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Complex & Intelligent Systems, Volume 10, Issue 5, October 2024

1) 3D facial animation driven by speech-video dual-modal signals

Author(s): Xuejie Ji, Zhouzhou Liao...Meng Mao

Pages: 5951 - 5964

2) An improved fruit fly optimization algorithm with Q-learning for solving distributed permutation flow shop scheduling problems

Author(s): Cai Zhao, Lianghong Wu...Hongqiang Zhang

Pages: 5965 - 5988

3) A strategic framework for optimal decisions in football 1-vs-1 shot-taking situations: an integrated approach of machine learning, theory-based modeling, and game theory

Author(s): Calvin Yeung, Keisuke Fujii

Pages: 5989 - 6008

4) Population state-driven surrogate-assisted differential evolution for expensive constrained optimization problems with mixed-integer variables

Author(s): Jiansheng Liu, Bin Yuan...Haobo Qiu

Pages: 6009 - 6030

5) An intelligent MRI assisted diagnosis and treatment system for osteosarcoma based on super-resolution

Author(s): Xu Zhong, Fangfang Gou, Jia Wu

Pages: 6031 - 6050

6) A dimension-aware gaining-sharing knowledge algorithm for distributed hybrid flowshop scheduling with resource-dependent processing time

Author(s): Rong-hao Li, Jun-qing Li...Li-jie Mei

Pages: 6051 - 6080

7) Crossover in mutation oriented norm evolution

Author(s): Bingyu Lv, Xianchang Wang, Rui Zhang

Pages: 6081 - 6102

8) Residual serialized cross grouping transformer for small scale sketch face recognition

Author(s): Kangning Du, Yinkai Wang...Yanan Guo

Pages: 6103 - 6116

9) A blockchain-based hybrid encryption technique with anti-quantum signature for securing electronic health records

Author(s): Shtwai Alsubai, Abdullah Alqahtani...Abdu Gumaei

Pages: 6117 - 6141

10) ACGND: towards lower complexity and fast solution for dynamic tensor inversion

Author(s): Aiping Ye, Xiuchun Xiao...Cong Lin

Pages: 6143 - 6157

11) Prioritizing complex health levels beyond autism triage using fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making

Author(s): A. S. Albahri, Rula A. Hamid...A. H. Alamoodi

Pages: 6159 - 6188

12) A multi-scale spatial–temporal capsule network based on sequence encoding for bearing fault diagnosis

Author(s): Youming Wang, Lisha Chen

Pages: 6189 - 6212

13) Bayesian network structure learning with a new ensemble weights and edge constraints setting mechanism

Author(s): Kaiyue Liu, Yun Zhou, Hongbin Huang

Pages: 6213 - 6229

14) A GAN based PID controller for highly adaptive control of a pneumatic-artificial-muscle driven antagonistic joint

Author(s): Zhongchao Zhou, Yuxi Lu...Wenwei Yu

Pages: 6231 - 6248

15) Modelling attack and defense games in infrastructure networks with interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy set payoffs

Author(s): Yibo Dong, Jin Liu...Weili Li

Pages: 6249 - 6265

16) An oversampling algorithm of multi-label data based on cluster-specific samples and fuzzy rough set theory

Author(s): Jinming Liu, Kai Huang...Jian Mao

Pages: 6267 - 6282

17) Intelligent optimization of steam gasification catalysts for palm oil waste using support vector machine and adaptive transition marine predator algorithm

Author(s): Xin Guo, Yassine Bouteraa...Diego Martín

Pages: 6283 - 6303

18) Chinese Named Entity Recognition method based on multi-feature fusion and biaffine

Author(s): Xiaohua Ke, Xiaobo Wu...Binglong Li

Pages: 6305 - 6318

19) Improving two-layer encoding of evolutionary algorithms for sparse large-scale multiobjective optimization problems

Author(s): Jing Jiang, Huoyuan Wang...Fei Han

Pages: 6319 - 6337

20) A hybrid model to improve IC-related metrics of semantic similarity between words

Author(s): Jia Xiao

Pages: 6339 - 6377

21) Long-term student performance prediction using learning ability self-adaptive algorithm

Author(s): Yi Ren, Xinjie Yu

Pages: 6379 - 6408

22) A novel fractional neural grey system model with discrete q-derivative

Author(s): Zhenguo Xu, Caixia Liu, Tingting Liang

Pages: 6409 - 6420

23) Research on charging strategy based on improved particle swarm optimization PID algorithm

Author(s): Xiuzhuo Wang, Yanfeng Tang...Chunsheng Xu

Pages: 6421 - 6433

24) Spatial-temporal memory enhanced multi-level attention network for origin-destination demand prediction

Author(s): Jiawei Lu, Lin Pan, Qianqian Ren

Pages: 6435 - 6448

25) An iterative two-phase optimization method for heterogeneous multi-drone routing problem considering differentiated demands

Author(s): Huan Liu, Guohua Wu...Wei Zhou

Pages: 6449 - 6466

26) Hybrid structure of maximal ideals in near rings

Author(s): B. Jebapresitha

Pages: 6467 - 6480

27) Joint data augmentations for automated graph contrastive learning and forecasting

Author(s): Jiaqi Liu, Yifu Chen...Yang Gao

Pages: 6481 - 6490

28) Grounding rod hanging and removing robot with hand-eye self-calibration capability in substation

Author(s): Yunhan Lin, Jiahui Wang...Huasong Min

Pages: 6491 - 6507

29) Two-stage many-objective evolutionary algorithm: enhanced dominance relations and control mechanisms for separated balance

Author(s): Wei Li, Qilin Niliang...Qiaoyong Jiang

Pages: 6509 - 6543

30) Enhancing learning on uncertain pixels in self-distillation for object segmentation

Author(s): Lei Chen, Tieyong Cao...Jibin Yang

Pages: 6545 - 6557

31) Aggregation operators of complex fuzzy Z-number sets and their applications in multi-criteria decision making

