#character: hua zhi

[movielosophy]

Blossoms In Adversity | GuHua's wedding doesn't have to follow common rules.

[happypeachsludgeflower]

Okay… but.. but hear me out.

Heavenly calamities, sometimes known as tribulations, are encountered at key points in someone’s cultivation. If a person passes their calamity, they can ascend as a god.

Calamities usually (but not always) involve powerful storms, and from what we’ve seen do not actually have anything to with someone’s spiritual energy, as seen by Hua Cheng who was extremely weak and also dead when he faced his.

Wei Wuxian gave up his core for his brother, was captured and tortured by Wen Chao, and then pushed into the burial mounds surrounded by resentful energy where he fought for three months against zombies while dehydrated and starving.

I’m just saying, this could absolutely have been a heavenly calamity and since he survived, Wei Wuxian could have ascended.

Wouldn’t a god!Wei Wuxian au be so deliciously angst ridden?? Wouldn’t it be such sweetly bitter sorrow to watch as he has to watch from afar as his loved ones are subjugated and slain.

God’s aren’t allowed to interfere in mortal affairs. It’s just such a shame he’s never been one to break a single rule in his life, isn’t it??

[heymeowmao]

大理寺少卿游 | White Cat Legend E35 ° Li Bing, you were turned into a demon because of him. Because Qiu Qingzhi begged me to do it!

[malachitezmeyka]

You ever have your narrative haunted by a character who isn’t even yours

[superdorkcat]

Upcoming Magical Girl Projects

Magical girl fans are finally eating good after years of starvation. So good, in fact, that I decided to make a list of magical girl projects in development. This is a continually updating list - all series that have since been released can be found here.

Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie - Walpurgisnacht Rising - The fourth PMMM movie, which will pick up where Rebellion's massive cliffhanger left off. While originally slated for late 2024, it has since been delayed to 2025.

Maebashi Witches - A TV original production by Sunrise, Maebashi Witches is a coming of age story focused on a quintet of high schoolers who are approached by a strange and mysterious frog named Keroppe, who recruits them to become the titular group. Now working in a magical flower shop, the girls use the "Witchverse" pocket dimension to grant people's wishes with the power of song and dance. Has the same writer as Bocchi the Rock (Erika Yoshida) and is premiering April 6, 2025.

Princession Orchestra - A TV original coming in spring 2025, Princession Orchestra is based on a concept by Akifumi Kaneko, one of Symphogear's co-creators. The land of Alicepia's peace is destroyed when monsters called Jammerwocks attack, prompting a trio of young girls to step up the plate to protect the realm.

Winx Club - The western magical girl classic is getting a CGI reboot. While comments by Iginio Straffi imply that certain characters who were introduced later in the original series (such as Roxy and Nabu) will appear earlier, no specific plot details have been revealed so far. The series is coming to Netflix late 2025.

New Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt - Panty & Stocking is getting a second season after over a decade that's coming out sometime in 2025. A teaser trailer confirmed the OG voice cast's return and announced the production staff, but plot details are still unclear.

Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. season two - Magilumiere is getting a second season, which was announced after the broadcast of season one's finale. No other details have been revealed.

Petitcure ~Precure Fairies~ - A Precure spinoff focusing on the franchise's various mascots is coming. It's a series of dialogue-less shorts that will be released weekly on YouTube starting on April 3.

Untitled Symphogear movie - A new Symphogear movie was announced in late 2023. However, no further details have been revealed.

Hua Xianzi: Zhi Mofa Xiang Dui Lun - A co-production between Tencent Video and Toei Animation's Shanghai branch, this anime is being billed as a "remake" of Lunlun the Flower Fairy. The heroine is Rumi, an apprentice at a homemade perfume studio who awakens as a Flower Child due to the power of a family heirloom. She's tasked with collecting and purifying the Rainbow Flower's scattered petals, only to clash with another Flower Child along the way and discover the surprising past of her feline mentor/sidekick.

Maho no Shimai Lulutto Lily - Studio Pierrot, which has made a variety of magical girl anime from TV originals like Creamy Mami to adaptations such as Tokyo Mew Mew, has announced that they're creating a new TV original magical girl anime. No specific plot details have been disclosed, but the caption for the teaser image ("I want you to sing once more...") implies that it'll be a magical idol anime. In March, the title was revealed, with the rough (and unofficial) romanization being Magical Sisters Lulutto Lily. The only revealed characters are a duo of cat mascots, Uguisu and Azuki.

