#Lin Wei Xu

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Cdrama: My Merman Brother (2023)

my shark brother

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Cgq4eTEvAcs

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Posters for the IQiyi conference for stuff I want to watch… I need to figure out how to do video because the videos were SO MUCH BETTER!

Anyway. Enjoy!

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more extras :)

[binging-asian-dramas]

Fall In Love. 9/10

Story: 10

Acting: 10

Chemistry: 10

Comparable to: Maids Revenge (cdrama) ; Cruel Romance (cdrama)

One of my favorite historical cdrama’s. It takes place in the 1920s (republican era) which is an unique era of a cdrama you don’t see many of. The storyline is executed excellently with just enough mystery, action, melodrama, and romance. The chemistry between the two main leads are brilliantly casted and oofing are they oozing with smexyness together. It does take a few episodes for the momentum to get into, but it’s overall an outstanding drama where you won’t want to stop watching. Warning there also is sensitive subjects of attempted rape and suicide.

[somanykdramas]

FLOURISHED PEONY

GENRES: Historical, Drama, Romance

SUMMARY: You know what’s better than marriage? Trusting your skills, loving yourself for who you are, and friends that lift each other towards success.

THIS SHOW HAS EVERYTHING: Peonies (obvs), shitty husbands, loving parrots, scheming in-laws, good-hearted nobles, puppy gifts, angry horses, nourishing cosmetics, kites, slingshots, honey cakes, late-night bbqs, painful memories, and street shaming.

HOT TAKE: Before I started this show I was all 'The premise is flowers? Yeah, no thanks." After episode 4, however I am ALL IN and rooting the hell out of these awesome characters to punch their oppressors in the face, live their best lives, and teach society that women are powerhouses to be reckoned with.

WARNING: With every moment of justice served, successes won, and hurdles jumped, there are some really graphic and tragic moments of both verbal and physical abuse, close-call sexual assault, and general patriarchal misconduct. If these actions trigger you, please either have your finger on the FF button at all times or think about passing this one by.

Despite all of this, our powerful protagonist is a strong, capable lady of Chang'an and the man she befriends is such a massive green flag he might as well be posing as the CG backdrop for the entire show. I love them together, no matter what their relationship is on paper and I will root for them all the way to Season 2.

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10 movies I watched in Chinese class

This post is the unofficial sequel to 10 iconic Mandopop songs from Chinese class. No one asked for it, but I watched to chronicle what I could remember before more fades from my memory! I saw these movies in Chinese class in high school and college, and I had to do some sleuthing to find some names.

The synopses are from IMDb, revised by me. I put links to watch for free on YouTube when I was able to find one, but they might not work in your country.

1. 《和你在一起》 Together (2002) A violin prodigy and his father travel to Beijing, where the father seeks the means to his son's success while the son struggles to accept the path laid before him.

Watch on YouTube

2. 《谁的青春不迷茫》 Yesterday Once More (2016) Lin Tianjiao, the top student in her class, is struggling to cope under intense academic pressure. After she is nearly caught cheating on a test, she befriends Gao Xiang, a free-spirited slacker.

Watch on YouTube

3. 《活着》 To Live (1994) Based on the novel by Yu Hua, four generations of the once-wealthy Xu family experience the difficult changes of the Chinese Civil War, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution.

Watch on YouTube

4. 《喜宴》 The Wedding Banquet (1993) To satisfy his parents, Gao Wai-Tung, a gay man in a fulfilling relationship with his partner Simon, marries his female tenant Wei-Wei. Things get out of hand when his parents come to visit.

5. 《饮食男女》 Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) A widowed chef lives with his three grown daughters, who each experience ups and downs in their lives and romantic relationships as they leave the family home.

Watch on YouTube

6. 《哑孩儿》 Dumb Child* (2016) After graduating from college, Fang Yan takes a job as a teacher in a rural area of China. There she meets a young girl named Yaya who doesn't attend school due to her hearing impairment.