Author(s): Ali Köseoğlu, Fatma Altun, Rıdvan Şahin

Pages: 6559 - 6579

32) Pose estimation algorithm based on point pair features using PointNet + +

Author(s): Yifan Chen, Zhenjian Li...Mingyue Zhang

Pages: 6581 - 6595

33) An edge-assisted group authentication scheme for the narrowband internet of things

Author(s): Guosheng Zhao, Huan Chen, Jian Wang

Pages: 6597 - 6618

34) Transformer fusion-based scale-aware attention network for multispectral victim detection

Author(s): Yunfan Chen, Yuting Li...Xiangkui Wan

Pages: 6619 - 6632

35) Joint entity and relation extraction combined with multi-module feature information enhancement

Author(s): Yao Li, He Yan...Xu Wang

Pages: 6633 - 6645

36) MDSTF: a multi-dimensional spatio-temporal feature fusion trajectory prediction model for autonomous driving

Author(s): Xing Wang, Zixuan Wu...Lyuchao Liao

Pages: 6647 - 6665

37) Comprehensive comparisons of gradient-based multi-label adversarial attacks

Author(s): Zhijian Chen, Wenjian Luo...Xiangkai Yang

Pages: 6667 - 6692

38) Nested attention network based on category contexts learning for semantic segmentation

Author(s): Tianping Li, Meilin Liu, Dongmei Wei

Pages: 6693 - 6703

39) DFFNet: a lightweight approach for efficient feature-optimized fusion in steel strip surface defect detection

Author(s): Xianming Hu, Shouying Lin

Pages: 6705 - 6723

40) Scalable concept drift adaptation for stream data mining

Author(s): Lisha Hu, Wenxiu Li...Chunyu Hu

Pages: 6725 - 6743

41) Twin-tower transformer network for skeleton-based Parkinson’s disease early detection

Author(s): Lan Ma, Hua Huo...Ningya Xu

Pages: 6745 - 6765

42) Complete area-coverage path planner for surface cleaning in hospital settings using mobile dual-arm robot and GBNN with heuristics

Author(s): Ash Yaw Sang Wan, Lim Yi...Mohan Rajesh Elara

Pages: 6767 - 6785

43) Variational AdaBoost knowledge distillation for skin lesion classification in dermatology images

Author(s): Xiangchun Yu, Guoliang Xiong...Qing Xu

Pages: 6787 - 6804

44) An adaptive trimming approach to Bayesian additive regression trees

Author(s): Taoyun Cao, Jinran Wu, You-Gan Wang

Pages: 6805 - 6823

45) DIB-UAP: enhancing the transferability of universal adversarial perturbation via deep information bottleneck

Author(s): Yang Wang, Yunfei Zheng...Tieyong Cao

Pages: 6825 - 6837

46) Moboa: a proposal for multiple objective bean optimization algorithm

Author(s): Lele Xie, Xiaoli Lu...Shangshang Yang

Pages: 6839 - 6865

47) Multi-UAV pursuit-evasion gaming based on PSO-M3DDPG schemes

Author(s): Yaozhong Zhang, Meiyan Ding...Frank Jiang

Pages: 6867 - 6883

48) Enhancing robustness in asynchronous feature tracking for event cameras through fusing frame steams

Author(s): Haidong Xu, Shumei Yu...Lining Sun

Pages: 6885 - 6899

49) Recommending suitable hotels to travelers in the post-COVID-19 pandemic using a novel FAHP-fuzzy TOPSIS approach

Author(s): Tin-Chih Toly Chen, Hsin-Chieh Wu, Keng-Wei Hsu

Pages: 6901 - 6915

50) GraphMriNet: a few-shot brain tumor MRI image classification model based on Prewitt operator and graph isomorphic network

Author(s): Bin Liao, Hangxu Zuo...Yong Li

Pages: 6917 - 6930

51) Global semantics correlation transmitting and learning for sketch-based cross-domain visual retrieval

Author(s): Shichao Jiao, Xie Han...Ligang He

Pages: 6931 - 6952

52) An end-to-end hand action recognition framework based on cross-time mechanomyography signals

Author(s): Yue Zhang, Tengfei Li...Maoxun Sun

Pages: 6953 - 6964

53) Model inductive bias enhanced deep reinforcement learning for robot navigation in crowded environments

Author(s): Man Chen, Yongjie Huang...Zhisong Pan

Pages: 6965 - 6982

54) A novel BWM-entropy-COPRAS group decision framework with spherical fuzzy information for digital supply chain partner selection

Author(s): Kai Gao, Tingting Liu...Tapan Senapati

Pages: 6983 - 7008

55) A novel fuzzy finite-horizon economic lot and delivery scheduling model with sequence-dependent setups

Author(s): Esmat Sangari, Fariborz Jolai, Mohamad Sadegh Sangari

Pages: 7009 - 7031

56) Strategic analysis of intelligent connected vehicle industry competitiveness: a comprehensive evaluation system integrating rough set theory and projection pursuit

Author(s): Yi Wang, Fan Zhang...Kai Kang

Pages: 7033 - 7062

57) KnowledgeNavigator: leveraging large language models for enhanced reasoning over knowledge graph

Author(s): Tiezheng Guo, Qingwen Yang...Yingyou Wen

Pages: 7063 - 7076

58) Self-supervised multi-object tracking based on metric learning

Author(s): Xin Feng, Yan Liu...Zhi Liu

Pages: 7077 - 7088

59) Optimal time reuse strategy-based dynamic multi-AGV path planning method

Author(s): Ke Wang, Wei Liang...Qi Wang

Pages: 7089 - 7108

60) Reinforced robotic bean optimization algorithm for cooperative target search of unmanned aerial vehicle swarm

Author(s): Jun Li, Hongwei Cheng...Xiaoming Zhang

Pages: 7109 - 7126

61) Optimal saturated information load analysis for enhancing robustness in unmanned swarms system