Lolirock season three - After Lolirock's second season ended with a cliffhanger all the way back in 2017, it seemed like the story would never get a proper conclusion. However, the series's creator and director, Jean-Louis Vandestoc, announced on his Instagram in 2023 that creative meetings for a third season have begun.

Magic Knight Rayearth revival - TMS Entertainment is making a new Magic Knight Rayearth anime in honor of the franchise's 30th anniversary. Unfortunately, it's currently unknown what the format will be.

Cute High Earth Defense Club Haikara! - Hot on the heels of the franchise's 10th anniversary movie, Cute High Earth Defense Club is getting a new anime series. Besides Shinji Takamatsu directing the series like he did with the movie and the first three seasons, no concrete details have been revealed.

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha EXCEEDS Gun Blaze Vengeance - A new installment in the seminal Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha franchise, this will be a new TV anime to celebrate the series's 20th anniversary. No other details are confirmed, but it will presumably be connected to the upcoming EXCEEDS manga that will begin in 2025.

Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card season two - The sequel to the magical girl classic is getting a second season that will adapt the rest of the manga.

Magical Girl holoWitches - A multimedia project starring six VTubers as fictionalized versions of themselves who work as both streamers and magical girls who save people when they get trapped in the magical Holocas World. There was a four minute extended trailer in May 2024, but the anime's proper premiere date is unknown.

New Ojamajo Doremi thing - As part of the celebrations for the franchise's 25th anniversary, Toei Animation released two new music videos for the series' 1st OP and 4th ED with the promise that a new project will be made if the videos reach a combined 5 million views. This goal has since been met. Due to the girls being adults in the videos, the new project will presumably be an adaptation of the Ojamajo Doremi 16-20's sequel series of light novels.

[mahou-furbies]

what are some of the magical girl shows coming out soon that you know of? which are you looking forward to and which do you think you might skip?

Here's a list of upcoming magical girl works from last summer, the earliest are already out but to my knowledge it's pretty accurate for the future.

My take on the list:

The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies - my closing thoughts are here

Mermaid Magic - might watch at some point but it's not a high priority

Acro Trip, Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc, The Story of the Girl Who Couldn’t Become a Wizard - currently watching, I'll write my thoughts once they end

Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie - must watch, though it'll probably take a while for it to be available since it's a movie

Mahou Tsukai Precure: Mirai Days - definitely watching this one too

Princess Session Orchestra - contains idols which is extremely meh to me, but otherwise appears mahou enough for my tastes and the designs are great, so looking forward to this

Winx Club - probably won't watch, unless I get motivated to watch all of the winx franchise

Project Symphogear Next - idols + character designs too mecha + haven't seen anything else from this franchise = skip for me, but maybe I'll check it out one day

Hua Xianzi: Zhi Mofa Xiang Dui Lun - I know very little about Chinese animation or the original Lun Lun so dunno about this one

Studio Pierrot’s new anime - seems like idols again...

Lolirock season three - haven't seen the previous two seasons so I'd have to watch them first. Wait this has idols too??

Magic Knight Rayearth revival - definitely watching this one

Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card season two - I haven't seen any CCS anime and didn't particularly like the manga, though I feel like I'll get to it at some point

Magical Girl holoWitches - cute designs, but streamers/vtubers as a theme is about as appealing to me as idols. Might take a look depending on what kind of format this will be.

Ojamajo Doremi 16-20’s - I think it's still unknown what format this will be? In any case I'd prefer to finish watching all the original Doremi anime first.

Also:

Kimi to Idol Precure - idols again... but I'll watch it

A second season for Magical Girl Raising Project has been announced ages ago and it's the anime I'm looking forward to the most on this post, but I'm not too hopeful on it coming out soon (if ever...) since things have been so quiet on that front

I'll also watch the Panty & Stocking sequel, though its schedule is also unknown.

[dangermousie]

Finished Blossoms in Adversity.

It was a pretty flawed drama, and Hu Yitian remains the second least watchable leading man in cdramas for me but it really was consistently the airing drama I'd watch FIRST - it really was an addicting watch despite its flaws.

The best thing? I don't know how they managed to get it past the censors, but they actually had the emperor as the Big Bad.

He was the one who exiled FL's family men unjustly, he was the one who punished and messed with her because he didn't like his nephew caring for anyone outside of him, and as the above scene indicates, even his gaslit/brainwashed/enmeshed in abused fashion nephew finally had enough. Every positive character who had an opinion hated him (FL literally called him out at one point!) and all the negative ones did too. He was not shown to do any of his petty, cruel, arbitrary things for the greater good but because he was a paranoid, self-absorbed man.

