#Teach English in Vietnam

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[ayotofu]

watching a tiktok and someone just described the black/blue gold/yellow dress meme as “one of the first things to ever go viral”

[teachermariamijoi]

Expression of the day with teacher Maria Mijoi

"On the nose"

Exactly, precisely

"I'll arrive to the dinner at seven o'clock on the nose"

Got questions? Feel free to ask below!

@teachermariamijoi

[petergoudge]

TESOL certified Vietnamese English language teachers are needed in every Province, City and Town across Vietnam. With Australian Government accredited TESOL Certification from AVSE-TESOL in Ho Chi Minh City, you'll be in a brilliant job as a Vietnamese English language teacher in four weeks or less. Reach out to AVSE-TESOL today.

Website: www.avse.edu.vn Email: peter@avse.edu.vn

Australian RTO: 45373 Course: 10773NAT

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[political-us]

The Dow is on track for its worst April since 1932—the bleakest year of the Great Depression. Nearly a century later, markets are once again facing economic turbulence on a historic scale.

Trump's approval rating drops to 42%, the lowest it's been since he became president, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.

A cutting-edge microscope at Harvard Medical School could pave the way for major breakthroughs in cancer detection and aging research—but its progress is now at risk. The scientist who created the software to analyze its images, 30-year-old Russian-born Kseniia Petrova, has been held in immigration detention for two months. Arrested in February at a Boston airport, Petrova is now detained in Louisiana, facing possible deportation to Russia, where she says she fears imprisonment for protesting the war in Ukraine. Her case highlights the tension between immigration policy and the U.S.'s reliance on global scientific talent.

The Department of Homeland Security denied Mahmoud Khalil permission to be present for the birth of his first child, which took place Monday at a hospital in New York. Instead, Khalil had to experience the moment over the phone from Jena, Louisiana—more than 1,000 miles away from his wife, Dr. Noor Abdalla, who delivered their baby boy. The case has sparked criticism over DHS's handling of family and humanitarian considerations.

The White House is considering policies to encourage more Americans to marry and have children, including a potential $5,000 “baby bonus,” according to The New York Times. The proposals align with a broader conservative push to address falling birth rates and promote traditional family values. Other ideas on the table include reserving 30% of Fulbright scholarships for applicants who are married or have children, and funding educational programs that teach women about fertility and ovulation.

A group of Venezuelan migrants facing removal under a broad wartime authority challenged the Trump administration’s deportation process at the Supreme Court, arguing the notices they received don’t meet legal standards. The ACLU, representing the migrants, said the English-only notices—often given less than 24 hours before deportation—violate a recent Supreme Court ruling requiring enough time for individuals to seek habeas review.

The Education Department announced it will start collecting student loan payments from over 5 million borrowers who are in default. This means it will begin taking money from federal wages, Social Security checks, and tax refunds. This move comes as pandemic-era protections for student loan borrowers continue to wind down.

Tensions are rising within the Arizona Democratic Party as the state party chair is at odds with the governor and U.S. senators. In response, officials are considering shifting 2026 campaign funds to local county Democrats.

​The U.S. Department of Commerce has announced substantial tariffs on solar panel imports from four Southeast Asian countries—Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysia—following a year-long investigation into alleged trade violations by Chinese-owned manufacturers operating in these nations. The tariffs, which vary by country and company, are as follows:​

Cambodia: Facing the steepest duties, with tariffs reaching up to 3,521%, due to non-cooperation with the investigation.

Vietnam: Companies may face duties up to 395.9%.​

Thailand: Tariffs could be as high as 375.2%.​

Malaysia: Duties are set at 34.4%.​

Senator Adam Schiff is urging the National Archives to investigate the Trump administration's use of Signal and similar messaging apps. He emphasized the need for NARA to reach out to every federal agency involved to make sure all relevant records are preserved. This comes amid growing concerns over transparency and potential violations of federal recordkeeping laws.

[mrwatermelaun]

Maybelle "May" Parker (AMAZING! Marvel AU)

Character art from Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 5 #29 (Francesco Manna and Carlos Lopez)

"Your story will change lives, Peter. That's your greatest power. If you're not telling it because you're afraid of what will happen to me, that's rubbish. Family is a source of strength, not weakness. It should set you free, not hold you back."

