#GE 2019

[beatrack92]

Chinese 4x100m team 🇨🇳

Ge Manqi, Kong Lingwei, Liang Xiaojing and Wei Yongli

2019 World Championships (Doha)

[zhansww]

© 睡不醒的Mr慢

[rabbitcruiser]

The photograph Lunch atop a Skyscraper (New York Construction Workers Lunching on a Crossbeam) was taken on September 20, 1932.

[risingsunresistance]

TRUE!!! the original post was just made in reference to things that had inspired my own design and a wish to see more variety among the masked long-haired braided human designs that were absolutely DOMINATING the place at the time (nothing wrong with that, love those ones and i've drawn a few myself, just came from a perspective of missing seeing the truly unique designs that made me associate the design with the artist ;-;) but yea it definitely applies outside of just him. and outside of just pigs, looking at random animals can be a great reminder of how varied and weird some stuff can actually be :D

one of my favorite ocs, who i have drawn a grand total of two times bc i have been very lazy with art lately, actually ended up happening only because i got inspired by my own post fkjdhg

even tho it's a full year old at this point, still a pretty good drawing imo. i like his face :]

babirusa btw if you couldn't tell. he's a zombie piglin who has been withered :0

[starsxinxthexbluexsky]

Literally my new avatar

[quicksiluers]

lowkey, one of the funniest moments in the movie

[benevolent-blackhole]

Oh my god. So if I renew my rent will be almost 20% more what the fuck. And this would be an 80% increase from 2019, to be clear.

[melancholicstation]

Like An American 𓍼 𓇢𓆸

pairing: jack schlossberg x reader

summary: after a treacherous weekend of paddle boarding along the scenic shores of manhattan and viscose shorts that rid up far too high due to the water, you drag your husband to a Hamptons pilates class, and get far more of a workout than you bargained for.

taglist: @remotewatch @bloxholden35 @kennediva @h-l-vlovesvintage @absurdlyvintage @chemicalw0rld @fortheloveofjos @kimcrystal123 @astro-vibes-bro @tsloverr-13

warnings: (tasteful, classy, anaïs nin pilled) smut, 18+ only, implied age gap, soft petting, words of affirmation, soft aftercare, slapping, unprotected intimacy, biting, back rubs

'drive fast, i can almost taste it now,

You apathetically scroll your manicured, chanel hand-creamed ( a gift from jack himself ) hand through instagram reals and shortly abandon that effort as soon as you feel your brain being numbed by the drivel common on instagram at the current impasse. Your attention abandons that activity for a much more fulfilling escape: that of observing your husband of 2 months, jack, setting up a joint pilates appointment for the two of you with the women upfront, dressed in chic linens only truly observed in all their glory on a women summering in amagansett.

L.A., i don't even have to fake it now,

You gather yourself and sway over to the counter and offer to pay, in the effort of lifting your wallet your steel robot keychain sways slightly before resuming its residence resting by your small leather card holder. Jack looks at you, in a passive yet horrified glance and delicately waves your cards away and places a hand by the nape of your neck. Murmuring to "never worry about that sort of thing around him" in his instantly recognisable accent and cadence.

As he resumes his conversation with the girl organising your shared class, jack continually and gently circles the baby hairs at the base of your neck. Some he would perform a zig-zag motion along the base of your scalp, and other's he would gently caress the baby hairs, not failing to continue his trail to the middle of your neck.

You're like so sick, everybody said it,

It may be because of this delightful pseudo scalp-massage that you nearly don't pick up on the blatant flirting coming from the girl across from you, directed at jack. Even in an effort to catch her eyes, hers are completely fixated on that of your husband's, the gall of some people! You see her taking quick clipped glances at his 6.0 frame, dressed in hand-me-downs gifted to him by his great aunt back in the fall of 2019 (is it really classified as "hand-me-downs" if the pieces of old clothing are Loro Piana and Brunello Cucinelli?)

You're way ahead of the trend, ge-get it,

Due to Jack's parentage and familial connections you had always, to ebbing extents, had been a public figure whenever you stepped outside with Jack. Some crazed paparazzi had even papped you guys entering a jazz bar reconstructed from a prohibition speakeasy in the west village in 2019. This caused slight public fan-fare over niche twitter and instagram communities, many likening it to the glossy nineteen-nighties candids of John F. Kennedy Jr and his wife Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy. But as of 2024 being an election year, and an important decade-defining one at that, the interest around Jack had reached an almost fever pitch. Not only did you wake up to a phone-breaking amount of follower requests on instagram since jack's appearance during the democratic national convention, but your once small, curated following on TikTok had blossomed from a petite fig tree, to a unruly and domineering monstera. Despite this you attempted to take this change in your stride and continued business as usual.

