#Han Wen Qing

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THE DOUBLE 墨雨云间 (2024) | Xiao Heng's Allies

@asiandramanet july bingo:shapes (insp)

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Web Novel Women Tournament 

[Please be kind and respectful in the notes. Anti-Propaganda is NOT allowed.] - Spoilers Warning below!

Han Sooyoung / Han Suyeong from ORV / Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint

Submission 1: I can't even begin to explain the real reason so I'll just. She's everything. Consumes my every waking thought. Someone else please take the lead and add propaganda for me

Submission 2: 

Han Suyeong is a writer. She is cunning, self-serving and confident. Her avatar skill allows her to divide herself into as many copies as she pleases, and each copy can look like anyone. Her only weakness is that if she loses the copies, she loses memories. She initially starts as an antagonist who is not afraid to murder some people on her way to the top. She gradually bonds with the main character due to their shared knowledge and shared love of stories. *MAJOR spoilers for manhwa readers* She gradually becomes one of the three main characters. She is one of the two people from the main cast to become a constellation (god-like beings living off stories). She spearheads the attempts to rescue the one person who matters most to her, even when it is impossible. Even when everyone else has given up years ago. She dooms whole universes and all their people for her one person. She sacrifices everything.

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Wen Qing from Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation / MDZS

Submission: She is everything! She doesn't get enough screen time in the novel, but that proves just how amazing she is to make such an impression in spite of it. She is a great big sister, to both her brother Wen Ning and the protagonist Wei Wuxian. She is stern but kind. She's a doctor. She throws needles at people. She's everything! 

Previous Propaganda (MXTX Side Characters Tournament):

Submission 1: Doctor, mad scientist, war criminal, protective big sister... she has the range!! Submission 2: Wen Qing my beloved!! She did surgery on a grape. Mad genius for real. Also a loving sister with a very sharp tongue and maybe no sense of how far is too far. Can't wait for them to find her alive in a Koi Tower basement! Submission 3: Justice for my girl!!!!  Submission 4: She's bitchy and pragmatic and cares deeply and did an unprecedented operation (experimental and nonconsensual!), what's not to love? Also she deserved better. 

[xinyuehui]

Huaihuai, Fafa & Hanhan 🐱

[biolums]

oh yeah my roommate said wei wuxian is anakin skywalker if he was a communist not a fascist and they were so right i had to sit there quietly for a sec and digest it. think about it.

[frankencanon]

I think if Wen Kexing and Zhou Zishu had a kid they would keep the surname "Wen" and for the first name I could see them using Zhou Zishu's fake name/nickname, "Xu" — like with "Mian Mian" in the The Untamed.

The end result:

Wen Xu

As in, the third son of Wen Ruohan, Wen Xu?

...who conveniently looks identical to Han Ying.

Reincarnation AU?

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OK, but no, seriously, consider:

Han Ying dies only to find himself reincarnated as the third son of an evil bastard by the name of Wen Ruohan. And the real kicker? Han Ying's new name is Wen Xu.

Now, let's see if those well-earned assassin skills come in handy...

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TL;DR: Reincarnation/Good-Wen-Xu AU?!

(Listen, he's pretty, I want him to have a redemption arc—)

[coulsandies]

One year the cast all end up going to Comic Con. Naturally, there are many shenanigans.

Yanli tells her brothers she and Zixuan will be going as Leia and Han Solo. They assume Shijie was leia and Zixuan was Solo. They were wrong, and both agree that Shijie looks badass as Han Solo. Now when they realised JZX was leia, they were expecting the standard outfit. They were not expecting the Metal Bikini outfit and were both traumatized and impressed (he looked fabulous, and thanked god it was summer)

Wangxian went as Batman and Catwoman, and the various juniors (+ Wen Ning) went as the various batkids (Wen Ning was Jason Todd, for obvious reasons).

Nie Mingjue went as Megatron and Jin Guangyao went as Starscream. The irony was lost on them, much to the frustration of Huaisang.

They all lost LZC in the artists alley. Thrice.

Jiang Cheng got one of his favorite comics signs by the author/artist and was in cloud nine for the rest of the trip.

Huaisang left with… an alarming amount of BL merch… and a green lantern ring for some reason.

