#Gu Wei Yi

[thefurrowedbrow]

I wish I loved "Put Your Head On My Shoulder" more. It has a strong start, but I had to force myself through the last 6-8 episodes. It jsut felt like not much was going on, which is okay with me if I feel like that time is used for character and relationship development. And it was a bit, but mostly I didn't feel by episode 24 (the finale) that the main couple was even ready to get married. I wish they would have dated longer or the show at least showed them getting past the initial awkwardness of dating at some point. But the physical intimacy still looked cold by the last ep.

I liked the concept and the characters though. Si Tu Mo is so cute, I'll definitely have to look into her actress. Mo Mo and Gu Wei Yi together was also fun to watch though there were some immature moments here and there, which actually fit their age so I didn't mind.

Shan Shan? Also cute! Her character and Fu Pei's, and then them together were really interesting to me. I like that Fu Pei wasn't cut slack for stringing Mo Mo along, and I also like that Shan Shan wasn't really cut slack for her self-sacrifices. Their relationship is... idk how to describe it but it's so clearly built on red flags and enabling, and the show chose to not really sugarcoat that, which made it interesting to see what the writers were trying to tell us.

[saetorimedia]

Series: Put Your Head On My Shoulder

What better way to spend being sick is by bingewatching some dramas? I watched the chinese Put Your Head On My Shoulder and was honestly addicted to it. This cute drama is a quirky remake of a novel by #ZhaoQianqian and was also remade in Thailand in 2021 #chinesedrama #romcom #review

While I was sick during the pandemic I turned to Netflix and decided to watch a whole bunch of dramas, one of the one that truly stood out to me was the Chinese drama Put Your Head On My Shoulder; based on Zhao Qianqian’s novel of the same name. With actress Xing Fei playing the lead role as accounting (but I think it was more graphic/commercial) student who moves out of the dorm room at school…

[movielosophy]

Smile Code | I might be old, but I still want my friend to console me like I’m a dramatic 3-year-old. 🥺✨

[kdram-chjh]

Cdrama: Decline (2023)

Gifs of Ending of cdrama “Decline”

【ENG SUB】 戏班惊现奇案 江湖风波四起 《江湖少年诀》 第1集 【芒果TV大芒】

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHOdMLA4bOA

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April 14, Xi'an, China, Shaanxi History Museum, Qin and Han Dynasties Branch (Part 3 – Innovations and Philosophies):

(Edit: sorry this post came out so late, I got hit by the truck named life and had to get some rest, and this post in itself took some effort to research. But anyway it's finally up, please enjoy!)

A little background first, because this naming might lead to some confusions.....when you see location adjectives like "eastern", "western", "northern", "southern" added to the front of Zhou dynasty, Han dynasty, Song dynasty, and Jin/晋 dynasty, it just means the location of the capital city has changed. For example Han dynasty had its capital at Chang'an (Xi'an today) in the beginning, but after the very brief but not officially recognized "Xin dynasty" (9 - 23 AD; not officially recognized in traditional Chinese historiography, it's usually seen as a part of Han dynasty), Luoyang became the new capital. Because Chang'an is geographically to the west of Luoyang, the Han dynasty pre-Xin is called Western Han dynasty (202 BC - 8 AD), and the Han dynasty post-Xin is called Eastern Han dynasty (25 - 220 AD). As you can see here, in these cases this sort of adjective is simply used to indicate different time periods in the same dynasty.

Model of a dragonbone water lift/龙骨水车, Eastern Han dynasty. This is mainly used to push water up to higher elevations for the purpose of irrigation:

Model of a water-powered bellows/冶铁水排, Eastern Han dynasty. Just as the name implies, as flowing water pushes the water wheel around, the parts connected to the axle will pull and push on the bellows alternately, delivering more air to the furnace for the purpose of casting iron.

The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art/《九章算术》, Fangcheng/方程 chapter. It’s a compilation of the work of many scholars from 10 th century BC until 2 nd century AD, and while the earliest authors are unknown, it has been edited and supplemented by known scholars during Western Han dynasty (also when the final version of this book was compiled), then commented on by scholars during Three Kingdoms period (Kingdom of Wei) and Tang dynasty. The final version contains 246 example problems and solutions that focus on practical applications, for example measuring land, surveying land, construction, trading, and distributing taxes. This focus on practicality is because it has been used as a textbook to train civil servants. Note that during Han dynasty, fangcheng means the method of solving systems of linear equations; today, fangcheng simply means equation. For anyone who wants to know a little more about this book and math in ancient China, here’s an article about it. (link goes to pdf)

Diagram of a circle in a right triangle (called “勾股容圆” in Chinese), from the book Ceyuan Haijing/《测圆海镜》 by Yuan-era mathematician Li Ye/李冶 (his name was originally Li Zhi/李治) in 1248.  Note that Pythagorean Theorem was known by the name Gougu Theorem/勾股定理 in ancient China, where gou/勾 and gu/股 mean the shorter and longer legs of the right triangle respectively, and the hypotenuse is named xian/弦 (unlike what the above linked article suggests, this naming has more to do with the ancient Chinese percussion instrument qing/磬, which is shaped similar to a right triangle).  Gougu Theorem was recorded in the ancient Chinese mathematical work Zhoubi Suanjing/《周髀算经》, and the name Gougu Theorem is still used in China today.

Diagram of the proof for Gougu Theorem in Zhoubi Suanjing. The sentence on the left translates to "gou (shorter leg) squared and gu (longer leg) squared makes up xian (hypotenuse) squared", which is basically the equation a² + b² = c². Note that the character for "squared" here (mi/幂) means "power" today.

This is a diagram of Zhang Heng’s seismoscope, called houfeng didong yi/候风地动仪 (lit. “instrument that measures the winds and the movements of the earth”).  It was invented during Eastern Han dynasty, but no artifact of houfeng didong yi has been discovered yet, this is presumably due to constant wars at the end of Eastern Han dynasty.  All models and diagrams that exist right now are what historians and seismologists think it should look like based on descriptions from Eastern Han dynasty. This diagram is based on the most popular model by Wang Zhenduo that has an inverted column at the center, but this model has been widely criticized for its ability to actually detect earthquakes. A newer model that came out in 2005 with a swinging column pendulum in the center has shown the ability to detect earthquakes, but has yet to demonstrate ability to reliably detect the direction where the waves originate, and is also inconsistent with the descriptions recorded in ancient texts. What houfeng didong yi really looks like and how it really works remains a mystery.

Xin dynasty bronze calipers, the earliest sliding caliper found as of now (not the earliest caliper btw). This diagram is the line drawing of the actual artifact (right).

Ancient Chinese "Jacquard" loom (called 提花机 or simply 花机 in Chinese, lit. "raise pattern machine"), which first appeared no later than 1st century BC. The illustration here is from the Ming-era (1368 - 1644) encyclopedia Tiangong Kaiwu/《天工开物》. Basically it's a giant loom operated by two people, the person below is the weaver, and the person sitting atop is the one who controls which warp threads should be lifted at what time (all already determined at the designing stage before any weaving begins), which creates patterns woven into the fabric. Here is a video that briefly shows how this type of loom works (start from around 1:00). For Hanfu lovers, this is how zhuanghua/妆花 fabric used to be woven, and how traditional silk fabrics like yunjin/云锦 continue to be woven. Because it is so labor intensive, real jacquard silk brocade woven this way are extremely expensive, so the vast majority of zhuanghua hanfu on the market are made from machine woven synthetic materials.