Watch on YouTube

*Dumb as in mute. It's not a great English name...

7. 《重返20岁》 20 Once Again/Miss Granny (2015) A 70-year old woman living unhappily with her son's family is magically transformed into her 20-year-old self. She befriends her grandson and decides to fulfill the dreams of her youth.

Watch on YouTube

8. 《北京爱情故事》 Beijing Love Story (2014) Different generations look at love, romance, and commitment, all from a uniquely Beijing perspective. All 5 couples and stories are intertwined a la Love Actually.

9. 《蓝风筝》 The Blue Kite (1993) The lives of a Beijing family throughout the 1950s and 1960s, as they experience the impact of the Hundred Flowers Campaign, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution.

Watch on YouTube

10. 《青春派》 Young Style (2013) Struggling with romantic woes after his plan to confess to his crush goes awry, Ju Ran fails the college entrance exam (gaokao) and is forced to repeat his last year of high school.

Watch on YouTube

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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!

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If LQG could change one thing about his life, what would be?

Also, what do the peak lords think of SQH dating?

And the other Peak Lords' reaction can be summarised with...

Liu Qingge: I've already answered once, but at least Mobei Jun isn't as present on the Peak as Luo Binghe... and he is definitely a lot less annoying.

Shen Qingqiu: ah, haha, well, as much as I enjoy poking fun at Qinghua I can say that their relationship has been accepted relatively easily... especially after all the other stuff between me and Binghe... (Still, Airplaine is an idiot for not noticing that Mobei had been courting him for decades...)

Mu Qingfang: In my case, I'm more relieved after knowing the nature of Shang-shidi's lover... the first few times I observed his bruises and bite marks I worried that he had ended up in an abusive relationship... Qi Qingqi: While I am not too thrilled about what Shang-shidi's lover is I have to agree with Liu-shixiong... (Not to mention how much fun my girls have writing about them *cough*)

Lin Qingshui: The moment I met Shang-shidi I knew what he would marry, after all the string of fate never lies kekekeke. Gao Qinggao: As a monk, I believe love should know no bounds or restrictions, we should not judge them. Amitabha.

Ruan Qingruan: I came to know about Shidi's relationship status after a night drinking with Qinghua (no one was available to try my new brew for only immortals) and he just spilt the beans about his "King" only after the big reveal I understood that he was speaking of an actual demon king...

Yu Qingtao: I also, connected the dots later... all my animals would stay away from Shang-shidi... he is most definitely scent-marked by Mobei Jiun hahaha.

Xu Qingli: I don't care, I believe romance is a waste of time.

Yue Qingyuan: I see Shang-shidi's marriage as a great opportunity between the realms, as cultivators we should always strive for peace. With Xi-Shen-shidi's marriage with Luo Binghe, we can create a long era of peace and prosperity for both realms.

.... Wei Qingwei: Wait, Shang Qinghua is married??

(This is set POST-CANON)

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Thoughts on Rise of Ning, Pt 1

Started the Rise of Ning drama (just finished one episode and these are just my preliminary opinions so far~~)

So! I want to categorize the changes they make from the novel:

Making Luo Shenyuan a nicer guy, somewhat: We are given hints in the first episode that he is working to clear his master’s name. The novel version of him is FAR more ruthless, rather than exonerating someone, he would rather trick the accuser into losing everything. In fact, he does do this!! When Xu Wei (his teacher in novel ver.) and Yang Ling (his fellow disciple in novel ver.) are framed and killed, he isn’t concerned about clearing their name, he instead manipulates the court, and Wang Yuan (the framer in question, a scheming minister, as always XD) to hold supreme power. He would assassinate the nation’s most important general in the middle of a crucial border war for personal revenge! Moral bottom line? He doesn’t have one!