Author(s): Jian Wu, Yichuan Jiang...Linfei Ding

Pages: 7127 - 7142

62) Multi-view subspace clustering based on multi-order neighbor diffusion

Author(s): Yin Long, Hongbin Xu...Xujian Zhao

Pages: 7143 - 7161

63) Improving the reliability of nanosatellite swarms by adopting blockchain technology

Author(s): Hussein A. Ibrahim, Marwa A. Shouman...Ayman Ahmed

Pages: 7163 - 7182

64) Reparameterized underwater object detection network improved by cone-rod cell module and WIOU loss

Author(s): Xuantao Yang, Chengzhong Liu, Junying Han

Pages: 7183 - 7198

65) A granularity data method for power frequency electric and electromagnetic fields forecasting based on T–S fuzzy model

Author(s): Peng Nie, Qiang Yu...Xiguo Yuan

Pages: 7199 - 7211

66) A multi-period intuitionistic fuzzy consensus reaching model for group decision making problem in social network

Author(s): Wei Yang, Luxiang Zhang

Pages: 7213 - 7234

67) Automatic control of UAVs: new adaptive rules and type-3 fuzzy stabilizer

Author(s): Jinya Cai, Haiping Zhang...Chunwei Zhang

Pages: 7235 - 7248

68) Attention-based RNN with question-aware loss and multi-level copying mechanism for natural answer generation

Author(s): Fen Zhao, Huishuang Shao...Yan Yu

Pages: 7249 - 7264

69) Prototype as query for few shot semantic segmentation

Author(s): Leilei Cao, Yibo Guo...Qiangguo Jin

Pages: 7265 - 7278

70) Automated abnormalities detection in mammography using deep learning

Author(s): Ghada M. El-Banby, Nourhan S. Salem...Essam N. Abd El-Azziz

Pages: 7279 - 7295

71) A distributed adaptive policy gradient method based on momentum for multi-agent reinforcement learning

Author(s): Junru Shi, Xin Wang...Qingtao Wu

Pages: 7297 - 7310

72) Indirect adaptive observer control (I-AOC) design for truck–trailer model based on T–S fuzzy system with unknown nonlinear function

Author(s): Muhammad Shamrooz Aslam, Hazrat Bilal...Mohamed Hussien

Pages: 7311 - 7331

73) Unsupervised Graph Representation Learning with Inductive Shallow Node Embedding

Author(s): Richárd Kiss, Gábor Szűcs

Pages: 7333 - 7348

74) TRAA: a two-risk archive algorithm for expensive many-objective optimization

Author(s): Ji Lin, Quanliang Liu

Pages: 7349 - 7371

75) A novel bayesian network-based ensemble classifier chains for multi-label classification

Author(s): Zhenwu Wang, Shiqi Zhang...Benting Wan

Pages: 7373 - 7399

76) Transferable preference learning in multi-objective decision analysis and its application to hydrocracking

Author(s): Guo Yu, Xinzhe Wang...Quanling Zhang

Pages: 7401 - 7418

77) Correction to: MDSTF: a multi-dimensional spatio-temporal feature fusion trajectory prediction model for autonomous driving

Author(s): Xing Wang, Zixuan Wu...Lyuchao Liao

Pages: 7419 - 7420

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nuts-cracker-pn · 4 years

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Just a question :

Who's gonna finally give Yibo the top class model award he deserves???

#he keeps giving #can't be stop this man #wang yibo #a super model

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zhansww · 4 years

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190710 - ggdd during their compliment battle when they briefly took over Sina’s weibo and had to praise each other in an exaggerated way. This is when Yibo typed his post (part of it). Zhan-ge keeps telling him it’s not right, it’s too much and that he should stop. It looks like he even deleted what dd typed at one point~

My God!! Zhan-ge, my God, do I still need to praise?!! He is too outstanding!! His acting and looks are all good!! He is very professional!! He treats us to drinks every day!! He is tall! His eyes are so big! Although he was born in 91!! People would still believe it if you said he was born in 97!!! He is my role model!! I want to continue to learn from and work with him and talk to him about acting!!!! He is super good at dancing, too!! I hope we can dance together in the future! His voice is very beautiful, too!! My God, he is a perfect artist!!!! Everyone quickly come follow him!!!!

Wang Yibo!!!! Does he have any flaws???!!!! Does he!!! Does he!!!???? I don’t think he has any!!!!!! His dancing is superb!!! His acting is profound and has depth!!!!! His complexion is super good, it’s so delicate!!!!!

(translation by BXG1823 on twt)

I didn’t think much of this when I first saw/read it but knowing both of them more now makes me realize how special it was that Yibo wrote so much. I also consider it meaningful that he mentioned his wish to dance with Zhan-ge (again). I daresay, dancing is Yibo’s greatest passion and what he’s best at. He and gg recorded their dance performance for HappyCamp just the day before. And that performance was, by Yibo’s standards, pretty basic yet he must have still enjoyed it. They did have another short dance together five days later for their TTXS episode but nothing else since.

#yizhan #190710 #video #text #我们

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canary3d-obsessed · 4 years

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Restless Rewatch: The Untamed Episode 06 (first part)

(Masterpost)(Episode 05)

Warning: This contains spoilers for All 50 Episodes

Bad Boys Bad Boys What You Gonna Do

Nie Huasang’s brought his nuts, and someone’s brought wine, so the boys are drinking in Wei Wuxian’s guest house. Finally he gets to drink some of the Emperor’s Smile wine that he’s been doing all those product placements for.

Boys, get a bowl or something for your shells, were you raised in a barn?

Wei Wuxian hits on waxes poetic about the wine, and Jiang Cheng tells him to shut up.

Wang Zhuocheng’s raw-fish-eating face may have failed him, but his drunk faces do not disappoint.

Wei Wuxian teases Jiang Cheng about his list of standards for a chick: She should have natural beauty, be virtuous and caring, from a good family, not too talkative, with a gentle voice, and not too capable. Also she should not spend too much money. Drunken running ensues.