Chinese purple is a synthetic pigment with the chemical formula BaCuSi2O6. There's also a Chinese blue pigment. If anyone is interested in the chemistry of these two compounds, here's a paper on the topic. (link goes to pdf)

A list of common colors used in Qin and Han dynasties and the pigments involved. White pigment comes from chalk, lead compounds, and powdered sea shells; green pigment comes from malachite mineral; blue pigment usually comes from azurite mineral; black comes from pine soot and graphite; red comes from cinnabar; ochre comes from hematite; and yellow comes from realgar and orpiment minerals.

Also here are names of different colors and shades during Han dynasty. It's worth noting that qing/青 can mean green (ex: 青草, "green grass"), blue (ex: 青天, "blue sky"), any shade between green and blue, or even black (ex: 青丝, "black hair") in ancient Chinese depending on the context. Today 青 can mean green, blue, and everything in between.

Western Han-era bronze lamp shaped like a goose holding a fish in its beak. This lamp is interesting as the whole thing is hollow, so the smoke from the fire in the lamp (the fish shaped part) will go up into the neck of the goose, then go down into the body of the goose where there's water to catch the smoke, this way the smoke will not be released to the surrounding environment. There are also other lamps from around the same time designed like this, for example the famous gilt bronze lamp that's shaped like a kneeling person holding a lamp.

Part of a Qin-era (?) clay drainage pipe system:

A list of canals that was dug during Warring States period, Qin dynasty, and pre-Emperor Wu of Han Han dynasty (475 - 141 BC). Their purposes vary from transportation to irrigation. The name of the first canal on the list, Hong Gou/鸿沟, has already become a word in Chinese language, a metaphor for a clear separation that cannot be crossed (ex: 不可逾越的鸿沟, meaning "a gulf that cannot be crossed").

Han-era wooden boat. This boat is special in that its construction has clear inspirations from the ancient Romans, another indication of the amount of information exchange that took place along the Silk Road:

A model that shows how the Great Wall was constructed in Qin dynasty. Laborers would use bamboo to construct a scaffold (bamboo scaffolding is still used in construction today btw, though it's being gradually phased out) so people and materials (stone bricks and dirt) can get up onto the wall. Then the dirt in the middle of the wall would be compressed into rammed earth, called hangtu/夯土. A layer of stone bricks may be added to the outside of the hangtu wall to protect it from the elements. This was also the method of construction for many city walls in ancient China.

A list of the schools of thought that existed during Warring States period, their most influential figures, their scholars, and their most famous works. These include Confucianism (called Ru Jia/儒家 in Chinese; usually the suffix "家" at the end denotes a school of thought, not a religion; the suffix "教" is that one that denotes a religion), Daoism/道家, Legalism (Fa Jia/法家), Mohism/墨家, etc.

The "Five Classics" (五经) in the "Four Books and Five Classics" (四书五经) associated with the Confucian tradition, they are Shijing/《诗经》 (Classic of Poetry), Yijing/《易经》 (also known as I Ching), Shangshu/《尚书》 (Classic of History), Liji/《礼记》 (Book of Rites), and Chunqiu/《春秋》 (Spring and Autumn Annals). The "Four Books" (四书) are Daxue/《大学》 (Great Learning), Zhongyong/《中庸》 (Doctrine of the Mean), Lunyu/《论语》 (Analects), and Mengzi/《孟子》 (known as Mencius).

And finally the souvenir shop! Here's a Chinese chess (xiangqi/象棋) set where the pieces are fashioned like Western chess, in that they actually look like the things they are supposed to represent, compared to traditional Chinese chess pieces where each one is just a round wooden piece with the Chinese character for the piece on top:

A blind box set of small figurines that are supposed to mimic Shang and Zhou era animal-shaped bronze vessels. Fun fact, in Shang dynasty people revered owls, and there was a female general named Fu Hao/妇好 who was buried with an owl-shaped bronze vessel, so that's why this set has three different owls (top left, top right, and middle). I got one of these owls (I love birds so yay!)

And that concludes the museums I visited while in Xi'an!

[kukuandkookie]

People keep claiming Chinese BL manhua really only have stories featuring toxic male leads, so I offered to give recommendations with green flags... Someone finally said yes, so here's what I typed up in response!:

I Ship My Rival x Me:

One of my personal favourites!

Based on the hilarious novel, commonly known as I Ship My Adversary x Me and also has an audio drama adaptation on MaoEr FM. Basically a story about two actors who are seen as complete rivals by everyone except the actors themselves, which annoys the main character (Wei Yanzi) enough that when he discovers there are actual fans who ship them instead of pit them against one another, he’s so excited he sort of starts shipping them too (in like, an abstract, theoretical manner lmao). This of course causes shenanigans as he actually gets to know the person who people ship him with/pit him against, Gu Yiliang.

Gu Yiliang is a true sweetheart and the greenest of green flags. He’s a complete puppy and I love him. And this means, naturally, the only misunderstandings in this story are of the hilarious kind (you’ll know what I mean if you read it lol). 😂

This one actually used to be available officially in English on the Bilibili manhua’s international app before it got shut down, but it recently got picked up by Seven Seas, the company behind a lot of official English translations of danmei (Chinese BL)!

Touch Your World:

A literally colour-blind boy (as in, he cannot see colour at all and only sees things in black and white) discovers someone who he can see colour on. This person is a designer who has suffered past betrayal and trauma that has caused him to shut himself up and grow much more on edge, but this chance meeting draws both parties out of their shells.

Pixiu’s Eatery, No Way Out:

Not a green flag top in the traditional sense, but here we meet the mythical Pixiu: an ancient Chinese mythical creature who now runs a restaurant. While he’s a penny-pincher with a temper and he doesn’t get along with his love interest at first (a ghost named Wen Xi who he finds suspicious due to Wen Xi’s ties to a past rival of his named Taotie), Pixiu and Wen Xi eventually grow, quite naturally—and hilariously!—into a found family.

The Wife Is First:

Based on a novel of pretty much the same name (and is written by the same author as the popular manhua and donghua, No Doubt in Us (a heterosexual body-swap romance, which also has a subtle gay side ship)). Here we meet Jing Shao just as he’s about to lose everything: once a royal and a powerful general, he has been betrayed by all those around him…except the husband he has never treated well.

As such, when we first meet him, we actually witness his—and his husband’s—deaths. But then he awakens and finds himself back in time to the night right after he was forced to wed this husband of his, and Jing Shao vows to treat him well from now on because he stuck with him through thick and thin despite everything.

Don’t Say You Love Me:

A high school romance with a supernatural twist: Lin Yutong was confessed to by his best friend, Qin Weiyun, at their graduation party. When he drunkenly freaked out and ran away, Qin Weiyun was hit by a car during the chase…

Devastated by his loss, Lin Yutong quickly wakes up to find himself back at the start of his high school journey, right before he meets Qin Weiyun… And this time, he wants to keep Qin Weiyun safe.

But his overly familiar attitude at first gets the wary Qin Weiyun a tad suspicious, because he’s actually quite an aloof person.

The author and artist of this one is also behind another popular manhua titled Your Dream Is Delicious, which is about a demon named Yi Kui who discovers he enjoys eating the nightmares of Lin You. This eventually leads to them—you guessed it—falling in love.

It’s Not That I Want to Wear Women’s Clothing:

Our main character is hired to crossdress to help this CEO get over his gynophobia (fear of touching women) without him knowing. Naturally, this leads to an awkward romantic journey of both identities of our main character getting close to this CEO…who at first glance seems like the typical cold and aloof CEO type, except he’s actually quite a sweetheart.