Wen Qing was dressed as Darth Vader. It was terrifying.

this is a crossover i didn’t know i needed but this would make for one hell of a fan fic (very big fan of wen qing terrifying everyone with a massive light saber)

[andelkacroatia]

[ineffable-opinions]

Hello! I really like your work in introducing different binaries to view male androphilia other than masc and fem (like wen-wu). I wanted to ask that since wen often outranked wu back then, was wen type masculinity associated with topping or bottoming more? I actually like this binary the most as it talks about presentation while keeping in mind at the core this is about men/masculinities without necessarily implying into receiving and giving dynamics but I wanted to know if I am wrong about this

For context (thank you @guzhufuren for pointing it out): previous posts discussing wen-wu binary in Chinese masculinity -

Masculinities and Male Androphilia

Seme/uke - long response

Some things about wen-wu: Just like balance of yin and yang, it was introduced into modern scholarship about gender especially Chinese masculinity in response to the orientalist takes that otherized and often portrayed Asian men as inferior, closer to women in terms of status, when compared to colonial masculinity.

A blend of wen and wu characteristics are emphasized in each individual for a well-rounded personality. Popular example from danmei is Hua Cheng from Tian Guan Ci Fu coming on top after battling both wen and wu factions of heaven. Often, capable emperors and modern politicians are described as exhibiting perfect balance of wen and wu. Wen and wu can be employed to create contrast between characters like Shi Qiang and Wang Miao representing wen and wu respectively in Three-Body (2023).

I don't know if there are any straight forward in associated with topping or bottoming. One thing I know from Passions of the Cut Sleeve: The Male Homosexual Tradition in China by Bret Hinsch is that rank often determined who topped and who bottomed. To be on top meant to be on top. Rank and seniority depends on age too. This is what was (allegedly) exported to Japan and became the basis for nenja x wakashu dynamics [which later gave birth to the seme/uke dynamics in Japan and its international variations in other BL producing nations (more on this in the links given at the top of this post)]. There are hierarchies/pecking order within military and scholarly settings, just as elsewhere, with clear seniority among members.

Sworn-brotherhood also had elder brother/younger brother ordering.

Other than stories of emperors and male favorites upon whom (and their family) the former lavishly bestowed the highest titles (ministerial, civil services, military, peerage, etc.), there are also tales of love between scholars like “Shared Pillow Tree" about Pan Zhang & Wang Zhongxian. As for love between men in military, (among others) there is Emperor Wen of Chen and Han Zigao who met and fell in love when the former was merely a general.

Works that survive in history seldom talk about common people's lives. Above all else, the chances of finding explicit depiction of physical dynamics is also very rare, even when it is about popular figures in history.

Some scholarly bottom vibes going on in this Qing dynasty painting.

Qing dynasty Chinese Water and Land Ritual painting depicting a divine civil official and thunder god in military regalia.

Paintings of Padmapani (wen) and Vajrapani (wu) on either side of the Buddha, from cave 1 of the Ajanta Caves. Buddha would represent the balance: born in a kshatriya (warrior/ruling-caste, wu) family, his enlightened self leans towards wen.

I am not sure how well I have managed to answer your question. So, please let me know if something doesn't seem right. Other similar discussions.

I think there is some scope for discussion on how these depictions have fared historical with respect to BL (such as with shadeism/colorism) as @linlin1905 pointed out in this conversation.

Also, some of you might find the following video interesting as well:

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Heaven Official's Blessing vs Word of Honor

Description Under The Cut:

Heaven Official's Blessings:

"Feng Xin and Mu Qing are like the definition of love-hate, they're friends, they're inseparable but also they argue all the time and seemingly hate each others guts. Hua Cheng and Xie Lian are weirdo4weirdo meets EXTREME devotion. Mu Qing and Xie Lian are a servant and the guy he served and always wanted to be friends with but couldn't due to their difference in station (also Xie Lian was kind of a dick then but y'know). Feng Xin and Xie Lian are golden retriever for more traumatized golden retriever as well as a protector and protectee. Hua Cheng Mu Qing and Feng Xin are a guy and the two guys he doesn't like that much due to various circumstances (he tolerates them for Xie Lians sake) but i totally believe they could come to like each others company someday especially if Mu Qing and Feng Xins relationship with Xie Lian becomes way more stable and secure (also if they actually discuss all of their trauma and issues because geez)"

Word of Honor:

"look I know I'm mashing together the book canon and the show canon for this but bear with me. You've got Wen Kexing and Zhou Zishu, soulmate war criminals who are married. WKX basically runs the Ancient Chinese fantasy mafia and ZZS basically created the CIA and they're in love and all of that. Han Ying is then the third commander of the fantasy CIA and is literally so loyal to ZZS that he will do literally anything for him. WKX later nearly drives himself to the point of insanity in a desperate bid to keep HY alive. He's basically their little boyfriend at this point. And then you've got Jing Beiyuan and Wuxi. JBY is a prince who fakes his death in order to run away with WX, his husband who is the Great Shaman in another country and keeps lots of poisonous animals as pets (oh yeah they're also soulmates and JBY has like the memories of his past 7 lives and all but that's a separate book). ZZS knew them both when he was doing his little CIA stuff and is very close to them and I'd like to think of them as being queerplatonic <3. Basically they're an overpowered DnD party that could destroy you"

[electricsoul-rpg]

Meng Ziyi (孟子义) - Han Chinese

as Wen Qing in The Untamed (陈情令)

[mdzs-owns-my-ass-i-guess]

The mystery of life

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❤🪷🍼 (red heart, lotus, baby bottle)

The AU in which Lan Wangji stays in the Burial Mounds and nothing bad happens. Can be read as part 2 to this.

Song for atmosphere: here (Just do it - Houses on the Hill)

The Wen refugee camp has grown to include a few more people than just the Wens - people from all walks of life, seeking shelter or safety, have joined the little settlement, building their own homes and bringing their own skills and stories to add to the community.

One of the newcomers is a pregnant young woman, Han Yuxi. She fled her abusive husband and has since lived with Grandmother and A-Yuan, her pregnancy under Wen Qing's careful supervision.

This has greatly roused A-Yuan's interest. There is a baby in Yuxi-jie's belly? But how did it get there? Who put it there? Will it be a boy or a girl?

Wei Wuxian takes just a bit too much pleasure watching Wen Qing fumble around the answers as he and Lan Wangji weave baskets to sell radishes and medicinal plants in the city.

"You know, I used to be just as curious as a child." Wei Wuxian says, "One of my favorite street merchants had a daughter who became pregnant and I kept asking her how that happened."

Lan Wangji smiles. "You still are very curious. And inquisitive."

"At least now I know where babies come from!" A laugh, "But back then, the merchant's daughter told me that, in order to have a baby, one should go swimming in the lotus lake and find a baby spirit asleep in the lotus flowers. If it lets you hold it, then it means it loves you and so you will become pregnant."

"A beautiful story."

"It is, but me, being me, took it very literally and looked for baby spirits for weeks. I wanted one too! Shijie had to very gently explain to me how things actually go, I was so disappointed!"

Lan Wangji can't help himself from laughing, imagining the scene. With the way his childhood had been, Lan Wangji is always surprised by how many funny stories he has to tell.

"Well, not much has changed since then." Wei Wuxian says, and elbows Lan Wangji suggestively. "I still want to be pregnant."

"Haven't you been already? With A-Yuan?"

It's Wei Wuxian's turn to burst out laughing, and just for a moment, Lan Wangji wishes he'll hear it forever.

He does.

[rarepears]

April 2023 Masterpost

shen qingqiu adopts a pregnant cat; luo binghe Misunderstand everything AU

surely there’s some sort of plant that can be grown on the burial mound other than radishes au

Endeavor x mbj AU

shen jiu's fan satisfaction meter AU

madam wen married Yue qingyuan after his husband’s unfortunate death to control his unruly stepsons AU

bleach abo - Ichigo presents as an omega after losing his powers AU

give me that Architect X Sung Jinwoo fic idea because i need this weird AF au to exist

a transmigrator transmigrates into peak lord ming fan and messes up mdzs AU

geralt transmigrates into mobei jun au

the Cang Qiong food fight AU

batman gets a lap dog named after him AU

Shang Qinghua is actually a god… and he still wrote PIDW AU

Yue Qingyuan has two sons... who are reincarnated with memories! Shen Yuan and Shang Qinghua au

endeavor x gin

SVSSS X Yu-Gi-Oh where SY finds an ancient Chinese fan that contains the spirit of SJ AU

tywin lannister x sung jinwoo

time traveling obi wan pretends to be a professor specializing in the study of the Jedi Order au

sung jinwoo somehow ends up dating kim kardashian au 

wen ruohan recruits shen jiu into the wen sect before yue qingyuan finds shen jiu au