Cue Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin

(more behind the cut)

Much of the fandom has decided this list is a good fit for Nie Huaisang himself, and it sorta is. But he is both talkative and unvirtuous, what with all the current sneakiness, and all the eventual murders.

This also definitely doesn't fit Wen Qing because she's capable as hell.

This list is, however, a 100% a match for Jiang Yanli. Not in a weird, Jin Guangyao way--a lot of men want to marry a woman like their sister. In a gender-divided and generation-divided society, a man’s sister might be the only woman he’s ever known well. Jiang Cheng adores Yanli and she’s his ideal model of a woman, as opposed to his mother, who...isnt.

All these robes and talismans over the door do nothing to stop Lan Wangji from strolling in.

Okay so - Lan Wangji is the senior disciple of the Lan Clan, yea? There is no way that patrolling the guest area is in any way his job. He is just walking around here at night specifically to see what Wei Wuxian is doing.

I already did a gifpost of the boys and their totally nonsexual horseplay, over here. I’ll just add, for sad factor, that Jiang Cheng is play-choking Wei Wuxian when they’re all on the bed, and later in the running-and-crying episode he is gonna for-real choke him. Foreshadowing! or maybe just coincidence!

One fun thread running through the young-cultivators episodes is that Nie Huaisang is legit terrified of Lan Wangji while also having a major aesthetic crush on him. Look at how flustered he is here, trying to act sober while also checking him out.

Lan Wangji is shocked and visibly upset - what are you guys doing? This is not his busting face, this is, for a moment, his vulnerable and disillusioned face. He is super not used to what normal people are like.

Wei Wuxian doesn't lie or otherwise try to get off the hook, which has got to have Jiang Cheng and Nie Huaisang grinding their teeth in frustration. He invites Lan Wangji to join them for a drink. LWJ cites a the “no drinking on campus” rule and WWX tries to convince him to chill.

Then we have this lovely coordinated faint by the boys, to get out of going to get punished. Nie Huaisang has been practicing fainting in front of a mirror just in case he ever needs a skill like that in the future.

Wei Wuxian keeps trying to turn this into a date. Eventually Lan Wangji is so upset he admits he can’t take all three of them by himself.

Then the boys run away fake-barfing and Wei Wuxian hits Lan Wangji with a talisman.

Steal His Agency That’s What You’re Gonna Do

What Wei Wuxian does to Lan Wanji here is definitely wrong. But it's not entirely a disaster. It allows some crucial information to be shared between them, and it results in Wei Wuxian getting the utter shit beat out of him and never doing this again. I mean, he continues to mind-control his enemies and their eventual corpses, but he doesn't intentionally violate a friend or ally's autonomy in the future. Uhh not counting that whole golden core surgery-without-consent situation. And probably some other situations I’ve forgotten. He improves slightly, okay?

It’s important to note, incidentally, that the Lan rules about drinking and other “vices” should not be viewed through a Christian lens. The Lans are neither puritans nor ascetics (look at their clothes, furniture, and jewelry, for starters). Being drunk is forbidden probably because it’s a loss of self-control.

Speaking of self-control, mad props to Wang Yibo for being able to have zero physical reaction to fingers snapping in his face.

Drunk Lan Wangji

Under duress, Lan Wangji knocks back a cup of wine and promptly passes most of the way out.

Wei Wuxian puts Lan Wangji into bed not unkindly, but pretty much like a sack of potatoes. Compare this to how tenderly he handles Lan Wangji the next time he’s drunk.

WWX tells LWJ to call him Wei Gege, and giggles. Is this a term of endearment in this context? So far the various boys are calling each other -xiong, not -ge or gege. In Western media, men calling each other “bro” is basically saying “no homo,” but brotherhood and sisterhood in C-Drama is often a way of indicating stronger love than friendship, without saying whether it's sexual or not.

They finally start to have a conversation, and when Lan Wangji explains that no-one can touch his headband except, etc etc, Wei Wuxian stops trying to touch it. So at least he's not a handsy bastard in addition to all his other faults.

Wei Wuxian tells Lan Wangji that his clan is boring and women won't want to marry him. Lan Wangji says that's fine. On one level this is the show acknowledging that he's gay, but I think he's responding in a gender-neutral way; he doesn't want to marry anyone. Marriage, from his perspective, is the literal worst.

We don't know how he felt about his father, but he definitely loved his mother deeply, and she had a profoundly unhappy marriage, in which her husband did not provide companionship and her children were taken from her.

A note about all that: The dynamics of heterosexual marriages in The Untamed are not based on contemporary companionate marriage. Sex and reproduction is a wife's job in this world, and giving a gentry woman the option to choose her husband is radical. Wei Wuxian is the only one who dares say that Jiang Yanli should have a choice when Jin Guangshan casually tries to give her to his son in front of everyone.

OP made this today but will totally reuse it when episode 23 rolls around

So Lan Wangji’s parents' marriage was extremely problematic but not necessarily for the reasons it would be in contemporary terms. Having signed on to marry Lan Dad, Mom would have expected to live together and get laid regularly (important for health, in some traditional views, regardless of love/no love) and to have the company of her children. Instead, she was isolated. Lan Dad wanted to have it both ways and so even though he loved her and apparently hooked up with her sometimes, he didn't do his duty by her. She didn't love him but she did her duty.

Wei Wuxian continues to not get it, calling Lan Wangji dull and babbling about Lan Wangji’s parents until he realizes that LWJ is an orphan like him.

A nice shift happens here. Once the penny drops, Wei Wuxian doesn't ask a single additional question - he just sees - by reading Lan Wangji’s face - what the deal is, and shares his own story to show he understands.

This is the first time Wei Wuxian mentions being chased by dogs, which is kind of a big deal, because why was he left all alone when his parents died?

Why didn't anyone take him in before Jiang Fengmian found him? How isolated are independent cultivators in this world?

