lit. "beer alcohol") in Chinese, where pi/啤 is a homophonic translation of the English word beer.

Liao dynasty gold wine cups decorated with gold filigree, depicting clouds and birds:

Liao dynasty gold wine jug with a short spout in the shape of a beast head. The overall shape with flat ridges arranged vertically all around the vessel is called gualeng/瓜棱 (lit. "melon ridges"), so named because it resembles the shape of a ribbed melon.

China has a long history of making and drinking alcohol, which started at around 7000 BC. In the very beginning, alcohol was only produced in small amounts, so its use was reserved for ceremonies and celebrations. From roughly Han dynasty (202 BC - 220 AD) to Northern Song dynasty (960 - 1127) was the time period during which traditional Chinese alcohol making had matured. The famous Tang-era (618 - 907 AD) drunk poet Li Bai/李白 lived during this period of time.

Warring States period (476 - 221 BC) bronze wine jug inlaid with gold and silver:

Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911) enamel wine cups:

Beishan Jiujing/《北山酒经》 or "The Classic of Wine" by Zhu Yizhong/朱翼中 of Northern Song dynasty. This book covered the history of alcohol in China, and described alcohol making methods of the time, specifically the methods used to produce alcohol on a large scale.

8 Types of bronze wine vessels from Shang (·1600 - 1046 BC) and Zhou dynasties (1046 - 256 BC):

The Tea (茶/chá):

China also has a long history of growing and drinking tea, being the country where the beverage originated from. Specifically, tea drinking first started in what is now Yunnan province, developed into a culture in Sichuan, then spread to all of China and beyond.

Qing dynasty duck-shaped tin teapot:

Qing dynasty Qianlong era (1736 - 1796) lacquered teacup, decorated with a poem by the Qianlong Emperor, the same poem as the jade gaiwan/盖碗 from the jade exhibition. The technique of decorating here is called diaoqi/雕漆, where different colored lacquer were layered onto the object, and then patterns would be carved into the thick lacquer, revealing the layers of colors.

A flowchart of the tea preparing and making process in Song dynasty (960 - 1276), called diancha/点茶, which influenced Japanese tea culture. Because of the complexity of the diancha process, it was abandoned in Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644) in favor of simply steeping tea leaves in water.

A video showing the Song-era diancha tea making process. This exact video also plays in the exhibition:

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The Food (食/shí):

A Western Han dynasty (202 BC - 8 AD) small bronze hot pot, called a ranlu/染炉. Contrary to the modern Chinese hot pot where food cooked by boiling would be dipped in a bowl of room temperature condiments before eating, during Han dynasty people liked hot condiments, so this small hot pot was actually specifically for heating the condiments as people ate.

Various lacquered food containers from different dynasties.

Left: Western Han dynasty lacquered food container replica; when the original artifact was unearthed, it contained what seemed to be flatbread.

Middle: Ming dynasty 5-layered stacked lacquered food containers, held together with buttons, and decorated with diaoqi technique.

Right: Qing dynasty begonia-shaped lacquered fruit container, also decorated with diaoqi technique.

Qing dynasty tin tripod hot pot. This is a traditional Manchu hotpot, and its structure is quite similar to the classic Beijing style copper hotpot (I couldn't find anything that confirms a connection between the two, however). Both have a central chamber in the middle for charcoal (heat source), and the cooking is done in the heated water around the central chamber. The two biggest differences are the presence/absence of the tall "chimney" structure above the central chamber, and the material used. The reason this hotpot is tin may be because copper was mostly used to mint coins during Qing dynasty.

These two books were actually on display over at the Science and Technology exhibition, but I moved them here because that post was getting a bit too long. Since both books are about agriculture, they fit into this post quite well. The book on the left is Qimin Yaoshu/《齐民要术》 by Jia Sixie/贾思勰 in Northern Wei dynasty (386 - 534 AD), translated as either "Essential Techniques for the Welfare of the People" (the more accurate translation imho) or "Essential Techniques for the Peasantry". It is an encyclopedia on a wide range of agricultural and food processing techniques. The book on the right is Nongzheng Quanshu/《农政全书》 by Xu Guangqi/徐光启 in Ming dynasty, translated as "Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration". This book is also an encyclopedia that covers agricultural techniques, but also has long sections covering what to do in response to floods and famines.

Pretty interesting and self-explanatory chart on when some crops, vegetables, and fruits were introduced to China (arranged in chronological order). As one can see here, Chinese cuisine had changed a lot over the past ~3000 years, and much of the changes took place during periods when trading activities increased and new produce were introduced. The best example of this is the introduction of hot chilis in late Ming dynasty, which directly resulted in the famous mala/麻辣 flavor profile of Sichuan cuisine and heavily influenced many other Chinese regional cuisines (Hunan cuisine, Guizhou cuisine, Anhui cuisine, etc).

A diagram explaining the seating arrangement in a palace's main hall in ancient times (top half), and the seating arrangement around a table in Southern and Northern China (bottom half). In all of these cases, the seat facing south (which also faces the entrance in traditional halls) is always reserved for the person of highest status, kind of like the seat at the head of the table. For the bottom half, the numbering indicates the order of seniority and/or inferiority (1 is the highest status).

Some examples of famous dishes from different dynasties, these are arranged in chronological order if going top to bottom, left to right:

Finally, some bonus pictures to serve as the conclusion to my brief trip to Beijing. This oil painting of the Great Wall was in the lobby of the museum, I thought it was pretty neat.

A peek at the Zhengyangmen/正阳门 gatehouse. Zhengyangmen is the southern gate (front gate) to the inner city in imperial times, today it's the only gate of the inner city that still stands.

A closeup of the Zhengyangmen gatehouse. I think the caihua/彩画 (the colorful painting on the building; also called caihui/彩绘) here had some restoration work done on it in recent years? It looks a lot more vibrant than the caihua on other historic architecture.

This is the last museum post (long post) of the 2024 China series (PHEW), and the final posts will all be fairly short, most of them about the food I've had. See y'all after CNY/LNY!

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chinesehanfu · 9 months ago

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[Hanfu · 漢服]Chinese Song Dynasty(960–1279AD)Emperor Traditional Official Hanfu

The official uniform of the Chinese Song Dynasty emperor in "Serenade of Peaceful Joy"

【Historical Reference Artifacts】:

Portrait of Emperor Taizu (21 March 927 – 14 November 976)of Song Dynasty, kept in the National Palace Museum

Portrait of Emperor Yingzong (16 February 1032 – 25 January 1067) of Song Dynasty, kept in the National Palace Museum

Many people may curious about why the emperors of the Song Dynasty did not wear the classic yellow, but instead wore white or red round-necked robes.

During the Han and Tang dynasties, yellow was exclusively associated with imperial authority. According to the theory of "the Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)"which is Fire, Water, Wood, Metal, and Earth, yellow represented the center and symbolized the legitimacy of imperial power. However, during the Song Dynasty, due to political changes, Emperor Taizong decided to shift this tradition and adopt red as the new symbolic color for the dynasty. The court officials supported this change and provided various justifications, such as the theory of fire's virtue and the idea of red being a color of celebration, among others.

【Emperor Taizu of Song Dynasty<Zhao Kuangyin/赵匡胤>】

Emperor Taizu of Song (21 March 927 – 14 November 976), personal name Zhao Kuangyin, courtesy name Yuanlang, was the founding emperor of the Song dynasty of China. He reigned from 960 until his death in 976. Formerly a distinguished military general of the Later Zhou dynasty, Emperor Taizu came to power after staging a coup d'état and forcing Emperor Gong, the last Later Zhou ruler, to abdicate the throne in his favor.

During his reign, Emperor Taizu conquered the states of Southern Tang, Later Shu, Southern Han, and Jingnan, thus reunifying most of China proper. To strengthen his control, he lessened the power of military generals and relied on civilian officials in administration. He was succeeded by his younger brother, Zhao Kuangyi (Emperor Taizong).

Early life

Born in Luoyang to military commander Zhao Hongyin, Zhao Kuangyin grew up excelling in mounted archery. Once, riding an untamed horse without a bridle, he knocked his forehead on the wall above the city gate and fell off, but got right back up and chased the horse, eventually subduing it while going unharmed. In the mid-940s, he married Lady He on his father's arrangement. After wandering around for a few years, in 949 he joined the army of Guo Wei, a jiedushi (military governor) of the Later Han dynasty, and helped Guo quell Li Shouzhen's rebellion.