Shen Jiu is forced into an arranged marriage to an Arabian Prince AU

where OPM!SY au is actually one punch man! shen yuan AU

shen jiu gets a thirsty onlyfans system so he never goes to cang qiong au

Jiang Cheng finds out that qi qingqi X yu ziyuan was once a Thing while he finds himself a cultivation partner from Cang Qiong AU

han yoojin x liu qingge: aka the sugardaddy! liu qingge AU

isshin kurosaki x endeavor aka ichigo gets the todoroki shouto as his stepbrother AU

Gojo Satoru as Skull de Mort (KHR) AU

imagine good old Gandalf transmigrating into Old Palace Master... au

Nie Mingjue X Meng Yao - married AU

Moshang reverse AU where SQH is a fictional demon lord and MBJ is the peak lord that wrote him AU

if the Qing generation was written like they are the millennial gen and their disciples gen z… AU

luo binghe and the Super Saiyan poodle look au

SVSSS x Journey To the West AU

endeavor x ukitake

toshiro hitsugaya (bleach) x endeavor (BNHA) au

when SY transmigrates into SQQ; shen jiu transmigrates into airplane’s body and airplane transmigrates into shen yuan’s old body AU

squalo superbi was reborn as katsuki bakugou au

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WN Women Tourney - Images & Propaganda

[Last Updated: June 6th, 2024]

The submissions post has been updated with all the current propaganda/submissions. I'll try and add propaganda to some of the characters, but here's a list of the current characters without any propaganda whatsoever:

No Propaganda List

Lang Qiao from Mo Du / Silent Reading 

Lee Sookyung from ORV

Lin Jingshu from Can Ci Pin

Nangong Jingnu from JWQS

Nangong Shunu from JWQS

Su Xiyan from SVSSS

If you'd like to submit propaganda (for characters without propaganda or characters with), feel free to send an ask at any point during the tournament. The following are characters that I couldn't find an image of but will be represented with an image of the cover of their novel unless someone sends in an image:

No Image of Character / Image of Novel

Fu Wanqing from The Beauty’s Blade (Eliminated)

Li Yanru from JWQS (Eliminated)

Manman from Itinerant Doctor* (Eliminated)

Mansha from FGEP

Nagsi Jiya from JWQS (Eliminated)

Qiyan Nomin from JWQS (Eliminated)

Qu Qing Ju from To Be a Virtuous Wife (Eliminated)

Ryu Seol from Best Teacher Baek* (Eliminated)

Su Qingluan from Lord Seventh (Eliminated)

Wei Chengxiang from Tai Sui* (Eliminated)

Youqin from FGEP

Zhao Qindan from Tai Sui* (Eliminated)

*Suspected to have no canon image

Full Character List

A-Qing from MDZS

Baili Qingmiao from Devil Venerable Also Wants to Know

Bai Rong from Thousand Autumns

*Carynne Heier from Resetting Lady (Dealer’s Choice)

Christelle de Sarnez from When the Third Wheel Strikes Back

Chu Yue from QQGK

Consort Jing from Langya Bang / Langya List / Nirvana in Fire

Feng Xiaoshu/Princess Jing’an from Lord Seventh

Frédérique Riester from When the Third Wheel Strikes Back

Fu Wanqing from The Beauty’s Blade

Grand Princess Liyang from Nirvana in Fire

Gu Xiang from TYK

Hannah from LCF/TCF

Han Sooyoung from ORV

Hua Xiangyi from QJJ

*Isella Evans from Resetting Lady (Dealer’s Choice)

*Iseol Yu from Return of the Blossoming Blade (Dealer’s Choice)

*Jang Hayoung from ORV (Dealer’s Choice)

Jiang Yanli from MDZS

Jian Lan from TGCF

*Jung Heewon from ORV (Dealer’s Choice)

*Kim Seyun from My School Life Pretending to be a Worthless Person (Dealer’s Choice)

Lang Qiao from Mo Du 

Lee Jihye from ORV

*Lee Sookyung from ORV (Dealer’s Choice)

