#Chinese knives

[artbysarf]

The Moth and the Lizard are married actually

[buccellato]

I personally think it would be very amusing if Tesla gets revived alongside Knives in Stargaze and spends her entire time being rude to him and nitpicking his actions based off of some petty grievances. Like imagine he's trying to do one of his little murder speeches and she steps out of the shadows where she was standing (menacingly) going "Hey remember that time you got a whole cake for your Birthday? I never got a birthday cake. And you guys got a whole one to yourselves" or just going "Oh that's a cool thought, did you best friend Child Killer Conrad give it to you?"

Just real hater energy from her

[memories-of-ancients]

Bronze dagger with ornate hilt, northern China, 6th-5th century BC

from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[asian-character-of-the-day]

Day 124

Today’s Asian character is Knives Chau from Scott Pilgrim!

She is Chinese-Canadian.

[wafflesrisa]

With the number of insanely stupid batshit FIA decisions this weekend I think I might be in danger of actually becoming a toxic sports fan

[doodle-wvfy]

my mom calls her utensil girl im crying

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random doodle

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[garbagechuteeee]

Trigun wuxia au 👀👀 Meryl first 🫶

Idkk trigun just fits the wandering martial artist type genre

[kenonade]

in conversation with 🍬 after seeing dune part 2

[have-you-read-this-short-fiction]

"The Price of Knives" is available to read here

[deepestbluesky]

a fake screenplay fic for the day 5 prompt (fortune) of the DZZS Lunar New Year mini prompt fest! i hadn’t been sure i was going to write anything for today, but i knew if i did, i wanted to bring in JBY’s fake fortunetelling gig from Qi Ye. i orginally was writing it as regular prose but dialogue only, and then i got tired of trying to telegraph blocking and switched to this. if you don’t count the speaker tags, it comes in at a nice solid 243 words 😎

[WEN KEXING and ZHOU ZISHU are sitting at a small table. They have a jar of wine and cups in front of them, but they’re paying more attention to each other than to drinking.]

WEN KEXING: A-Xu, should we get married? Oh, but we’d have to consult a fortuneteller first, wouldn’t we. Where would we even find one?

ZHOU ZISHU: There’s one right here.

WEN KEXING: What?

ZHOU ZISHU: (turns to look over his shoulder) Qi Ye!

[JING BEIYUAN and WU XI sit across the courtyard, heads bent together, ignoring the other two until ZHOU ZISHU speaks.]

JING BEIYUAN: Surely you haven’t forgotten all your propriety out here in the jianghu. There’s no need to yell.

WEN KEXING: A-Xu, you must be joking. Him?

ZHOU ZISHU: He spent a whole season telling fortunes in the capital once.

[JING BEIYUAN crosses to the table.]

JING BEIYUAN: I did, I did, it’s true. What sort of divination would Wen-gongzi like done? I know you are well-settled in love, but perhaps a prediction for health or the outcomes of the next year?

WEN KEXING: I don’t need any predictions from you.

JING BEIYUAN: A shame. My talents, wasted again.

ZHOU ZISHU: Getting cold feet, Lao Wen?

WEN KEXING: (quietly) Never.

JING BEIYUAN: Ah, I see. Well, consider this a gift: I hear five days from now is a very auspicious date for a marriage.

WEN KEXING: You made that up—

ZHOU ZISHU: (interrupting) Why five days?

JING BEIYUAN: Because we have to leave in six. Wouldn’t it be good to have friends at your wedding, Zishu?

[ZHOU ZISHU shakes his head in disbelief, smiling.]

ZHOU ZISHU: I suppose it would.

[memories-of-ancients]

Gold dagger hilt, Eastern Zhou Dynasty, China, 6th-5th century BC

from The British Museum

[eva-knits12]

The Haircut

Trigger warning: crying, haircut, Colin Shea, office mean girls ,anxiety fluff

Summary: You get your first haircut in a while. It goes as well as expected. Colin comforts you.

"Colin, I'm getting a haircut today," I say, as I look at myself in the mirror. My hair is everywhere! I worked in an office that thrived on gossip, office drama, and bullying. I'm an IT, and I was a female in that position. The girls in the office treated me like shit because when they requested that a problem with their computers be fixed, I would show up.

"Oh, I'm sorry. We're waiting for a man," one would say.

"Who did you sleep with to get that position?" another would say.

"Really, this a man's job, so why are you doing a man's job?" a third would say.

I would have to escape somewhere and just cry. I would cry when I got home. I was trying not to let them get to me, but I was starting to crack. The more mean things they said, the more they got to me.

"Baby girl, that's great! You deserve it!" says Colin, who is more excited about that I am.

"You'll feel a lot better. Don't let these mean girls voices in your head control you any longer. You're beautiful, you're smart, you are worth the world," says Colin, cheering me up. He kisses me on my nose, making me giggle.

I made the appointment, and I get ready to go. I make an appointment for a cut and color, and Colin tells me that it will be okay.

"You think so Colin? I just don't deserve this. My cut and color will look horrible," I say.

"You don't know that. Don't let those mean girls get the best of you. They're in your head. They now have free rent in your head. It's time to evict them. They don't need the free rent in your head," says Colin.'

