#and Yi respects that

[casualavocados]

I want you to call me in person. I'll only meet with you. I'll only answer your phone calls. I only trust you.

Chen Yi, head of Yiyun Meng: North Hall, with Ai Di at his right hand KISEKI: DEAR TO ME (2023)

[gunsatthaphan]

"are you tired?"

[respectthepetty]

Really glad the main couple of Kiseki: Dear to Me showed up for work today.

Good for them.

Good for us.

[xelasrecords]

POSSESSIVE VYN CRUMBS Y'ALL

[mimiruku]

wanted to participate in that ' Which OC gives other people nicknames? ' , but Miruku is absolutely the opposite of that, if he likes you a lot, he'll use your full name : ' Tsunayoshi ' never ' Tsuna ' - ' Yi Pin' never ' Ipin', whether or not people will catch onto this is not his problem. never let Miruku find out Reborn's gov't name cause suddenly it's Renato.

[movielosophy]

Riverside Code at Qingming Festival | Why didn't you tell me?

[roboyomo]

another day of referencing "the sins crew all have their og timeline counterparts on accident" thing again.

put both azrael and yi ha-neul in the same room and yi ha-neul will understand where kenix gets most of his attitude and insults from

[romanceyourdemons]

as someone who’s seen their fair share of fairly opaque foreign art film, those “four hour serbian film about the collapse of the government from the pov of a pigeon” posts always make up films that are significantly easier to summarize than the majority of the kind of film they (claim to) hate. like. “a three hour taiwanese film about a family coping with their bedridden grandmother’s impending death” or “an iranian film about a man who drives into the desert to find someone to help him commit suicide” or “a five hour swedish film about two children whose mother marries an abusive bishop” just doesn’t have the same ring and by that i mean the plot summaries don’t even cover 2% of what makes the films artistic and hard to understand

[army-in-the-stars]

[kissablelips-desireslure-vol1]

JAZZ FOR TWO (2024)

KIM JIN KWON (as Se Heon)

&

JI HO GEUN (as Tae Yi)

[casualavocados]

Chen Yi & Ai Di + the respect they command leading Yiyun Meng: North Hall

Chen Bowen as CHEN YI & Chiang Tien as AI DI KISEKI: DEAR TO ME (2023)

[ladyelainehilfur]

I'm not surprised Saeroyi fell out of love with Soo-ah. Soo-ah did diddly squat for him after he got out of prison and somehow thought that after 15 years, she had nothing to worry about from another girl who would literally move heaven and earth to make Saeroyi happy.

Saeroyi seems like a square character who doesn't change, but 15 years would affect anyone's priorities. Of course he'd evaluate to see who always had his back and conclude that was Yiseo.

Yes, he liked Soo-ah for a long time, but Soo-ah was just the obvious, straightforward choice for a simple person like him. She sat on her laurels too long waiting for him to work his way into her arms, and Yi-seo put in the work to change his mind.

[respectthepetty]

In that scene you reposted with Adi saying to Chen “fine I am that jealous”

In the VIKI translation. He says “fine, I am really that Petty”

And I thought of you 😅

Anon, much like Big Dragon, I watched Kiseki: Dear to Me on all the platforms multiple times because 1) I'm creepy, and 2) the subtitles gave a different experience depending on the platform.

But I want you to know ALL the platforms (Gaga, Viki, and IQIYI) kept the petty intact.

And ALL had my boy admit he is, in fact, PETTY!

All were not originally this way. Gaga originally stuck to jealous, but it changed like a day after its release. The translation for IQIYI and Viki were slightly different, but now they all had Eddie ask if he is petty, then admit he is (while Chen Yi smiles because he knows he loves a petty person).

So I immediately took screenshots of all of them and put them in a my "Petty" folder.

Which really just consists of screenshots from Ai Long Nhai since Nhai was the pettiest.

And some from Naughty Babe since Indulgent Daddy Yi is also a Petty Daddy.

You know, petty shit.

I'm glad you thought of me! And I hope whenever any of y'all see a petty character, you think of my petty ass, being petty, in the pettiest ways possible.

[twilightichor]

𖧷 @caemthe asked: 🕯️ / for jiyan!

◜General Jiyan?◞ Porcelain-like features narrow in pensiveness, her fragile hand rises to prop her chin in silent consideration and to put in order her thoughts about him. It takes Jīnhsī a couple of minutes to organize them before her eyes meet her interlocutor's. ◜Deceiving as his short age may be, it shouldn't fool anyone. For he counts with an ample experience in fields others would not, even less when they were in their early teens. He puts his heart and soul into the protection of his soldiers and the people of Jinzhou, always keeping in mind to take the most adequate course of action to provoke the least amount of losses possible.◞

A conflicted expression makes its way thereafter, argent eyes dropping in quiescent thought. Being exposed to danger in a daily basis is bound to bring losses, she knows this well. However... how acceptant is the General on this matter, and how much does he blame himself whenever it happens? Jīnhsī inhales deeply as albescent lashes flutter close, the field of emortia flowers present in her mind.