Ling Wen from TGCF

Lin Jingshu from Can Ci Pin

Lin Wanyue from FGEP

Liu Mingyan from SVSSS

Liu Qianqiao from TYK

Li Xian from FGEP

Li Yanru from JWQS 

Luo Qingyang / Mianmian from MDZS

Manman from Itinerant Doctor

Mansha from FGEP

Mary from LCF/TCF

Mu Nihuang from Nirvana in Fire

Murong Mengze from Yuwu

Nagsi Jiya from JWQS

Nangong Jingnu from JWQS

Nangong Shunu from JWQS

Ning Yingying from SVSSS

*Olivia Lanze from DPA (Dealer’s Choice)

Qiu Congxue from DVAWTK

Qiyan Agula from JWQS

Qiyan Nomin/A-Die from JWQS

Qi Zhuyin from QJJ

Qu Qing Ju from To Be a Virtuous Wife

Ryu Seol from Best Teacher Baek

Sha Hualing from SVSSS

Shu Yanyan from DVAWTK

Song Qiutong from 2ha

Son Moa from I Stole the Number One Ranker’s Soul

Su Qingluan from Lord Seventh

Su Xiyan from SVSSS

*Uriel from ORV (Dealer’s Choice)

Wei Chengxiang from Tai Sui

Wen Qing from MDZS

Ye Wangxi from 2ha

Yoo Sangah from ORV

Youqin from FGEP

Yushi Huang from TGCF

Zhao Qindan from Tai Sui

Zhou Fei from Bandits/Legend of Fei 

[medic-matchups]

MEDIC-MATCHUPS BRACKETS

Time for a showdown to decide the ultimate medic!

OUR MATCHUPS:

(Round 1 brackets were randomised)

ROUND 1 : PART A

13/4 UTC +0

Medic (Team Fortress 2) vs. Josuke Higashikata (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)

Winner: Medic (Team Fortress 2)

Henrietta "Hen" Wilson (9-1-1) vs. Watson (Sherlock Holmes Franchise)

Winner: Watson (Sherlock Holmes Franchise)

Julian Bashir (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) vs.

Artemy Burakh (Pathologic) vs. Gregory House (House)

Winner: Gregory House (House)

Martha Jones (Doctor Who) vs. Tia Safalin (Your Turn to Die)

Winner: Martha Jones (Doctor Who)

Trafalgar Water Law (One Piece) vs. Wen Qing (The Untamed)

Winner: Trafalgar Water Law (One Piece)

Katara (Avatar: The Last Air Bender) vs. Ralsei (Deltarune) vs. Beverly Crusher (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

Winner: Katara (Avatar: The Last Air Bender)

Dana Scully (The X-Files) vs. Leonard "Bones" McCoy (Star Trek: The Original Series)

Winner: Leonard "Bones" McCoy (Star Trek: The Original Series)

Daniil Dankovsky (Pathologic) vs. Ratchet (Transformers)

Winner: Ratchet (Transformers)

ROUND 1 : PART B

14/4 UTC +0

Tony Tony Chopper (One Piece) vs. Linhardt von Hevring (Fire Emblem)

Winner: Tony Tony Chopper (One Piece)

Kix (Star wars) vs. Yosano Akiko (Bungo Stray Dogs)

Winner: Yosano Akiko (Bungo Stray Dogs)

Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce (M*A*S*H) vs. Julian Devorak (The Arcana) vs. Sakura Haruno (Naruto)

Winner: Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce (M*A*S*H)

Will Solace (Riordanverse) vs. Tommy Vega (9-1-1)

Winner: Will Solace (Riordanverse)

Nurse Joy (Pokémon) vs. Anders (Dragon Age)

Winner: Nurse Joy (Pokémon)

Frank 'Doc' DuFresne (Red vs. Blue) vs.

Winry Rockbell (Full Metal Alchemist) vs. Kureha (One Piece)

Winner: Winry Rockbell (Full Metal Alchemist)

Howard "Chimney" Han (9-1-1) vs. Leorio Paladiknight (Hunter x Hunter)

Winner: Leorio Paladiknight (Hunter x Hunter)

Angela "Mercy" Ziegler (Overwatch) vs. The Doctor/Emergency Medical Hologram (Star Trek: Voyager)

Winner: The Doctor/Emergency Medical Hologram (Star Trek: Voyager)

ROUND 2

16/4 UTC +0

Medic (Team Fortress 2) vs. Watson (Sherlock Holmes Franchise)

Winner: Medic (Team Fortress 2)

Gregory House (House) vs. Martha Jones (Doctor Who)