Elvis is the best, hell yes,

As the girl confirms your appointment she asks you to wait a few moments in the lounge to allow the instructors time to adequately prepare the room. You both saunter over to a particularly comfortable-looking linen settee in the back of the room, a hand securely placed along your back by jack.

"You know I can't believe you made me sign up for this, i'll be as graceful as a hippo on a ballet barré and you know so!" Jack chuckles out sarcastically, in such a tone that gives away his true ill-advised confidence at mastering the art of pilates. An activity that since your water paddle-boarding escapes around manhattan's greatest shores, you had been dying to have him try his hand at it at least once.

"You shouldn't knock it until you try it, jack. I promise you'll adore it--or you won't and you'll completely resent it until the day you die. It's just a game of chance really." This instigates you into preparing jack for what he's about to walk into, you start with showing him so low-impact pilates videos you'd saved to your camera roll. He replies with boastful comments sliced in with moments of disbelief at how people could contort their own bodies into such positions.

A pilates instructor by the name of Anya, politely tells us that the room is ready and that instructor Zoe is ready to begin the session whenever they are.

The room, being that the property was in the east Hamptons, had gorgeous, sprawling views of the main beach shore line. The studio was surround by white wooden shiplap, adorned with antique yet charming looking prints of deers and lambs frolicking in a garden so beautiful it had to be painted from the depths of an artist's imagination. Before the couple could even take in the beautiful studio, a very upbeat Zoe bounded into the room not unlike to the excitement of a labrador puppy, and before either person knew it the class had commenced.

The duration of the session plays out like a comedy show that not even the great minds of a 2010s snl dream-team cast could think up. Not only did jack multiple times fall of the reformer, but his grunts were reminiscent of a much more intimate activity not commonly done in the presence of a stranger.

The class ended with you feeling refreshed, and jack feeling mildly humiliated--okay considerably humiliated at his lack of an ability to pick up pilates form on command.

As soon as Zoe departed through the double doors to leave you guys to re-coop, you throw yourself onto Jack's reformer and devolve into a fit of laughter. "Yeah--Yeah laugh it up while your husband is severely embarrassed and wounded" Jack says in a tone that betrays the bitter exterior he's putting up. "Oh please Jack the only thing wounded is your ego, your just jealous I was great at paddle-boarding"

"Depends on how you define great" Jack comments laughing, but quickly dies down once you pull his the hair at the base of his neck to halt his teasing of your mediocre, at best, paddle boarding.

You make me crazy, you make me wild,

As a result this causes him to retaliate my gracefully lifting your alo yoga clad body into his arms and onto his lap. From this point of view you observed the way the tank clung to his form, and the scent of his musk inflamed your desires in an almost animalistic, feral fashion. Both of your hips begin to languidly meet his, as his mouth meets yours. Saliva covers the both of your chins, which in any other situation would disturb you both greatly, but in a moment like this it's supremely erotic. Clothing meeting clothing, friction creating more, and more friction. Your knees start to dig into the plush mat of the reformer as jack settles you gently on the seat of the reformer and undresses the lower half of his and carefully slides your pointelle underwear to one side. In any other situation you, as a couple, would be horrified at your shared lack of social decorum: I mean, seriously, you guys are in a pilates studio for christ sake! But at this interim you cannot find it in yourself to quite care, and you've got a sneaking suspicion that neither does Jack.

Just like a baby, spin me 'round like a child,

As Jack leans over to line himself, you crane your tennis necklace clad neck to delicately kiss his cheek. To which he, in return, blushes (and giggles) like a schoolgirl. As he plunges, the shared couple lets out a breath of relief. Breaths of relief that mirror ships docking into a much-loved harbour, marking a safe return. And that's what they were to each other a safe place to return. Apart from small words of encouragement that you were "doing so well for him" and that he gets amazed by how "well you take him every time" Jack eventually stops talking. On your part he may have continued to talk but by then your mind had soon become the consistency of day-old porridge. With your body only seemingly responding to the stimulus brought on by Jack. The pounding, and the sense of completeness and fullness infuriates your head and decimates any other thoughts not relating to the man in front of you.

Be young, be dope, be proud,

Sometimes, you felt perverse when you slept with Jack in this manner, rough and unrelenting, for you imagined that to know yearning for one person as much as you had, that something had to be wrong with you. Something that had to have been corrupted to form such a need for one person's existence. That was only given brief air-time in your mind as you were brought back by the feeling of callous hands grasping your face with the gentleness of a bear that doesn't know the power of it's strength yet---"Are you still with my me my girl?" Jack asks, and slightly slaps the flesh of the side of your behind.