Career under Later Zhou（后周）

In 951, Guo Wei rebelled and created the Later Zhou dynasty. Because of his brilliant combat skills, Zhao Kuangyin was promoted to a palace guard commander. Chai Rong (Emperor Shizong of Later Zhou) frequently met Guo Wei and noticed Zhao Kuangyin's potential. Under his command, Zhao Kuangyin was made into a commander of the cavalry units. Under Chai Rong, Zhao Kuangyin's rise to power had begun.

Zhao Kuangyin's career started at the Battle of Gaoping, against the alliance of the Northern Han and Liao dynasties.

This rivalry started when Chai Rong ascended the throne and Liu Chong decided to work with the Liao dynasty. In the initial confrontation, the army's right flank, led by Fan Aineng (樊愛能) and He Hui (何徽), was defeated. Looking at the situation, Zhao Kuangyin and Zhang Yongde (張永德) led 4000 elite Palace troops to counter the Liao army. Zhao Kuangyin's exhortation for the loyalty to the emperor quickly strengthened morale. The small force held off the larger Liao army until reinforcements arrived. In the end, the successful counter repelled the Northern Han back to Taiyuan.

The victory raised Zhao Kuangyin up to the post of the grand commander of the palace guards, as well as reorganising and training them. More importantly, he developed the relations with other generals and officials related to the Chief of Palace, including Shi Shouxin, Wang Shenqi (王審琦), Yang Guangyi (楊光義), Wang Zhengzhong (王政忠), Liu Qingyi (劉��義), Liu Shouzhong (劉守忠), Liu Yanrang (劉延讓), Mi Xin (米信), Tian Chongjin (田重進), Pan Mei, his brother Zhao Kuangyi, Shen Yilun (沈義倫), Lu Xuqing, Zhao Pu (趙普), Chu Zhaofu (楚昭輔). Within a few years, Zhao Kuangyin completely controlled the palace guards and even developed a set of officials under him with the people mentioned above.

Soon, he was promoted to a jiedushi (military governor), controlling most of the military power under Chai Rong. Nevertheless, he still had two rivals – Zhang Yongde (Guo Wei's son-in-law) and Li Chongjin (Guo Wei's nephew). In 959, after a trap[clarification needed] set by Zhao Kuangyin, Zhang Yongde was demoted. After the death of Chai Rong, the Later Zhou throne was left to his seven-year-old son Guo Zongxun, and the second rival, Li Chongjin, soon found himself lacking the political backing. As a result, Zhao Kuangyin was able to use his influence to transfer Li Chongjin to Yang Prefecture as a jiedushi.

Chenqiao Mutiny/陈桥兵变

Main article: Chenqiao Mutiny20th-century illustration of Zhao Kuangyin being proclaimed emperor by the army of the Later Zhou dynasty.

In 960, word reached the chancellor Fan Zhi that Northern Han and Liao dynasties were once again allied to invade them again. Without verifying the reliability of the hearsay, Fan Zhi sent Zhao Kuangyin to combat the alliance. After traveling 40 li, there was a clamour that a "prophet" saw two suns fighting, and that this meant the transfer of the Mandate of Heaven to Zhao Kuangyin. The story effectively spread around the army: there came discontent of the "command" of the young emperor and a shift of loyalty to Zhao Kuangyin. A few days later, when Zhao Kuangyin was drunk in his tent, all the troops had not slept the whole night; they got their weapons and started yelling. Zhao Pu and Zhang Kuangyi, who were guarding the tent, saw the situation and went into the tent to wake up Zhao Kuangyin. When Zhao Kuangyin came out, all the troops yelled, "The army is without a master, we are willing to make the general the new emperor." Allegedly, Zhao Kuangyin took the power reluctantly, only under the urging of his soldiers. The midnight mutiny of officers forcibly urged Zhao Kuangyin to the throne; but, when the officers presented him to the troops as their new commander-in-chief he refused the imperial nomination until they swore unconditional obedience to him as leader.[6] News of the rebellion soon reached the court and chaos erupted. The only person who thought about a resistance was Han Tong, but he was killed by one of Zhao Kuangyin's generals when he reached home.

Upon entering the capital to take his seat on the throne, Zhao Kuangyin made an executive order prohibiting the troops from looting the city or otherwise violating the rights of the population.

This coup would allow Zhao Kuangyin to become emperor in 960.With the gates opened for him, he became emperor with no resistance. Before the chancellor Fan Zhi could say anything, one of Zhao Kuangyin's generals pointed a sword at him and said, "We are without masters. Today, we must have an emperor." After the officials looked at each other and knew it was hopeless to resist; they all bowed down. With the court under control, Zhao Kuangyin was officially proclaimed emperor. The new dynasty's name, Song, was inspired by the army Zhao Kuangyin commanded in Song Prefecture.

After the declaration, Zhao Kuangyin sent the dethroned young emperor Guo Zongxun with his mother to the Western Capital (西京). He personally ordered the Zhao family to receive the Chai family into their family's care for generations.

As emperor

Emperor Taizu playing cuju with Zhao Pu, by the Yuan dynasty painter Qian Xuan (1235–1305)

In 960, Zhao Kuangyin helped reunite most of China proper after the fragmentation and rebellion between the fall of the Tang dynasty in 907 and the establishment of the Song dynasty. The plan set during Chai Rong's reign was to first conquer the north, then the south. During Emperor Taizu's reign, there was a change in strategy. He would conquer all the smaller states such as Later Shu, Southern Han and Southern Tang. The exception was the strong Northern Han in the north at Taiyuan supported by the Khitans of the Liao dynasty. Emperor Taizu's strategy was to win over the independent southern states[8] as the south was weaker than the north as the Liao dynasty supported Northern Han.

In 968, Emperor Taizu personally led the army against the Northern Han. At first, his forces tore through the defences and placed Taiyuan under siege, but was ultimately forced to retreat after he struck against the defences of the Northern Han with the Liao cavalry coming in to support.Portrait of Emperor Taizu, who founded the Song dynasty

Emperor Taizu established the core Song Ancestor Rules and Policy for the later Song emperors. He was remembered for his expansion of the imperial examination system such that most of the civil service were recruited through the exams (in contrast to the Tang where less than 10% of the civil servants came through exams). He also created academies that allowed a great deal of freedom of discussion and thought, which facilitated the growth of scientific advance, economic reforms as well as achievements in arts and literature.

Emperor Taizu is well known for bringing the power of the military under control, ending the era of the warlords, centralizing the state over regional commanders and so preventing anyone else rising to power as he did.[8] Upon becoming emperor, he invited the general officers to a lavish banquet, where he convinced them all to retire as military leaders or accept minor posts, in favour of enjoying extensive estates and generous retirement funds and benefits which he then offered them.At a certain point during the feast, the new emperor made a speech to the military officers assembled there, which he began by expressing his deep gratitude to each and all of them for placing him on the throne, and that now that he had the power to do so, he wished to reward them to the utmost of his ability; then he went on to say that he thought the present company would all understand that he could not feel at ease on his new throne, with them continuing in command of their various armies of troops: and, he said, that if they duly considered the ramifications of the matter, neither would they. He then sincerely promised that they and their families would live in happiness and harmony, if they accepted his offer to retire with the stated benefits: eventually, none of the generals refused his terms, and thus began a period of relative internal peace within the realm for the duration of the Song dynasty which he thus founded, also better securing the military forces for involvement with the rival surrounding empires.

Many Song and later sources record the story of the "Taizu's Oath", which forbade his successors from killing scholar-officials. However, this story might be a later construct.

Death and succession dispute

Tomb of Emperor Taizu in the Yongchang Mausoleum, Gongyi, Zhengzhou

Emperor Taizu reigned for seventeen years and died in 976 at the age of 49. Curiously, he was succeeded by his younger brother, Zhao Kuangyi (Emperor Taizong), even though he had two grown sons – Zhao Dezhao, the Prince of Yan (951–979), and Zhao Defang, the Prince of Qin (959–981). The traditional historical accounts place emphasis on the role Zhao Kuangyin's mother played in the decision which was made shortly after the Song dynasty was proclaimed (around 961). So for nearly his entire reign, it was known and accepted that Zhao Kuangyi would succeed him.

In folklore, the story known as "shadows by the candle and sounds from an axe" is very popular and suggests that Emperor Taizu was murdered by his brother, who was after the throne.After his death, Taizu was interred at the Yongchang Mausoleum, near Gongyi.