Created By - Stan Lee & Steve Ditko

First Appearance - Amazing Fantasy #15 (Aug. 1962)

Aliases - May, Aunt May

Identity - No Dual

Status - Inactive

Bio

Since she was young, May Reilly wanted to be one thing: a pianist. Despite growing up as the oldest sister in a broken Brooklyn home, May worked hard to make her dream come true and spent her time after school both teaching herself piano and working as a waitress in Coney Island to help support her family. It is here that she met Ben Parker, at the time a street musician busking near her place of work, and the two quickly bonded over their love of music.

This close bond with Ben eventually blossomed into true love, and the couple faced many years and challenges together. Ben joined the U.S. military to fight in Vietnam and became disillusioned with the American government, turning to journalism after his term of service. Meanwhile, May was forced to abandon her dream and become a white-collar worker due to financial needs, whilst having to deal with both the death of her youngest sister Annie and the discovery that she was infertile.

Fate had other plans for her, however, when the 1 week stay of her 8 year old nephew turned into permanent guardianship of him due to the death of his parents. May and Ben raised the boy as their own son, and Peter grew up loved and adored by them. Life for the Parkers was looking up... and it just as quickly was torn asunder.

Being diagnosed with leukemia and the death of her husband Ben shortly after had a profound effect on May. While Peter got a job at the Daily Bugle to help support both of them, May found herself lacking purpose. Volunteering at the F.E.A.S.T. Center in East Village to "find some light in the darkness", May found a close friendship with shelter owner Martin Li and a renewed passion in helping those in need until eventually becoming the Operations Manager for the shelter.

Additionally, May had kept a secret from his nephew for a long time: she had known he was Spider-Man for years. She revealed this to him after her leukemia came back from remission, and their bond became stronger than ever. This knowledge allowed Peter to rely on May for support not only in his civilian life but his superhero life as well, and for her to eventually move into Avengers Tower once Peter became an Avenger. However, her condition kept getting worse and eventually May's leukemia became fatal.

It was during her final hour and Peter's lowest emotional point that the extra-dimensional demon known as Mephisto appeared before Peter and offered him a choice: if he forever gave up his marriage to MJ, Peter's identity would be made secret again and May would be cured of her cancer. Peter, battered emotionally and afraid of losing another person he loved, almost went through with it. However, it was May's words that reinforced him and helped him accept that she was ready to move on.

Rejecting Mephisto's offer, Peter held her aunt's hand as she passed away peacefully feeling nothing but pride and love for her nephew and his legacy as both a hero and a father.

Personal Information

Full Name: Maybelle "May" Parker (Reilly)

Living Status: Deceased (died from leukemia)

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York

Place of Residence: Queens, New York City, New York

Education: High school

Occupation: Operations Manager at F.E.A.S.T. Foundation, formerly office worker for Capital Inc and waitress

Languages: English

Gender: Cis

Sexuality: Straight

Physical Characteristics

Gender: Female

Age: 69 at time of death (born May 5th, 1943; died 2012)

Height: 5’7” (1.7 m)

Weight: 120 lbs (54.43 kg)

Eyes: Blue

Hair: Grey, formerly ginger

Skin: Fair

Ethnicity: Irish on her father's side, American/Caucasian on her mother's side

Race: Human

Other: Bald (due to chemotherapy, uses wig)

Family

Parents

Albert Reilly: father, deceased

Claire Reilly: mother, deceased

Siblings

Anna "Annie" Reilly: younger sister, social worker, deceased

Janet "Jan" Reilly: younger sister, inventor and socialite

April Reilly: distant younger sister, cut-off from the family

Significant Others

Johnny Jerome: wealthy ex-thief, broke up with him after learning of his criminal ways

Benjamin "Ben" Parker: devoted and hardworking husband, deceased

Otto Octavius: ex-fiancé, at-the-time reformed criminal, relationship ended due to his return to villainy, deceased

Children

Unborn son: sadly died from complications during childbirth

Peter "Pete" Parker: nephew and adopted son, superhero known as Spider-Man

Other Relatives

Anna-May "Mayday" Parker: grandniece/adopted granddaughter, superhero-in-training

Richard "Benjy" Parker II: grandnephew/adopted grandson, Future Foundation student

Ms. Lion: small dog companion, deceased

Affiliations

Close hero allies: May's closest hero ally was, of course, her nephew Peter AKA Spider-Man. The Scarlet Spider (Ben Reilly) and the second Black Widow (Teresa Parker) were also close with her due to being clones of her nephew. Additionally she took care of and supported the Avengers during the period of time she lived in Avengers Tower, and they grew very fond of her as well.