Tea Time

Lan Qiren and Lan Xichen are having tea, and the Lan Clan is so uptight they don't touch each other's teacups. I don't know what this thing is called so I'm going to call it a tea speculum.

Lan Qiren is back from the cultivation conference and says the red crack plague is happening over in Qinghe where the Nie clan lives. Lan Xichen fills him in on the water demon, specifically saying Wei Wuxian figured out the connection to the red crack dudes, and explaining who WWX is, as if Lan QIren hadn't already thrown stuff at him and threatened to eventually kill him.

Fun fact that I just noticed this week so didn't make it into earlier posts: In Episode 46, when Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian are in the Jiang ancestral hall, WWX says he was often punished to kneel there, and LWJ said that they heard about this in Gusu.

So when WWX came to Gusu he already had a reputation as a troublemaker, and the Lan brothers were aware of it.

Busted and Beaten

A Lan snitch comes in to say that Wei Wuxian has successfully corrupted Lan Wangji, which really shouldn’t cause as much surprise as it does.

“Wei Wuxian got drunk”

“Lan Wangji got drunk”

Lan Xichen takes a moment to consider carefully whether Wei Wuxian is a good friend for his little brother and whether perhaps he was too hasty in throwing them together. Ha ha ha no he doesn’t.

On the punishment porch, Lan Xichen tries to lecture Lan Wangji in a calm way, but Lan Qiren wants to beat him and Lan Wangji wants to get beat. Wei Wuxian can’t understand why Lan Wangji doesn’t let him take the blame for the drinking.

Lan Qiren goes way the fuck overboard with this punishment because he's angry--losing control and losing his sense of proportion--and Lan Xichen is shocked. The drone camera watching from above is also shocked.

Lan Qiren has a few (very few) redeeming qualities, but his extreme rigidity and chronic resentment of anyone he perceives as bad are serious problems. His nephews are both struggling with complex moral quandaries as they get older, and he is absolutely no help to them in resolving their conflicts.

This is definitely...a style of parenting & teaching, but you can see how poorly it works, with Lan Wangji straight up saying “fuck it” after many years of conformity. Lan Xichen is devoted to the middle path and tries to be obedient. But he is actually not walking anywhere near the middle path, as he gets pulled into colluding with a murderer at the same time as getting dragged onto his brother’s carnival ride. These men need parenting that isn’t so, uh, fucking stupid. (Yes, grown adults still need good parenting; watch Go Ahead if you doubt me)

Wei Wuxian initially yells and falls down when he gets hit, but then he sees Lan Wangji is taking the beating without any reaction and he tries to do the same.

Aftermath

Jiang Yanli gently lectures the boys, blaming Jiang Cheng for Wei Wuxian's drinking. Jesus Christ, he's the younger sibling, could you just NOT, Yanli?

Both boys ask Yanli not to tell their parents. The boys bicker about who's at fault and then Wei Wuxian shifts to baby voice and starts whining to Yanli about the pain.

Yanli tells him to suck it up, and says after school she'll -- ok and I know this will be a surprise for everyone -- make soup for them. The boys immediately get back on the same team, which is team Please Put Meat In the Soup.

There's a nice character building moment for Wei Wuxian here. When he sees Lan Xichen he initially turns away to avoid running into him, but then he adults-up and goes to face him and greet him, giving him a half of a bow because of the pain, the pain. Rather than complaining about his punishment he meekly asks if he's broken another rule.

Lan Xichen tells him that he did wrong but that Lan Qiren’s punishment was too harsh, and then in what is one of my favorite Lan Xichen moments, invites Wei Wuxian to use the cold spring to heal, but doesn't invite Jiang Cheng to go with him even though Jiang Cheng also was beaten. Lan Xichen, Matchmaker Auntie Extraordinaire.

Then he answers Wei Wuxian’s question about his mom by saying she was just like Wei Wuxian and drove Lan Qiran up the wall. Jiang Cheng's reaction to that is really sweet. He does enjoy Wei Wuxian at the same time as being constantly irritated by him.

Lan Xichen does his patented “breaking off in the middle of saying something and leaving out a chunk of the story” maneuver, although this time he doesn't include a flute solo.

OP is mildly obsessed with Xuan Lu’s shoulders in this outfit. Also Yanli has an interesting sword, that's got some wood carving similar to Subian, but without the organic look, which OP only noticed because of screen capping Xuan Lu’s shoulders.

Club Ruohan

Wen Qing continues to be pretty and slightly evil at this stage, sending magic fire notes to her boss using this talisman that is definitely floating in the air and not just hanging from a string.

Wen Ruohan is in the mosh pit with his zombie groupies while he reads Wen Qing’s extremely vague status update and says "it all makes sense."

Reach out and touch faith

Soundtrack

Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin Personal Jesus by Depeche Mode

Writing Prompt

How did Wei Wuxian’s parents die?

Admin Notes

I’m going to start spacing out my “first part” and “second part” posts by a few days. I’ll update this post to link up the second part once I post it, and my masterpost is always up to date.

Also: if you want more of my original content but don’t want to follow my whole blog (not following is fine!), I keep a pinboard of fun stuff at the top of my blog. I try to post original content at least once a week.

Continued in the second part later this week!