"Yes-yes-Oh God yes" you slur through breathless gasps, like a fish rising to the surface, you feel the unmistakable roll of thunderous pressure and hear Jack encouraging you to "let it all out sweetheart" while caressing your back. And eventually you convulse in his capable, and protective arms. Due to this you quietly lay your head on his chest cocooning yourself in his musk, and watch you favourite expression befall his face. As you feel encompassed by the most delightful warmness, milking him for all he had. In the interim period, waiting for Jack to come down from his high you play with the littered brown hair covering his public bone curling the corse hair. You observe the space where you both meet, and liken it to an image of the sand meeting the ocean. As a result, you don't notice Jack gazing down at you like you're the only other breathing, sentient being on the planet. Your eyes meet and smile bashfully at each other. To break the sexual tension Jack jokes "This has got to cross at least one box of that weird places to have sex bingo we bought, I-I mean surely it has to right?"

"One can dream" you giggle and receive a drawn out kiss from jack as he slides back out.

Jack, being the gentleman that he was raised to be, doesn't let you do anything after such an act, so he cleans you first, then himself in the ensuite attached for those who indented to shower after a lesson, and dresses you back up.

Like an American Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-oh,

As you both walk out, thanking Zoe for her time who was now conversing with the woman at the counter, you finally make eye-contact with the girl flirting with jack earlier. You sense that she may have connected the dots that it wasn't just the pilates class that got you two so worked up after seeing your messily put on clothing, and birds nests of what once was a slick-back bun combined with the sweat pooling around jack's collarbones.

Or maybe, just maybe the walls of the east hampton pilates studio are not as soundproofed as they had brazenly assumed.

Like an American Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-oh.'

the end.

[accio-victuuri]

XZ Album 《我们 WE》 early cpns.

you know we just need a few things to see and it’s a whole bunch of cpns we can produce after 😂😂😂 that’s the magic of being a turtle. lol. we may be interpreting this whole thing wrong but that’s usual when it comes to speculations we make and i think that’s the joy of it.

i’ll start of with this one that made me want to scream and cry:

i mean… shut up…. noooooo… wdym 😭😭😭

why you gotta pull the wei wuxian imagery like that. i’m very very weak for this. the writing mimics that of a red ribbon. of all things. tho the WM here as how fans interpret it and how i think xz intended it to is WM: WǒMen (我们) as in We/Us or WM: We and Me (我和“我们”) (Wǒ hé “Wǒmen”). not to mention that the color scheme of this red is 911005. his bday. everything is intentional.

but still. red ribbon. come on. who can blame us for clowning like this when he makes it so easy. it’s not a secret that the untamed and the role of wwx is important to him career wise and well *ehem* personally *ehem* because of a certain someone. if you don’t wanna look that far then just go with the W as in WANG. lol. and if it’s WM, M flipped is still W. so that’s how transfixed he is with the letter W. i wonder why. 👀

now we move on to the snippets of what the song means & how it’s making us think of wyb’s previous single everything is lovely ( which has a separate cpn too between them )

QQ music said this line connected to the album/song:

“About me, about you, about TA (him/her), or the relationship between people in this big city.”

this is pretty similar to the message of everything is lovely — it’s about appreciating everyone and looking at life and your surroundings as interconnected. they both have that sense in them. what we do and say, it has an effect and we are all related even if it’s a big city we live in. plus the use of TA which does not specify the gender. we love that! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

we get more of an expanded idea too via xzs post of the activity for the release. it mentioned a description. you can substitute the we to us if that reads better to you:

“Some people say that WE are close friends, cats and dogs waiting for us to come home every night are concrete in life.

Some people say that WE make friends with all kinds of emotions... are virtualization hidden inside the heart.

These characters of “ME”, and emotions form different "WE".

We are placed in a prism named "life", where light breaks it down into multi-faceted spaces. We travel through different spaces as lights flow and capture our own colors.

Starting from "Me", feel the intersection related to "Me", and then return to understand "self". What is the "we" behind "Me"?