Salt Friend:

A slice-of-life high school story about the “school bully” named Tong Yang who’s actually a crybaby and the aloof person named Xiao Zhen who discovers him crying. While the two don’t seem like they’d get along at first glance, this quickly becomes a friends-to-lovers story that navigates family drama alongside the romance.

How’d I Get a Heroine’s Script?:

A transmigration story with a twist. Chao Yi is wheelchair-bound but finds himself eventually as a young lord in what is basically a palace drama (court politics, intrigue, family drama, all that good stuff). His System, Qin Que, tasks him with wooing the difficult 7th prince, Gu Yunheng, who smiles on the surface but is quite cold in actuality.

Despite the two getting off on the wrong foot—mostly because Gu Yunheng is really hard to get close to—they soon end up as unlikely allies…especially since there’s a lot of secrets, such as regarding the death of the body Chao Yi’s occupying, the scheming princes, and even Gu Yunheng himself.

See You My King:

Zhang Li, a student interested in what is basically ancient Egypt, goes on an expedition to the ruined civilization and nearly loses his life. Except at the same time, he discovers an ancient tomb with a statue that actually comes to life and saves him…

And this statue even follows him home. This statue is sweet and loving despite its inability to speak, and Zhang Li grows attached to it (or him)… But then the statue falls apart and Zhang Li is devastated.

In wishing for a miracle to bring them back together, the statue’s stone heart sends Zhang Li back in time…to when this ancient civilization is still present. And that’s how he discovers his stone statue is the “tyrant king” of this region, and as cruel as he seems at first glance, both this king and Zhang Li eventually grow close and unfold the different sides to one another that makes them inseparable in the face of all kinds of threats.

Trapping the Foxy Doctor:

A doctor and a psychiatrist meet…except it doesn’t seem like a perfect love story at first glance. Not because the doctor is traditionally foxy (seductive and/or cunning), but because he’s so silly and on-the-nose that he initially kind of rubs the psychiatrist the wrong way. Except, of course, with the kind of sunny sincerity displayed by our doctor Zhi Banyi, you can’t resist him for long…

And the psychiatrist, Lin Li, is himself quite a polite soul despite his complex upbringing. As such, the two end up together through a series of cases where they have to collaborate and help clients, with a lot of shenanigans sprinkled in between (including the fact Lin Li has a side-job live-streaming as a woman—and “she” just so happens to be Zhi Banyi’s favourite streamer lol).

Pirouette Into My Heart aka Salad Days:

You know the “he was a skater boy and she did ballet” kind of set-up? Well here we have a boxer and a ballet dancer…and hey, “can I make it any more obvious”?

This one is basically a feel-good story of the century. It’s childhood friends to lovers, and it’s soft and cuddly and encouraging, as we follow the main character, Jiang Shen, in achieving his ballet dreams. And on every step of the way, he’s accompanied by the boxer Bai Jinyi, who’s also chasing his own dreams.

The draw of this one is that while there’s obviously conflict to drive the plot along, it’s ultimately a comforting story, so you get all warm and squishy inside reading it. Bai Jinyi and Jiang Shen are very supportive of one another, as is everyone around them.

There’s even extras at the very end that swap the classes of the two main characters, which makes for a similarly compelling AU. 🤭

Beryl and Sapphire:

Not always BL but often is. What do I mean by that? Well it’s a story that can switch to any universe even as the characters stay the same, and some worlds are just one-off gags while some are whole story arcs. The original manhua features stick figures, so if you really want to experience this one, I’d recommend the donghua. The first season also cleverly shows the main characters as actors in the OP, which explains all the world-switching pretty easily haha.

Don’t Pick Up Boyfriends from the Trash Bin:

Unfortunately I’m not sure the manhua for this one is still ongoing, but the original novel (all about transmigration and hopping multiple worlds) 100% features a green flag top.

The Guy Inside Me:

I know the title sounds sexual lol but it’s actually a joke about how it’s a body-swap story. 😆

The original Chinese title is “This Question Is Too Difficult”) and of course, the author also wrote Fake Slackers, which has two very smart students act like terrible ones due to not wanting trouble.

Falling to Where I Belong:

The thing about this one is that the top is 100% a total green flag... It's the main character that's more of a red flag, in the sense he at first only asks the top out to humiliate him due to a misunderstanding.

But it's still a heartfelt story filled with regret and growth, and I did really like the portrayal of Cheng Feichi. Personally I think the manhua humanizes him a bit more than the novel since we didn't really get his POV in the novel that often, but I did hope for even more emotion in the ending... Still, it was a satisfying read, and while I would like to comfort the main character, Zhen Yeming, over his regrets, I really want to just give all the good things to Cheng Feichi, who definitely deserves it after everything he went through.

More Than Brothers:

For the "non-freaks" out there, they're not actual brothers, don’t worry; not adopted brothers either. Just a guy who saw his younger friend as his bro…until this friend disappeared from his life and apparently got into a bad crowd… Except in reality he is being harassed and is struggling to leave his abusive family.

The Protagonist Just Wants to Fall in Love:

Kind of a classic in the transmigration genre, except now we get multiple worlds in multiple arcs. Our protagonists are Systems on their final mission, aiming to become human by the end of it, and their task is to guide their protagonists away from the path of "darkening" (essentially corruption).

And each and every one of these systems do so by getting their protagonist to fall in love with them lol.

Unsurprisingly, my favourite arc so far—in the manhua at least!—is the historical one between the advisor and the emperor, but the third—and currently ongoing as the time of me writing this—world between two university students who started getting close during military training and by playing games is also quite cute.

And okay, man I could really keep going, especially with the manhua that are based on novels, but this post is already really long asjakfl. It was, in fact, so fucking long YouTube wouldn't even let me post it at first until I cut it down AMFKGSJDFGS.

But I still want to at least give a shout out to some of the manhua with pretty healthy, green flag tops/gongs!:

Like Han Yuan, despite the characters not getting along at first and Yu Han being rather aloof to the spoiled Luo Linyuan, is still quite sweet at its core. Lovely Allergen is as well, even with their "brotherly" relationship being the forefront of the conflict between Song Yu and Yue Zishi.

Another kind I wanted to bring up is the ones where their worlds or stories are dark, but the characters aren't necessarily. Like The Film Emperor, He Insisted on Being My Patron has a very green flag gong (he's such a puppy!), but he and the main character are up against the reddest of red flags of a villain LMDFKGSJFD.

It's also not a manhua I think people who want green flag leads would necessarily enjoy, given that beyond being "darker," it also goes into the territory of fan service-y and "problematic" nsfw content, but again, the male lead is really quite sweet to the main character despite the shitty situation they're in.

And I thought of Bu Chonghua from Tunhai aka Swallowing the Seas (another one based on a novel), since the main character there, Wu Yu, comes to see Bu Chonghua as so good and just that he pushes him away because he feels like he can't dirty such a man with his own darkness, both in his past and personality. It's a trope I really enjoy.