Groups: F.E.A.S.T. Foundation, Lookups

Powers and Abilities

Very strong-willed, empathetic and insightful

Talented cook (ESPECIALLY wheat cakes)

Extensive managerial experience

Go-to person for life advice

Impressive self-taught piano player

OOU Commentary

Aunt May is a very interesting character. Initially she was mostly a plot device for Peter; an excuse as to why he had to work for the Bugle and keep his identity secret. But over the years (and especially the JMS run), she really found her stride as a rock for Peter and both a strong-willed and insightful woman.

The two major things I did with her are the leukemia and the One More Day switch.

Regarding the leukemia, I wanted to in-canon address the incongruency with her early depictions as an old lady that is frail and faints literally all the time, combining it with her more modern cancer diagnosis in 2019. Now those things come from the symptoms of her leukemia, and her death by it also fixes the stupid bullet conundrum in One More Day (the person who was shot but managed to survive was MJ instead).

As for the One More Day switch, I, like any self-respecting Spidey fan, FUCKING HATE OMD and it's effects on Spider-Man comics after it and the characters in general. However, I thought it was more narratively satisfying to keep the concept but "fix" it so to speak than to not have it at all. OMD had the potential to be a very interesting exploration of Peter's moral boundaries, his guilt, regret and fear of losing those he loves again and again, learning to live with the consequences of his actions like revealing his identity, his relationship and attachment to May and MJ, and much more instead of what we got.

Besides, it lets me more or less recreate the deeply emotional death of Aunt May in the Marvel's Spider-Man game which, in my opinion, is a masterpiece of a send-off to the character (replacing "Peter is almost tempted to doom New York to Devil's Breath to save May but relents because its the right thing to do even if it hurts like hell" with "Peter is almost tempted to accept Mephisto's offer and save May because he's terrified of losing her but relents because it's the right thing to do even if it hurts like hell").

Fun fact about that scene in-game: narratively it mirrors uncle Ben's death. In his case, Peter was selfish and his inaction led to Ben's death, and this was the wrong choice. In May's case, Peter was selfless and his inaction led to May's death, and this was the correct choice.

Updates

4/22/2025 - Finally landed on the outcome of the Superhero Civil War for this AU, updated information accordingly

[justforbooks]

Alfa Anderson

American singer best known as a vocalist with the 1970s disco group Chic whose hits included Le Freak

Among the disco goddesses – the Donnas, Glorias, Evelyns, Gwens, Candis and Anitas – who serenaded the dancers of the hedonistic 1970s in such celebrated joints as New York’s Studio 54 and London’s Heaven, it seems likely that only Alfa Anderson’s destiny included leaving show business to resume her studies and eventually become a high school principal.

Anderson, who has died aged 78, had been one of the featured singers with Chic, the high-fashion disco ensemble whose chart-topping hits included Le Freak. Emerging from the ranks of backing singers in the Manhattan recording studios, she had been spotted by Luther Vandross, then a star-to-be, who introduced her in 1977 to the guitarist Nile Rodgers and the bassist Bernard Edwards, Chic’s ambitious young founders and songwriters.

The duo’s ambition was to create an upscale dance music blending funky dancefloor rhythms with the sophisticated style of an English band they much admired, Bryan Ferry’s Roxy Music. By comparison with their disco rivals, Chic were cool and restrained, their musicianship impeccable, their female singers conveying a matching sense of class.

On the sleeve of C’est Chic (1978), their second album, designed to look like the cover of a fashion magazine, it was Anderson who reclined in a white silk blouse and old-gold skirt against an expensive sofa in the garden room of a country house, while the other core members of the group struck suitably soign�� poses. The message was unmissable: a dream of upward mobility which their audience was invited to share.

On another of their hits, I Want Your Love (like Le Freak, included in C’est Chic), Anderson took the solo lead, her voice finding a sinuous path between Edwards’s pulsing bass, Tony Thompson’s implacable drums, Rodgers’s flickering rhythm guitar, the cushion of strings, the syncopated trumpet figures and – in a typically imaginative touch – tubular bells prominently doubling the melody on the chorus.