◜But this... means that he is carrying a great burden on his shoulders, too.◞ Fair brows knit in a frown, her dainty hand close to her chest in a weak fist. ◜Because of Jinzhou's origins and nature of surviving disaster after disaster, its population has great expectations to those who lead various aspects of the province, one way or another. General Jiyan fills this criteria, there is no doubt about it. Nevertheless... he, too, is a man. There is sadness, sorrow and fear that I perceive in him that I cannot help but resonate with. Just because it manifests silently doesn't mean it doesn't exist.◞ If only I could reach out to him someday, somehow— to assuage these feelings so he may rest peacefully even for one night.

◜He's a strong man... Jiyan. For him to be able to push forward with everything he must shoulder, that deserves recognition, too. I trust his judgement and support every decision he makes, as I'm cognizant that he does it with the best interest of Jinzhou in mind.◞ Her fist tightens a tad as she looks at Jué, roseate lips curling in a smile. ◜One day I will build the courage to address these topics with him in a heart-to-heart conversation.◞ To penetrate his dreams even if to bring a small spark of light... just like you have always done with me since I was young. This time, subtle crinkles emerge at the corners of her eyes as her smile widens. ◜There is time, after all.◞

Because we share the same dream... you and I.

[sonderwrit]

Art by无早木 - 👓➕黑眼圈就是好的不得了和完美！[dark circles are so good and perfect! ]

Dialogue (read left to right):

“Guess what I discovered?” “Tch. The specimen struggled a lot, change to the next one.”

[fincalinde]

What do you think about jc?

I've sat on this ask for a bit because I have so much to say about JC that it was difficult to pick an angle. Then I remembered some of the tags that were added to my JYL and WWX post. A few people seem to disagree with my assessment that JYL loves WWX more than JC, and I thought it would be worth responding to that because I see why there's disagreement but I stand by my position.

Standard disclaimer: I'm commenting on a trend here because I think it's interesting, and I'm not responding to anyone in particular.

OK so.

I don't dispute that JYL loves JC deeply. She takes care of him, she adores him, and I'm sure she's willing to die for him.

Where the taggers and I seem to differ is that I place more emphasis on the way JYL treats JC than the way she feels about him in the abstract. I don't doubt for a second that JYL herself would insist and truly believe that she loves JC and WWX equally as her darling baby brothers.

However, when the chips are down her actions don't bear this out. We see JYL with her brothers more than once so we do have a decent holistic picture of their dynamic right up until her death, both when things are good and when things are very bad—the latter of which being, in my opinion, much more telling.

I've gone through all their scenes (in presented rather than chronological order) to examine how JYL treats her brothers in ordinary circumstances and to highlight how that treatment differs when the stakes are higher.

Lotus Pier and lotus seeds

Though JYL is mentioned earlier than this in the novel, she first appears in the scene where YZY is upbraiding JC for shooting arrows with WWX and some of the other disciples. She slaps JC, calls him an ignorant child, and tells him off for messing around when one day he'll be clan leader. She then turns on WWX and blames him for influencing JC to fool around.

I won't get into YZY's poor parenting and leadership here. I'll just note that she scolds and humiliates both JC and WWX. And then I'll note that in the next scene, at dinner after the news that each clan must send at least twenty disciples for 'teaching', JYL passes WWX a small dish of peeled lotus seeds. It's a very sweet and quietly supportive gesture and very characteristic of her. But JC has also been scolded and struck and humiliated. Where are his lotus seeds? I realise this sounds petty, but these small things add up.

I don't at all read this scene as implying that JYL doesn't feel sympathy or love for JC. But it's the first indication that her instincts guide her towards meeting WWX's emotional needs before JC's.

Post-cave soup

Nothing notable here, WWX has just been through an ordeal and JC is in the pink of health so it makes sense that JYL is feeding WWX soup and focusing on him.

Phoenix Mountain hunt flower chuck

Before the hunt JYL's face lights up when she sees both of her brothers and she risks her fragile health to throw them a flower each. Again nothing notable about this. At that particular moment in time all is theoretically well.

Langya soup

JYL makes extra soup for both of her brothers. Makes sense, they are both present and neither are in active crisis, this is a standard domestic task she carries out for both of them (and JZX, oops).

No living man am I!

JYL stands up for WWX at the Phoenix Mountain hunt. JC isn't present this so I'm really noting it for the sake of being thorough. It's not ideal that JC isn't present and hears about it later, but it doesn't have any bearing on whether or not JYL favours WWX in her treatment of her brothers as she's not choosing between them here and she's acting as much to defend the reputation of the Jiang as to protect WWX.