#fytheuntamed #wangxian #the untamed #cql #the untamed gifs #the untamed meta #my gifs #restless rewatch the untamed #restless rewatch #canary3d #the untamed spoilers

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sanstropfremir · 3 years

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it’s the episode 8 review!!! how many episodes is this show supposed to even be?

the stages from the episode feel like such a grab bag.... i still don’t understand why they didn’t put all the skill stages together, and then did the normal two episodes of the third round. i guess it makes sense that they didn’t want to have six stages in one episode and then three in the other two, but eh.

feeling kinda average on these as a whole, there’s a lot of good elements going on here but probably because of my own preferences (i don’t listen to ballads or blackpink) none of them really hit all the buttons. hopefully this will be a shorter review because i'm only going to do a quick rundown of the vocal stages; i dont really have that much to say about them because they are (intentionally) not very stage picture focused. i'll do the normal stage breakdowns for the other two though, even though i won’t rank them because we still need to see the other four!

vocal stages

sf9 + tbz + ikon

not much to say here other than wow, that’s RED. glad to see some more specific use of spotlighting and i always love when they light things on fire. i do wish they had fill lit with a brighter amber so we could actually get a bit more detail on their faces, especially because there’s six of them. i appreciated the simple blocking and only using one of the ‘stages,’ this stage didn’t need to be anything complicated and it wasn’t. i don’t love spinning camera shots because they make me a bit ill, and i'll forgive the constant cutting because it's a vocal stage and there isn’t any other real movement that we should be paying attention to. not my favourite of the two, i found it visually a bit too repetitive and complex at the same time. always love a crushed velvet suit though, so bonus points for that.

atz + skz + btob

i was braced for the worst and i dont know what kind of miracle happened but it was listenable! like i said, not a ballad fan but i could listen to eunkwang all day. i love a good plinth for a ballad stage, they’re one of my favourite devices in kpop design and i especially love it with a good groundlevel fog. glad they kept it black and white for the first half of the stage, it was in line with the blooming flower projections, and it made a very clear colour arc. they kept the visuals clean and simple with very little blocking at all, a very smart choice for this stage. not sure why they decided it would be the chanel time stage, which i disapprove of because i don’t like chanel, but i do love eunkwang’s shirt with the cameo buttons and the massive turnback cuffs, very 17th and also 19th century. i know they never do it because they dont read on stage normally but yes absolutely more thin chain pendant chokers on men, thank you! i also liked that there was emphasis on a more traditional lighting scheme, there weren't any crazy concert effects, just some good directional beam spotlights and the rear stacks in the climax.

third round stages

ikon

costume

the first look for them is definitely my fabourite of theirs so far. there’s enough variation in the jackets that the base layer of tshirt and jeans don’t look too repetitive. and i do love a good statement jacket. my favourite is probably donghyuk’s because i'm a sucker for fringe always.

i don’t like the backup dancers costumes, but given the way i’ve reacted to every other all black outfit for this entire show i don’t think anyone was surprised about that. these ones particularly irk me because they’re very matte; there's pretty much no texture or pattern differentials to define the shape of the limb, which makes them disappear when theyre all grouped together (mostly on the women). i think they probably were intending to make a statement/emphasis on the hands because of the sleeve cutoff point, but there were so many arm movements that were just totally missed because the costumes were just black voids. most egregious parts are here, with the female dancers up center. i can barely tell what the movements are unless i’m paying specific attention to them because there's so many black shapes. maybe it was the point for it to be an indiscernable writhing mass, but it wasn’t my vibe.

don’t love this styling on lisa. i hate peeptoe shoes in general but peeptoe boots are the worst offenders. they make you look like you have duck feet, no matter who you are. especially with a flat cutout like that. a universally unflattering shoe, and i would know, i worked in a shoe store for two years. this whole look is just pg-13 rihanna cfda awards 2014 and really nobody should try to run up against rihanna.

also i have to mention this because it’s actually really bothering me, but lisa’s backup dancers are serving very allgemeine ss looks and i do not like it. generally when we see ‘military’ uniforms in kpop theyre usually modelled off older styles (pre wwii) of western uniforms that usually aren’t in circulation, and they’re usually non-matching and embellished in ways that are deliberately not military. i know logically that it's a budget constraint+they’re backup dancers+current trend thing but the clean lines with only button detailing and the all black and that specific harness shape? it hit my brain the wrong way. i mean, technically those uniforms are designer because hugo boss did them, but the uh..... girlboss move didn’t land for me.

this is my PERSONAL OPINION please for the love of all that is holy do not come yelling at me about this. it’s all under a cut, you chose to read the post.

set

very glad to see some busy kitschy sets! this is a massive build, since there’s essentially three full sets here: the temple, the jungle, and the first tiny room. and all of them are very heavily decorated.

the starting room is just five walls on casters (wheels), that have been set into place with the cameraman and ikon inside at the start, and then once they exit the walls can be easily struck and rolled off set. simple, smart, and convenient!

i missed it the first couple times around but glitching out the projections in the temple for a split second was a neat little trick.

the silver and polygonal nature of the tiger/panther/cat(?) head is a bit disconnected from the gold and the aesthetic of the rest of the stage for me. the difference between the original room set and the jungle tracks, but the cat head isnt able to make the same leap for me. i'm also not a fan of mixing metals so maybe that’s why.

the tiger/panther/cat(?) head is a fun physical transitional device; i'm a big fan of tunnels and small transitory spaces like that and if they’re well dressed like this one they do so much for establishing place and mood.

i'm very sure i’ve seen this style of polygonal animal head with laser eyes before....i cannot for the life of me remember where or for what. i know wang yibo did a panther stage for sdc3 that had a human formation panther with green laser eyes, i wonder if i'm just crossing wires.

