#Mudan

[movielosophy]

Flourished Peony | Mudan.

[fuwaffy]

My OC, Mu

[madammonkie]

Baby Nezha and His armies

[vanillssugar]

Mu dan sama~ 🌹

What if I were actually a gardener?

(I used a beautiful drawing I found as inspiration)(~‾▿‾)~

[salayy]

I love how dramatic (and always ready to lie) both Mudan and Suizhi are. Can't wait til they get together

[beatolover]

Repost my old Hells Paradise fanart/manga coloring

[rudy-icons]

[googlediscovery]

Atualização do Google: Quais mudanças esperar do Sistema de Conteúdo Útil?

O Google lançou uma atualização significativa para o seu sistema de conteúdo útil em setembro de 2023. A atualização inclui um classificador aprimorado e diretrizes claras para lidar com o conteúdo de terceiros hospedados em um site. O buscador enfatizou a importância de garantir que o conteúdo hospedado seja relevante e supervisionado pelo site principal. Além disso, o Google removeu…

[arquivoufo]

2023 é o ano do Contato Alienígena? Um paradigma histórico à beira de uma mudança radical

Em meio a 2023, parece que estamos vivendo o ano do contato alienígena. Em fevereiro, o presidente Joe Biden ordenou o abate de três fenômenos aéreos não identificados – também conhecidos como OVNIs pela NASA. Em seguida, surgiram supostas filmagens vazadas de um piloto da Marinha dos EUA mostrando um OVNI, seguidas por notícias sobre um relatório de um denunciante que sugere um encobrimento do…

[thefeastandthefast]

Flourished Peony thoughts (spoilers up to episode 11):

I find it incredibly satisfying that Jiang Changyang refrains from intervening in Mudan’s life unless she explicitly seeks out his help.

I was actually expecting the contrary and bracing myself for a bit of white-knighting, since I'd read criticism from someone who'd watched up to episode 11 specifically complaining about the FL being written as supposedly empowered and strong but instead relies too much on the ML, who always happens to be present whenever she needs help. But now having watched up to episode 11 myself, I wholeheartedly disagree with describing a FL who astutely leverages her limited resources as weak and disempowered.

She first goes to him for aid with her divorce in absolute desperation, because her other proactive and well-executed gambits needed time to come to fruition and she didn't have time. It's a hail mary move and he proves himself unexpectedly sympathetic. Ultimately, though, the legal victory he helped her achieve means very little on a practical level. She still ends up on the run, starting over from scratch, without her divorce papers and without her dowry.

This drama skillfully establishes how the realpolitikal power of strategic relationships and networks (that perennial term 关系) softens and often even circumvents the barriers of social convention and hierarchies in a way a single individual has little hope to do. The patronage of the powerful and influential is worthwhile to cultivate in this context, especially valuable when the price for patronage doesn't require moral compromise from the protege (i.e. in the case of Liu Chang).

Jiang Changyang is powerful and influential and, most importantly to Mudan, does not demand what she isn't willing to give, consistently demonstrating that he adheres to the adage he keeps quoting- "a gentleman doesn't demand/take that which others hold dearest." Mudan has real skills and expertise to offer in exchange for fair patronage. Her reliance on his financial and social capital and continued cultivation of this relationship simply demonstrates that she's smart?

If we want to have more period-plausible shows like this one, which tries to be consistent in applying the rules and structural inequalities of its world to all of its characters, then it only makes narrative sense that the FL may need to occasionally rely on the aid of more powerful others and won't be able to only scheme and Charisma check herself out of every sticky situation. It doesn't make her poorly written or disempowered. Besides, Jiang Changyang is not the only connection she cultivates to great effect- she is able to help Shengyi obtain her divorce with Yun Niang's help and seems to have just found new allies in A'Fu and her mother.

Plus, as of episode 11, we see the intentional care he takes to NOT overstep the agreed-upon boundaries of this patronage relationship. The gorgeous, gorgeous scene when Jiang Changyang is behind the screen, watching Mudan's heartbreak and dogged determination as she gathers up the last handfuls of coin she has left to refund the angry mob- even obscured by the fabric haze, we see how deeply he empathizes with her in that moment, his always bemused eyes holding not a trace of laughter for the first time since he's appeared in this show.

He's a guarded man who's constantly shifting from mask to mask. His favorite persona is that of a gleefully avaricious fop who takes no one and nothing too seriously. But in that scene, we see that detachment fail and the pain in his face shows just how seriously he takes her pain. Even so, he also takes seriously the easily upset balance of power inherent in their relationship and his trust in her ability to resolve her own problems. Without her specific request for aid, any presumption on his part to step in would create the kind of debt she cannot afford and may not want to repay.

[movielosophy]

Flourished Peony | She does looks happy (to see a familiar face).

[fuwaffy]

My original character - Mu Short for Mu Dan 牡丹, a peony flower. She is a flower fae that guards a meadow in the clouds. Her irises are made of little blue flowers, "baby blue eyes". character & art by fuwaffy

[silvascribbles]

Brushing up before eeppy times. Got heavily inspired by pretentiousfork's work. Threw a bg and called it done :3

[paradiserotting]

its about finding love in the mundane. love the way your hair touches your cheek in the breeze. love the way your friends hug you. love the plant in the middle of the road. love the calm environment of a garden. love the way the brush feels against the canvas. love the work you’ve made. love the smell of someones house. love the color of your walls. love the cheap nail polish you got as a gift. love the smiles you see plastered on kids faces. love that lightbulb you’ve had for a few years. love the cat outside your work. love that song that rings in your head. its truly about the mudane.

[minsdesire444]

[gudansoo]

there isn't one woman liu chang can make happy