I'll briefly mention some ⚠️ spoilers ⚠️but the reason I wanted to highlight it is because: the latest chapter of the manhua has Bu Chonghua overhear Wu Yu saying he likes Bu Chonghua, and this is after Wu Yu disappeared and Bu Chonghua is worried he skipped town for good. He follows Wu Yu, all while wondering if the like Wu Yu holds for him is the same as his liking of Wu Yu, and when Wu Yu is about to be gravely injured in an underground fighting ring, Bu Chonghua steps in to save him... The chapter ends with Wu Yu holding him back pleading with him to stop because it's not worth dirtying his hands with such a man as his opponent, and that's such a delicious flavour of angst because like...Wu Yu thinks it's fine for he himself to fight against such a person, but he doesn't want Bu Chonghua to. ;-;

Oops. I didn't mean for this to become a deeper ramble of Tunhai KMSGFKGHSJ. It's just interesting to me since Tunhai and its prequel, Poyun aka Breaking Through the Clouds, may not have what the people who prefer green flag tops want in terms of content, but its tops are technically not that much of a red flag either.

Which also get us to the kind of stories where plot can also sort of outweigh whether a top/gong is a green flag or not. Like No Arguing With Mr. Mo has two characters who struggle greatly in their relationship, with the question of "are they in love?" being an overarching issue for them, meaning it's not exactly healthy, and prevents them from being fully either green or red flags.

I also didn't bring up a lot of historical/xianxia manhua, which I'm sure some people may disagree with... Like the leads in Tianbao Fuyao Lu are arguably quite good, and while I haven't read Dinghai Fusheng Lu yet, I assume it's in a similar boat as something set in the same world.

And then there's the ones that develop into green flags... Like Mo Ran starts off awful, yes, but he does become much better later on!! But I don't think that's what those people after green flags want to hear lol. Plus I'd argue Erha is best experienced in novel (or audio drama) form over the manhua anyway—the manhua feels more like something made for established fans in my opinion.

Regardless, I hope this shows that with so many listed above, many manhua actually feature male leads who really do care for their love interests in a healthy, respectful way, whether they're 100% green flags or they develop into green flags or they're not even complete green flags. ^^

Edit: Oh I forgot to link my full list of danmei/baihe manhua recs HMSKFJSKS. I currently don’t have any summaries, tags, or content warnings in this list though, but there’s quite the range of stories!:

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An Update to the Shendex

Hello all!

A little while ago, I made a post asking people to send me a list of main characters or love interests in danmei with the surname "Shen" in order to create a comprehensive list. That received a bit more traction than I thought it would, but not much in the way of new Shens. I am happy to announce, however, that I have googled the hell out of this and found an additional 20+ Official, Honorary, and Supporting Character Shens to add to the prospective Shendex. Here is the list (at present).

The Current Shendex

Seven Seas Danmei

Shen Shiliu/Gu Yun (Stars of Chaos)

Shen Qiao (Thousand Autumns)

Shen Qingqiu/Shen Yuan (The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System)

Shen Wei (Guardian)

Shen Zechuan (Ballad of Sword and Wine)

Novel Updates

Shen Ci (Vase Cannon Fodder Is Pampered by the Group Again)

Shen Gurong (Transmigrated Into The High-Risk Profession Life As A Master)

Shen Jin (After Being Moved to Tears by the Sworn Enemy’s Pheromones)

Shen Jin (Agreement Mark)

Shen Jue (A Hundred Ways To Kill A Heartthrob)

Shen Junci (Insights of the Medical Examiner)

Shen JunXi (Transmigrated into the Pastoral Scenery)

Shen Ke (Dandy Escapes From Marriage)

Shen Kong (The Professional Three Views Rectifier [Book Transmigration])

Shen Li (After the Accident, My Boyfriend Got Straight)

Shen Lin (Welcome to the Game Room of Supremacy Luck)

Shen Mofeng (No Money)

Shen Qi (Applaud for Happiness)

Shen Qianling (Everywhere in Jianghu is Wonderful/The Jianghu is Full of Local Tyrants)

Shen Qingcheng (Please Stop Pretending To Be a Cute Newcomer!)

Shen Ruo (Turned out I am a Scheming Little Cannon Fodder)

Shen Tanqi (The Male Lead Ran Away With My Ball)

Shen Tingzhou (I’m a Family Doctor in a Domineering Boss Novel)

Shen Ye (Accidentally Marked The Archenemy)

Shen Yu (Silent Concubine)

Shen Yunxing (Pregnant With The Pup Of A Wealthy Old Man)

Shen Zhixian (It's Not Easy Being a Master)

Honorary Shens

Fu Shen (Golden Terrace)

Lu Tian Shen (Dramatic Fake Young Master Holds the Group’s Favorite Script)

Luoshen (Let Me Go, I’m Not Pregnant)

Tang Shen (The Kingdom That Never Sleeps)

Xu Shen (Transmigrating to 1983)

Supporting Character Shens

Shen Jiu (The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System)

Shen Xingtang (Genius Mechanic)

Shen Yi (Stars of Chaos)

Shen Yuanting (Transmigrated as a Cannon Fodder Who Married into a Wealthy Family)

Now Onto Business...

Now that I have enough Shens to justify the existence of the Shendex, the question becomes how to format it. I'm not the best with this sort of thing, so anyone who wants to help is completely welcome (just DM me). As for how it should look... let's put it to a vote.

My aim is for every entry to include the characters used for each entry's name, a picture if possible, and a quick description of their story as well as a link to it. This could take a while, so I think I'll update it in bits and pieces. As always, you are welcome to send in a Shen if you please---just make sure to stick to danmei because otherwise this thing is going to get looooooong.

See you all next update!

[dangermousie]

In support of Hot General Summer (tm)

I realized that my recent poll not only lacked visual support but also left out a lot of my fave cdrama generals. So, in support of my Hot General Summer agenda:

Xiao Qi, Rebel Princess

Wei Wu Ji, Sound of the Desert

Ling Buyi, Love Like the Galaxy

Zhousheng Chen, One and Only

Zhao Yun, God of War Zhao Yun

Sima Yi, Secret of Three Kingdoms

Han De Rang, The Legend of Xiao Chuo

Zhan Beiye, Legend of Fuyao

Gao Chang Gong, Lan Ling Wang

Xiang Yu, Story of Han Dynasty

Cao Pi, The Advisors’ Alliance

Meng Tiang Fang, Ancient Terracotta War Situation

Chu Bei Jie, General and I

Zhu Zan, Jin Jiu Ling

Wolfie, The Wolf

Xiang Yu, Legend of Chu and Han

Cheng Yi, The Promise of Chang’an

Liu Xiu, Singing All Along

Huo Xin, Painted Skin the Resurrection

Meng Qi You, Glamorous Imperial Concubine

Yang Bros, The Young Warriors

Weng Gui, Princess Jieyou

Xiao Ping Zhang, Nirvana in Fire 2

Pei Zhao, Maiden Holmes

Ji Ye, Novoland Eagle Flag

Zhu Qi Zhen, Imperial Doctress (it’s a reach he’s an emperor. But he leads his force in battle and I wanted Wallace Huo there so...)

Yuan Ling, Lost Love in Times

Yi Xiao Chuan, The Myth

Gu Tingye, The Story of Ming Lan

Lu Bu, Three Kingdoms 2010

Xu Lingyi, The Sword and the Brocade

Yue Fei, Patriot Yue Fei

Xiang Yu, The Myth

Ping Zhang, Nirvana in Fire 2

Guo Jing, Legend of Condor Heroes 2008

Xiang Yu, The Legend of Qin

[minsarasarahair]

Laugh compilation for serotonin boost from the official Sha Po Lang Audio Drama s3. (edited: Added another ChangGu laugh from s2. Their laugh is so short but meaningful and cute.)