After Emperor Taizong, the line of succession passed on to his son and descendants rather than those of Emperor Taizu. However, when Emperor Gaozong (1127–1161) failed to produce an heir, he selected a descendant of Emperor Taizu to be his adopted heir to succeed him in 1161. After 1161, all the subsequent Song emperors were descended from Emperor Taizu through his two sons, Zhao Dezhao and Zhao Defang.

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battyaboutbooksreviews · 6 months ago

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💙💜💖 Bi Books Released in November 2024

💖💜💙 Hey there, beloved bookish bats, and happy December! I know it's a day late, but here are a few bisexual books released in November that would make fabulous additions to your never-ending TBR! Happy reading!

💙 I apologize for any discrepancies. Publishing days are subject to change.

💖 Rani Choudhury Must Die - Adiba Jaigirdar 💜 Our Deadly Designs - Kalyn Josephson 💙 Merry in Moose Falls - Emily Silver

💖 I Am the Dark That Answers When You Call - Jamison Shea 💜 Afterglow - Emily Antoinette 💙 A Wild and Ruined Song - Ashley Shuttleworth

💖 Of Hoarfrost and Blood - Scarlet Tempest 💜 Time and Tide - J.M. Frey 💙 Back in the Rain - Elen Chase

💖 Witch Queen of Redwinter - Ed McDonald 💜 The Last Hour Between Worlds - Melissa Caruso 💙 The Twice-Sold Soul - Katie Hallahan

💖 Hearts and Stars - Phoenix Kathryn 💜 Leap - Simina Popescu 💙 The Anonymous Letters of C Forestier - Felicia Davin

💖 Just Like Christmas - Annabel den Dekker 💜 A Hard Fit - Jennifer Moffatt 💙 Make Room for Love - Darcy Liao

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professionalscrublord · 12 days ago

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4th Succession War campaign report 2

Game 2 I ran last Friday, a smash & grab mission

Map: "Forward Base" (Grasslands B battlemat) Time limit: 10 turns from base alert. Primary Objective: 300wp Retrieve EWS schematics Secondary: Sabotage facility operations Secrets: Raven plans, Personnel rosters

Intro: Interrogation of the captured Liao pilot from Game 1 revealed the location of a FOB where Ravens are being stored and maintained. Liao officers are operating out of here and often link up with local Emerald Dawn forces for field operations.

Goals: Hack the databases (marked in Red on the scan) and find the plans for the Electronic Warfare equipment in one of them (chosen at random). Download it, and escape back East. Beyond that, the Mercs will be paid for every database destroyed and every building collapsed.

Database contents (revealed on scan) 1: Directory (Instant, identify all DBs to players) 2: Personnel rosters* (Scan again to download) 3: Turret access** (Shutoff: first scan. Reverse IFF: 2nd scan.) 4: Jackpot (Jammer + Raven schematics***, 1 turn DL) 5: Backup database (any of the above but 2x longer to activate)

*Personnel Rosters contain ranks, performance reports, and evaluations of pilots. One of the more skilled pilots has a review marked "lacking patriotic fervor" and is scheduled for reeducation. The rosters can be turned in to the Davions postgame for extra money, or pursued by the mercs to hire a veteran 3/4 pilot at a discount.

**Turrets are Immobile Targets 15CF and 1 Medium Laser. They are untargetable while closed until the players walk into laser range, then they open and fire. Start the turn timer when this happens.

***The Jammer schematics were part of a larger file, the complete Raven-3X schematics. Raven plans are only revealed after the Jammer has finished downloading. The players may be scanning the Jammer under fire already so they will have to weigh whether they want to stand still for the next turn to get this and be shot at with no evasive modifiers.

Once the base is alerted, Ravens of various models (starting with a RVN-3X) will exit the large building in the west every 2-3 turns continually raising the pressure on the mercs.

A player mech within 3 hexes of a EW-equipped Raven cannot scan, though a mech with Improved Communications is only jammed at 2 hexes. You also cannot scan through fortress walls.

Optional Rules: Starting fires, incendiary ballistic ammo (half the damage is turned into heat, and counts as a laser for fire ignition chance), inferno missiles, Anti-TSM gas missiles

House Rule: Do not pay level-change MP when following a ramp.

The players' results:

Op. FOGHORN results: Primary objective: ✅ Jammer plans secured

Secondaries: 3/5 databases destroyed 2/5 buildings destroyed

Secret Tertiary: ✅ Full RVN-3X plans secured

Bonus objectives: -Personnel files acquired -1 pilot captured

-2 mech kills (no payment for kills via current contract but enthusiasm noted on Mercenary board review)

❌ Mission timer exceeded: departing Leopard dropship detected by House Liao reinforcements

The record sheets

How it went down:

The players got really lucky. The Directory came up early so they knew where to look for everything, and the Primary Objective ended up being in the secluded South-East building, where a mech jumped into the tiny corner hex behind it and scanned everything in complete safety. They also popped the first RVN-3X out of the base RIGHT quick with focused fire stripping armor and gas missiles following up, and the #2 Raven after it was taken out by a crazy TAC+Ammo Det on the second hit.

A merc also lucked out after taking two head hits, rolling no head crit, then having ~15 SRMs connect over the next 2 turns without any head hits (any one of which would've killed them).

Despite all the SRMs flying around, the one mech carrying a Lostech AMS only had it trigger one time, which I found funny.

Ravens 3 and 4 survived to the end of the match chasing the mercs out of the base after they'd sacked half of it. Players chose to bring Gas missiles to deal with jammer Ravens, but had no Infernos or Incendiary ammo and did not start that many fires as a result, which hampered base destruction efforts.

3 mercs escaped with various juicy stolen data among them, but the last one was juuuuuust barely 1 hex too slow to escape within the time limit. I would have said they were captured, but it was so close I decided to change plans...

The postgame choices:

-Personnel files used, veteran pilot to pick up from a hiring hall later.

The escaping Mercs have been detected and their Leopard dropship is being tailed! House Davion said they hired you as a deniable asset since they were unwilling to be seen with their fingers in the pie on this particular planet and would not take kindly to being revealed as your employer... But a detour will mean missing the scheduled jump out of system.

Will the Mercs keep the rendezvous with their employer, escaping the system but breaching opsec in the process? Or stay in-system, hide and likely fight on the dark side of the moon, for free since they're still on the same contract?

The players decided to try and lose the tail on the dark side of the moon to maintain their contract's integrity. Tune in next time for episode 3: Lunar Battle!

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── ( chase sui wonders. twenty four. genderqueer. she/they. ) thank god you’re here, man - have you seen JUNIPER RIDLEY LIAO anywhere? i totally lost them after their rendition of hot dog by limp bizkit last night. no? they’re like, aye - high and go to LANGSTON - i think they’re a SOPHOMORE level studying CRIME (DOING IT)? but who knows, these days. all i know is that they’re DAUNTLESS, IRASCIBLE and an ARIES . last night they kept going on and on about how they won MOST BURPED LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET last year, which is cool and whatever, but i just wouldn’t expect it out of them, considering they’re so, like, INATTENTIVE and SUBVERSIVE, you know? anyways - i’m going to check down by the crumbling abbey, i think that’s where they like to hang. text me if you see them, okay? bye! / as penned by james. 26. they/them. est.

content warnings for... familial death, grief, alcoholism, child neglect.

student file.

full name — juniper ridley liao.

nickname(s) — june, at the very most ( junie is very poorly received ); ridley.

place of birth — albion, new york.

date of birth & age — april 9th, 2001. twenty4.

gender / pronouns — genderqueer, she / they.

sexuality — demi - bisexual ( but deeply repressed about it ).

major — crimes ( doing them ); a self - created major.

astrology — aries sun, scorpio moon, capricorn rising.

dormitory — their side looks like a tornado had swept through their belongings; a scattering of clothes both clean and dirty, empty beer cans and joint roaches, the classwork they rarely seek to do. the bed is never made, and the walls are adorned with holes from a board - less game of darts. the stale scent of cigarettes often drifts to their roommate's side.

interests — the quick - release of adrenaline after a bloodied fight; the stretch of healing skin and peeling scabs. black coffee and bar - floor cigarettes. nicking joints from her classmates, shrouded behind an ear. the crackling of a scratched cd in an old car radio. starting arguments for the sake of arguing. bribery, if the price is right ( always the form of free food and smokes ). lying for the fun of it. fake tarot readings and wads of cash stuffed inside bras. stealing, especially from college parties. evading their problems. minor arson; vandalism; baseball bats against mailboxes. being right ( never is ). cars & her part - time job, the only one she's managed to keep. stealing shots at the bar; shitty beers and cheap liquor. living just to spite those who wish her dead.

