#also sorry @ op for just suddenly randomly reblogging an old post of yours ahaha

[kukuandkookie]

My first thought was “yessssss!” and then my second thought was immediately about adding two donghua characters I thought of. Sorry; my donghua brain rot is so strong dkfnskdhsj. 😂🙈

First one is of course everyone’s problematic favourite grandpa from Qian Qiu, Yan Wushi (晏无师)! 😌

Second one I first thought of is Tang Lian (唐莲) from Shaonian Ge Xing, which is a series I’m slowly getting really into—as in, I’ve really liked what I’ve seen of the characters etc and I really want to watch more of it, but I just haven’t found the time to!

So yeah, the very first time I saw Tang Lian, I was actually reminded of Yan Wushi ahaha. I feel like you’ll see what I mean when you see the picture of him below:

(PS: Shaonian Ge Xing’s English translation name kills me because it’s most commonly known as Great Journey of Teenagers, which is just…not a good name and not even all that accurate a translation hmghsahaha. A better translation would probably be “Song of [the] Youth(s)”!)

But also I felt like there was definitely more out there, but at the same time, it was kind of hard remembering anyone. Like, Chinese media features so many pretty black-haired characters and white-haired characters and even characters with streaks of different colours in their hair, but I was struggling to remember specifically a black and white combo.

So…I did what I do best when I decide I want to hyperfixate on something akgbdjfhs. I combed through a bunch of donghua and found more!

I’m sorry I’m so obnoxious MGMKDHFSJ. But also I may have missed some characters and for that too I apologize. I love keeping up with donghua but my goldfish cracker memory unfortunately can’t keep track of every character from every different series. 😔

But here’s a list of characters with blackish hair and a white streak in donghua!:

From Chivalrous Hero Shen Jianxin, we have Li Fu (李复)!

You Yao aka Are You Ok (I’m including both versions of the name because I always enjoy the discrepancy between the Chinese and English version 😆) has Long Da Xia (龙大侠, literally “Dragon Big Hero”).

The reason the Chinese and English names for this series are different is actually pretty interesting! When the donghua adaptation was announced, the author asked the fans what the English name should be. While You Yao literally means “Have Medicine,” it was the fans who christened it Are You Ok. They did this because apparently after reading the angst of the novel they themselves didn’t feel okay gksnjfshsh.

Bai Yao Pu has a fox yao (a demon/monster—so literally a huli jing, the creature that eventually came to be known as a kitsune spirit or a gumiho/kumiho in Japan and Korea respectively) who cultivated a human form. I’ve included both his manhua and donghua designs!

The manhua is more of a black and white split, while the donghua opted to give him a streak, so I think he qualifies. 😌

There’s also Yu Renjie (于仁杰) from Busted! Darklord, who keeps the white fluff of hair in both his male and female looks.

For our first cdrama, we have Gao Chong (高崇) from Word of Honor! I know some people liked him—especially after he let his hair down in that one episode gngdkfhsks.

We also have Wangquan Bayue (王权霸业) from Huyao Xiao Hongniang. His hair becomes more and more white over time, beginning from after he experienced a traumatic event that caused him to lose his friends.

And yes, technically his hair is brown, but like. I did all the work in going through a bunch of the donghua I know and this show alone has 9+ seasons now so I’ll add him to the list because I can. 😤

Bonus: I’m adding Fei Ren Zai’s version of the mythical beast Baize (白泽) because I could’ve sworn the design for his human form from ancient China had a white streak, but apparently he didn’t! He does have that contrast in his fur though with a black and white horn in his yao form, so I’ll include him because a) he does technically have black and white hair (it’s just his fur) and b) look. He’s pretty and I’m a big Fei Ren Zai fan so I’m biased. 🙈

There’s plenty more characters who have like,,, just white hair or just black hair and can be a pair (eg Link Click and God Troubles Me and many, many more); or characters with white hair and a different coloured streak; or characters with black hair and a different coloured streak; or characters with different coloured hair and different coloured streaks.

These ones were the ones I thought off/came across as having black (or dark) hair and a white streak from donghua specifically, and it’s not unlikely I’ve missed characters—especially if they’re from a manhua or cdrama or video game (hell, now I’m wondering if there’s a Genshin character with black hair and white streaks? Idk I don’t game so I just admire pretty designs and fan art and lore occasionally from afar ahaha).

But yeah, just throwing a bit more love at Chinese media characters because they’re pretty underrated internationally. ♥️