OH nevermind it’s because it looks like the witcher medallion. wires were definitely crossed.

lighting

using purple/teal lighting for the jungle was a smart choice because purple is the direct compliment to the gold and also is much more flattering on humans than green. green is one of the colours that humans can see the most variations in, so when something is green when it's not supposed to be (like human skin), we register that very quickly and associate it with unease and sickness. you know how old fluorescent lights have that greenish tinge that kinda makes you feel ill? it's your cone cells and your brain recognizing that you’re looking at things that are not supposed to be green.

very clean colour arc, i love to see it.

sound

it’s.....fine? i don’t listen to blackpink and have no opinions on their music other than it's not my type. i dont really know what the thematic connection to the visuals is, which is not strictly necessary in a lot of cases, but i don’t particularly care for the conflation of ‘savage’ and a (presumably) precolonial religion that’s assembled from stereotypes of real colonized cultures. you can come at me about how ‘it's not that deep’ all you want but i am here specifically doing an in depth analysis, and i gotta point it out. i'm not here to pass judgement on you if you didn’t realize or don’t care or whatever, i'm just saying that it's important to consume content with a critical eye. what you do with that information is your own personal choice, but you should be aware of it at least.

staging

they took a big risk eating popcorn right before singing, and we definitely got some residual mouth noises of them trying to clean out their teeth. eating on stage is difficult in general because you have to make sure it's not going to dry out the performers mouths, because they dont have access to water and it takes WAY longer to chew and swallow something than you would expect. there’s a LOT of testing that goes into making stage food and guaranteed it’s not made out of what it looks like or what its supposed to be; i worked on a production of amadeus were we did literal weeks of testing amalgams of different desserts to make sure that salieri could actually eat the ones onstage without totally drying him out, because fun fact about that show, salieri doesnt leave stage like, at all, so there was no way to get him water. poor bloke.

i thought the blocking of this was really smart. the long take from the ‘normal’ room and transition into the jungle was super slick, even if that weird circle the camera did while pointed up at the ceiling was unnecessary and pointless.

bobby’s ‘acting’ was extremely funny and that’s the only way people are allowed to act surprised now. edvard munsch scream style only.

the pacing is a bit off and this time it wasn’t mnet’s editing that fucked it up. as fun as it is to have a feature, clearly she wasn’t allowed within proximity of the rest of them for covid or other yg related reasons, but it made for some extremely long transitions, especially the one out of her verse. it kills the momentum of the stage in that beat, even though they manage to pick it up after.

this is a very simple little narrative arc that’s easy to follow and doesn’t require any extra explaining. which is exactly the kind of arc that groups should be doing at this stage in the game. this is a good formic step up for ikon!

i thought the turning off of the monitor at the end was fun and a good callback to them watching the videos at the beginning of the stage. a nice clean way to make it circular.

skz

costume

FINALLY something different on the skz boys! these were mostly fun eboy looks for them, and i like it on the basis that it's not the same as the last set of costumes.

bang chan out there with his thigh OUT and a (fake) bridge piercing? LOVE to see it. great work.

(copy-paste every thing i’ve said about backup dancers wearing all black)

the backup dancers that were dressed as bystanders/extras were great! they should have kept that with all of them because it would have given a little more shape to the choreography and establishing what function the backup dancers were supposed to have.

set

that is meant to be a giant rice cooker on stage, right? i think so because it's a god’s menu mashup? if that's not a rice cooker i have NO idea what its supposed to be

there’s only two large setpieces here, which was a smart way to go. i LOVE the subway car doubling as the truck, even if the truck itself makes no narrative sense. what a fun way to double the use of a single big piece. you’ll be able to see the way it moves in the full cam but it splits down the centre and there entrance doors at the back with attached stairs that bang chan and the dancers use to climb up.

lighting

not a whole lot happening here. i like the cool white leds in the subway car and the contrast with the more warm tones of the outside, which is good atmospheric establishment, but i can't discern a visible arc.

not a fan of these projections; they’re in line with what we’ve seen from skz so far, which is: extremely literal. i dont think they’re that distracting, but they’re not to my personal taste. they really should have kept the comic panel theme that they did for changbin’s first verse, because that was inventive and fun to watch! and a great atmospheric indicator! i would love to see a bit more experimental projection use but it's hard when they don’t have a lot of time to build these stages and the lighting team is definitely working remotely.

sound

i love that they made the choice to do some actual talking, it’s a good gimmick and it works for the deadpool/comic book/fourth wall break theme, but australian accents take me the fuck out i am so sorry i cannot listen to either felix or bang chan speak english without laughing uncontrollably.

i don’t like this arrangement but i'm not surprised about that, given my predilections. i'm also tired of skz shouting STRAY KIDS in every performance they do. i know on music shows it's probably more relevant and yea producers tags are a thing but we’ve been watching this show for nearly two months at this point. we know who you are, you can stop yelling. be more creative with it!

staging

my biggest issue with this stage is that it doesn’t have a payoff. there is an arc here: they’re stealing the truck, but why are they stealing the truck? who are they stealing it from? who are they fighting against? it's kind of important in a stage where the theme is stealing and fighting someone that you tell us who that is. in both of ateez’s previous stages were they were both stealing (rhythm ta) and fighting (wonderland), they made sure to show us who the villain was. there needs to be tension for a big blowup climax to actually pay off. whether it be against a a balloon arm kraken or a fascist government. this stage could have reached that next step if they’d just done a little bit more exposition.

there were a lot of fun choreo moments here, and this is probably my favourite choreo of theirs so far. i thought the whole first bit in the subway car was excellent and a very fun play on those viral videos that we used to see roll around every so often of dancers doing routines in subway cars.

did it need the guns? not in the slightest. more on this point later. i could talk more about weapons and weight here, but i’ve done that several times already.

like with the tbz game of thrones stages, theyre relying a little too much on the audience's preconceptions of the source material in order to carry the theme. the guns are there because deadpool likes guns, but they don’t actually use the guns for anything? the most we get of the stealing segment is felix and the safe, which admittedly is a great bit with him leaping over and under the ‘laser’ lines (theyre likely led strips). because comic books are by nature procedural and deeply tied to narrative, it's unsatisfying when there’s no tension and no payoff.

HOW did we manage to get two stages that are blackpink covers with remote/tv static gimmick and durags? i know the slot machine of kpop tropes is not very big but surely the probability of hitting triple sevens on this one was pretty low. i’m pretty meh on both of these stages overall. skz was unsatisfying but i loved the choreo in the subway bit so that bumped it up a little ahead of ikon’s in my personal preferences, but i'm reserving my actual rankings for next week. assuming we get the other four stages next week and they dont do something stupid and only show two. which they very well might. i’ve stopped trying to understand why mnet does things the way that they do.

as always the ask box is open, drop your comments/questions/personal opinions, i love to hear ‘em! but don’t be rude just because some of this is touchier subject material.