aversions — intimacy; always nerve - wracking, always confusing - always a trick. ankle monitors; they always itch. the police. her family; her sisters in particular. apologies. begging, pleading. the concept of fear - of being scared. promises; they're always broken. sleeping in a jail cell. the consequences of her actions. stupid nicknames. the faux security that being cared for provides; as if it could save her, as if it could save anyone. notably flinching away; a habit that can't break. their weaknesses on display; vulnerability. the sour taste of guilt. hypocrites, despite being one herself. nuanced truths and straightforward falsehoods. the definitive. nostalgia; nothing good ever comes from it.

quirks — putting cigarettes out against her tongue like a cheap party trick. picking off her nail polish. aggressively stomping out dead leaves on the sidewalk. crosses the street right when a car barrels down it. entering and exiting homes via the window, scaling the lattice. a maddening, hyena's laugh. prefers to watch someone struggle than offer her help ( unless, of course, it's for a price ). keeps a windowsill of dead plants.

most played — when i am queen by jack off jill.

notable features — skin littered with shitty, blurred out stick - n - pokes from years prior, alongside fresh bruises and old scabs. hands that can't keep to themselves, either fidgeting or balled into fists. a spattering of beauty marks across her features, and dark, dead eyes.

general disposition — arrogance and self - loathing tied like twine against a bundle of dynamite; a sneer always twitching at lip. a walking BEWARE OF DOG sign, all growls and snarling teeth.

character study — kim kelly ( freaks and geeks ) & kat stratford ( 10 things i hate about you ).

public record.

everyone in their hometown knows the liaos, even if they wished not to; they're hard to ignore, albion's very own bad omen. a family of criminals, of scammers and thieves - the liao children born in quick succession of one another, barely a year apart. in love with themselves and each other, they were respected in their small circle of crime, and managed to evade arrest on numerous occasions.

familial death, grief; no matter how happy they are - it doesn't last. juniper is the last born; their mother dying during childbirth - and juniper becoming a blotted stain in her family's lives. if their grandparents were alive; they would've deemed her cursed, marking the end of their family's lucky streak.

alcoholism, child neglect; the death of his wife strikes their father hard; the oldest liao sister takes the role of parent as their father, in all his grief, turns to the bottle. nights are spent passed out in his recliner chair, in front of the tv - beer bottle just about slipping from his grasp to meet the others littered across the ground. he's an absent man, both in heart and mind - not angry, but lost.

child neglect; the liao sisters grow up raising themselves in their small and cramped, grimy trailer. juniper is always left to fend for herself; they blame her for their mother's death - and they tell her that much. even if they didn't; she knew - just by the way they looked at her, the hard glares that matched her own. juniper blamed herself, too. she grew up as the neighborhood bully; pushing kids off the jungle gym and stealing money, biting when accosted. always claimed she didn't care about the consequences, about the way her sisters treated her. juniper didn't need them; she doesn't need anyone. she'll make her own goddamn sandwiches, walk herself home from school. survive on her own. when they're nine, they run away - and when they eventually return ( not so long after ), it's like they didn't even notice her absence. like she didn't exist.

like any liao before her, by the time juniper's in high school her rap sheet is a mile long and filled to the brim with petty crimes. vandalism and minor theft, underaged drinking, smoking - minor assault, no charge pressed. the police know her by name, as they know each and every one of them. it's a vicious cycle; commit the crime, fail to get away with it, spend the night in a jail cell - even if it has to be the next town over's. they never learn, doesn't care enough to - because nobody else does, so why would they?

they drop out of high school in their last year and refuse to look back; they hop from job to job, anything to make themselves money, anything to keep them out of their family's trailer. tarot scams are her game - a side hustle to keep it flowing as she hops between jobs. none of them stick, mostly by her own design.

until langston; a university so disreputable and just close enough to albion that june can't quite call it running away again - but more like a breath of fresh air. breathing room from their family, from the cycle each liao is destined to follow. fifty bucks paid to the shady guy who lurks behind the cinema every tuesday night, 8pm on the dot for an ... altered transcript. a "proper" ged - and june's gone from albion. middle of the night; like they never even existed. they know it'll amount to nothing; that it's years wasted, that they'll end up right where they started - but there's things june needs to get away from. escape from.

personal details.

locally known, now campus renowned, problem child long - deemed a lost cause, hopeless to help. the worst reputation amongst the trailing pack ( or more so, duo? trio? ) of sisters; and lacking the charisma that her parents had in their youth. a cheap imitation, if anything. she can't help but cause all sorts of problems on campus - both langston and palladian - whether it's vandalism or scamming, or just picking a fight - provoking. does almost anything if it means earning a quick buck, and gets an adrenaline rush from stupid, dangerous acts. a liar and a thief.

quick to become defensive, and even quicker to anger; fury bubbles beneath her skin like a witches' cauldron, like coals being lit afire. she's uncouth and aggressive, the mouth of a sailor. is always expecting the worst - is genuinely surprised when it doesn't happen. has few and far friendships and doesn't know how to manage them - or how to handle kindness. doesn't believe in redemption; but tries, on the rare occasion, like it'll erase the sin of her existing.

has never pursued a relationship, much less intimacy in any form. is too guarded, too on defense. takes flirting like a sick joke; becomes confused, angry - like they're taking the piss on her. like she's some sort of joke. it's embarrassing, nerve - wracking, and exposing. despite their outward arrogant demeanor; juniper's soul is laced with insecurities and well - hidden doubt. unable to be close and personal with others; she always deflects attempts.

juniper is incredibly blunt and critical - quick to point out what they notice, or believe, to be weaknesses and weak points. never thinks before speaking; doesn't think very much at all. they act purely on impulse, and doesn't often worry; acts like she hasn't a single fear. she does not have an intuition against danger, but is surprisingly perceptive. notices the little details; and uses them to her advantage.

a part of her cares more than anything; that craves the intimacy of being cared about, of knowing that she won't die young and alone. her emotional needs are heavily repressed, buried beneath layers of self - destruction. a part of her is always mourning the life she'll never have.

is quick to accept a bribe if it benefits her - mostly in the form of money, food, or free illicit substances. her loyalty switches to the highest bidder, whoever benefits her desires the most. she's selfish and unkind; bites the hand that feeds until it's blood becomes her drink.

most of her belongings are stolen from others, or on occasion - thrifted, or passed over to her. excellent with their hands; they make their own jewelry using trinkets they've stolen over the course of the years. is particular to house parties, mostly to raid their medicine cabinets and closets.

desired plots.

enemies until the end — lifelong enemies from the moment they met, someone that juniper aims to make life miserable for and vice versa; they're constantly at each other's throats.

a vicious kind of love — love also being a loose term; maybe more of a flirtationship, almost one - sided due to juniper's own reservations. maybe it's just for fun, something to entertain the other person; non - serious for them.

tbd when i have time <3

#langston.intro #death tw #grief tw #alcoholism tw #child neglect tw #there THERE!!

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lexissrosea · 14 days ago

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last friday night — the daughter of a fury [chelsverse]

Aphmau! Self-Insert OC

summary: 3.6k. it's 2008, and lucinda thinks that it's time to introduce lexiss to the rest of her phoenix drop high friends. but, will a certain raven-haired boy distract her before she meets phoenix drop's casanova?

content warning! this blurb contains mentions of alcohol and alludes to sex!

a/n: for those of you who have been reading 'a shadow knight's lament,' this is the prequel featuring alexis-rose lightheart's backstory within the chelsverse! i will be uploading this series out of order, so take everything like a little flashback ;) happy reading!

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Alexis scrunched her nose as she looked around the crowded room. She was never the party type. There wasn’t any time to think about partying, being a stupid teen, or making choices that would potentially be detrimental or harmful to your health. Sure, she had the occasional slip-up with drinking too much on lonely nights to cope—She couldn’t help it. She was the granddaughter of a Liao. But the idea of drinking to have fun in a room of young adults only spiked her anxiety, despite the edge she had to her appearance now.

It was hard to focus when music was blaring and there was no space to breathe. The room smelled of alcohol, cigarettes, and cheap cologne. It was dimly lit with a dollar-store mirrorball taped to the ceiling as if to imitate a dance floor. But, with the way people were packed into the room like sardines, it made it hard to dance at all, if not grinding on the person behind you.