The eldest of four children, Alfa Anderson was born in Augusta, Georgia, and named after the first letter of the Greek alphabet, its spelling varied to match the Christian name of her father, Alfonso Anderson, an employee of the US Postal Service. Her mother, Essie, was a social worker and Girl Scout troop leader.

Interested in music from a very early age, Alfa grew up singing in church and with the Girl Scouts, and learned the saxophone, flute and piccolo at Lucy C Laney high school. A degree in English at Paine College in Augusta was followed by a move to New York, where she settled in Harlem while studying for a master’s degree at the Teachers College at Columbia University and singing in the college choir.

She received her first significant public exposure through a role in Big Man, a play with music by the jazz saxophonist Julian “Cannonball” Adderley and based on the legend of the Black railroad worker John Henry. Attending its sole performance at Carnegie Hall in 1976, her churchgoing mother was shocked to discover her daughter singing the part of a “whore” called Maggie.

Her next professional appearance was at Lincoln Center, singing a solo piece called Children of the Fire, written by the trumpeter Hannibal Marvin Peterson as a protest against US involvement in the Vietnam war.

She also appeared on the soundtrack album of the hit musical The Wiz, produced by Quincy Jones.

In the daytime she was teaching at Hunter College, the public university on Park Avenue, New York, and music was still a part-time occupation when she met the founders of Chic. Arriving early at the studio to sing background parts on their first album, she was discovered marking her students’ papers while waiting for the session to start, much to the other musicians’ amusement.

When the lead singer, Norma Jean Wright, left in 1978 to pursue a solo career, Anderson was invited to take her place. Giving her notice to Hunter College, she shared the lead role first with Diva Gray on Le Freak, which became a Studio 54 anthem, and then on the road and in the studio with Luci Martin.

Most memorably, her voice was also featured on At Last I Am Free, a spellbinding ballad tucked away on C’est Chic. It caught the ear of the English rock musician Robert Wyatt, who released his characteristically plaintive version as a single in 1980.

After Chic disbanded in 1983, Anderson toured with Vandross, whose solo career had taken off. Her session work included a contribution to Bryan Ferry’s Slave to Love, a hit single also featuring Rodgers on guitar, its success boosted by its appearance in the 1986 film 9½ Weeks.

While with Vandross she met his bass guitarist, Eluriel “Tinker” (sometimes “Tinkr”) Barfield, who became her husband. Leaving the road and the studios in 1987, she went back to college, taking a second master’s degree, in educational leadership, at Bank Street College of Education, before joining the El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice in Brooklyn, first as a teacher and then as principal.

Although Chic later re-formed with other singers, there were occasional musical reunions with Norma Jean Wright and Luci Martin.

She and her husband also formed a group called Voices of Shalom, which released two albums of spiritual songs, Messages (1999) and Daily Bread (2005). Returning to secular music, in 2013 she released a single, Former First Lady of Chic, and in 2017 Barfield produced her solo album, Music from My Heart, featuring a song titled Perfectly Chic, which precisely recreated the sound of that most exquisite of disco ensembles.

She is survived by her husband and two stepsons.

🔔 Alfa Karlys Anderson, singer, born 7 September 1946; died 17 December 2024

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[ao3feed-tf2ships]

Scout does not like green eggs and ham

read it on the AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/60313090

by Thatsallotadamage

Scout is illiterate. He's fairly insecure about it and doesn't want anyone knowing even though it's pretty obvious he can't read.

Suddenly his absent father wants to fix things and teach him how to read. What a joy.

Words: 3912, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Team Fortress 2

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M, Gen

Characters: Spy (Team Fortress 2), Scout (Team Fortress 2), Scout's Mother (Team Fortress 2), Scout's Brothers (Team Fortress 2), Medic (Team Fortress 2), Engineer (Team Fortress 2)

Relationships: Scout & Spy (Team Fortress 2), Scout's Mother/Spy (Team Fortress 2)

Additional Tags: Scout Knows Spy Is Scout's Parent (Team Fortress 2), Scout Learns Spy Is Scout's Parent (Team Fortress 2), Vietnam War, Illiterate Scout

read it on the AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/60313090

[loneberry]

I think I am inscribing the phrase “original sin” on the skin of the air….