The best part? No last minute, death bed redemption of any kind. You think there would be one, as he lies dying from poison (inflicted by his own son! with the help of a foreign agent who is portrayed as justified and sympathetic!) but nope. Gu Yanxi, who realistically still loves his abusive as fuck father figure (because that's how it goes in rl), is all "I am sorry for stuff I did/said, I still love you, I will remain security head blah blah") and I expected the emperor to say he loved him and no pls go live your best life, find your happiness, I am sorry for being a bastard daddy etc etc but NOPE. Emperor just says "Yanxi" and croaks. (And same with his one remaining child, the sixth prince. He does not repent for how he treated his small son who saved his life, he does not appoint him heir etc. It's the dowager who trots the kid out.)

It's pretty telling that everyone gets a happy ending but only after the old monster croaks. The kid emperor pardons the Hua men who come back, Yanxi gives up his awful job and gets married and he and Hua Zhi peace the hell out of politics and business and just travel the world all over with no responsibilities etc etc.

I also liked how realistically tailored to various people the ending was in terms of happiness. Youngest uncle and aunt and their daughter go traveling, and I loved that - they were my faves except for sister and her OTP. Sister and her boo are in court, SML (who really wasn't - he never really pined and barely showed up) is a royal tutor, various younger married ladies have their own happiness (and I love that for one of them, it's a very realistic happiness of ruling her not attractive husband's concubines, business and household and getting his respect and buy in. She was neither looking for nor getting true love and that was fine with her) and the older generation of women also finding their calling that isn't just about the husbands (business, charity work etc etc.)

[slowd1ving]

Hi ! I also enjoy receiving your replies. And dont worry about replying a few days later. You dont have to be available 24/7.

Also i forgot to ask in my last ask. In the moze fics, does jiaoqiu have ulterior motives? Or is he just a best friend who cares? I found it noticeable how moze always got jealous at the mention/appearance of Jiaoqiu. And how Jiaoqiu was insistent on saying Moze didnt have a chance. It might be him just teasing moze because hes aware of how Moze is.

I mean, Moze also got aggravated when he found out the protag was sleeping around. And when the earth man was flirting, he didnt have time to get jealous because they were both busy trying to survive and escape. And he was more protective rather than possessive there.

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SWAN ANONNNNNN HEYY (appreciate the smaller detail remembrance)

Ok so to fully answer the questions I'm going to split the premise into three. I'm gonna YAP while skirting around the topic (also so I can talk about their characters because DAMN they're interesting)

Reader: forcibly put into the proximity of Moze (plot convenience) (and also somewhat necessity for his work) after being kicked from the Intelligenstia Guild. This innate frustration of zero control, coupled with Moze's prickliness and mc's own standoffishness = colleagues with the sole benefit of hating each other and making it publicly known, while naturally gravitating to people who are the social opposite to their frustrating partner (aka Jiaoqiu and Zhi Hua, who's just some side character for the Shadow Guard since there's no actual info on them lmao)

Moze: from the lore, and tb quest, there's several points of information about him. He's known not to talk much, work alone, and make somewhat awkward jokes where the situation does not warrant it. He does "not wish to speak", which is also understandable as an occupational thing. Obviously there's bound to be huge reductions of his character to those three points but I digress.

Now, being put into forced proximity with someone he believes is irresponsible and a hindrance is something new. If he doesn't like someone, he avoids them, or in the worst case scenario he... takes care of them. That's his job, so no hard feelings. However, he's basically not got any option, because he's Feixiao's subordinate, to essentially 'babysit' (in his opinion). He's also not used to being close emotionally/and somewhat physically with people, case in point being his job and stint in prison. NOW bickering and arguing with someone every few days for a prolonged length of time is possibly some of the most ordinary shit he's been through. You're not trying to kill him. You're not scared of him. Yeah, you dislike him (strongly) and he dislikes you (strongly) too, but you're proving your capabilities and you dislike him personally rather than through hearsay.