For fuck’s safe, Luc. You were right that I’d be hot in this room, but… I almost feel more miserable. She thought to herself as she ran her fingers through her purple hair. Every time she looked in any visible corner of the crowded room, there was a couple licking each other’s faces. In the past, that life might’ve intrigued her. But, the ups and downs of her ‘relationship’ with Ax detoured her more than ever in this second year of college. The first year, Lucinda couldn’t pry Alexis off the men on campus.

Now, the idea of making out with a stranger made Alexis shudder.

And she had no hopes in the ‘guy’ that Luc wanted her to meet.

Anytime Lucinda tried to introduce her to someone in the past, the description was always the same. Sure, it may have reminded her of a faceless figure from her dreams, but light brown hair and ivory skin just didn’t sound appealing. Especially not when there was a history of it in her family. Why would she want to be with someone who reminded her of family? Surely, that was the last thing she needed in her life.

Watching girls drunkenly dance with the boys in the room, giggling and teasingly prodding their fingers at the chests of the men in front of them, made Alexis miss Ax even more.

Ax was her childhood friend. A Polynesian boy from Hawai’i, like her parents. He grew up in Nanakuli, a place that Alexis didn’t know much about.

Alexis was a self-proclaimed haole-Hawaiian, having been born and raised on the mainland. And while she didn’t know anything about growing up in Hawai’i like her mom and dad, her mom always said that the boys from Nanakuli were the most rowdy. It might’ve not been the best idea to get involved with a guy like Ax—He was loud, charismatic, and a playboy in all senses. But maybe it was the chase that she loved the most.

He made her feel connected to her roots, despite the ways he would make fun of her for never being able to speak pidgin properly. Even her drunken pidgin sounded like an auntie with a fat tongue, tripping over her words, slurring, and trying to scrap with shaky hands.

Braxton Kull was a dark-tanned young man who stood at 6’1, towering over Alexis in the form of wide shoulders and biceps that curled around her frame when they’d hug. He had raven black hair, wide amber eyes, a strong jawline, and a gentle smile that contrasted with the dashing smolder he would flash at girls he was trying to hook up with. Alexis was no stranger to the gaze either.

Although he was foul-mouthed and often times conceited, she was in love with him. And going to a dorm party hosted by a guy with whom Lucinda was a high school buddy wasn’t going to make her fall out of love. But a pair of blue eyes just might.

“Luc, who’s that?”

Lucinda turned her head, face souring as she finished her shot before gagging. “What the fuck is Gene doing here?” Lucinda scoffed. Then, realization dawned on her face as she looked down at the small glasses in her and Alexis’ hands. “That idiot. Of course—It was the only way he was gonna get alcohol.” She shook her head before turning back to Alexis. “Have I introduced you to Dante yet?”

Alexis blinked, feeling a little fuzzy after three shots already in the last hour. “... No..? Isn’t that the guy who's hosting this thing? For a host, he kinda sucks.” She bluntly said, covering her mouth afterward, realizing in the moment how loose she was becoming.

“Yeah, he’s really not hard to spot. Dude’s been dying his hair blue since middle school. I’m surprised he still even has hair with the amount of times he had Gene help box-dye it.” Lucinda rolled her eyes before setting their shot glasses down and scanning the room. “Ah, there he is—And there’s—!”

Lucinda stopped mid-sentence, her bright eyes filling with a dead gaze as her red-painted lips pressed into a tight line. “What is Sabrina doing here? I thought they were broken up!” She muttered the last sentence under her breath as she huffed, crossing her arms over her chest as she swung her head back toward Alexis. “Does no one listen to me when I try to matchmake!?”

“Meddling in other people’s love lives isn’t healthy, Lucinda.” Alexis clicked her tongue, playing with the rim of their glasses.

Neither is being with someone who isn’t right for you. But, what do I know? I’m just a skilled witch with premonition! Lucinda sighed before grabbing Alexis’ hand, watching as the Casanova whisked Sabrina into a neighboring bedroom, leaving the bluenette alone with the famous siblings that Lucinda hadn’t seen in a few months.

“Dante!” Lucinda called out, watching the tan-skinned boy turn his head, the panic slightly fading.

“Lucinda! You made it! And you brought..?” ‘Dante’ looked over at Alexis, who was slightly flushed. Not quite as messed up as the raven-haired girl next to him who was being helped up by her blond brother, but still enough to have a slight wobble just by standing still.

“Lexiss!” Alexis said, shouting over the music while giving her nickname instead of her full name.

Dante furrowed his eyebrows as he looked at the heterochromatic eyes in front of him. It wasn’t every day that he had seen eyes like that, and the last person he remembered was Blaze, who had gone out of state for school. He shook off the expression and offered a goofy smile. However, his smile sort of dropped when he realized that Lexiss was looking back at him with narrowed eyes. Did he do something wrong? Was it his initial facial expression at her? He couldn’t help the fact that he had his mother’s judgmental looks. And there was something familiar about the look in her eyes, a look he had seen one too many times from his Filipino aunts on his dad’s side. Wrong foot, Dante. Shouldn’t have looked at her that way. The gears in his head turned despite the alcohol making him equally as foggy as the rest of the people at this party. All he could muster was another toothy grin to try, and lighten the air as he awkwardly laughed.

What he didn’t realize was that Alexis wasn’t mad at all. It was simply just her face, and the fact that her contacts were bothering her eyes and making her squint more than usual. She was sure she’d go back to her frames after college.

Lucinda brushed past Dante, almost pushing him out of the way as she steadied her hands on the pale girl whose face was flushed with shades of red on her freckled cheeks. The girl blinked her crystal blue eyes, a silly grin lacing her lips. Her voice came out in a bundle of choked giggles as the blond man beside her sighed.

To Alexis, there was something familiar about the tipsy girl who was koala bear hugging her roommate, nearly squeezing the life out of the ginger witch. Maybe it was the fondness in her eyes or the moments when those same eyes would harden whenever they caught a glimpse of Dante’s awkward smile. She had a necklace that sat just past her collarbones with the letter C. Alexis didn’t know her name, but something in her writer brain was repeating a name over and over. Cass… She doesn’t look like a Cass, though. Alexis hummed to herself, watching the girl shudder with a laugh against Lucinda’s body. Be ironic if she had my character’s name, right? Cassiopeia’s pretty uncommon, though. She thought with a shrug.

“Hey, Sweet. Looks like someone had a bit too much to drink. Girl, I haven’t seen you this messed up since senior night.” Lucinda chuckled, her voice low in the girl’s ear.

Alexis watched as the girl’s eyes went wide before letting go of the man beside her and throwing her arms around Lucinda with a cheer. Who was this girl? Why did she seem so familiar? She looked like someone that she met during her senior year of O’khasis Prep during her editor-in-chief days. But senior year was a blur, and it was hard to keep up with every face she saw in the hallway, let alone their graduating class. It had been at least two years since then anyway.

She tapped Lucinda on the shoulder, “I’m gonna go grab another drink. You mingle with your friends.”

“Lex, you don’t want me to come with you? You don’t know anyone—I don’t want you going off on your own.” Lucinda frowned for a moment.

“I’m good. Have fun. It looks like your friend really missed you.” Alexis chuckled as she pointed at the girl whose hands were squeezing Lucinda’s forearms like her life depended on it. She turned on her heel, heading over to the drink station.

It was messily arranged with different types of alcohol splayed on the table. There was no way that she was going to touch the mystery punchbowl, fearing that one of the idiots at the party slipped something into the red-colored concoction. She didn’t feel like waking up with stomach issues in the morning.

Alexis quirked her head, noticing a bottle with Korean-like symbols on it. What’s that? Alexis grabbed a red cup, grabbing the bottle by its neck before popping it open. She sniffed the opening, not getting a hint of anything. She wasn’t dumb enough to drink from the punchbowl. But, a random Asian alcohol? She didn’t mind the odds—Especially when she was feeling as shitty as she did without Ax.

She poured a bit into the cup, watching it fill about a third of the way before twisting the lid back onto the bottle. Alexis brought the rim of the red cup to her glossy lips, taking a sip as her nose scrunched. It was fun feeling like a bobblehead, but the process of getting there was always nasty to her. She sipped a bit more, familiarizing herself with the taste, getting a hint of grapefruit and fermented rice, a bitter aftertaste that urged her to stick out her tongue.

