#Lou Yao

[moonpeachh]

💕 | Yu Cheng En e Zhao Lusi (Lou Yao e Niaonaio)

[weepingfireflies]

Everyone, the second they watch the Bloodivores anime: Gay

[raine-kai]

Completely agreed. Also I think a lot about the lead-up to this, because Shaoshang is not at all shocked by the inappropriate invitation to a private conversation--just the way he threatens her with marriage if she doesn't show up 😂 I think she is more aware than she pretends that he is interested in her, but romantic love and attraction are at this point useless to her. She isn't attracted to A'Yao (more or less clear in the sex ed scene), certainly isn't in love, but she does love him dearly as a friend she is comfortable being herself around. Having grown up the way she has, what A'Yao is offering her is more than she ever expected to get out of a marriage proposal, so she is not about to sabotage that. She still doesn't have Zisheng's measure, so even if she knows that he is interested in her and they are mutually attracted to each other, those are not elements she can build a better future around.

And yet it is so apparent that she doesn't want to lose these small interactions—the way she tries to assure him that they will see each other again, by offering to play the flute here or assuring him she and A'Yao will visit him together that time he was speaking to her when she was in a carriage with Yuanyi (and he completely neglected to even greet Yuanyi lol).

I think at this point, a relationship with the person she is in love with is not something she even considers possible. So she knows she is attracted to him in a way she isn't to anybody else, knows she wants to keep having these interactions, but is trying her best to find scenarios in which it would be acceptable for them to interact. She definitely doesn't want to lose these moments they have, and it is so heartbreaking because meanwhile HE is saying this goodbye I think not so much because he actually thinks he'll die on the battlefield, but to (1) remind them both but especially himself that if she married him, she would be living in anxiety a lot, and (2) because even though he fully intends to help her and A'Yao going forward, he doesn't actually want to socialize with them once she's married to someone else. All he wants is to hear from Shaoshang herself what she wants to do with her life, so that he can make arrangements around her accordingly.

Plus, the way he shows he knows exactly why she and A'Yao want to move away even as he entreats her to wait for the emperor to assign them somewhere safe, which he will arrange.

And this must be so completely mind-boggling to Shaoshang, who of course has never received this kind of dedication or love, and cannot quite process it but she is still so drawn to him.

They are both so visibly in love and it's such a beautiful scene.

Ok, but the private conversation among the ginkgo trees is so revealing and significant. While she still has her issues with him, SS has grown to respect LBY. He's saved her life and supported her multiple times; yes, he is intimidating and intense and demanding and confusing, but I think she holds him in high regard because of what he's done and his character. At first she is reluctant to stay and talk to him, but once he reveals he is leaving (probably not even coming back alive) and that it will be the last time they will meet as more than strangers, her attitude changes so fast. She's clearly bothered by the idea. She eagerly tells him that she'll play the flute for him if he comes back alive. Idk about her brain, but this is the moment her heart realizes she cares about this person as more than an acquaintance, that she doesn't wanna lose this connection. There are no romantic feelings on her part yet, I believe, but there's definitely something.

[minsarasarahair]

LouZuo x BingQiu

Lou Zhu & Shen Yuan: Funny transmigrator with a fan who's trying to survive Zuo Yunqi & Luo Binghe: Gay son who don't have good relationship with their father

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Cdrama: Mysterious Lotus Casebook (2023)

你以为“差一点天下第一”就是好惹的？ | 莲花楼 Mysterious Lotus Casebook | 成毅 曾舜晞｜❤︎ 爱奇艺心动剧场 ❤#shorts

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jrDY5bVHpQs

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GUYS...

MY SPECIAL DELIVERY IS HERE 💌~

Lmaoo they knew I couldn't wait for these 🤭🤣

Ooh and they're so cutely packaged 🥰 (I see that cake hulijing 👀)

Okay but like I love these art so much?? Ugh it's so pretty 🥹 (also, running wittle llh is so adorable I shall frame him and look at him everday and give him wittle kisses and... ahem, sorry...)

OH MY GOD HULIJING I LOVE YOU 😭❤️

oh my God they're even cuter in person...

AHHHH THESE ARE SO PRECIOUS 🥹😭

OMG AND THE XIAOBAO CAMEO IM MELTING 😭💘

These are so beautiful, I love them all so much 🥲

A special thanks to @tiny-breadcrumbs for allowing us to pre-order these precious babies. Her art is so lovely! 🥰🥰 (did I mention her art is so lovely??)

I'm definitely going to be posting more pics of where I put these later hehe 🤭

that's all.. bye bye~

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TENDER LIGHT 微暗之火 (2024)dir. yao xiao feng

[saturnaous]

do you wanna send me art rqs I promise I can actually draw sometimes

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[atamascolily]

Thunderbolt Fantasy + text posts, part 8.

[lostinmac]

Suzhou River (2000)

Dir. Lou Ye

[alkanedaunted]

I don't know why but for some reason global/international version of iqiyi cut out the last 50-ish seconds of episode 24. But hey, here's the clip

[minsarasarahair]

Whenever people are allergic to see a mild/morally good version of the original complex morally questionable character from Danmei, I'm like "If its too vanilla or not too evil for you, blame the adaption? Not people who like it?"

They are fine with The Untamed's Wei Wuxian erasing his flaws from the novel? But when it comes to Jiang Cheng, Wen Kexing and Zhou Zishu. They are not even downright evil. Just morally questionable. No, I'm not excusing their actions especially Qi Ye's Zhou Zishu. I just find it weird why they refused to acknowledge the character's soft side that actually existed in original material? I'm too jaded to expect perfect faithful cdrama adaption so I'm good as long as they get what I care about the character. To Jiang Cheng, his connection with Wei Wuxian and Jin Ling are still a big deal in The Untamed that's why I still like it. I don't really care if he's softer than the original. I don't like his new connection with Wen Qing though because guy is too aroace for me. To Wen Kexing; his hatred, his ghost valley's crimes and affection for Zhou Zishu are still there even if he gone back to the right track when he avenge his parents, reduced to shidi role and I hate his miscommunication. To Zhou Zishu; his Tian Chuang's crimes and his love for Jiuxiao are still present in Word of Honor even if its toned down. Sure, he's softer but he's still masculine in his own way. I especially like his Hobo Axu because the Tian Ya Ke ZZS is strong in that one. I'm not fond of immortal ending and WOH Zhou Zishu's naiveness toward Wen Kexing tho. They are all imperfect portrayal of my favorite characters but I still like them.

What matters to me is I can still see the fragments or small similarities that I like from their original self despite the drastic changes. I just treat it like I'm watching Disney's adaption of Grimms' Fairytales. You Yao's Lou Zhu is also like that. A morally questionable character in the novel but became a hero figure in donghua adaption. Actually everyone in You Yao novel are antiheroes, not only him lol The donghua team understand his deep connection with Zuo Yunqi so they even made sure they are reunited in the ending that's why I forgave them with the changes. Ghibli's adaption of Howl's Moving Castle is also a good example and I still like it. Tbh there's no perfect adaption and sometimes it just depends if I vibe with them or nah. Simple as that.

[kdram-chjh]

Cdrama: Mysterious Lotus Casebook (2023)

#莲花楼 那就祝他们，在江湖之外，在传奇之后，永远快乐无忧 | 莲花楼 Mysterious Lotus Casebook | 爱奇艺华语剧场

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3YQMJwyu17Q

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Suzhou River (苏州河) (Suzhou he) (2000) Lou Ye

January 21st 2024

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