Removing the age-gap and the growing up together aspect: In the novel, he is eight years older, an unfavored shu son and she is the little di sister that clings to him for a good while. While I agree it’s not healthy to portray this as the foundation of their romantic feelings, it was riveting, ugh. The way that their lives were always so entwined, and their codependency slowly evolved to outright romantic possessiveness of an insane nature, sigh, I will miss it. That said, Zhang Wanyi is  doing a perfect one-sided delivery of these vibes, so far in Ep 1. The soft and ruthless sides of the same person, the quiet care, the longing!!! A++++

Changes in the heroine: They seem to have drastically changed Luo Yining’s set up, which makes sense because they can’t put in the death/reincarnation part, so I wonder how her connection with Lu Jiaxue will play out here. Also they have somewhat changed her relationship with her grandma and Lin Hairu, because she is not raised with them, Again, I feel this is an unnecessary change. I love her bond with Lin Hairu in the novel, they better keep allll their interactions 🙁

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Full Version | Fall in love with a merman and flirt with him all the var...

Cdrama: My Merman Brother (2023)

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCmyX0AV1KI

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My Lady General (将军在下) | Cdrama | Whump List

Genre: Historical, Romance

Synopsis: In order to redress the injustice of the late Crown Prince, Wei Lin, the Chief Commander of Zhangluan Army, a rough and illiterate female general, marries Gu Mingzhu, the handsome sickly son of Gu Cheng Yuan. But Mingzhu turns out to be an imposter and is actually Jiang Juan, the new leader of Ling Pavilion, an assassin organization. He is in cahoots with General Wei's enemy, the 2nd Prince of Qingyue. Jiang plotted his admission into General Wei's mansion to steal her "Yan Yu" to detoxify the poison in him...

Length: 23 eps

Whump meter: ▲△△△△  Whumpy things: Punishment, protector/protectee

✨Another drama very dear to my heart. Not very whumpy but quite lovely and angsty anyway. Living for the role reversal and the absolutely unhinged king that's ML ✨

⚠️Trigger Content: None. ⚠️⚠️Some SPOILERS might be found, proceed with caution⚠️⚠️

Whumpee: Gu Mingzhu/Jiang Juan played by Xu Zhen Xuan

Ep 1 - [05:10] Threatened with hairpin to his neck.

Ep 2 - [01:50] Coughs blood, supported by friend, coughing | Knocked unconscious.

Ep 5 - [03:05] Threatened on the street, hiding behind guard, scratch on his face, saved by loved one | [04:15] Wound treated.

Ep 7 - [03:08] Made to kneel as punishment, verbally bullied, left to kneel in the rain, weak, struggling to stay upright, collapses into love one's arms, unconscious, heaving chest, (bridal) carried to safety | [06:20] Unconscious in bed | [07:45] Wakes up, weak, helped to sit.

Ep 9 - [03:18] Knife held to his neck, purposely "accidentally" cuts himself on the side of his hand with the blade.

Ep 12 - [00:40] Locked up in a cell, dragged away | [05:15] Cuts self on the arm, on the ground, concern for him, pretends to faint in lover's arms.

Ep 13 - [00:56] Winces when wound is touched | [04:14] Cut on the cheek

Ep 18 - [01:15] Sword held to his neck, apologizing, slashed by his lover (off screen), bleeding from the mouth | [03:25] Teary eyes, emotional, crying while laughing | [06:54] Crying, emotional

── ⋅ ⋅ ── ⋅ ⋅ ── ⋅ ⋅ ── ⋅ ⋅ ── ⋅ ⋅ ── ⋅ ⋅ ── ⋅ ⋅ ── ⋅ ⋅ ── ⋅ ⋅ ── ⋅ ⋅ ── ⋅ ⋅ ──

Debated including all of his pretend whump but ultimately decided against it. I only included the bits where he's actually hurt and clarified him pretending

Full credit to @storge for the amazing gifs found in this list. Go check them out!