“You’re at least four shots down. Really think you should be drinking that?”

She cocked her head, finding deep blue eyes looking down at her. There was a smug smirk on the man’s face; he couldn’t have been any older than twenty-three. He had shaggy black hair that formed into a short mullet in the back, and somehow, he pulled it off, especially with the side part that was common in every Disney star. His sun-kissed tan skin seemed to sparkle through the alcohol-induced haze, and his face looked oddly familiar to one she had seen seconds ago, but it didn’t matter in this moment. Right now, all she cared about was the way his forearms tensed when he crossed them over his muscular chest, flexed biceps showing proudly out of the ripped sleeves of his mock tank top.

He was wearing black skinny jeans with rips along the thighs and a plaid grey flannel tied around his waist. Something shone near his lip—a messily pierced ring that couldn’t have been the proper placement but made him all the more attractive in this moment. His lip wasn’t the only thing that sparkled. His earlobes were filled by silver gauges, and his eyelashes seemed to flutter in amusement at her dazed expression.

When he uncrossed his arms to swipe the cup away from her, Alexis caught a glimpse of his inner arm tattoo. A long broadsword, shaded to perfection with the words ‘Momento Mori’ detailed around the object, with sloppy swirls and dots detailing the design. The work was amateur, likely done in a rundown shop or—by the looks of him—a friend’s garage.

Her mouth opened and closed, seemingly dry now that he was towering over her. Just a few sips of whatever was in that bottle, and the minutes seemed to pass like seconds. She felt like a lightweight with the way her head was spinning, finding his cocky smirk to be the most attractive thing in this world. Why did her brain feel like it was under some spell? Why did his eyes remind her of ones she saw in a dream once—Eyes that narrowed down at her in the middle of the woods?

“How do… You even know how much I–I’ve had..?” She stumbled over her words. Her sentence was barely understandable with the way she phrased it.

His eyes flickered from each of her eyes. She felt heat come to her cheeks. Is he judging my eyes? She thought to herself, almost insecure, before she noticed his gaze lingering on her pouted lips. He turned his head, looking at her pink gloss coating the cup. He pressed his mouth to the same spot, tilting his head back as he downed the alcohol, drawing the cup away, unfazed by its contents. A lazy smirk curled on his lips as he pressed the cup back into her chest, watching her small hand absentmindedly curl around it. Turning on his heel, he started to walk away, swiping his leather jacket from a nearby chair as he made his way for the door.

“H—Hey, wait, asshole!” Alexis called after him, setting her cup to the side with furrowed eyebrows. Her feet moved faster than she could think, and soon enough, she was following the mysterious man out the door. It might’ve been her most stupid decision of the whole night, but the spell just wouldn’t stop.

She failed to notice the dirty-blond, borderline light brown-haired boy with bright eyes approaching the drink table with a frustrated sigh, nearly growling under his breath from the verbal fight he just got into. A certain smell calmed his senses for a moment; the faint scent of roses and coconut lingered where an empty red cup was sitting on the table. Soon enough, the smell was covered by a cloud of smoke as someone danced near the table, a cigarette notched between their index and middle fingers. He only sighed once more before pouring himself something.

Meanwhile, Alexis shivered as the fresh air hit her like a slap to the face. “Hey, asshole, you can’t just drink from my cup and then walk away—”

He sharply turned around, leaning down to her level as his gaze flickered between her eyes and lips again. He chuckled lowly, “Actually, I can. Bought it all myself. You wouldn’t be that fucked up if I didn’t provide everything in there.”

Alexis’ eyes widened before she huffed. “So, you’re Gene.”

“You know my name, Sweetheart? Don’t wear it out.” Gene smirked, cocking his head. A hand extended, coming dangerously close to her face, knuckles barely grazing her skin as he gathered some of her purple locks hooked around his pointer finger.

She stumbled backward, face red with blush as she coyly stammered, “W–What in Irene do you t—think you’re doing!?”

“I can’t admire your hair?”

“You’re invading my space!”

“You followed me outside.”

Alexis paused. He was right. She glanced down at her feet, silently cursing them for traveling on their own accord, taking her outside against her will. When she looked back up, his blue eyes were boring into her. His eyes held several emotions—Some that she couldn’t even put a finger on. There was amusement and curiosity, and the color of his ocean blues was like a pool she wanted to dive headfirst into. She couldn’t swim, but drowning in his gaze felt right under her drunken state.

Was that… Red..? She furrowed her brows, lip pouting more as her thoughts became even hazier looking into his eyes. No, No—No, must be the alcohol…

The more time that passed gave opportunity for the alcohol to settle more into her system, causing her knees to buckle. She felt his palm rubbing against her cheek, his thumb brushing over her bottom lip. With a chuckle, he leaned close to her ear as hot air tickled her temple. “You’re cute when you’re drunk,” He murmured softly. There was still grit to his voice, but also, oddly, genuine interest.

Then, he backed up just enough so that the tips of their noses were touching. That shit-eating smirk trailed along his pierced lip again, showing off a single dimple underneath his smile from this close-up.

“But, I think I’m a little old for you.”

Alexis breathed in the musk of his cologne and the smell of her earlier drink on his lips. She leaned forward, challenging Gene, staring into his eyes with her mismatched ones. If Ax was a thought, he certainly wasn’t one now.

“You say that like you know my age.” She quipped.

“Can’t be more than eighteen—”

“Nineteen.”

So, it is you.

“Twenty in a few months.”

Her finger pressed against his chest, feeling the mound of his pecs underneath the thin material, trailing shapes as she leaned closer.

The purr in her voice caused heat to stir in his gut. His smirk broke into a wolfish grin, a voice enticing him in his head. It was like all that had changed about her was her appearance. That sassy, confident, and annoying attitude remained. The attitude that challenged him in all ways.

“Ever rode a motorcycle, Sweetheart?” He whispered, hand moving to cup the back of her head gently, but with a hint of possession.

“Dreamed of it. But, I think I’d rather ride you.”

Alexis felt his chest vibrate as a growl rose from the base of his throat. She gasped as she felt him pin her against the brick wall of the building, one hand dancing down her lower back until it reached the mound, constricted in her tight miniskirt. He kneaded at the skin, fingers digging into the black fabric, wanting to lift it over her hips and touch the skin bare. Was this even the same girl he saw all those years ago? The studious, uptight, nerdy brunette who couldn’t wait to get away from the groups of delinquents? Now, she was mewling into the delinquent’s mouth, raising one leg as Gene’s hand slipped under her thigh, hand curling underneath her knee to keep her steady as her back arched against the cold wall.

Her tongue danced against his as they swapped spit, devouring the taste of soju and cigarettes that were hanging out of Gene’s jacket pocket. The familiar scent of Capri cigarettes overloaded her senses, making her push against his kisses, nipping at his top lip before licking his bottom lip, tongue trailing along the silver ring.

He kissed the corner of her lips, trailing down her jawline in sloppy kisses that made her whine. Like a bitch in heat… The voice in his head cackled as he tried to wave it away, pressing his hardened length against her pelvis. The only thing separating them was his black jeans and her lacy panties underneath that skirt.

Gene growled against her neck, biting down softly to elicit a sharp cry from the younger woman. His tongue flattened against her skin, soothing the red mark that would soon bruise into an unmistakable hickey. Still fucking mine, still under my brainwash… The voice hissed as Gene internally groaned. It almost made him feel bad about enjoying this moment. He continued to ignore the dark voice as he trailed down her neck, kissing her exposed collarbones.

“Could fuck you right here, pretty girl.” He muttered against her skin, teasing her with a kiss on her chest.

“Why don’t you—”

Gene growled, “Irene, you’re such a—”

“Gene! Gene, fuck, bro, I don’t know what to do! She’s in there giggling and trying to dance on me, and I can’t think straight, and I think she wants to talk, but she can’t talk like this. And, oh, Irene, the look in her eyes, I just—” The voice trailed off as Gene and Alexis turned their heads. “... Lexiss?”

Bro… Brother… Brought the alcohol… Oh, mother of Esmund! Alexis’ eyes widened as she pushed Gene off, trying to adjust her skirt as she fixed her hair over the bite marks on her neck and wiped the smeared lip gloss from the corners of her mouth. She looked between the two brothers, now aware of the similarities and the worries she had earlier before stealing one last glance at Dante. She huffed, pushing past both the brothers, and shuffled into the house to find Lucinda before Dante could spill his discoveries. Fuck… Fuck, what kind of guest am I!? I nearly fucked the host’s brother! Irene, you whore, Lexiss. Alexis yelled at herself internally as she pushed through the group of dancing people, finally finding Lucinda sitting with an albino boy with green eyes.