Anyways, outside the job he avoids you like the plague, but inside there's bound to be far more complex emotions the more he spends time with you and the more he realises he was mistaken about your ability (but not about your shit personality). But again, not a lot of experience in dealing with emotions, so pestering you is basically him succumbing to you being a somewhat alright person rather than someone he keeps at arm's length. Or at least, he trusts your abilities (somewhat) but still holds zero expectations of you (or at least he thinks that) and still dislikes you

Jiaoqiu: remember social opposites? Honestly I don't think Moze was jealous of Jiaoqiu specifically but rather anyone who's publicly close to you (case in point A-hua), because this man is lowkey starved for affection. Like where in his job and life does he experience that? And I did purposefully write in diminutives for this man (xiaoze, a-ze) in a sarcastic way, which just makes this man's eye twitch since you have no problem being affectionate with his colleagues, not just stopping at civil. Like purposefully showing off your closeness is one thing but just slipping in a-hua or jiaoqiu's name casually is what really gets him - like your subconscious just has these two in an affectionate bubble in your mind and he's just glaring lmao.

I believe he's got a somewhat competitive side, especially due to his alleged nature to be tidy and clean. Like, he's meticulous, and he's already proved himself to you and you to him. Why are his colleagues better than him? He dislikes you even more for that lmao because he's subconsciously feeling closeness as a side effect of harmless bickering, because he has to pay attention to you in order to best find information to irritate you with

Except, a lot of his information stems around your relationships (case in point fake rumor with zhi hua in like the first fic for him)!! which he does not have (a lot of relationships) !!!!

Anyways Jiaoqiu's heard a lot of your complaints and honestly thinks it's funny as hell, like we've got his friend who's clearly going to need a while to grapple with his feelings while denying them, and then we've got the guy who just dislikes his friend. Honestly I wrote him as someone who just wanted to speed up the process, while also just being incredulous while thinking of your complaints. Because you complainnnn. Chaos inducing best friend

But a best friend who would NOT mind hitting 🙏. Ulterior motives yes, but also he does want his new friend to heal, hence the dissuading; because he's also never heard you say anything particularly good about the man, and vice versa. like ??? some people just do NOT like each other so he might as well take his chance instead lmao

Anyways I find it funny you mentioned the Earth guy bc I know damn well that knife Moze threw felt extra cathartic. Like the issue resolved itself: you fought him off with disgust, didn't suddenly become emotionally close, and he became a cadaver in the end - and once they're dead, Moze moves on. Thus, he just felt irritated this guy tried something without actually knowing why it felt refreshing to perform his occupation. The sleeping around thing is something else because it requires willing proximity (and you could've just chosen him smh).

side effect of competitiveness. Like based on his design and lore it's pretty obvious he's high up in the Shadow Guards, and perhaps one of their best assassins. He's polished his craft, but you evidently don't care about that. So being in even more forced proximity (apartment) is also forcing him to unfurl the tight bundle of annoyance to see exactly what it is. cue that whiskey scene (my favourite, because the desperation is a result of him feeling that inferiority hit)

tl;dr - yes Jiaoqiu's got ulterior motives but also sincerely believes it may be quite hard for moze to make his affections known (considering his reclusivity and emotional short-sightedness); also it's just funny as hell to poke fun at people in general and moze's a satisfying target

Moze's just jealous, because you're close to everyone but him (perceived). and you're just sarcastically calling him diminutives and ugh that's just something that lingers in his heart regardless.

but yeah sorry for the yap I genuinely like both their designs so much 😭😭

[grand-theft-carbohydrates]

i'm finally watching AA! this is definitely one of the strongest interpretations of sima yi in media. he's played with this genuine charm and warmth without being naive and i really look forward to seeing where they take his character. the show takes a lot of notes from the 2010 version, like how Team Wei is portrayed in a much more heroic light. cao cao's actor was actually 2010 liu bei, and you can see that he's having way more fun in this role, he's got this maverick energy and he takes delight in being the smartest guy in the room. this against-type casting lends a lot of depth to his portrayal. he's still got some of that liu bei-nevolance with his big, puppy eyes, but is able to turn vicious in a heartbeat. fans of 2010 cao cao will really get a kick out of it. cao pi's character arc is set up really well, and I like the subtle ways he keeps getting shafted by his father for cao zhi and zhang. my only criticism so far is that it is once again, the overall tone of the show is too "modern" for my liking, from the overly-tailored clothes, to the gratuitous fight scenes. modern chinese tv is still kind of stuck in the early aughts in terms of taste and sensibility. like they don't trust the audience to sit through a suspenseful drama without loud! background! music! and slowmo wire-work kung fu.