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Listing Upcoming C-Drama's to watch :-

Fox Spirit Matchmaker : Love in Pavilion (Lead- Liu Shishi & Leon Zhang)

Fox Spirit Matchmaker : Red-Moon Pact (Lead- Yang Mi & Gong Jun) Released

Fox Spirit Matchmaker : Sword and Beloved (Lead- Li Yi Tong & Cheng Yi)

Legend of the Female General (Lead- Zhou Ye & Ryan Cheng)

The Princess Royal (Lead- Zhao Jin Mai & Zhang Ling He) Released

Love of the Divine Tree ( Lead- Deng Wei & Julia Xiang)

Guardians of the Dafeng (Lead- Dylan Wang & Tian Xi Wei) Released

Fangs of Fortune (Lead- Neo Hou & Chen Duling) Released

Love in the Desert (Lead- Fang Yulin & Hanikezi) Released

Snowy Night : Timeless Love (Lead- Joseph Zeng & Li Qin) Released

Reborn for Love (Lead- Jing Tian & Zhang Lingh He) Released

Shui Long Yin (Lead- Fang Yilun/Xiao Shunyao/Luo Yunxi)

Lady Revenger Returns from the Fire (Lead- Xu Lu & Wei Zheming)

A Dream Within A Dream (Lead- Li Yi Tong & Liu Yu Ning)

Thousand Fragrances (Lead- Song Wei Long & Ju Jing Yi)

Love Game in Eastern Fantasy (Lead- Esther Yu & Ding Yuxi) Released

Legend of Dark River (Lead- Gong Jun & Chang Hua Sen)

Dashing Youth (Lead- Neo Hou & Hu Lian Xin) Released

The Story of Pearl Girl (Lead- Liu Yuning & Zhao Lusi) Released

Lin Jiang Xian (Lead- Joseph Zeng & Bai Lu)

Fall in Love with a Fox (Lead- Wanyan Luo Rong & Xu Hao)

Echo of her Voice (Lead- Wei Zheming & Xu Jia Qi) Released

Snowfall (Lead- Gao Wei Guang & Nana Ouyang) Released

Go East (Lead- Tan Jian Ci & Zhou Yiran) Released

Moonlight Mystique (Lead- Bai Lu & Ao Rui Peng)

Ran Shuang Wei Zhou (Lead- Wang Yuwen & Tian Jiarui)

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WIP folder tag game

Rules: make a new post with the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Tag as many people as you have WIPs. People can send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, then post a little snippet/preview or tell them something about it!

Thanks for the tag @flamingwell. I know you suggested I just do a selection, but I have a list! Everyone will suffer the full list! (okay it's actually missing things like current exchange stuff and whatever I've been too lazy to add, but it's nearly the full list of WIPs)

weilanzun somno

deaged SW

arranged marriage yohe

cuddle the enemy

SW stalker

ZYL memory loss

I just had a dream

Mass Effect xover?

amnesia au

monster!ZYL... prequel?

android au

AC crossover

soulmate au writing

another soulmate thing

serum time travel

wish

android sci fi au

Shen Xi and Shen Wei

Parallel

this nice AU

amnesia

time travel fix it - ye zun

Dance, dance

so what happened in YOHE

sequel - he had a name

cohabitation

surviving

chronic pain

arranged marriage

blind?

tiny dragon

sequel? yohe

sequel seeing shadows

wants

Hell 

Shen Xi and Shen Wei

mirror!Ye Zun

Skyrim/elder scrolls fusion

quantum leap au

blue haired SW

weilanzun timetravel

but winter

Fringe AU

Somekind of eldritch AU?

AC fusion thing

undercover cop au

dragon au

So like, SW and HPS different people

DA fusion thing

da xover

Monsters in the jungle

yohe sex injury

fake dating

Untitled document

sw/zyl/hps

marriage proposal celbrity au

knitting

kidnapping

bear

dragons. for fucks sake. I cry

enemies to lovers

what do you mean by expected?

space farming

Shen Wei is not a disney princess

daemon au

another au

teaching cat

wolf cubs

hostile alien race?

chatfic

cyberpunk(ish) au

broken time

neigbours

shen wei/zhao yunlan/ye zun????

the world never touched me

assassin!au, I guess

dark fic?

 hps dream thing

haunted house sequel

guo changcheng

hive of two

ye zun?