“Lex, where were you—”

“I need another shot… Several. Just… Just fill me a glass.”

a/n - this is suchhhh a long and beloved series that i've been working on for the last few months. i love all things chelsverse, and tumblr is the perfect place to showcase that!

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fleelangston · 2 days ago

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WELCOME TO BATH , james ! you've been accepted into the program ! please send in your accounts within the next 24 hours and don't forget to sort through our checklist !

#langston.accepted #dont look at me im going to be so strict n disciplined after this.#its gna b shocking.

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rainyday-23 · 1 year ago

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After hours ((유∀유|||))

Guys what's their ship name!!, I love them dearly I've been drawing them alot..been calling them minasoj but like do they have a ship name?? <:

#mina caught feelings after she upgrades soj #mina liao #overwatch #Sojourn Vivian Chase #Mina x Vivian #mina x sojourn #ow2 fanart #They're both tired #and in love #liaojourn

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how-about-some-more-whump · 7 days ago

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Day Breaker 暗夜行者 (2022) - Whump List

Synopsis: Luo Xiang, a former narcotics agent, faked his death during an undercover operation. Five years later, he's living under a new name, but needs to pretend to be his old self and once again infiltrate the drug cartel, dealing with his former lover, brothers and enemies, to finally successfully complete the mission and find out who's pulling the strings. (MyDramaList)

Notes:

This is my first whump list ever! I couldn't find any related to this drama before starting it, so when I found out it was really whumpy I decided to try and make one myself. It's pretty thorough, although not tracking 100% of the whump. Hope you'll like it!

Main character is in blue (center of picture), other important characters are in orange, the rest is in black. The characters are listed by chronological order of whump in each episode. I decided to not disclose any character's death in order to keep some suspense.

Timestamps are related to the IQIYI playlist on Youtube, they might be slightly off if you watch the show on another streaming platform.

------ EPISODE 1 ------

Guo Xing :

9:30 In an explosion, passed out, abducted

12:55 Tied up to a chair, bloody, forced to take amphetamine to keep him awake

Chen Mo / Luo Xiang :

10:30 Shot at, chased in car

14:30 Betrayed, shot twice in the chest, falls through a window into water, passes out

26:10 Worried for his sick daughter

30:10 Wrongfully accused, beaten up, fighting back, thrown out of a building, limping away

31:15 Tailed

36:28 In a car crash, knocked out, wakes up, sore neck

39:45 Handcuffed, arrested

Tian :

17:50 Discovered as an undercover cop, drowned

Xie Yuan :

18:53 Assaulted by a cop (skit in order to make another man talk)

22:10 Blown by a bomb, falls from a hight

Liao Yongjia :

22:10 Blown by a bomb, in shock, shaking

Yu Shenghai :

43:01 Stressed out, drunk, shoots himself in the arm

44:03 Arm in a sling

------ EPISODE 2 ------

Chen Mo / Luo Xiang :

2:50 Handcuffed, in an interrogation room, forced to help the police

11:00 Agitated

25:02 Sleeping (cuuute), doesn’t want to wake up, threatened with a taser (comical), sleepy

29:18 (In a flashback) Getting his back tattoo erased

31:49 Getting his back tattoo tattooed again, head covered with a black sack, moaning in pain

42:25 Grabbed, punched in the face, attacked

Yu Shenghai :

18:10 (In a flashback) Shot at (a lot), curling up, at gunpoint, scared

------ EPISODE 3 ------

Chen Mo / Luo Xiang :

0:00 (In a flashback) Tied to a chair, eyes covered, gun to the head (prank)

14:24 Hands tied in his back, taken away

15:45 At gunpoint

18:05 Shot at, in an explosion, scared, upset, walking away, shot at

Yu Shenghai :

32:48 Hits his forehead in a mirror, bleeding

------ EPISODE 4 ------

Chen Mo / Luo Xiang :

2:34 Tied to a chair, beaten with a wooden bat, bloody, drooling blood

5:44 Gun to his head

6:30 Slapped twice

8:45 Holding his belly, wincing in pain

11:50 Helped to walk

------ EPISODE 5 ------

Chen Mo / Luo Xiang :

0:05 (In a flashback) Lying on a bed unconscious, bloody bandages on his chest, wincing in pain

6:15 Gun to his head

11:40 Grabbed by the neck, in an armlock, wincing in pain, sore arm

31:32 Hiding in a truck, locked inside

Liao Yongjia :

11:36 Grabbed by the collar, pushed against a wall

------ EPISODE 6 ------

Chen Mo / Luo Xiang :

0:00 Still locked in a truck

7:50 In a car crash, unconscious

9:03 Shot at

----- EPISODES 7, 8 -----

None.

------ EPISODE 9 ------

Lin Zhanxiong :

0:24 Shot at, watches friends die, crying, calling for help, shot

Chen Mo / Luo Xiang :

10:20 Attacked by a group of men, escaping on a motorcycle, falling from motorcycle, running away, arrested, put in a cell

43:25 At gunpoint

Tai :

17:40 Falling to his knees, crying, grieving

Yu Shenghai :

36:40 Upset, drunk, in a street fight, wounded knuckles

------ EPISODE 10 ------

Chen Mo / Luo Xiang :

4:40 Abducted, hands tied to a pole behind his back, at gunpoint, threatened with a gun

19:24 Still tied up

Zhang Xinyao :

14:00 Trapped, intimidated, grabbed and threatened to be thrown from a roof

19:07 Still trapped, scared, used as hostage

Chen Xi :

14:00 Trapped, intimidated, grabbed and threatened to be thrown from a roof

19:07 Still trapped, scared, used as hostage

Tai :

37:11 Pulled out of a vehicule, kicked, at gunpoint, startled

38:58 Taken as hostage, threatened with a bomb

------ EPISODE 11 ------

Zhang Xinyao :

15:10 Still hostage, threatened with a gun

39:45 At gunpoint

Chen Xi :

15:10 Still hostage, threatened with a gun

39:45 At gunpoint

Chen Mo / Luo Xiang :

34:50 Learns his daughter has been abducted, begging

------ EPISODE 12 ------

Chen Mo / Luo Xiang :

0:00 (In a flashback) Carrying his sick daughter into a hospital, calling for help

8:40 Sees his daughter get shot, running to her

22:10 Worried for his daughter

26:53 Handcuffed, arrested

Zhang Xinyao :

6:38 At gunpoint

8:48 Gun to her head

11:38 Grabbed, gun to her head

Chen Xi :

6:38 At gunpoint

8:35 Shot (NOOOOOO why the kid), crying, bleeding

9:10 Passes out in her father’s arms

23:48 Unconcious on her hospital bed

Tai :

8:50 Threatened with a gun

20:45 Helped to walk (seemingly after being caught in an explosion but unclear), scratch on his cheek, in shock

------ EPISODE 13 ------

Yu Shenghai :

13:17 Threatened

Chen Mo / Luo Xiang :

40:45 Gun to the back of his head

------ EPISODE 14 ------

Yu Shenghai :

10:14 (In a flashback) Taken as hostage, forced to get in a car, taken away, forced to shoot his injured partner

Chen Mo / Luo Xiang :

39:56 Handcuffed, arrested (again)

------ EPISODE 15 ------

Chen Mo / Luo Xiang :

5:16 In an interrogation room, handcuffed to table, punched in the stomach, shoved onto table, hair pulled, punched again, coughing, punched again, wincing in pain, coughing again

28:19 At gunpoint

33:20 Tied to a chair, wounds on his face and neck

Yu Shenghai :

32:40 Threatened, angry, fighting with someone

------ EPISODE 16 ------

Chen Mo / Luo Xiang :

3:38 Tied up in the back of a car, eyes covered, neck wound bandaged

Liao Yongjia :

33:52 Handcuffed, auditionned

Zhang Xinyao :

42:50 Struggling, hit on the head, knocked out

------ EPISODE 17 ------

Zhang Xinyao :

3:50 Unconscious in the back of a car

38:53 At gunpoint

Chen Mo / Luo Xiang :

27:00 Attacked by a group of men, fighting, hit on his back several times, tasered, unconscious