i actually consider the strongest action scene to be the opening sequence where hua tuo is about to perform a c-section on zhang chunhua. the way he slowly and methodically washes his hands, boils his surgical instruments, ties a robe around his neck and arms to keep his hands steady, and pretends to ask chunhua a question to make sure she's really unconscious. these details ground the show in reality and raises the stakes. this woman is about to undergo extremely dangerous, painful, and primitive surgery, one which she may not survive. this suspenseful tone is immediately broken 2 eps later, when she and her handmaid do horseback parkour, apropos to nothing. it shows a lack of trust in the audience to understand that she is a Strong Female Character without an overwrought action sequence. this was already done in ep 1 and 2 (and better too!) we already saw the way she showed bravery by demanding the doctor perform surgery on her to save her child, directly overriding her husband's wishes. and later on, when she weaponises her perceived weakness as a woman (and social propriety) to force Cao Cao's men to stop searching her house (while she's still recovering from childbirth!). she is using her strength and intelligence within the confines of the role society has put her in! it shows her struggle and what she's up against!

[thispatternismine]

Blossoms in Adversity thoughts

Finally got around to watching this & fuck this might be my fave cdrama. Everything about it was perfect. Signed up for 2 Broke Girls: Ancient China Edition, got 2 Broke Girls Crossed With Game of Thrones.

Wow there was a *lot* going on here. Like they kept throwing new calamities & you wonder how the family will get through this one & they find a way super easy barely an inconvenience & then something else. Said like that, it sounds shit but fucking hell it was so stressful to watch. The panik-kalm-panik meme constantly.

Speaking of good choices in narrative structure I love how they didn't drag Gu Yanxi's identity out for the sake of a late game shock twist. This gets revealed between the main couple pretty early on & they don't keep secrets (CHARACTERS COMMUNICATING WITH & TRUSTING EACH OTHER???? WHAT IS THIS?) & it's not treated as that big a deal. Oh you're a Commander of the Security Bureau & a prince? OK sure whatever not the wildest thing that's happened this week.

Yay for female solidarity & the power of friendship & how so many of Hua Zhi's solutions to stuff involve working together with other people. Meanwhile the royal family are murdering each other in the background.

Needed 3 pages of notes trying to keep the characters straight & it still took me till episode 10 to figure out Boli & Bolin were two different characters.

Tensest cooking competition ever.

The Hua mansion becoming the Home For Wayward Royals.

Shaoyao stabbing *&* poisoning Shen Huan & he immediately decides she is The One. 10/10

The women of the family all getting some kind of development & depth, all growing in confidence & going from thinking they can't possibly manage without the men in the family around to bossing them around when they come back & not taking any shit.

Unironically love the scene where they're travelling & go 'Oh no it's getting windy!' but the wind itself & the associated debris has clearly been added in later because nobody's hair & clothes are being blown about & it's so goofy & I love it. Like the effects aren't bad & everyone is doing a good job of trying to convince the audience it's really windy but it's clearly not. A+ for effort guys.

Wished we got more of Haoyue but I loved the way we got glimpses of the person underneath. In different circumstances she & Hua Zhi could have been good friends.

Love the Emperor being like 'Wait, you acted to save my life even after I've tormented you & your family & ruined your lives?', & instead of trying to persuade him to free her she just goes, 'Nah fuck that it's just the assassination method involved a lot of collateral damage. Wouldn't piss on you if you were on fire actually'. Like girl gave away the last fuck she had to give. Just throw the old dynasty out & make her Empress cos that's some queen shit right there.

New Emperor has customer service experience. I approve.

[movielosophy]

Blossoms In Adversity | I miss him, too.

[sunday-arch]

*WANTED CONNECTIONS MASTERLIST/WISHLIST ( OC EDITION ) ;

clover d. iselda ---

more marine interactions; canons, ocs, you name it. i think some primary ones i'm eager to see her interact with would be: garp, koby, sengoku, tashigi, and smoker. but, really just anyone!

also, she herself is a captain so i do wanna see some captain / subordinate ineractions? i don't know if there are many marine ocs that would be a subordinate to her, but i want to explore what she would be like as a superior.

vergo. oh god, i can't say it would end well for her and it wouldn't be purely antagonistic, but yeah. this one would be so interesting.

more antagonistic relationships in general. in any verse of hers. forced to work together, enemy coworkers, i don't trust you but i trust you with my life, any type of relationship that isn't very friendly or straight up enemies.

for her shipwright verse, i'd love to write with a franky. i think that she really admires him, not in a fan type way, in a --- you're a cool, solid guy way. (also any of the other shipwrights and cp agents that were undercover).

