#Heavens coin

[nyasialiveshere]

Fav dramas review : Heaven's Coin

Idk how to explain the ways I love old japanese dramas, but it's truly something occasionally and randomly I want to talk about. Hardly anyone has reviewed, recapped or discussed some of my favorite stuff in the media, but... I just feel that if only one person who never heard about it or hasn' t watched it in years can learn about a beautiful piece of work. Isn't that what art is all about. Countless times I've picked up albums that never charted or flew under the radar, but somehow it was either the best thing I'd listened to in years or spoke to me so deeply and directly, I was like I'm so glad nobody ever picked up this thing. I'm so glad it collected dust for years in a bookstore or comic shop cause if not then I'd probably never find it.

Especially in the internet age where due to how for profit everything has become it's no longer easy to find out about things that are no longer for sale or that have been locked in a vault so to speak. Jdrama's was a booming industry. Japan had dominated asian cinema for a long time since the 1950s possibly even before. They are master storytellers and love tucking in messages of morals all throughout the story even if the story is presented in an amoral way.

They make it clear that even though the villain isn't ever going to be truly punished and the hero might suffer more than they ever will. Right and wrong is so obvious even a child could understand it.

p.s this review is very bias

Main characters Takumi, Aya and Shuichi (with his annoying self)

That is where Heaven's Coin come in. Loosely based off of a German fairy tale of a girl who gives away all of her coins to everyone until she is left with nothing but later given the stars in return.

First off this is taking place in the 90s the pinnacle of Dramas putting disabled characters in the forefront of television. To americans this is no big deal because we see in comparasion a lot of diversity in television. But in Japan and Asia due to discrimination it is considered taboo and a lot of time disabled characters were often not shown or ignored.

The main character Aya is amazing and is the strength of the entire show. She is shown as smart, crafty and able to think her way around situations where people underestimate her. She was extremely well written and not made into a stereotype at all. Women in this show surprisingly are not cliche like you would assume coming from a conservative country like Japan. They all have a distinct personality and go toe to toe with the male character. Not like you would see in modern shows where women are kind of masculinized in order to seem tougher than men, nor like when women catch temper tantrums to get what they want. In fact the female characters seem more level headed and it's the male characters that are more irrational and emotional. Usually acting in their own selfish interest leaving the women to pick up the pieces and figure out how to go on. Aya was abandoned as a child and had to learn how to survive through being very perceptive to emotions, facial expressions and reading lips. She doesn't let people get in her way, but has a soft heart and puts other people before her self in pretty much every situation.

I fell in love with the character after realizing she was always sacrificing herself for others even in situations where she didn't know what was going on. I don't wanna say the character was made with a feminist lens in mind, but I do think the use of female characters in the show is multifaceted. The males have more power, but the women have more strength if that makes sense.

Shuichi is nice overall, but to me he taught me that kindness and weakness is the worst combo one can have. To me his inability to make a decision always ended up hurting those who he loved most. He was selfish and with his desire to always be the good guy and seem impartial he caused destruction everywhere he went. He never stuck to anything he said and was always going back and forth trying to have it all. I believe that concerning the love triangle he was only there to keep confusing Aya. What I mean is he only went to the small country village Aya lived to mess with his father, a big city doctor, who wanted his son to take his place. Then later on when back in the city he becomes engaged to a rich heiress breaking Aya's heart.

I understand he lost his memory and everything, but the reality is he should of taken the woman he loved with him. Getting confused and falling in love with someone else is a curveball. But he should of been a man and confessed his plans to his family instead of keeping it all hidden. That right there shows that he was ashamed. Aya sadly due to believing she would never find anyone who loved her passionately fell for Shuichi because she believed he was the first and only person who would ever love and care for her, so she should take what she can get. Even after everything was settled Shuichi still couldn't be a man and do what he needed to do for Aya. But in the end Aya was abandoned as a child so she was used to being ignored and avoided. So Shuichi's lame I'll love you from afar style worked for her because it was what she was used to. Anyway personally he gets on my nerves a bit and should have left Aya alone after he got his memory back.

Last but not least, Takumi. Portrayed as the loyal son to Shuichi's prodigal son......or vice versa. He is the one who stayed in the family and did as his parents desired. He is all the more screwed up for it to. Not only is he a playboy with mother wounds, he also has dad issues. He's shown as a screwed up hopeless individual. He's emotionally volatile and takes his anger out on anyone in his way. He is also shown as the one who tries to get in the way of Aya and Shuichi's true love. He falls in instalove with Aya and immediately becomes semi obsessed with her and stops his playboy antics and even becomes more mature and sensitive for her. Believing she is an innocent woman and can redeem him. He obviously thinks she will never have any opportunities with other men, so she is stuck with him so to speak. It seems he likes that idea very much. But when he finds out his brother is her true object of affection he snaps and turns violent on both Aya and his brother. Now saying all that it might seem like the show would end there and he'd be gotten rid of like any villain but no. Despite his outburst and violence he is almost shown to be the true hero of the show. Falling deeper and deeper in love with Aya the more he becomes aware of her affection for his brother. It may be related to his insecurity about his father loving his brother more than he loved him and wanting to beat his brother. Or remembering that he never got the sweet affection from his mother as a child and wants it from Aya. It's hard to say

The show is emotionally complex and even though I hate medical drama's typically; I couldn't help but love this show. It was interesting, emotional and had a very human vibe to it.