SPL official arts by 罐一一. The 7seas EN license don't have decent Shen Yi official illust yet but since this artist known for providing official SPL arts in CN side became the official illustrator for EN vol. 2 and onwards. I'm assuming this is Shen Yi's character design that will be use in the future. [Shen Yi with Gu Yun] [SPL main characters with supporting characters]

I just find it interesting that Gu Yun's laugh with Chang Geng is softer as if he's embarrassed but he really laugh out loud when he's with Shen Yi. Make sense why Chang Geng is drinking vinegar whenever the two bros are together lol

If you're not familiar with the voice actors, this is literally them.

A Jie (Wei Wuxian & Gu Yun) - Shameless MC who play flute to inflict fear.

Yang Tianxiang (Jin Guangyao & Chang Geng) - Look decent outside but has a scheming side type of character.

Guo Haoran (Jiang Cheng & Shen Yi) - the Shameless MC's bro who's so done with his bro's antics.

[bl-bracket]

Best Siblings Bracket

Round One

Pat & Pa (Bad Buddy) vs Tops & Thunder (Ingredients: The Series)

Prapai & Plerng & Phan (Love in the Air) vs Akira & Hitomi (Life: Senjou no Bokuro)

Akk & Im & Egg (Enchante) vs Koichi & Younger Siblings (Eternal Yesterday)

Siwon & Siyeong (Blueming) vs Day & Night (Love Syndrome III)

Thian & Yang (To Sir With Love) vs Diao & Dao (Rak Diao)

Kuafah & Daonuea (Star in My Mind/Sky in Your Heart) vs Yoo & Vee (Love Mechanics)

Cher & Thoop (A Boss and a Babe) vs Aek & Tho (Don't Say No)

Jiang Yanli & Wei Wuxian & Jiang Cheng (The Untamed) vs Livy & Mikey (Rainbow Prince)

Tankhun & Kinn & Kim (Kinnporsche: The Series) vs Vlad & Judit (Like in the Movies)

Intouch & Ahn (Until We Meet Again) vs Tian & Longtae (A Tale of a Thousand Stars)

Dean & Del & Don (Until We Meet Again) vs Leo & Neo (3 Will Be Free)

Lan Xichen & Lan Zhan (The Untamed) vs Noey & Nidnhoi (I Will Knock You)

Pi & Duean & Wan (Fish Upon the Sky) vs Chien Teng & Yu He (DNA Says Love You)

Korn & Krit & Kard (Until We Meet Again) vs Cairo & London (Gameboys)

Tai & Tien (La Pluie) vs Tan & That (Manner of Death)

Vegas & Macau (Kinnporsche: The Series) vs Mork & Meen (Fish Upon the Sky)

Black & White (Not Me: The Series) vs Shintaro & Sakurako (Minato Shouji Coin Laundry)

Payu & Saifah (Love in the Air) vs Jim & Jam (Moonlight Chicken)

Tonhom & Long Pao & Seeiw (My Only 12%) vs Ritsu & Shuji (Jack o' Frost)

Haoting & Yongxing (HIStory 3: Make Our Days Count) vs Seefoom & Seenam (Ghost Host Ghost House)

Hoon & Teh (I Told Sunset About You) vs Man & Q's Mom (21 Days Theory)

Leo & Leon (Don't Say No) vs Mob & Ayato (A Man Who Defies the World of BL)

Kim & Khett (The Shipper) vs Gu Xiang & Chengling (Word of Honor)

Wan & Win & Wiew (Between Us) vs Tine & Type (2gether: The Series)

Porsche & Porchay (Kinnporsche: The Series) vs Vee & Pan (You're My Sky)

Tang Yi & Zhuo Hongye (HIStory 3: Trapped) vs Kurosawa & Older Sister (Cherry Magic)

Nie Mingjue & Nie Huaisang (The Untamed) vs Bai Qing & Bai Lang (My Tooth Your Love)

Tharn & Thorn & Tanya (Tharntype: The Series) vs Pluem & Prim (Ghost Host Ghost House)

Wen Qing & Wen Ning (The Untamed) vs Tsubasa & Younger Brother (Kabe-Koji-Nekoyashiki-Kun Desires to be Recognized)

Sun & Rain (Dark Blue Kiss) vs Zeshou & Xueching (Plus & Minus)

Jeng & Jaab (Step by Step) vs Gu Xiang & Wen Kexing (Word of Honor)

Minoru & Tane (Our Dining Table) & Sarawat & Phukong (2gether: The Series)

[web-novel-polls]

Web Novel Rarepair Masterpost

[Last Updated: November 20th, 2024]

Tournament Tag: #wn rarepair tournament

Submissions - CLOSED

Tournament Type: Single Elimination

Expected Start/End: November 25th–March 13th, 2024 (tentative)

Posting Time: 5 PM CST

Upcoming

Round 1

Round 1-A

Match 1, FengLian (Feng Xin/Xie Lian) 🆚️ XueWang (Xue Yang/Lan Wangji): November 25th–December 2nd

Match 2, Cold Hands (Zhuzhi-lang/Wen Ning) 🆚️ Golden Ghost (Jin Zixuan/Wen Ning): November 26th–December 3rd

Match 3, Eulef (Eulalie/Clef) 🆚️ Bamboo Balls (Zhuzhi-lang/Six Balls): November 27th–December 4th

Match 4, HeXian (He Xuan/Wei Wuxian) 🆚️ HengXiao (Gu Hengbo/Yuan Zixiao): November 28th–December 5th

Round 1-B

Match 5, HuangJi (Yushi Huang/Xuan Ji) 🆚️ MingLingYing (Liu Mingyan/Sha Hualing/Ning Yingying): November 29th–December 6th

Match 6, HuaXuan (Hua Cheng/He Xuan) 🆚️ Happy Ghost x Changing Ghost: November 30th–December 8th

Match 7, Yu Ziyuan x Qi Qingqi 🆚️ Gu Xiang x Gao Xiaolian: December 1st–8th

Match 8, SangYu (Nie Huaisang/Mo Xuanyu) 🆚️ NingSang/SangNing (Nie Huiasang/Wen Ning): December 2nd-9th

Round 1-C

Match 9, Lan Qiren x Jin Guangyao 🆚️ JingQing (Lan Jingyi/A-Qing): December 3rd–10th

Match 10, Yu Ziyuan x Lan Qiren 🆚️ TianJiu (Tianlang-jun/Shen Jiu): December 4th–11th

Match 11, LiOhn (Lilly Henituse/Ohn) 🆚️ XiaoYu (Xiao Xingchen/Mo Xuanyu): December 5th–12th

Match 12, XiaoQin (Xiao Xingchen/Qin Su) 🆚️ SuYao (Su She/Jin Guangyao): December 6th–13th

Round 1-D

Match 13, WangNing (Lan Wangji/Wen Ning) 🆚️ Qi Qingqi x Madam Meiyin: December 7th–14th

Match 14, HuaYinLian (Hua Cheng/Yin Yu/Xie Lian) 🆚️ Little Palace Mistress x Qin Wanyue: December 8th–15th

Match 15, JianJi (Jian Lan/Xuan Ji) 🆚️ XueXian (Xue Yang/Wei Wuxian): December 9th–16th

Match 16, JunLian (Jun Wu/Xie Lian) 🆚️ HuaXian (Hua Cheng/Wei Wuxian): December 10th–17th

Round 1-E

Match 17, Cayer x Redina 🆚️ Og!Cale x Og!Alberu: December 11th–18th

Match 18, GongZhi (Gongyi Xiao/Zhuzhi-lang) 🆚️ Xie Lian x OG!Lang Ying: December 12th–19th