28:42 Upset

38:53 At gunpoint

------ EPISODE 18 ------

Yu Shenghai :

36:14 (In a flashback) Lightly slapped

------ EPISODE 19 ------

Chen Mo / Luo Xiang :

24:12 Almost blown out by a grenade, protects someone, thrown to the ground

Yu Shenghai :

24:12 Almost blown out by a grenade, thrown to the ground

Wu Chehao :

42:10 Hit by a car, on the ground, holding his ribs, spitting blood, shot

------ EPISODE 20 ------

Chen Mo / Luo Xiang :

14:05 Gun to his head

Yu Shenghai :

37:27 In a gunfight

39:43 Blown by a grenade, falling down a cliff

45:03 At gunpoint

------ EPISODE 21 ------

Yu Shenghai :

13:38 Feeling sick

Liao Yongjia :

42:25 At gunpoint

44:20 Chased in car

Chen Mo / Luo Xiang :

43:18 At gunpoint, used as human shield

------ EPISODE 22 ------

Yu Shenghai :

3:30 (In a flashback) Found sitting on the floor, bleeding from gunshot wound, sweating

20:52 At gunpoint

23:48 Tied to a chair, bloody, gun to his head

32:15 Still tied up and wounded

37:40 Found tied up and barely conscious, bomb strapped to his chest

40:35 In a gunfight, shot in the leg, blurry eyesight, blown by a bomb

Liao Yongjia :

5:33 Running to see his sick wife at the hospital, arrested

Chen Mo / Luo Xiang :

40:45 Fighting with someone, in a gunfight, pushed out of armsway

------ EPISODE 23 ------

None

------ EPISODE 24 ------

Chen Mo / Luo Xiang :

29:31 Hands tied behind his back, at gunpoint

34:25 Gun to his back, shot, loosing someone

#chinese drama #whump #cdrama #daybreaker #whump list #drug trafficking #day breaker #whumplist #full whump list #chinese whump #2022 #暗夜行者 #undercover #taken hostage #An Ye Xing Zhe #asian whump #luo xiang #chen mo

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heyhey!! i love your page so much and your analyses of characters.... when you posted cassidy and mysteriousness and how he would only share the most with mina, it could be interesting to expand on that with echo being the closest person and personality to her as a result. it could be a grief amplifier but also it could close up cassidy even more and make him so much more reluctant to share anything real at all,, i've been thinking about this all day!! this is why i love your thoughts!!

Oh trust me I think about this a lot.

The way Declassified described Mina and Cassidy's realationship reminded me so much of something that was mentioned in Deadlock Rebels. That being that Cassidy had walls up, a line that not even Ashe could cross. Those walls being his mask, his persona, something that not a lot of people could see past, let alone break though, but Mina is described as seeing through it instantly, and even breaking through it. She did something that no one else, not even Ashe could do, she saw who Cassidy was without the persona, without the mask. She's the one person we see that Cassidy probably fully opened up to, and the way she died probably altered Cassidy permanently. He was just outside the building when the explosion happened, he raced to where Mina was and was the only person with her in her final moments. That would change anyone, and we see that it changed Cassidy, making him more hostile in the beginning but then he just began building those walls again, stronger this time. Hiding behind the mask even more so he wouldn't be hurt like that again.

One of my biggest HC's is that Cassidy and Echo have a father-daughter relationship, as some of Echo's personality wouldn't have come from Mina, but would have definitely come from Cole. Such as her outwardly sassing people like Ramattra, that and the way she teases people along with how she empathises with people and comforts them. We also know from her short story that the first people Echo could copy were Mina, Cassidy and Jack, Mina and Cassidy being the people she was around the most. That doesn't detract from the fact that Echo is still very similar to Mina, having similar behaviours and mannerisms.

Considering how we see Cassidy interact with Echo, it's very obvious that he isn't as open to her as he was with Mina. To me, Cassidy isn't the type of person to treat Echo as just a copy of Liao, she's her own person. However considering his history with her and Liao, it would be hard for him to not see the similarities. Also I would like to point out that the way that Echo and Cassidy talk about Liao feels like child asking an alive parent what their deceased parent would have thought of them.

Something else I would like to add is that Cassidy was so focused on revenge he wasn't able to attend Mina's funeral. Which probably adds another layer of grief on an already steaming sess pool of shit, because on top of all of that, Gerard gets injured and Reyes shoots a guy out of a window, basically signing Overwatch's death warrant. Then right after that the Zurich explosion happens and Cassidy looses his arm, his family, his home, and what fragile stability he had from being an Overwatch agent. During this time, Echo is also put in quarantine.

He probably feels like he failed Echo, that he failed Mina. It probably being part of the reason why he sounds so hostile about Jack "chasing ghosts", he knows what revenge can do to a person, how it can affect the people around them.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, Cassidy's story is so much more complex and tragic if you stop and really think about it.

(btw, writing this reminded me that shortly after this, he would have had to watch as Genji and Lena were critically injured while fighting Doomfist.)

#overwatch #overwatch 2 #overwatch lore #overwatch headcanons #analysis #cole cassidy #cassidy overwatch #overwatch cassidy #cassidy ow #ow cassidy #mina liao #liao #dr liao #echo overwatch #echo #ow echo #echo ow #overwatch echo

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📍Hong Kong Palace Museum

Gallery 1: Entering the Forbidden City: Architecture, Collection, and Heritage

P1: Bell (bó zhōng) with stand--"Nán lǚ" pitch

Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, 1761

Bell: gilded copper alloy; stand: lacquer and gold on wood

P2: Chime (tè qìng) with stand--"Huáng zhōng" pitch

Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, 1761

Chime: jade (nephrite), gold; stand: lacquer and gold on wood

Gallery 2: From Dawn to Dusk: Life and Art in the Forbidden City

P3: Table screen with drawers for storing the Bight Pillars of the Orchid Pavilion

Qianlong period (1736～1795)

Zǐtán wood

Gallery 3: Brilliance: Ming Dynasty Ceramic Treasures from the Palace Museum, 1368～1644

P4: Architectural fitting in the shape of a dragon

Ming dynasty (1368～1644)

Earthenware with glazes

Gallery 4: The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series: Stories Untold - Figure Paintings of the Ming Dynasty from the Palace Museum

P5: Portrait of Táo Yuānmíng

Wáng Zhòngyù (active late 14th century)

Ming dynasty, late 14th century

Hanging scroll, ink on paper

Gallery 5: The Quest for Originality: Contemporary Design and Traditional Craft in Dialogue

P6:

1.(lower): Duck-shaped incense burner

Han dynasty (206 BCE～220 CE)

Bronze

2a.(left): Water dropper in the shape of a mythical beast

Qing dynasty (1644～1911)

Bronze with gold and silver inlay

2b.(right): Water dropper in the shape of a mythical beast

Ming dynasty (1368～1644)

Jade (nephrite)

3.(upper): Ram-shaped lamp

Han dynasty (206 BCE～220 CE)

Bronze

P7: Vase with spiral pattern

Imperial Workshops

Qing dynasty, Qianlong mark and period (1736～1795)

Blown glass

Gallery 6: Passion for Collecting: Founding Donations to the Hong Kong Palace Museum

P8: Headdress with phoenixes chasing a pearl

Liao dynasty (907～1125)

Gilt copper

Gift of Mengdiexuan Collection (Ms. Betty Lo Yan-yan and Mr. Kenneth Chu Wai-kee)

Gallery 7: The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series: Dwelling in Tranquillity - Reinventing Traditional Gardens

P9: Sky, Water and Land

Keith Lam

Generative visual and sound dataset, LED screen, stainless steel, bronze, four-channel audio installation

"In spring's serene embrace, tranquil water flows with grace; sky, water, and land above and below, boundless expanse azure aglow." -- Fan Zhongyan (989～1052), Yueyang Pavilion, Song dynasty

This artwork is inspired by the pavilions in Chinese gardens.

Gallery 8: Bank of China (Hong Kong) Presents: The Origins of Chinese Civilisation

P10: Relief with tigers and a human face

Shimao culture (4300～3800 BP)

Stone

📍香港故宮文化博物館

展廳1：紫禁萬象——建築、典藏與文化傳承

P1：甬紐橋口鎛鐘——南呂律（附架座）

清乾隆二十六年（1761年）

鎛鐘：銅鍍金；架座：木胎、金漆

P2：雲龍紋特磬——黃鐘律（附架座）

清乾隆二十六年（1761年）