Aya and Takumi were the most interesting because usually it's the woman in a movie or show that wants to change herself for a guy but here it's reversed. It's Takumi who behaves more like a girl with a crush concerning Aya and works hard to both communicate with her but also win her love. It's problematic, but I can see where the writers were coming from. It's supposed to be off putting and conflicting. Shuichi was quiet and reserved and Takumi was brash and loud, but in the end Shuichi ended up hurting more people with his inaction than Takumi did with his hands.

It's from an era where writers took a bit more chances with daring storytelling...7/10 it's a short show but it's so interesting and has rewatch potential. The actors played the heck out of the characters to the point where it really felt natural.

Also yes it is on available in different places on the int. There is a third season that I have never found, it looks very tropical lmao but I doubt it takes place on the beach they just did it to look cool I think. No idea where this one is but can they please film more drama's like this it looks so Blue Lagoon (I watched it on tv when I was 15 in 2015ish idk on cable and the film style is like better than they do today there's a lifetime remake but its not very good) but anyway it looks great but impossible to find.

[justaz]

merlin: this is a bad idea. like one of your worst ones yet. i'm telling you, we should just do what i say. this is gonna be a disaster.

arthur: oh come on merlin, don't be so dramatic.

*the bad thing that merlin said would happen happens. they fix it. it's fine*

merlin, smug: so-

arthur, tired: don't start.

merlin, even more smug: don't start what? all i'm saying is that i'm glad everything worked out alright. though if you had listened to me earlier the entire thing could've been avoided.

arthur, staring a hole into merlin's head:

merlin, staring right back: ...i told you so.

arthur: i got that. thank you.

*merlin hums and wanders off. arthur watches him. slowly a smile spreads across his face*

arthur, murmuring to himself: he is the most insufferable man i've ever met.

*arthur giving order after order to merlin. cuts himself off and informs merlin that visitors are arriving tomorrow so he should get started on preparations. merlin is annoyed and tries to argue back*

arthur: just do as i say. i'm your king after all.

merlin: a prat is what you are.

arthur, already walking away: that's treason!

*merlin stares as arthur walks off and runs into some of his knights down the hall. they chat for a moment and arthur says something that makes them laugh. he turns to look over his shoulder at merlin with a grin and a wave before turning back to the conversation*

merlin, fighting his own grin: he's the most infuriating man i've ever met.

[webby-mogai]

doomed by the narrative pride flag

a flag for when you're doomed by the narrative, whether you're an introject or kin of a character doomed by the narrative, or just identify as being doomed by the narrative. not a gender.

[flag id: a rectangular pride flag with 11 equal horizontal stripes. the first 5 stripes are a dark to light purple gradient, the 6th is off white, and the last 5 are a light to dark green gradient. in the center is a purple symbol of an open book with a dark purple border. /end id]

[intusui]

Intusui

Intusui is a term for when ones internal self and outer self do not align.

This can be used for plurals/systems, otherkin/therians, alterhumans, atypical dysphoria, and more!

more info & an FAQ | PSD template | symbol (links)

etymology: intus - within/inwards in latin + sui - self in latin

similar terms: dissomei , desirdae , indelse (links)

Tag List: @radiomogai , @idcode , @rammgender , @archive-of-form , @losermutts , @emailmeurheart

[kiruliom]

coiners dont gatekeep!! heres some flagmaking help

before we begin:

anyone can add on, in fact Id be honored. please let me know if you mind me adding it to the OP or not though

this is strictly for coining the term you want.

make sure the thing you wanna coin isnt already made, alternative flags are alright but some arent comfy with that so make sure to check that if possible as well.

also check out this document as well (link), it's updated recently, this stuff has some of the same stuff but I did my best to add lesser known stuff! :0

making flags (free):

firealpaca

ibispaint X (mobile, also has cool stuff on the fx section)

canva (web)

pixlr x (web) (how to bypass daily limit)

gimp

flag.rachel.systems (web)

tennessine.co.uk (web)

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help making flags:

for wavy flags

symbols 1

symbols 2

symbols 3

nongender symbols

full list of unicode characters

for print-friendly colors (needs a sign up)

print friendly colors 2 (also can help with color names)

random color generator 1

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palette from a photo (may need a sign up)

palette from a photo 2

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[kisstxt]

✦｡︵― MEVIRASIC : a gender that feels as if it had been corrupted, making it hard to understand or explain because of the fact that the original gender it's so glitchy and corrupted it is constantly changing in not decipherable ways.

[calloutgender]

Pooner (reclaimed) pride flag

A term often used to describe trans men who are subjectively viewed as not passing or are thought to not put effort into passing

[smilepilled]

Image descriptions can be found in the ALT text. The creator of this term apologizes profusely for no Rentry websites available; they were not able to gather energy to do it. The IDs were courtedy of our dear friend @rwuffles.