Winner: Martha Jones (Doctor Who)

Trafalgar Water Law (One Piece) vs. Katara (Avatar: The Last Air Bender)

Winner: Trafalgar Water Law (One Piece)

Leonard "Bones" McCoy (Star Trek: The Original Series) vs. Ratchet (Transformers)

Winner: Ratchet (Transformers)

Tony Tony Chopper (One Piece) vs. Yosano Akiko (Bungo Stray Dogs)

Winner: Tony Tony Chopper (One Piece)

Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce (M*A*S*H) vs. Will Solace (Riordanverse)

Winner: Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce (M*A*S*H)

Nurse Joy (Pokémon) vs. Winry Rockbell (Full Metal Alchemist)

Winner: Nurse Joy (Pokémon)

Leorio Paladiknight (Hunter x Hunter) vs. The Doctor/Emergency Medical Hologram (Star Trek: Voyager)

Winner: The Doctor/Emergency Medical Hologram (Star Trek: Voyager)

ROUND 3

18/4 UTC +0

Medic (Team Fortress 2) vs. Martha Jones (Doctor Who)

Winner: Medic (Team Fortress 2)

Trafalgar Water Law (One Piece) vs. Ratchet (Transformers)

Winner: Ratchet (Transformers)

Tony Tony Chopper (One Piece) vs. Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce (M*A*S*H)

Winner: Tony Tony Chopper (One Piece)

Nurse Joy (Pokémon) vs. The Doctor/Emergency Medical Hologram (Star Trek: Voyager)

Winner: Nurse Joy (Pokémon)

ROUND 4 : SEMI-FINALS

19/4 - 26/4

Medic (Team Fortress 2) vs. Ratchet (Transformers)

Winner: Medic (Team Fortress 2)

Tony Tony Chopper (One Piece) vs. Nurse Joy (Pokémon)

Winner: Tony Tony Chopper (One Piece)

ROUND 5 : FINALS

26/4-3/5

Tony Tony Chopper (One Piece) vs. Medic (Team Fortress 2)

WINNER: MEDIC (TEAM FORTRESS 2)

[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���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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Falling Into Your Smile (你微笑时很美) 

Finally back to writing reviews. I’ve watched many shows since the last time I wrote a review but I was just too lazy to take notes on the episodes and how I felt. I re-watched this show a whole month ago but didn’t get to write the review because I fell into a slump. I’m back though. This show is super popular because it has Xu Kai as the male lead, and honestly, I enjoyed this show a lot the first time I watched it. However, after rewatching the show I can say I still enjoyed the show, yet, I wouldn’t say it was super crazy good like how I felt watching Amidst a Snowstorm of Love and Love Me, Love My Voice, etc. The characters were fun to watch, the plot was all about e-sports (which I actually really enjoyed), but I felt like it was missing something to make the show better. 

My Rating: 7.5/10

Episodes: 31

Country: China

Genre: Romance with E-Sports

Aired: June 23rd, 2021- July 15th, 2021

Cast:

Xu Kai as Lu Si Cheng

Cheng Xiao as Tong Yao

Zhai Xiao Wen as Jiang Yang

Yao Chi as Lu Yue

Rachel Wang as Chen Jin Yang

Zhou Yi Ran as Ai Jia 

Sun Kai as Xiao Peng

Gao Han as Lao K

Xiao Kai Zhong as Lao Mao

Merxat as Yu Ming

Cui Shao Yang as Xiao Rui

Wang Yi Jun as Lee Kun Hyeok 

Synopsis:

All-male ZGDX e-sports team loses a player due to a hand injury. They need to choose a replacement for the team. 

Tong Yao is a popular female gamer who is known for her skill but also recklessness. She got into gaming through her ex-boyfriend who ended up abandoning her for the OPL world. The manager of ZGDX, Xiao Rui, messages Tong Yao an invite into recruiting her for the team. At first she is not welcomed by the team, especially Lu Si Cheng. However, as they continue to interact and live at the base, she forms a closer bond with the team and an even closer bond with Lu Si Cheng, the captain of ZGDX. 

This drama was adapted from the web novel “You’re Beautiful When You Smile” (你微笑时很美) by Qing Mei (青浼). 

Beware of Spoilers Moving Forward!!!!!!!!!

What Episode did the Main Couple Start Dating?