#kingdom #ateez #btob #ikon #sf9 #the boyz #stray kids #military uniforms are a weird one and i always find it a bit....(squiggly face emoji) when they get used in kpop stages #everybody is one of the exceptions because its used as a direct critique #but this is a very personal opinion as someone who has done a lot of historical research on military uniforms in particular #so im hyperaware of that kind of thing #be cool about this one people please and thank you!#im so glad this came in under 3k #kingdom review #kpop analysis #text #ive had to write a lot of deeply critical art practice analysis in the last week and i would like to sleep

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Maple RECOMMENDATION time

Today I'm going to be talking about a group called UNIQ.

They are a group that I've loved ever since I got into Kpop and just recently I have gotten into their music again.

Background

So Uniq is a Chinese Korean boy group who debuted in 2014. They are apart of the company Yuehua entertainment, who also hosts the popular girl group, Everglow.

Originally Yuehua was purely Chinese which was why this group was considered a Korean-Chinese boy group. They had 3 Chinese members and 2 Korean members. At their peak, they were really popular in China, but also promoted in Korea

FUN FACT: these boys were also training as a third team in YG entertainments survival show. A show which also included groups such as WINNER and iKon. However, for unknown reasons, they didnt join and debuted a year after WINNER.

Their debut song was "Falling in Love" (which is a BOMB debut if I do say so myself) and they have both a Chinese and Korean version of it. A year later they came back with the title track to their first album, "EOEO".

This comeback was their most successful and could have made way for more comebacks in the future and a eventual boom of popularity for them.

They did have some recent singles released in 2018-2019 but shortly after 2019 was when activity and promotions stopped.

HOWEVER

There wasn't any word of the group disbanding, so to this day they are still considered an active group despite their inactivity (lolol see what I did there?)

Their members now focus solely on solo activities and promotions in all fields (I'm on FIRE today). Such as acting, music, and modeling.

Members

There are 5 members in total, 2 Korean and 3 Chinese as stated above. Each member is fluent in Chinese and Korean, which no doubt was useful considering their promotions in those two countries.

Now onto the members!

Zhou Yixuan

Chinese leader

Lead rapper

Vocalist

Lyricist

In 2017 he was a part of a competition called "Rap of China". He was able to pass four rounds, but was unable to get into the finals ):

Since then he has ventured into acting and released a few solo EPs. Since he's a songwriter (after all he did write those two title tracks for his group), he's also written a few songs for Uniqs junior group, NEXT.

In 2019 he participated in a survival show called "All For One" and was able to debut with the group New Storm. Their single is "Get High" and is pretty good, so check them out!

Nowadays he is more or less active with the group, but I haven't heard much from him.

Kim Sungjoo

Korean leader

Main vocalist (with the voice of an ANGEL I'm telling you)

He can speak Japanese

Sungjoo isn't really active as a singer much nowadays, even though he has a solo song in Chinese. Instead, he's had more activity in the acting industry.

In 2017 he played a minor role in the drama "A Liar and His Lover" (one of my personal favorites). And in 2018 he played a hacker in "My Secret Terrius".

He enlisted in for mandatory service in the military in 2020, so now he is currently serving his time there. He won't really be active much until 2022 when he is discharged. (And yes that breaks my heart 💔)

Li Wenhan

Vocalist

Chinese

He can speak English

PLUS he can beatbox

He ALSO has participated in a survival program in 2019, called "Idol Producer 2" (aka Youth With You, which is the same survival show Lisa is currently a trainer for now).

Due to his popularity and SKILLZ he was able to debut in first position with the group UNINE. He was their leader, main vocalist, center, sub rapper, lead dancer, and face of the group.

Like I said...

SKILLZ.

Sadly though, UNINE has since disbanded in October of last year, only a year after their initial contract.

Nowadays he has very subtle activities, mainly appearing on variety shows and stuff in China.

Cho Seungyeon

Main rapper

Vocalist

Korean

you might know him as WOODZ

2016, he debuted as a soloist as well as producing many songs for c-pop, survival shows, and k-pop groups (such as Super Junior).

In 2019 he joined the last season of the Produce X 101 and ranked 5th overall. Thus, he was able to debut with X1. Their debut song "Flash" (which was a TOTAL bop btw) was sadly their only single and they disbanded shortly afterward.

Nowadays, he is active mainly in Korea under his solo name, WOODZ. I suggest you check out his stuff they are SO good and truly underrated.

Wang Yibo

Main dancer

Rapper

Visual

Vocalist

Maknae

He can be considered the most famous out of the group, most likely due to his role in the historical Chinese drama, "The Untamed" as one of the lead roles (let's be honest, most of yall know him from this...plus he's HAWT af) which was released in 2019.

A year earlier, however, he was a dance mentor for the Chinese version of Produce 101 (I swear all of them appearing on survival shows :,).

Last year, his team won on the show "Street Dance of China" where he was a fellow mentor alongside Lay (EXO) and Jackson (GOT7).

He is ALSO the MC on a popular Chinese show called "Day Day Up".

He is the one with the largest popularity and fan base. He's won multiple awards for his popularity and high respect towards him.

Maple POV

So you're probably wondering why I'm gushing over them, it's just that I really wish they could come back as a group. I really miss them and their songs are still SO GOOD even after all these years. They are one of those groups where they never die out, I guess I just wish they had more of a chance to shine in the spotlight.

Who knows? If we bring enough exposure to them, maybe Yuehua will organize a comeback. I know that they will really appreciate the chance to sing together again.

ANYWAYS STAN UNIQ BECOME A FELLOW UNICORN

(Their Fandom name is Unicorns...ISN'T THAT SO CUTE?!)

STAN UNIQ

STAN TALENT

And comment who else I should recommend ;)

Sources

Maple's brain

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