Match 19, Xu Yu x Tatar Huna 🆚️ HanXian (Wen Ruohan/Wei Wuxian): December 13th–20th

Match 20, Xixian/Huanying (Lan Xichen/Wei Wuxian) 🆚️ OG!Luo Binghe x Lan Qiren: December 14th–21st

Round 1-F

Match 21, XiYiYuan (Helian Yi/Wu Xi/Jing Beiyuan) 🆚️ Olivia Lanze x Rowan: December 15th–22nd

Match 22, XueYao (Xue Yang/Jin Guangyao) 🆚️ YanQing/QingLi (Wen Qing/Jiang Yanli): December 16th–23rd

Match 23, MingGuang (Pei Ming/Rong Guang) 🆚️ ChuXian (Chu Wanning/Wei Wuxian): December 17th–24th

Match 24, Witira x Rosalyn 🆚️ LingHuang (Ling Wen/Yushi Huang): December 18th–25th

Round 1-G

Match 25, NieWangXian (Nie Huaisang/Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian) 🆚️ Original Shen Qingqiu x Sha Hualing (Shen Yuan): December 19th–26th

Match 26, XiSang (Lan Xichen/Nie Huaisang) 🆚️ Yu Ziyuan x Madam Jin: December 20th–27th

Match 27, ZhuShen (Zhuzhi-lang/Shen Qingqiu) 🆚️ LinShen (Linguang-jun/Shen Jiu): December 21st–28th

Match 28, SangXian (Nie Huaisang/Wei Wuxian) 🆚️ TianYue (Tianlang-jun/Yue Qingyuan): December 22nd–29th

Round 1-H

Match 29, BingYue (OG Luo Binghe/Yue Qingyuan) 🆚️ Liu Qingge x Zhuzhi-lang: December 23rd–30th

Match 30, Yue Qingyuan x Sha Hualing (Shen Yuan) x Original Shen Qingqiu 🆚️ WangSang (Lan Wangji/Nie Huaisang): December 24th–31st

Match 31, MingXian (Nie Mingjue/Wei Wuxian) 🆚️ HeHuaLian (He Xuan/Hua Cheng/Xie Lian): December 25th–January 1st

Match 32, NieShui (Nie Mingjue/Shi Wudu) 🆚️ MoBing (OG!Luo Binghe/Mobei-jun): December 26th–January 2nd

Round 2

Round 2-A

Match 33 - January 4th–11th

Match 34 - January 5th–12th

Match 35 - January 6th–13th

Match 36 - January 7th–14th

Round 2-B

Match 37 - January 8th–15th

Match 38 - January 9th–16th

Match 39 - January 10th–17th

Match 40 - January 11th–18th

Round 2-C

Match 41 - January 12th–19th

Match 42 - January 13th–20th

Match 43 - January 14th–21st

Match 44 - January 15th–22nd

Round 2-D

Match 45 - January 16th–23rd

Match 46 - January 17th–24th

Match 47 - January 18th–25th

Match 48 - January 19th–26th

Round 3

Match 49 - January 28th–February 4th

Round 3-A

Match 50 - January 29th–February 5th

Match 51 - January 30th–February 6th

Match 52 - January 31st–February 7th

Round 3-B

Match 53 - February 1st–8th

Match 54 - February 2nd–9th

Match 55 - February 3rd–10th

Match 56 - February 4th–11th

Round 4 / Quarterfinals

Match 57 - February 13th–20th

Match 58 - February 14th–21st

Match 59 - February 15th–22nd

Match 60 - February 16th–23rd

Round 5 / Semifinals: February 25th-March 4th

Match 61 -

Match 62 -

Round 6 / Finals: March 6th-13th

Match 63 -

Third Place (if necessary)

Completed

Preliminary Polls

Preliminary Polls will be released based on when a ship has been submitted. As more ships are submitted, more preliminary polls will be released. Currently posting at 12 PM.

Voted as Eligible (64)

MXTX

Cold Hands (Wen Ning x Zhuzhi-lang)

HeXian (He Xuan x Wei Wuxian)

NieShui (Nie Mingjue x Shi Wudu)

HuaXian (Hua Cheng x Wei Wuxian)

Original Luo Binghe x Lan Qiren

Yu Ziyuan x Qi Qingqi

MDZS

Golden Ghost (Jin Zixuan x Wen Ning)

Hanxian (Wen Ruohan/Wei Wuxian)

JingQing (Lan Jingyi x A-Qing)

Lan Qiren x Jin Guangyao

Nie Huaisang x Wen Ning

NieWangXian (Nie Huaisang x Lan Wangji x Wei Wuxian)

Mingxian (Nie Mingjue x Wei Wuxian)

SangXian (Nie Huaisang x Wei Wuxian)

SangYu (Nie Huaisang x Mo Xuanyu)

SuYao (Su She x Jin Guangyao)

WangNing (Lan Wangji x Wen Ning)

WangSang (Lan Wangji x Nie Huaisang)

Wen Qing x Jiang Yanli

XiaoQin (Xiao Xingchen x Qin Su)

XiaoYu (Xiao Xingchen x Mo Xuanyu)

Xisang (Lan Xichen x Nie Huaisang)

Xixian/Huanying (Lan Xichen x Wei Wuxian)

XueWang (Xue Yang x Lan Wangji)

XueXian (Xue Yang x Wei Wuxian)

XueYao (Xue Yang x Jin Guangyao)

Yu Ziyuan x Lan Qiren

Yu Ziyuan x Madam Jin

SVSSS

Bamboo Balls (Six Balls x Zhuzhi-lang)

BingYue (Yue Qingyuan x Original Luo Binghe)

Gongzhi (Zhuzhi-lang x Gongyi Xiao)

LinShen (Shen Jiu x Linguang Jun)

Little Palace Mistress x Qin Wanyue

Liu Qingge x Zhuzhi-lang

MingLingYing (Liu Mingyan x Sha Hualing x Ning Yingying)

Mobing (OG!Luo Binghe x Mobei-jun)

Original Shen Qingqiu x Sha Hualing (Shen Yuan)

Qi Qingqi x Madam Meiyin

TianJiu (Tianlang-jun x Shen Jiu)

TianYue (Tianlang-jun x Yue Qingyuan)

Yue Qingyuan x Sha Hualing (Shen Yuan) x Original Shen Qingqiu

Zhushen (Zhuzhi-lang x Shen Qingqiu)

TGCF

FengLian (Feng Xin x Xie Lian)

HeHuaLian (He Xuan x Hua Cheng x Xie Lian)

HuaXuan (Hua Cheng x He Xuan)

HuaYinLian (Hua Cheng x Yin Yu x Xie Lian)

Jianji (Xuan Ji x Jian Lan)

JunLian (Jun Wu x Xie Lian)

Linghuang (Yushi Huang x Ling Wen)

Mingguang (Pei Ming x Rong Guang)

Xie Lian x OG!Lang Ying

Yushi Huang x Xuan Ji

Other

Cayer x Redina from DPA [Tied]

ChuXian (Chu Wanning x Wei Wuxian)

Eulef (Eulalie x Clef) from Unlucky Clover

Gu Xiang x Gao Xiaolian

Happy Ghost x Changing Ghost from TYK/WOH

HengXiao (Gu Hengbo x Yuan Zixiao)