If only I could submit these images to the Italian citizenship bureaucrats as evidence that I am, in fact, Italian. Look at the way I talk with my hands! Even my students note it in their teaching evaluations!

Being half Chinese, half Italian feels like a ridiculous thing to be. Lately I’ve been thinking I need to get a hat that says “noodle-noodle girl”.

Today I went to this incredible shop to get my name engraved on a piece of metal… because apparently, when the police come to do their residency check, you are in big trouble if your name is not engraved on a plate affixed to the entrance of your building.

I told the young man working at the store, Whoa this place is cool. His grandfather bought it after WWII and his father ran it until recently. He asked me lots of questions about my life and told me lots of things about his, his years teaching in Vietnam, his social work in a remote part of Peru. Everywhere he goes he travels by motorcycle.

He asked me if I wanted to put my first name or only the initial of my first name on the plate.

“Wang…probably not a lot of Wangs in your building.”

“True, but there are a lot of Wangs in the world! 107 million in Asia alone!”

“It’s Chinese, right?”

“Yes. I am Italian and Chinese.”

His wife is Vietnamese and they have a young child. Every week they alternate between speaking Vietnamese, English, and Italian to the child.

Ah, so there are other half-Asian half-Italians in the world, I thought but did not say.

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[nanowrimo]

30 Covers, 30 Days 2023: Day 23

For Day 23, we have Adventure novel Seek Thy Truth by R.S. Knight! This cover was designed by the amazing returning designer, Marc English!

Seek Thy Truth

A retake on the classic story, the Pied Piper but with an adventurous twist… The story follows Godfrey, an exuberant historical con-artist during the 1700's who's hellbent on trying to rewrite fables to his liking throughout different parts of the world just to gain popularity and money. He hears about the chilling story of a mysterious female figure in Hameln, Germania who showed up and took not only children away, but the adults as well. He decides to try his luck in rewriting their tale by finding out what he can to spin, only to realize there must be a more sinister force at hand than a mere fairytale.

About the Author

This author has chosen to keep their identity a secret!

About the Designer

Marc English (marcenglih.design) has been making art since he was a kid. He became a designer as a young adult, then went to MassArt for the same. Within four years of graduating he was teaching there, and has since taught design in grad and undergraduate programs in the U.S., Mexico, and Guatemala. An author of a book on identity, Marc has served clients across the U.S., from Vietnam to Tel Aviv, and places in between, focusing on his version of identity. President of AIGA/Boston, he founded, served as president for the Austin chapter, created their Design Ranch retreat, and served on the AIGA national board of directors. He spends his time watching films, reading books; banging on a variety of musical instruments; roaming on four wheels, 2 wheels, under sail, on foot; and listening to strangers tell their stories. He has a few of his own.

[teachermariamijoi]

Word of the day with teacher Maria Mijoi

Tangible

Adjective

Something that is real and not imaginary

"We need tangible evidence if we are going to convict him"

Got questions? Feel free to ask below!

@teachermariamijoi

[isabelinlove]

I've been in a Charles mood with our anniversary coming up, so I thought I'd finally write up and share my X-Men self ship lore timeline!! Most of this has been floating around in my head since 2016-17, but I've never written it all out until now. I really hope I remembered everything, because this is one of my favorite ships when it comes to the lore 💜

Charles and I first meet in the spring of 1963 (following the events of First Class, which takes place in fall of 1962). I applied to teach English lit at the school, and he hires me right away. We quickly get along because we have a lot of similar interests, experiences, and beliefs. And of course there is LOTS of flirting during this time 😏💕

Our first date: April 10, 1963

We officially open the school and start teaching classes in the fall of 1963. In addition to teaching English lit, I also help the students learn to use and control their powers. 

Charles proposes: December 1963

Our wedding: April 10, 1964 (One year after our first date!)

We have 6 happy years running the school together, until…

The Vietnam draft causes the school to lose students and staff, and we are forced to close in the fall of 1969. 

Closing the school is really hard on both of us, seeing as how our shared dream of helping young mutants was basically crushed. So we kind of CRASH OUT together and rely on sex and alcohol as our coping mechanisms. Which is fun at first, but it really can’t fill the void of how depressed we both are. (Oh, and Hank is living with us too lol. Definitely the most well-adjusted person in the house). 

Hank develops the serum for Charles (which gives him his legs but gets rid of his powers) at this time, which also seems nice at first, but eventually creates a big strain on our relationship because Charles can no longer read my mind and see how depressed and discouraged I feel.