Sequel - in the shadows

wind is cold

the future

ot3 kissing

possession ZYL-KL

grooming

AC reincarnation

same

SW and HPS different

imperial au

yet another soulmate au

FFVII xover

naruto xover

another ac crossover I guess

Zhu Hong time travel

voyager vorik/ye zun

voices

AI

tiny soulmate

YZ/DQ

somnophilia

Planet drop

Weilan Jurassic park

weilanzun monster au

vacation

help

SW wakes up as a woman

genderswapped!zyl

Weilan Jurassic park 

soulmate au

Sword!YZ

baby animals

sequel life's a little weird

other soulmate AU

more au

sequel k15 - it's complicated 

vampire

Gifts

Star Wars xover

monster

ZYL time travel 

memory

acquiring ZYL

lake dragon

tiniest dragon sequel

space pirate AU

he-man x-over

imperial harem au

mermaid love triangle in the forest

bb!SW modern

SW and HPS different 

ot3 arranged marriage AU

alone

in this thing together

weizun I suppose

let's go back to yesterday

tradition

voyager xover

marriage

Luo Qingeng/Han Chen

Jiang Yang/Mao Hou

Luo Fusheng/Jiang Yang

Yang Xiuxian/Xun Xu

Jiang Yang/Xun Xu

Jiang Yang/??????

sequel - unexpected turns

Luo Fusheng/Jiang Yang?

Jiang Yang/Han Chen the AU fusion version

Jiang Yang/?

a journey to love

gangster/stripper au somewhere after BY/LYN

porn au 0.5 or something

handcuffs sequel

Luo Fusheng/Jiang Yang Star Wars AU

Meng Shaohui/?

Mao Hou/Lin Dayu

Chen Yiming/Lin Dayu

Cheng Musheng/Jiang Yang

Luo Qingeng/Chen Yiming

Han Chen/Mao Hou

Jiang Yang/Han Chen (the worst idea)

Xun Xu/Luo Fusheng

Luo Fusheng/Chang Dong/Ye Liuxi

Ye Liuxi/Chang Dong/Hua Wuxie (?)

Chang Dong/Ye Liuxi/Jiang Zhan (also not derivative obviously)

Chang Dong/Gongzi Jing sequel

gangster/stripper au 44

porn au

sequel look at me?

sequel wake up

Yang Xiuxian/Xun Xu 

Han Chen/Clown

bank on me

Luo Fusheng/Jiang Yang 

Chen Yiming/Han Chen

Luo Qingeng/Jiang Yang/Luo Fusheng

Clown/Yang Xiuxian

Mao Hou/Lin Dayu

Jiang Yang/Han Chen/Luo Fusheng (android thing)

Han Chen/Mo Sanmei 

So, uh... I don't know that many people to tag. So if you're reading this consider yourself tagged. That probably doesn't cover 182 people, but what can you do?

[mistbornthief]

lin shaobai truly is one of the characters of all time

has two moms and is not afraid to tell literally everyone about it

gets drunk and cries about missing his best friend

helps his mom cheat at mahjong

recaps wuxia books to his "pigeon brothers"

tricks police investigating him into buying him his favorite breakfast

minus xu wei all the most important people in his life are women

is one of the most god damn loyal mofo's on the planet who loves his friends and family so god damn much

literally cannot stop stealing other people's food

"i remembered it just now but then you scared me by strangling me and i forgot, the blood couldn't circulate to my brain" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

gave an emotional funeral for his pigeon brother

every non-political argument with lu zhengyang added years to my life

"last time you tricked me, this time i cheated you"

looks great covered in blood

"my mom made chili sauce but now im not gonna give it to you"

TAKES THREE BULLETS ONE TO THE STOMACH AND TWO TO THE BACK BUT STILL LIVES MY MAN LIIIIIIIIVED

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War of Faith Notes Ep. 29 - 32

Ep 29 -> Wei Ruolai in the execution grounds.