OMg. They literally take a whole third of the show just to establish the fact they are dating. They are officially together in Episode 21.

I don’t mind slow burns, and in this case it was fine because there is a lot of plot in this show in terms of gaming and the e-sports world. There is also just a lot of hesitation between the two, as her ex-boyfriend, Jiang Yang, was also an e-sports professional gamer and they lost contact because of it, and therefore, she originally didn’t want to have a relationship with anyone in the same field. She also hesitates as the fandom is highkey crazy and a lot of people were convinced they were already dating before, and were already shit-talking Tong Yao for “seducing” Si Cheng. 

Si Cheng asks Tong Yao very casually in episode 20 if she wants to try, and she asks “try what?” and he says, me. LOLOLOLOL I almost died here. In episode 21, she thinks he was joking, and was very indecisive on what to do but she almost confessed in a previous episode so I don’t know what she was hesitating for. She then accepts him later in this episode. 

Misunderstandings?

They have a misunderstanding in Episode 17 after Tong Yao gets into a fight at an event with another lady who was in charge of that event. She pushes the lady and that lady makes a whole video accusing Tong Yao of physically hurting her and it goes viral. Tong Yao gets banned for one game. During this time, Si Cheng isn’t talking to her and Tong Yao is butt- hurt about it. He explains later on in Episode 18. 

There’s also another time in Episode 26 where Si Cheng is acting cold and distant with Tong Yao after the harmful package incident with Tong Yao. He ignores her and acts cold with her for days. In Episode 27, Tong Yao asks Si Cheng if they’re breaking up because he’s been cold, however, he consoles her and tells her he’s just angry at himself that he can’t protect her. 

Love Triangles?

LOOOOOOOOOL This show is essentially a harem. Every captain from almost every team loves Tong Yao akjsndkfjsdfs. It was kinda funny. But jokes aside. There really isn’t a love triangle at all. 

Jiang Yang tries to get Tong Yao back, however, she was very set in stone that she wouldn’t take him back. She explains to Jiang Yang that the reason she doesn’t want to get back with him is because he never treated her as someone who could walk alongside him. 

Another funny character who was obsessed with Tong Yao was Kun from FNC, he was soooo funny. I laughed the whole time his character appeared on screen. He just felt like comedic relief tbh. 

Second Leads Romance

OMGGGG. Ai Jia and Jin Yang were so fun to watch honestly. Zhou Yi Ran. my love. My obsession. My fav c-drama actor. Akjsndfkjsnkdfs. Zhou Yi Ran playing Ai Jia was a delight to watch. The first time I watched him was in When I Fly Towards you and his character is so different in Falling Into Your Smile. Their romance was different, but honestly, very true. Jin Yang had no interest in the world of e-sports but she supported Ai Jia throughout it. She ended up buying his team too LOL. and she helped him reconnect with his mom again after she kicked him out for wanting to be a professional e-sports gamer. 

Falling Into Your Smile Ending

Falling Into Your Smile has a happy ending where they win at the finals thanks to Tong Yao. Then, we watch Ai Jia and Jin Yang get married and Tong Yao catches the bouquet. It was a typical sweet ending. 

Falling Into Your Smile Review- A Fun Romance between Gamers

I gave this show a 7.5/10. I enjoyed it thoroughly as it was a fun show to watch with e-sports, friendship, romance, conflicts, etc. If I’m being completely honest the reason why I can’t rate the show any higher is because I just felt the show was mediocre at best. I don’t know how to explain it. I was happy when the main leads got together, and honestly, some of the conflicts were fun to watch and I understood how they dealt with it. However, it was just a fun watch. I can't say that I was obsessed and eager to finish the show. I think the reason I couldn’t enjoy this show to the fullest was because Cheng Xiao’s acting in this show was mediocre at best. She kind of always had a poker face throughout the show aksjbfksds.

The e-sports plot was fun to watch and I did really enjoy that part of the show as this was my first time seeing a plot like this. The fandom being crazy for the guys were super real, the chronic injuries that professional e-sports gamers face was shown, the stigma of being a professional gamer was also explored. I really appreciated and enjoyed these arcs in the story. 

Falling Into Your Smile is a fun watch where you see pro-gamers explore the world of romance, team bonding, dealing with societal stigmas on gaming, etc. I did enjoy the show and it was a cute, fun watch and I didn’t regret the time I took to watch it.