LiOhn (Lilly Henituse x Ohn) from LCF/TCF

Og!Cale x Og!Alberu from LCF/TCF

Olivia Lanze x Rowan from DPA

Witira x Rosalyn from Lout of the Count’s Family

Xiyiyuan (Helian Yi x Wu Xi x Jing Beiyuan)

Xu Yu x Tatar Huna from No Doubt In Us

Voted as Ineligible (4)

Liu Qianqiao x Luo Fumeng

MingLing (Liu Mingyan x Sha Hualing)

SongXue (Song Lan x Xue Yang)

Steincraft (Howard Phillips Lovecraft x John Steinbeck)

Rejected - Byakuya Togami x Izuru Kamukura from Danganronpa

[haveyoulistenedtothisalbum-poll]

Tracklist:

[Theme Song] Wu Ji - Chorus Edition • [Theme Song] Wu Ji - Bibi Zhou Special Edition • [Theme Song] Wu Ji - Xiao Zhan Solo Version • [Theme Song] Wu Ji - Wang Yibo Solo Version • [Wei Wuxian] Qu Jin Chen Qing • [Lan Wagji] Bu Wang • [Wen Ning] Chi Zi • [Jiang Chen] Hen Bie • [Lan Xichen] Bu You • [Nie Minghao & Nie Huaisang] Qing He Jue • [Wen Qing] woodland • [Xue Yang] Huang Cheng Du • [Yicheng Group] Gu Cheng • [Juvenile Group] Zui Shi Shao Nian Bu Ke Qi • [Jiang Yahli & Jin Zixuan] Yong Ge • [Interlude] Yi Nan Ping • [Jin Guangyao] Duo Hen Sheng • [Group Song] Bu Wang

Spotify ♪ YouTube

Submitter's Note: This is the soundtrack for the Chinese Drama 'The Untamed' which came out in 2019.

[perseph0ne-13]

So, I said this a while ago but now that I finally have finished JWQS, I can properly go into detail.

JWQS is happy ending beefleaf- but specifically, Qi Yan is soooo He Xuan coded.

They both want to enact revenge.

We learn at the end of the Black Water arc that Ming Yi has been He Xuan this entire time- and the whole point of him being Ming Yi was to seek revenge for his family, who died because of Shi Qingxuan's brother- Shi Wudu. Qi Yan is in a similar position- her entire family and tribe were wiped out by Nangong Rang (+ Ding Yi and Lu Quan), so she goes undercover in able to truly enact her revenge plan.

They both fall in love with their enemy

sort of. Most TGCF Fans also ship beefleaf so this isn't a reach to say, I think. He Xuan, as Ming Yi, has an incredibly close relationship with Shi Qingxuan- Shi Wudu's sibling. By He Xuan's logic, technically Shi Qingxuan is his enemy- so, naturally, they must be apart of his revenge plans. Shi Qingxuan is the very reason why their fates were switched, and why He Xuan's family died, so even though SQX didn't necessarily switch their fates... they are still partially the reason as to why HX's family is dead. Yet, HX still obviously has a soft spot for SQX (regardless of if you ship beefleaf or not).

The same could be said for Qijing. Nangong Jingnu's father is the reason why Qi Yan's tribe is, for the most part, gone- and it's very obvious throughout the book that Qi Yan places blame on all of the Nangong Imperial clan. But even still, Qi Yan manages to find a way to open up her heart and fall in love with Nangong Jingnu- the daughter of her enemy.

They constantly push their plans of revenge back to enjoy more time with their beloved

He Xuan had countless times to enact his plan of revenge- there was no reason for him to have to wait as long as he did. Yet, he waited until the very last moment- until Shi Wudu's third heavenly calamity, because he knew that when SWD passed it, he would no longer be able to follow through with his plans. Why did he wait, though? Because of SQX. He wanted extra time with them, he wanted to enjoy the momentary happiness he felt with them while he still could- because after he kills their brother, that's it for them.

Qi Yan acknowledges throughout the book that once she kills Nangong Rang, her relationship with Jingnu will never be the same. So, she continues to push back her plans. She goes for everyone else first- Nangong Ping, Nangong Wang, Nangong Wei and Nangong Zhen (to an extent). She waits until the absolute last minute, she waits till Nangon Rang is already on his death bed, to finally kill him. All because she wants every with Nangong Jingnu to stay exactly as they are- happy, and content.

both are scholars

This one doesn't need that much explaining. Qi Yan's whole plot line in the beginning is becoming a top tier scholars just to infiltrate the court- which, fortunately, is put to a halt immediately once she was arranged to marry Jingnu. He Xuan, in Fu Gu, was known as "Scholar He". His dream was to be a Scholar, but the testers didn't like him and constantly sabotaged him so that he wasn't able to pass the test. They let him pass eventually- but by then, it was already too late.

Both drop hints and allude to their beloved as to who they truly are to see their reactions and justify sparing them in the end

Throughout the entirety of the Black Water arc, Ming Yi is alluding to and hinting at who he truly is. He is the one who creates the array to Fu Gu, where they just "happen" to stumble upon the Bloody Fire Social. He intentionally brought them there, to show SQX- look, this is what happened to me -to try and get them to realize. Even when XL accuses MY of being the Reverend, SQX still doesn't realize it. And then, at the terrace of cascading wine, HX (as the reverend) tells SQX what really happened- how they only ascended because their fate was switched with Scholar He's. And yet SQX still does not realize it- but they condemn their brother. Still, in the end, HX spares them even if he had to watch them still defend their brother.

Something similar happens with Qijing. Though, at first, Qi Yan wasn't intentionally hinting at it- the scene where Jingnu sees the piercing hole in her ear and is confused is proof that this was accidental. But later on, Qi Yan starts to be more obvious about it. She retells stories of the Grass Plains, including the war, to get Jingnu to sympathize- she hints at her being a woman, at her being Qiyan Agula. It's all in an effort to see how Jingnu reacts, to justify her thoughts of sparing her and of falling in love with her.

both disappear once their job is done

He Xuan, presumably, slinks back into either Blsck Water Manor or just the ocean that is his territory and is only seen again towards the final chapters to save the capital city.

Qi Yan disappears to Chiongtai with Ding You and is essentially off-the-grid for 5 years.

Of course, the one major difference between these two is that while beefleaf gets a bad ending, Qijing gets the good one. He Xuan and Shi Qingxuan never (supposedly) see each other again after the Black Water arc, apart from that chapter where He Xuan helps to save the capital, and they never speak. Qijing gets the happy ending- Jingnu finds Qi Yan, and though Qi Yan has lost all of her memories... she manages to remember Jingnu, just a bit. They can live happily together.

All in all, I love these two couples very much snd they both deserve happiness. Justice for beefleaf!!!

[reinaka42]

Wang Chuan Feng Hua Lu (忘川风华录) Masterpost

Wang Chuan Feng Hua Lu (忘川风华录) is a Vocal synth (Vocaloid and SynthV) music project. It consists of songs themed around different figures throughout Chinese history. The project is a collaboration between different artists and creatives, with music and videos featuring prominent traditional Chinese elements. The project's title translates to "The Records of Magnificence of the Wangchuan" - In Chinese mythology, "Wangchuan" (or River of Forgetting) is a river in the Underworld that can rid one of their past life's memories, similar to the river Lethe.

A mobile game adaptation has also been developed by NetEast. Unfortunately, I haven't played it so I can't give much insight on it. However, I assume that its premise is similar to that of the idea behind the project as a whole: all these historical figures meeting each other in the Underworld after they died. Maybe.