A trace of emotion, a thing, a friend... The bits and pieces around "Me" all make up "We".

i think if you are someone who have been watching them for a while and the messaging they are sending out then you will see the common theme/connection here. the cats and dogs waiting for us to come home every night. that reminds me of the cpn that they have a cat and dog at home, at some point. and it’s what they want too. the interconnection of you/other people and appreciating everything around you, that’s the vibe i’m getting right now. of course we will know more one we have the song/s and the full lyrics and possibly some backstory from xz.

a coincidence too that the “me and we” is giving the same energy as “ u and i” which is in wyb’s weibo bio. which i know is something UNIQ related but there you go.

what’s more chilling i guess is the “we” was emphasized and used as a caption between them by hui-ge ( cpn about this fansite here which is a primer of sorts but there are other instances aside from what’s there ) which was i have a we / i have us. i mean. come on. too bad they haven’t posted in so long especially because fans were looking too much into them ( cpn about this photo/ post here )

the use of “we” which they have mistakenly said back in 2019 when talking about themselves:

other minor similarities:

* the concept of multiple xz and wyb through something prism/mirror like.

* both xz and ybo using similar captions which is not new but most importantly, starting an activity for fans to participate in. which i’m not sure but possibly other artists do too. but whatever, let’s add that 😂

* and the PINK! because pink is the color of love! what are the chances they will use the same color?

lastly, one of the release dates is 11/19. and as cpfs we have a whole story about that and it’s nice that we get to continue that timeline. cpfs think it’s a confirmation of the importance of this date too ^^

-END.

i surely missed some things on here and that’s fine. if something important comes up i will make a separate post! i’m so excited for this month! xz really blessed us 🥹🥹🥹😅

[rabbitcruiser]

The photograph Lunch atop a Skyscraper (New York Construction Workers Lunching on a Crossbeam) was taken on September 20, 1932.

[becausegoodheroesdeservekidneys]

Pardon my barging in with questions, but I am not from anywhere in the UK and I am confused. Is there not a set election schedule over there? Do they get called willy-nilly? Or is it normally on a set schedule but recent years' events have led to a lot more "special" elections being called?

There is very much supposed to be a set schedule lol. But since David Hameron's fuck up with Brexit, the Tories have been going through leaders even faster than mistresses, so they've been getting boshed out every Tuesday, feels like.

This one actually is a compulsory one. They had any time between October last year to January next year to call it and be within the legally required window since the last GE, which was 2019. The ones since have been leadership contests, local councils and assorted others. In theory, there won't be another then until 2029, which... Well. We shall see.

[planesawesome]

Japan's most advanced fighter jet is the F-2, which is a variant of the F-16 Fighting Falcon produced by Lockheed Martin. The F-2 is a multirole fighter jet designed for air-to-air combat, air-to-ground strikes, and reconnaissance missions. It is operated by the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) and has been in service since 1995.

The F-2 is equipped with advanced avionics, including a radar system, a helmet-mounted display, and a digital cockpit display. It also has a range of sensors and sensors, including infrared and radar-guided missiles, as well as precision-guided munitions.

The F-2 has undergone several upgrades and modernizations over the years, including the installation of new engines, avionics, and electronic warfare systems. The latest upgrade, known as the "F-2A," was introduced in 2019 and includes advanced radar systems, improved sensors, and enhanced electronic warfare capabilities.

In addition to the F-2, Japan is also developing its own fifth-generation fighter jet, the F-X. The F-X is designed to replace the F-2 in the future and is expected to have advanced stealth capabilities, improved sensors, and enhanced electronic warfare capabilities. The F-X is expected to enter service in the mid-2020s.

Here are some key specifications of the F-2:

Length: 16.4 meters (53.8 feet)

Wingspan: 11.7 meters (38.4 feet)

Height: 4.7 meters (15.4 feet)

Maximum speed: Mach 2.0 (around 1,500 km/h or 932 mph)

Range: 1,800 kilometers (1,118 miles)

Payload capacity: 4 tons

Radar system: AN/APG-68(V)9

Engine: General Electric F110-GE-129

[medievalandfantasymelee]

Congratulations to today's Champions!

Be it known that these Competitors have triumphed on the First Day of Contest of Round One!

Frodo Baggins [Elijah Wood], The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)

Defeats Prince Chauncley [Daniel Radcliffe], Miracle Workers: The Dark Ages (2020) with 79.3% of the Vote

Lord Eddard "Ned" Stark [Sean Bean], Game of Thrones (2011-2019)

Defeats Prince Hamlet [Iain Glen], Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (1990) with 61% of the Vote

Murtagh Morzansson [Garrett Hedlund], Eragon (2006)

Defeats Mordred [Jason Done], Merlin (1998) with 59% of the Vote

Aguilar de Nehra [Michael Fassbender], Assassin's Creed (2016)