VoidLady 【🖤】 a term under the —Lady gender system (LINK) that is connected to Void and ladies/being a lady. This may be interpreted as being a lady of Void, a lady made of Void, a Void entity who is a lady, being the lady of Void (and its many entities) and whatever else deemed fit by the user of this label. Optionally, the "Void" aspect may be interpreted as being the Void essence from the game "Hollow Knight", but that is also up to the user.

This "Void" in question has to do with the Void from Hollow Knight (LINK). The creator of this term encourages people to make their own void terms disconnected from such.

VENUS/FEMALE SYMBOL CREDITS HERE (LINK) !!!

Note: This term was heavily inspired by @gengernoway's "Child of Void" term (LINK), and I would appreciate if they were credited alongside me under any circumstances where it is needed — PLEASE DO NOT REPOST MY TERMS regardless of credit, because it greatly pushes me away from making things. Anyone may use my terms, but I will block as I deem fit — please be mindful of that. Have a lovely day, && please shower the roach-a-tron with praise for such a lovely term!!! ^,.,^

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[mogayis-socool]

🍀 Clingy tboy

― a flag for tboys who are clingy/connected to clingy-ness, or a clingy-themed tboy flag.

Inspired by @floretspell's clingy tgirl flag.

[deidad-de-garras-y-colmillos]

Nonhuvalper

a term for those who feel like they can't be perceived as anything but nonhuman; or need to be perceived as nonhuman to feel valid.

xvalper term system by @puriette

[aceass1n]

So we know that killing Shi Wudu doesn't dissipate He Xuan, and there's lots of speculation about what's keeping him around (Shi Qingxuan, his debt, a mystery third thing)

But what if it's just grief?

Grief over his family's deaths, unnecessary and contrived and unstoppable by mortal means. Grief over his own stolen fate. Grief over his own lost humanity, over the thing he's become in pursuit of vengeance and closure. Maybe even grief over what he could've had with Shi Qingxuan, if things were a little different, a little kinder.

When he was alive, I'm guessing he didn't really have time to really mourn. He was too busy trying to survive, trying to fight an uphill battle against his newly-ordained and shitty as hell fate. That doesn't mean the pain wasn't there—only that it was probably compartmentalized, pushed aside, ignored. And though the whole quest for vengeance is—to him as least—some extreme act of filial piety, it is still an attempt to honour the dead and put his own ghosts to rest. But I wonder if part of that was instinct carried over from his life—to keep moving, keep going, find another scheme or plan or duty to latch onto to stay afloat without having to really sit with what happened to him and his family.

But now it's all over, and there's nothing left to distract him, and don't we all know that grief never truly fades?

Not to mention grief is often described as feeling like you're drowning...

Maybe this has already been said, and I don't really have anything super articulate to say about this lmao, but feel free to add on in the comments or lemme know what y'all think!

[haunted-thing]

flag id: two flags side by side both have six stripes and all horizontal. the left flags colors start: dull dark purple, dull pink, dull coral, dull light pink, dull blue, dark purple. the right flags colors are dark purple, dull blue, light dull green, light blue, dull purple, dark purple.

[PT: Sophian (heart) jamian

both of these terms are purposefully vague so you can mess with them however you'd like! /End PT]

Sophian ♡ jamian

sophian describes having both queer and straight/hetero attraction to women.

jamian: having both queer and straight/hetero attraction to men.

both of these terms are purposefully vague so you can mess with them however you’d like!

[webby-mogai]

not objectum but believe in their beliefs flag

[pt: not objectum but believe in their beliefs flag /end pt]

Self explanatory. Flag for when you're not objectum but believe in their beliefs. This can be for any reason but examples include being attracted to ai/computer characters, object characters, or just supporting objectums. This can also include being one type of objectum but not another.

I literally made this because, while objectum, I'm not objectum for computers but I am dating an AM fictive.

[flag 1 id: the objectum flag but the circle is slightly off center and there is a large white 7 with a red outline making a saluting emoticon. /end id]

[flag 2 id: the objectum flag but instead of a circle in the center there is a heavily stylized white anthro cat with a red outline saluting with an XP face /end id]

[flag 3 id: same as first /end id]

[puriette-archived]

𓂃 SILLYBOYTHING ﹐

/)/) sillyboything flags 𓈒

a gender related to being a silly boy thing ; being a silly thing that is also a boy ; a boy thing related to silliness in any way ; etc . . .

♰ coined by sealie

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taglist ;; @scytheral @medusanne @hoardicboy @darlingchapel @hauntingidol @delusielle @candyic @imawanokiwaaa @ladyth @accessmogai @conductrel

[lxkeee]

KEEPING UP WITH THE SEVEN HEAVENLY VIRTUES

—a two sides of the same coin side story [socmed]

—part 1.2

A side story featuring the seven heavenly virtues group chat.

MAIN STORY CH. 1 | SIDE STORY CH. 1.1

[kisstxt]

✦｡︵― ANGELOVIOUS : a gender related / connected to being an angel who takes care of others and protects them under their wings.