kazumi haru ---

anyone from the akazaya nine !

the ship he stowed away on when he ran away from home. could be pirate crew, mercenaries, marines, etc.!

any plots set during the wano arc

possibly baroque works plots!

boldly going to say i ship him and robin, so if there are any interested robin writers... please call me.... (obviously, we can test for chemistry and nothing is set in stone, no pressure < 33)

nina liu ---

any underworld type muses ! or crime family type muses from the op verse. they could be business partners, alliances (temporary / betrayal also v much interested ), rivals, straight up enemies.

more cipher pol interactions for her cp specific verse! field mission, having her do a fitting for your muse, blackmailing her, a fun little gossip sesh, what have you.

interactions with the vinsmoke family!

otorobashi akai ---

any strawhat interactions! most wanted; luffy because a little captain vs. captain action would be cool. akai is super curious about this little guy.

any golden era pirates like roger, rayleigh, whitebeard, oden, kaido, and their crews. of course, ocs of this era as well!!

the marine that's out to finally capture this menace. a little cat and mouse plot would be cool. even a cipher pol agent or a bounty hunter!

rival pirate crews, temporary allied pirate crews, betrayals! just pirate dynamics.... please.

quetzal d. luna ---

any strawhat interactions! she would adore them. she's just the type of funky land humans that she'd want to be friends with.

really, any interactions in general! nothing too serious for her just because i think i want to establish some fun dynamics for this muse first before doing anything very dramatic or serious.

zephyr ---

any nami's that are interested in an older brother! obviously, i'm down for the needed plotting for this. i don't have anything set in stone as to how they meet again or under what circumstances. just that they were separated during the war on their home island.

any revolutionary army muses! he was rescued by the revo army in my canon and then later on, seeks them out to join them.

mentor/mentee relationship with him as the mentee! open to any capacity.

fight threads! whether fighting against each other or together.

zhi hua ---

because she's on akai's crew, all that was mentioned for his applies to her too!

**NOTE: any original characters, such as ocs that are strawhats, are counted, of course when i say i want strawhat connections.

[cookie-of-fortune]

Finished Blossoms in Adversity and honestly I kind of love it, which I was not expecting from a Hu Yitian drama (and he is about the same as always, which is to say, not particularly expressive in his acting). I wouldn’t call it great in quality, but it is extremely satisfying. Everyone is beautiful, and we get the sort of female-focused strength and story that, while historically inaccurate, really scratches my competence itch. Also a healthy relationship dynamic and no dumb miscommunication, thank goodness!

It’s kind of in the vein of New Life Begins and Destined, but I think both of those suffered from turning Bai Jingting’s character into the main focus towards the end as a hero and his constantly making those righteous “hero” speeches really irritated me. I love that all the way through in Blossoms in Adversity, it’s about Hua Zhi, and Gu Yanxi is just there to support her (and quietly be a badass in the background).

Also Shaoyao’s actress is fantastic. All the female characters were great really. It was definitely an easy watch.

[reinaka42]

Wang Chuan Feng Hua Lu (忘川风华录) Masterpost

Wang Chuan Feng Hua Lu (忘川风华录) is a Vocal synth (Vocaloid and SynthV) music project. It consists of songs themed around different figures throughout Chinese history. The project is a collaboration between different artists and creatives, with music and videos featuring prominent traditional Chinese elements. The project's title translates to "The Records of Magnificence of the Wangchuan" - In Chinese mythology, "Wangchuan" (or River of Forgetting) is a river in the Underworld that can rid one of their past life's memories, similar to the river Lethe.

A mobile game adaptation has also been developed by NetEast. Unfortunately, I haven't played it so I can't give much insight on it. However, I assume that its premise is similar to that of the idea behind the project as a whole: all these historical figures meeting each other in the Underworld after they died. Maybe.

You can find all the songs on Bilibili. The official Weibo can be found here. The game's website, which includes all characters appearing so far in the game, can be found here, and its Weibo can be found here.

(If you prefer YouTube, I've also put together a handy playlist. Please know that most of these videos are reposts though, so please watch the original Bilibili MVs if you can!)

This blog is where I will be posting everything I feel like I need to say about the songs in this project. A lot of it is lifted from my Twitter account but will be in much more detail. Note that I probably won't touch collab songs, or songs that don't focus solely on the project's own characters.