Wei Ruolai: Are you targeting Mr. Shen again??

Lin Qiaosong: Why are you doing this? Wei Ruolai: Then at that time, why did you join the dare-to-die corps? Lin Qiaosong: To protect the country! Wei Ruolai: I'm the same!

Shen Tunan rushes to save Wei Ruolai.

There's gunshots (someone is saving WRL?).

Shen Tunan: Congyun, drive forward! Wei Ruolai is in danger!! Huang Congyun: No sir, only your safety matters to me!

Shen Tunan jumps out of the car to save Ruolai, HCY follows.

Shen Tunan (when he sees the dead bodies): Ruolai is not there...

Niu Chunmiao and Shen Jinzhen are the shooters, saving WRL.

Shen Tunan saw Jinzhen(?).

(So, Wei Ruolai has no idea that Shen Tunan begged Mr. Yu to save him and that Shen Tunan risked his life to go to the execution grounds to save him.... WRL thanks Shen Jinzhen and Niu Chunmiao for saving him and agrees to go to Jiangxi Soviet).

Shen Tunan did, indeed see Jinzhen and he knows for sure she's a communist. He looks so hurt that she lied to him QAQ. Jinzhen denies everything, of course.

Shen Tunan: Thank you for saving Wei Ruolai.

Shen Jinzhen arranges for WRL and Niu Chunmiao to evacuate, but they missed each other fuck.

Hongfang shop is exposed and Mr. Xu blows up the place...

Shen Tunan and Shen Jinzhen's confrontation. (these two actors are so good damn the emotions are supercharged).

Wei Ruolai is caught by the Axe Gang:

Mr. Qian: You're a communist. Wei Ruolai: Well, technically, not yet. (he's such an innocent cutie pie i can't--) Mr. Qian: But in the future? Wei Ruolai: Uhh maybe uhh

Wei Ruolai and Niu Chunmiao are helped by the axe gang to leave.

Shen Tunan drives Shen Jinzhen (to run away?)

Ep 30 -> Shen Tunan drops of Shen Jinzhen in a gas station (lin qiaosong and his men are watching from the bushes).

Shen Tunan and Shen Jinzhen say their goodbyes.

Wei Ruolai's bus pass by and through the window Ruolai can see Shen Tunan and Shen Jinzhen hugging. AND GUESS WHAT Wei Ruolai's reaction is: Shen Xiansheng?!

His eyes are always automatically find his Xiansheng ah... tsk tsk

Shen Tunan leaves, and Lin Qiaosong and co attacke Shen Jinzhen. Shootout.

Wei Ruolai realizes there are people going to attack Shen Jinzhen and gets off the bus.

Shen Tunan hears gunshots and returns to save his sister (he's so cool damn it), he crashes the car into the gas station (the car explodes).

Shen Jinzhen is crying for her brother, Wei Ruolai and Niu Chunmiao have to drag her away. Shen Tunan is okay(?) I hope please please

Shen Jinzhen and Wei RUolai are crying (they're afraid Shen Tunan is dead).

Wei Ruolai: Xiansheng is a noble person, the heavens will protect him. Shen Jinzhen: I hope so.

Shen Jinzhen is crying because her brother was trying to protect her.

Poor Huang Congyun (I forgot this bro existed lol). He's worried and he's the one who tells Cishu that Shen Tunan is in the hospital, and that Shen Jinzhen and Wei RUolai are communists.

Shen Tunan is in the emergency room.

Aww Huang Congyun this precious boi is cryingggg (ignore the fact that hcy can be a jerk to wrl sometimes--)

ALSO, i'm seriously kinda shipping Su Cishu with Shen Jinzhen. I feel like her relationship with Shen Tunan is more... platonic?