Defeats Amleth [Alexander Skarsgård], The Northman (2022) with 55.3% of the Vote

Bard the Bowman [Luke Evans], The Hobbit Trilogy (2012-2014)

Defeats Will Scarlet O'Hara [Matthew Porretta], Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993) with 50.9% of the Vote

Lin Shu [Hu Ge], Nirvana in Fire {Lángyá Bǎng} (2015)

Defeats Arman [Matvey Lykov], I Am Dragon {On — Drakón} (2015) with 50.7% of the Vote

Rosencrantz [Gary Oldman], Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (1990)

Defeats Niccolo Machiavelli [Thibaut Evrard], Borgia (2011-2014) with 56.9% of the Vote

Sihtric Kjartansson [Arnas Fedaravicius], The Last Kingdom (2015-2022)

Defeats Ser Bronn of the Blackwater [Jerome Flynn], Game of Thrones (2011-2019) with 66% of the Vote

Gandalf Mithrandir [Ian McKellen], The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)

Defeats Khal Drogo [Jason Momoa], Game of Thrones (2011-2019) with 56.1% of the Vote

Samwise Gamgee [Sean Astin], The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)

Defeats Sir Leon [Rupert Young], BBC's Merlin (2008-2012) with 64.8% of the Vote

Sir Gary Galavant [Joshua Sasse], Galavant (2015-2016)

Defeats Geralt of Rivia [Henry Cavill], The Witcher (2019-) with 57.7% of the Vote

Thranduil the Elvenking [Lee Pace], The Hobbit Trilogy (2012-2014)

Defeats Asbjörn [Tom Hopper], Northmen: A Viking Saga (2014) with 62.1% of the Vote

[hughungrybear]

For the record, I'm still choosing violence today......

IMPORTANT NOTE: This is for those who want to know how the confession went down but do not want read the danmei. This is like the CliffNotes™️ version of the confession scene from the novel.

I did the same for important characters too (see Sheng Wang, Jiang Tian, Old Man Ding, Sheng Minyang, Jiang Ou, and Ji Huanyu).

If you want the full unadulterated version, please read the danmei 😊.

Jiang Tian wanted to give his gift to Sheng Wang earlier that day. Unfortunately, no matter how much he rushed it, he is still late - the intended recipient is sleeping deeply on his bed.

Tian reached out and carefully wiped away the sweat that gathered on Wang's forehead. He gently put the gift on the bed with that sleeping person — tucked in a corner, much like his unspoken feelings, itching to burst out.

With the help of the clock on his phone screen, Tian silently count down the time to midnight.

Ten. Nine. Eight. Seven. Six. Five. Four. Three. Two. One.

It is December 4. Today's forecast is sunny.

But at this very moment, the moon outside their room is stunning.

And the person he likes has just turned 17.

Tian reached out to grab Wang's dangling hand and whispered,

"I heard that."

Happy birthday, Wang-zai.

Wang can no longer pretend to be sleeping when he heard his Ge silently whispered a birthday greeting.

~ from Chapter 69: Happy birthday, Wang-zai from Volume 3某某 (2019) by 木苏里 (Mu Su Li)

.........................................................................................................

He saw the gift that Tian placed on his bed and gently unwrapped a leather-bound photo album with the cover bearing the red can Wang always used as an avatar in his profile photos.

The first photo is of the street outside Wang's house - the one were he was born and raised, with his birth year neatly written at the right-hand corner.

As Wang flipped every page, he saw photos of roads. Of his favourite street near Mount Guanyin - the one he told Tian once a long time ago. Of his primary school. Outside his middle school. Of him when his father had transferred him to a school outside of their province. Of the west gate of their school which was the entrance to the long alleys towards the White House and Happiness store.

The last photo is a silhouette of Sheng Wang himself, with his right hand raised as if beckoning whoever is behind the camera.

Each photo labeled with the year that they were supposed to have been taken — all the roads Wang has travelled from the year he was born until his sixteenth, carefully recorded in this precious photo album.

When did you take the last photo? Why did you take a picture of me from behind? Why are so nice to me? What exactly is our relationship?

I'm your Ge.

Is that why you have grabbed my hand in the dark? But Ge, your heart beats as fast as mine.

DON'T CALL ME THAT.

Why not?

Because I think I have gone crazy.

He then leaned in and kissed him.

(Youths fall in love like a wasteland on midsummer's night, unhurt by flames and scythes. With the caress of the breeze, the wild grass scrapes the sky.)

~ from Chapter 70: Wild Grass, 某某 (2019) by 木苏里 (Mu Su Li)

[zhansww]

Zhan-ge for Gucci in Milan — 2019/2023/2024