Disclaimer: I do not speak Chinese, nor am I an expert on Chinese history. Therefore, I cannot reliably translate the lyrics to these songs, nor my words should be taken as gospel. I am merely a nerd gushing about my hyperfixation.

Playlist

多情岸 【Duo Qing An】 ➼ B link

洛阳怀 【Luo Yang Huai】 ➼ B link

易水诀 【Yi Shui Jue】 ➼ B link

山河令 【Shan He Ling】 ➼ B link

簪花人间 【Zhan Hua Ren Jian】 ➼ B link

栖凰 【Qi Huang】 ➼ B link

心上秋 【Xin Shang Qiu】 ➼ B link

祖龙吟 【Zu Long Yin】 ➼ B link

如见青山 【Ru Jian Qing Shan】 ➼ B link

竹林间 【Zhu Lin Jian】 ➼ B link

天下局 【Tian Xia Ju】 ➼ B link

青鸟衔风 【Qing Niao Xian Feng】 ➼ B link

木兰行 【Mu Lan Xing】 ➼ B link

好字唯之 【Hao Zi Wei Zhi】 ➼ B link

不可道 【Bu Ke Dao】 ➼ B link

水叙湖风 【Shui Xu Hu Feng】 (collab) ➼ B link

是非 【Shi Fei】 ➼ B link

风起甘露 【Feng Qi Gan Lu】 (collab) ➼ B link

谓剑 【Wei Jian】 ➼ B link

万象霜天 【Wan Xiang Shuang Tian】 (New Year event song) ➼ B link

千秋梦 【Qian Qiu Meng】 ➼ B link

易安难安 【Yi An Nan An】 ➼ B link

惊鹊 【Jing Que】 ➼ B link

高歌破阵 【Gao Ge Po Zhen】 (collab) ➼ B link

不赴 【Bu Fu】 ➼ B link

西行 【Xi Xing】 ➼ B link

大航海家 【Da Hang Hai Jia】 ➼ B link

牡丹乱 【Mu Dan Luan】 (collab) ➼ B link

倾国 【Qing Guo】 (collab) ➼ B link

相虎 【Xiang Hu】 ➼ B link

补天裂 【Bu Tian Lie】 ➼ B link

此期盈期 【Ci Qi Ying Qi】 (1st anniversary song) ➼ B link

破云来 【Po Yun Lai】 ➼ B link

归钓吟 【Gui Diao Yin】 ➼ B link

始见千秋 【Shi Jian Qian Qiu】 ➼ B link

临川浮梦 【Lin Chuan Fu Meng】 ➼ B link

将军行 【Jiang Jun Xing】 ➼ B link

妄语人间 【Wang Yu Ren Jian】 ➼ B link

数风流 【Shu Feng Liu】 (2nd anniversary song) ➼ B link

问剑春秋 【Wen Jian Chun Qiu】 ➼ B link

起战令 【Qi Zhan Ling】 ➼ B link

人间应又雪 【Ren Jian Ying You Xue】 ➼ B link

旷古回响 【Kuang Gu Hui Xiang】 ➼ B link

墨隐侠声 【Mo Yin Xia Sheng】 ➼ B link

桃源故人 【Tao Yuan Gu Ren】 (3rd anniversary song) ➼ B link

燕双归 【Yan Shuang Gui】 ➼ B link

拜云台 【Bai Yun Tai】 ➼ B link

思华年 【Si Hua Nian】 ➼ B link

承天 【Cheng Tian】 ➼ B link

*Note: The anniversary songs are probably for the game's anniversaries, as the project itself is more than 5 years old.

Albums

Vol 1: 溯洄 【Su Hui】 Includes character songs from Duo Qing An to Zhu Lin Jian. Features human vocals.

Vol 2: 踏浪 【Ta Lang】 Includes character songs from Tian Xia Ju to Yi An Nan An + Shui Xu Hu Feng.

Vol 3: 数风流 【Shu Feng Liu】 Includes character songs from Bu Fu to Yan Shuang Gui, and the two anniversary songs.

Visual character guide:

PRE-QIN | QIN | WESTERN CHU | HAN | THREE KINGDOMS | JIN | NORTH & SOUTHERN DYNASTIES | TANG | FIVE DYNASTIES & TEN KINGDOMS | SONG | YUAN | MING | QING | DREAM

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Warriors Orochi Substitute Officers

When playing a battle as a character that is an ally in the battle, a generic officer will take their place. Substitute officer allocations were all over the place in Warriors Orochi Z, but in Warriors Orochi 3, efforts were made to standardise them. Such a shame Koei Tecmo got lazy and scrapped that system in Warriors Orochi 4.