You can find all the songs on Bilibili. The official Weibo can be found here. The game's website, which includes all characters appearing so far in the game, can be found here, and its Weibo can be found here.

(If you prefer YouTube, I've also put together a handy playlist. Please know that most of these videos are reposts though, so please watch the original Bilibili MVs if you can!)

This blog is where I will be posting everything I feel like I need to say about the songs in this project. A lot of it is lifted from my Twitter account but will be in much more detail. Note that I probably won't touch collab songs, or songs that don't focus solely on the project's own characters.

Disclaimer: I do not speak Chinese, nor am I an expert on Chinese history. Therefore, I cannot reliably translate the lyrics to these songs, nor my words should be taken as gospel. I am merely a nerd gushing about my hyperfixation.

Playlist

多情岸 【Duo Qing An】 ➼ B link

洛阳怀 【Luo Yang Huai】 ➼ B link

易水诀 【Yi Shui Jue】 ➼ B link

山河令 【Shan He Ling】 ➼ B link

簪花人间 【Zhan Hua Ren Jian】 ➼ B link

栖凰 【Qi Huang】 ➼ B link

心上秋 【Xin Shang Qiu】 ➼ B link

祖龙吟 【Zu Long Yin】 ➼ B link

如见青山 【Ru Jian Qing Shan】 ➼ B link

竹林间 【Zhu Lin Jian】 ➼ B link

天下局 【Tian Xia Ju】 ➼ B link

青鸟衔风 【Qing Niao Xian Feng】 ➼ B link

木兰行 【Mu Lan Xing】 ➼ B link

好字唯之 【Hao Zi Wei Zhi】 ➼ B link

不可道 【Bu Ke Dao】 ➼ B link

水叙湖风 【Shui Xu Hu Feng】 (collab) ➼ B link

是非 【Shi Fei】 ➼ B link

风起甘露 【Feng Qi Gan Lu】 (collab) ➼ B link

谓剑 【Wei Jian】 ➼ B link

万象霜天 【Wan Xiang Shuang Tian】 (New Year event song) ➼ B link

千秋梦 【Qian Qiu Meng】 ➼ B link

易安难安 【Yi An Nan An】 ➼ B link

惊鹊 【Jing Que】 ➼ B link

高歌破阵 【Gao Ge Po Zhen】 (collab) ➼ B link

不赴 【Bu Fu】 ➼ B link

西行 【Xi Xing】 ➼ B link

大航海家 【Da Hang Hai Jia】 ➼ B link

牡丹乱 【Mu Dan Luan】 (collab) ➼ B link

倾国 【Qing Guo】 (collab) ➼ B link

相虎 【Xiang Hu】 ➼ B link

补天裂 【Bu Tian Lie】 ➼ B link

此期盈期 【Ci Qi Ying Qi】 (1st anniversary song) ➼ B link

破云来 【Po Yun Lai】 ➼ B link

归钓吟 【Gui Diao Yin】 ➼ B link

始见千秋 【Shi Jian Qian Qiu】 ➼ B link

临川浮梦 【Lin Chuan Fu Meng】 ➼ B link

将军行 【Jiang Jun Xing】 ➼ B link

妄语人间 【Wang Yu Ren Jian】 ➼ B link

数风流 【Shu Feng Liu】 (2nd anniversary song) ➼ B link

问剑春秋 【Wen Jian Chun Qiu】 ➼ B link

起战令 【Qi Zhan Ling】 ➼ B link

人间应又雪 【Ren Jian Ying You Xue】 ➼ B link

旷古回响 【Kuang Gu Hui Xiang】 ➼ B link

墨隐侠声 【Mo Yin Xia Sheng】 ➼ B link

桃源故人 【Tao Yuan Gu Ren】 (3rd anniversary song) ➼ B link

燕双归 【Yan Shuang Gui】 ➼ B link

拜云台 【Bai Yun Tai】 ➼ B link

思华年 【Si Hua Nian】 ➼ B link

承天 【Cheng Tian】 ➼ B link

*Note: The anniversary songs are probably for the game's anniversaries, as the project itself is more than 5 years old.

Albums

Vol 1: 溯洄 【Su Hui】 Includes character songs from Duo Qing An to Zhu Lin Jian. Features human vocals.

Vol 2: 踏浪 【Ta Lang】 Includes character songs from Tian Xia Ju to Yi An Nan An + Shui Xu Hu Feng.

Vol 3: 数风流 【Shu Feng Liu】 Includes character songs from Bu Fu to Yan Shuang Gui, and the two anniversary songs.

Visual character guide:

PRE-QIN | QIN | WESTERN CHU | HAN | THREE KINGDOMS | JIN | NORTH & SOUTHERN DYNASTIES | TANG | FIVE DYNASTIES & TEN KINGDOMS | SONG | YUAN | MING | QING | DREAM

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Full Version | A girl disguised as a man in college finds true love | [G...

Cdrama: Guyuan Imperial College (2022)

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Round 1 of 8, Group 1 of 8

propaganda and summaries are under the cut (May include spoilers)

Code Geass: 2.25 Re;

Lelouch tries to persuade Nunnally into giving him the key of Damocles as the battle concludes.

Word of Honor: 1.34 Ep 34

Ye Bai Yi instructs Lao Wen to close down Ghost Valley forever and the crowd disperses peacefully. The victors have drinks where Lao Wen reveals how he had managed to convince everyone around him to get along with the plan. Zhou Zi Shu is happy for him, but in pain that he only had a few more days left to survive. Scorpion King has a talk with the now disabled Zhao Jing in which he reveals his true intentions and feelings about what he thought about him. A drunk Lao Wen elatedly describes that meeting Ah' Xu had changed him. He asks him to accompany him to his parents' old hometown for a proper burial and Ah' Xu tearfully agrees. At Ghost Valley, preparations for Ah' Xiang's wedding takes place. Aunt Luo tells her plan to stay at the valley forever with Qian Qiao, who had decided to drink the Water of Lethe and forget Yu Qiu Feng. Cao Wei Ning is increasingly nervous and confesses that he had always hoped that his wedding would be attended by his seniors and Masters. The Gentle Wind Sword Sect arrives and Mount Qingya and they are let in. Master Mo Huai Yang openly disrespects Ah' Xiang. (Source: MyDramaList)

(Spoilers) Look the emotional rollercoaster this episode is like Wen Kexing finally got his revenge and Ye Bayi is like just close down the ghost valley and we'll call it even and it's like yes!!!! No more bloodshed!!!! And everyone is having dinner together and Wen Kexing is literally having the best day of his life!!! But then Zhou Zishu is like dealing with all the turmoil and angst that WKX's little stunt put him through and that he's going to die in a few days but nobody knows and he doesn't want to bring down the mood and then there's heartbreaking scene where WKX is drunk and is so happy and cuddling ZZS and is like I'm so happy you're my soulmate and everything is great and we'll travel the world together this is amazing!!! And you can see the pain on ZZS's face because WKX doesn't KNOW!!!! And then there's the confrontation between Scorpion King and Zhao Jing which is !!!!!!!!!!!! And then they're preparing for Gu Xiang and Cao Weining's wedding!!!!! And it's so sweet because everyone is just so happy!!!! And like WKX is in full dad mode which is great. But it's just like an episode where the characters can just all love each other because there's no sign of immediate danger (well besides ZZS' stuff) but like it's so heartwarming and sad and tragic when you know what happens right after like !!!!!!!!!!!! It's also one of the highest rated episodes (on mydramalist) with a 9.3 so there's that too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9zRSFzOfTc&t=1230s