"You're the most beautiful woman and strongest woman I know," says Colin.

"I've seen my mom, and she's Irish," says Colin.

"Thanks, honey," I say.

I get in my Trax and go to the salon. I check in, and I wait for a bit. I pull out the fingerless gloves I'm knitting, while I wait for Justine.

I'm busy knitting, when I hear them. The feeling of nausea and dread hits me like a ton of bricks. I dig through my purse, in search of a starlight peppermint to ease the nausea, and I come up with a ginger chew. I eat the chew.

I hear Regina's voice, and I just freeze.

"I don't know why you're even bothering. Nobody can fix that ugly hair and ugly face of yours." says Regina.

"I didn't know that ugly was a requirement for this line of work," says Joanne.

"Yeah, she's way too ugly and way too plain," says Kari.

I feel like crying, but nope! As of right now, these girls are evicted. But, the owner. Tabatha, intervenes.

"As of right now, I'm going to have to ask you three to leave. I will not tolerate anyone harassing my customers. As of right now. Eva is a customer. She became a customer as soon as she walked through the door," says Tabatha.

"But, but. but. we just want what's best for her," says Regina.

"What's best for her is to get her hair done here! What's best for her is to not have to worry about three adults who are still nothing but high school mean girls," says Tabatha.

"Ever since we met, you guys were nice at first. Eventually, you showed your true colors. Spamming my inbox with whatever things you wanted because I disagreed with you, or even told you about an update or a technical issue. Telling the whole office I slept with the boss, when I needed his help to solve a client issue. Even claiming that I went so far as to sleep with Zach and Jake, what the hell is wrong with the whole lot of you? Jake is in a happy long-term relationship, and Zach is happily married. Zach helped me get this job, and I owe him the world," I say.

"You can't handle the fact that I have a high degree in my field. I'm an IT. I studied computer sciences, even computer engineering, and even studied coding," I say.

"Colin finds it amazing, and I can't say the same for you," I say.

"Well, we refuse to leave. She can leave, we'll stay," says Kari.

"NO! That's now how this works. I have asked you to leave. Since you refuse, I'm going to have to have the police escort the whole lot of you out," says Tabatha.

Erica calls the police. Regina, Joanne, and Kari are all charged with trespassing, and they're arrested. Tabatha decides to trespass them, and they're not welcome back through the doors. I decide to file for a restraining order as a just-in-case, even though it would be hard to get.

Tabatha takes me to her chair, and she starts to discuss what I want. I'm not sure, so I let her make some suggestions.

I get my hair colored, and then cut. I walk out with a nice, neck length cut that it's easy to do and put into a bun, a chignon, or even a pony tail when needed, since I'm so used to putting my hair back at some point.

I look at myself in the mirror and I'm amazed. I love my new look!

I return home, and Colin doesn't recognize me.

"That's not my beautiful girlfriend who just put three mean girls in their place," says Colin.

Colin loves my new hair cut, and my new hairstyle!

"I heard what happened. Word got around, and let's just say, it got back to them," says Colin.

"You heard from Sean, didn't you?" I say.

"Yes, and getting a restraining order is a good idea. They don't deserve the free rent in your head, and they don't deserve the free space in your life," says Colin.

Colin has grabbed me around the waist, knowing that I handled myself well, even though I was full of anxiety. I was determined not to let it show.

"I'm proud of you," says Colin, beaming.

"I love you, rock star," I say.

"I love you, too, baby girl," says Colin.

'Put on a nice dress, and I'm taking my baby for a night out on the town," says Colin.

"Dinner sounds amazing," I say.

"Wait, why don't we order our favorite Chinese dishes, put on a movie, and jus spend the night as lazy slobs?" says Colin, kissing me lovingly.

"That sounds even better," I say.

Colin orders our favorite Chinese dishes. I get the almond boneless chicken, and Colin gets his favorite Chinese spare ribs.

Colin and I watch Knives Out, followed by the Losers. Colin and I just eat off of our plates, and feed each other bites. Dessert is fortune cookies, followed by those almond cookies we like.

Colin and I spend the weekend just being lazy slobs, and taking a nice, romantic bath at the end. It was much needed, and did me a world of good.

I return to the office first thing on Monday. I worked from home while I was busy dealing with the restraining order and the police. Colin is with me every step of the way. Jake and Zach, and my boss have heard, and well, I walked into the office with three new people, who are friendly and professional.

[omnivorescookbook]

Essential Chinese Cooking Tools

Cooking Chinese food does not require a ton of special kitchen tools, and you probably already have many of them. However, there are a few items that are quite important and they can make your cooking so much easier. Check out the list of essential Chinese cooking tools that I use in my kitchen. https://omnivorescookbook.com/chinese-cooking-tools/

[pandoratheprocrasticreator]

anyway obviously ppl should act in good faith and not purposely make racist stereotypes of poc characters but i think a world where every poc character is under constant surveillance by an audience waiting to nitpick for evidence that the author is Secretly Racist, is a world where poc characters are not allowed to be interesting or compelling.

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[deviflowero]