Like, when she found out Shen Tunan was in the hospital, Su Cishu kept asking, what about Shen Jinzhen? Shen Jinzhen ne?? Shen Jinzhen?? Like, instead of asking about her husband (she is worried about him, ofc ) she's asking about Jinzhen...

Shen Tunan is in the hospital, his chances of waking up are slim.

Lin Qiaosong (to STN): I thought you were the smartest person I knew... I thought you were the most loyal to the Kuomintang... But turns out your sis is a Communist and you didn't notice? Are you stupid or blind? Wenbiao: Stupid and blind. Lin Qiaosong: ...

WRL, SJZ, and NCM travel together to Jiangxi Soviet.

Shen Tunan finally wakes up, chats with Su Cishu.

Shen Tunan: That's why I have to work harder for the country. Su Cishu: Mr. Song make you step down from you position... He also published your obituary...

Shen Tunan is angry and his head hurts. He goes home (from the hospital) and reunites with his daughter.

Huang Congyun and Chief Deng visit Shen Tunan.

WRL and co arrive in Jiangxi (they got caught but after verifying their identities they are welcomed there).

Niu Chunmiao's guy that she likes is dead, she's sad.

P.S. The ending song has changed.

Ep. 31 -> Wei Ruolai and co are in Jiangxi, Wei Ruolai returns to his dad.

Wei Ruolai works as a small accountant in his village (not working for the Red Army's bank, no)

Wei Ruolai has flashbacks of his time with Shen Tunan (his brain is making tiktok edits of his beloved Xiansheng).

Life in Jiangxi: WRL is an accountant and teaches a girl (fang ling) to count; Shen Jinzhen works in the military (shooting guns etc); Niu Chunmiao's dad teaches her self defense(?).

Fang Ling died. WRL reflects on stuff and has a stronger resolve to join the Communists.

WRL joins the Red Army bank.

WRL: Someone... made me write a report (on your bank) once.

So... previously Shen Tunan wrote an essay on the encirclement of communists. The chairman read it, approves, and wants to send Shen Tunan to Jiangxi (to intercept the ore transfer or something). Actually Shen Tunan promised his wife he will stop doing politics and their family can move to England, but now...

Chairman: I'm helping Shen Tunan meet his darling sooner ah

Su Cishu is (obviously) angry because Shen Tunan is leaving.

Shen Tunan: In this life I'm destined to offer my life to the nation. Su Cishu: But you are my nation!

The song is different again?

Ep 32 -> Shen Tunan in the ferry spots his wife and daughter.

Su Cishu: You've pledged your life to the country. I've pledged my life to you. (seriously thats so romantic).

Su Cishu: Home is where you are.

Wei Ruolai gets the newspaper with Shen Tunan's obituary and shows it to Shen Jinzhen, the two of them cry and have flashbacks of Shen Tunan.

Shen Tunan and his family and Huang Congyun are in Jiangxi, Lin Qiaosong also goes there. Shen Tunan changes his name to Tu Nanshen.

Shen Tunan starts implementing stricter rules to catch communists and fight them through the economic field.

Shen Tunan: working hard to make counterfeit money and make the Soviet Bank lose credibility Wei Ruolai: Working hard to restore credibility and save the bank.

You know, every time I think this show can't get any gayer (and i think fuck this will be boring becuz they'll just talk about money and war and stuff i don't understand) a new gay line (Shenlai) pops out and I'm struck by how fucking gay and fucking sweet Shenlai is. It just hits me out of the blue.

Wei Ruolai tells Shen Jinzhen about the fake notes and he tells her this is an economic war, must be the Kuomintang who did it. AND THEN HE SAYS:

Wei Ruolai: If only Xiansheng was here. Shen Jinzhen: If he were here, you might have a headache. Wei Ruolai: I'd rather have him here and be troubled by him instead.

I'D RATHER HAVE HIM HERE AND BE TROUBLED BY HIM INSTEAD.

Okay Wei Ruolai, we all know you love him. Damn.

[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