Charles and I have an argument in January of 1973, a few weeks before the events of Days of Future Past. I’m upset that he seems to have given up completely and won’t even consider helping students anymore, and feel that everything I’ve done for him has amounted to nothing. The argument ends with me walking out on him. Charles is distraught and believes I don't love him anymore. 

During the events of DOFP: old Charles reveals that in the “bad” timeline, I was killed by sentinels before he and I had the chance to reconcile and save our marriage. Part of how Logan convinces young Charles to help him is by telling him that he has the chance to save me.

Also during the events of DOFP: I have a chance encounter with Mystique at a bar. Having never met before, we don’t recognize each other, but we have a conversation contemplating the choices we’ve made (Mystique’s decision to kill Trask, my decision to leave Charles). Ultimately, I decide that I love Charles too much to actually leave him for good.

When mutants are caught on camera at the Paris accords, I rush back home. I recognize Hank and fear that he and Charles may be in trouble.      

Immediately after the events of DOFP: Charles and I reunite and apologize to each other. Even after everything, we are still very much in love. Talking with Logan and his older self gave Charles new perspective, and he is ready to start teaching students again. 

We reopen the school in the fall of 1973. 

Apocalypse: admittedly not my favorite movie, BUT I do love the 80s vibe and I love thinking about us being Mom and Dad to the teen X-Men.

Dark Phoenix? Not in my timeline lol 🙂‍↔️

So many different things could happen in our later years because of all the different timelines, but I choose to believe that the “good” future Logan wakes up in at the end of DOFP is our future, and that we grow old together and continue helping our students <3

[zhoudadudugongjin]

Damn sounds like he's a team's carrier

It reminds me of that new modern slang in my country which translates to English means "team's carrier", who's essentially the backbone of the team, they may not be the leader of the team, but they definitely work out every unexpected issue that comes in the team's ways and more often than not, not recognized or known for that matter

I'm pretty sure the team's carrier characters are important but not as recognized, it's like that time when I learned in my country's history of this obscured imperial official who's essentially "the Man behind the Emperor" who did a lot for this famously known Emperor but literally almost no one knows about his accomplishments in the present, but they do know the Emperor who he worked for WELL and who didn't almost lose the right to be Emperor thanks to the official (The Emperor guy got a notorious reputation and not one one might expect, the guy got his wife, the Empress, pregnant BEFORE MARRIAGE cuz his dad, the previous Emperor, told him he can't marry his girlfriend, who's the would be Empress so he went and got her pregnant so his Dad can't say no to that and that's how he married his wife, he took responsibility for her so no hate in that, but damn that was super daring considering the time period)

I'm from Vietnam btw :3, The 3 Kingdoms is very famous in my country for its great history, hope you don't mind the small history fact dropped

Hi! Thanks for your message!

I just want to preface this with a BIG disclaimer. I am not Chinese, I am British, and I kinda just fell into the 3k stuff this summer and Zhige Liang is now Bloro from my history books. The whole era is virtually unknown to the general public here, so with that in mind, I would consider myself FAR from an authority on such matters!

In terms of being someone who carries the team, that absolutely does explain Zhuge Liang to a tee! Not just because he was given so much responsibility, but also because he put so much upon himself (and he was a bit of a control freak too which didn't help matters!)

In terms of it being unrecognised, that very much seems to not be the case, both at the time and subsequently through history. Especially after Liu Bei died. His son Liu Shan was only 16 when he took the crown and very reliant on Zhuge Liang. Everyone knew it, in fact his competence was so well known that many other ministers were suspicious that he would usurp power for himself.

Liu Shan himself was Zhuge Liang's adopted son and he loved and respected him so much that he ended up being the only emperor in Chinese history to commission a temple for one of his subjects. There's a fun little post about that matter linked below (and I really reccommend @mademoiselle-red 's blog if you're interested in historical tidbits because she's awesome and knows what's what!)

Sorry for the long essay lol. But yeah I do have a bit of a soft spot for long-serving/long-suffering ministers who basically ran the country lol. I'm looking at you, Sir William Marshal my beloved, who is the closest example i can think of for England. Sadly nobody these days seems to know much about his life and story because they don't teach about him in schools... So I guess you can say he is a bit of a team carrier ...