The ancestral hall

Just some quick banter in this scene, Xianxian is being three years old and when JC arrives it's really the twin heroes show while JYL says she'll make them both soup to stop them fighting. JC is being pretty harsh with his words here but it's still within the realms of the way he and WWX typically rag on each other, so no one's in genuine distress and JYL is just trying to stop a squabble rather than actually tend to anyone's hurt feelings.

That said, it is one of the best examples of the typical dynamic between the three of them: the boys bickering (though here in particular with ominous undertones) while JYL gently tries to keep the peace.

Sad backstory

The scenes where JYL goes out to fetch tiny WWX from the tree and he and JC reconcile after JC loses his beloved dogs aren't a smoking gun but they are indicative of where the dynamic ends up. JYL handles this situation incredibly maturely for a girl her age. She does the right thing in going to get WWX and in ensuring JC apologises and they make up. She is in no way to blame for the fact that it's unreasonable and unfair to take away a child's dogs and expect him to accept that and be gracious about a new child whose presence is the reason for the dogs' absence.

I don't think JYL is favouring WWX here. For one thing, she's just met him and hasn't had time to love him as much as she loves JC. But it does establish a dynamic we'll see cropping up again: WWX needing support and JYL providing it, while JC's needs go comparatively unmet. I'll emphasise again that JYL is absolutely not responsible here for the awfulness of the situation, and she's doing the best anyone possibly could in her shoes. But later, when she does bear more responsibility for the disparity in the level of sisterly attention WWX and JC receive, this particular dynamic has a familiar feel.

Say yes to the dress

JC and JYL sneak out so WWX can see JYL in her wedding dress. JC really is for the most part a very good clan leader and brother and he deserves a lot of credit for moments like this where he takes a reputational risk purely because of his brotherly love and loyalty to WWX and JYL. JC is also the one who suggests WWX be the one to pick the courtesy name, which is extraordinarily generous of him and a meaningful gesture that shows he truly considers WWX family even if they've mutually agreed that in public they can't associate any more.

Like the majority of the scenes with the three of them together, this captures a moment of relative calm where it's correspondingly easier for JYL to balance her brothers' emotional needs and keep the peace through their bickering. But now we're getting to the heavy stuff ...

MEMORIES CONSUME LIKE OPENING THE WOUND

So everything that happens after WWX kills JZX does need to be properly contextualised i.e. it has to be acknowledged that this is an extreme situation. But this section is also what I personally consider to be the smoking gun, so here goes.

After JZX's death, JYL is in a terrible state but she travels alone to the pledge conference just to see WWX. In the middle of a literal battle full of resentful corpses, she runs around looking for WWX. JC and WWX try to find her and can't get to her in time, as WWX is no longer able to control the corpses and one of them seriously injures her. JC picks up JYL while LWJ holds WWX back.

At this point JYL is badly hurt but not mortally wounded. She's in JC's arms and at no point during this entire sequence does she acknowledge him in any way. All her attention is focused on WWX. She says she came to tell him something, but she can't finish her sentence because she can't bring herself to tell him it's fine and she doesn't hate him—but she also can't bring herself to say it's not fine and she does hate him.

WWX gets the corpses back under control at JYL's request and then a random disciple trying to avenge his brother strikes at WWX. JYL intercepts the blow and dies instantly (still in JC's arms the entire time).

There's quite a bit to unpack here, but what I take from this is the following:

JYL loves WWX so much that even when he has literally murdered her husband and the father of her baby she can't stop loving him and can't bring herself to condemn him even if she also can't bring herself to forgive him. This is a hugely fraught moment between the two of them and it does make perfect sense that WWX would be her primary focus. She's grieving and traumatised and that does tend to narrow one's focus.

Can I imagine a scenario where JC has struck JZX in rage and killed him and JYL struggles across a battlefield to reach him and is then unable to forgive or condemn him? Yes, without question.

Can I imagine the above scenario where WWX is also there and JYL completely ignores his existence the entire time? That would be a hell no.

And yes I know WWX is an attention grabber and harder to ignore. But as obnoxious as he can be, I do think he would if only briefly let JYL and JC have their moment. But I just can't picture a sequence of events where an injured JYL falls into WWX's arms and she doesn't even glance at him because she only has eyes for JC.

There's obviously a degree of subjectivity here of course, and I'm making my argument based on the totality of their interactions rather than picking out specific quotes. I personally think it matters that though JYL might love her brothers equally in theory, when the going gets tough she doesn't treat them equally in practice. And for me the disparity, however minor, comes to an awful culmination in their final scenes together. JC is always second best to WWX by razor thin margins, and this is yet another time where he falls infinitesimally short with cruelly painful consequences. A completely ignored JC holding his dead sister in his arms hits painfully hard, not least because it really is not possible to imagine WWX could ever have been in his place.