Anyway, here is a list of substitute officers in Warriors Orochi 3, combined with my substitute officer picks for the hypothetical Warriors Orochi: The Recollective (hereafter shortened to WOX) and a hypothetical Warriors Orochi 4 that I will cover in its retrospective.

DW-Wei 三國-魏 (20)

Xiahou Dun 夏侯惇 → Xiahou Mao 夏侯楙 Dian Wei 典韋 → Cao Anmin 曹安民 Zhang Liao 張遼 → Zhang Hu 張虎 Cao Cao 曹操 → Cao Ang 曹昂 Xu Zhu 許褚                 → Cao Hong 曹洪 (WO3)                 → Xu Yi 許儀 (WOX/WO4) Xiahou Yuan 夏侯淵 → Xiahou Wei 夏侯威 Xu Huang 徐晃                 → Man Chong 満寵 (WO3)                 → Xu Shang 徐商 (WOX/WO4) Zhang He 張郃                 → Xin Pi 辛毗 (WO3)                 → Gao Lan 高覧 (WOX/WO4) Cao Ren 曹仁 → Cao Hong 曹洪 Cao Pi 曹丕 → Cao Zhi 曹植 Zhenji 甄姫 → Yuan Xi 袁煕 Cai Wenji 蔡文姫 → Cai Yong 蔡邕 Jia Xu 賈詡                 → Cheng Yu 程昱 (WO3)                 → Hu Che’er 胡車児 (WOX/WO4)* Pang De 龐徳 → Pang Hui 龐会 Wang Yi 王異 → Yang Fu 楊阜 Guo Jia 郭嘉                 → Xun Yu 荀彧 (WO3)                 → Xin Pi 辛毗 (WOX/WO4) Yue Jin 楽進 → Yue Chen 楽綝 Li Dian 李典 → Jia Kui 賈逵 Yu Jin 于禁 → Man Chong 満寵 Xun Yu 荀彧 → Cheng Yu 程昱

*Xun You replaces Jia Xu in WOX Wei Chapter 11: Battle of Shizugatake

DW-Wu 三國-呉 (19)

Zhou Yu 周瑜                 → Lu Su 魯粛 (WO3)                 → Zhuge Jin 諸葛瑾 (WOX/WO4) Lu Xun 陸遜                 → Zhu Ran 朱然 (WO3)                 → Lu Kang 陸抗 (WOX/WO4) Sun Shangxiang 孫尚香                 → Sun Jing 孫静 (WO3)                 → Sun Ben 孫賁 (WOX/WO4) Gan Ning 甘寧 → Su Fei 蘇飛 Sun Jian 孫堅 → Sun Jing 孫静 Taishi Ci 太史慈 → Taishi Xiang 太史享 Lu Meng 呂蒙 → Pan Zhang 潘璋 Huang Gai 黄蓋 → Cheng Pu 程普 Zhou Tai 周泰                 → Han Dang 韓当 (WO3)                 → Jiang Qin 蒋欽 (WOX/WO4) Ling Tong 凌統 → Ling Cao 凌操 Sun Ce 孫策 → Sun Shao 孫韶 Sun Quan 孫権                 → Zhuge Jin 諸葛瑾 (WO3)                 → Sun Deng 孫登 (WOX/WO4) Xiaoqiao 小喬 → Zhang Zhao 張昭 Daqiao 大喬 → Sun Kuang ���匡 Ding Feng 丁奉 → Zhu Huan 朱桓 Lianshi 練師 → Sun Lang 孫朗 Lu Su 魯粛 → Quan Zong 全琮 Han Dang 韓当 → Xu Sheng 徐盛 Zhu Ran 朱然 → Zhu Zhi 朱治

DW-Shu 三國-蜀 (22 + 1) Includes Zhou Cang from DW9 for WO4 (carryover from Warriors All-Stars)

Zhao Yun 趙雲                 → Chen Dao 陳到 (WO3)                 → Zhao Tong 趙統 (WOX/WO4) Guan Yu 関羽                 → Guan Xing 関興 (WO3)                 → Zhou Cang 周倉 (WOX)                 → Wang Fu 王甫 (WO4) Zhang Fei 張飛                 → Zhang Bao 張苞 (WO3)                 → Sun Qian 孫乾 (WOX/WO4) Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮 → Jiang Wan 蒋琬 Liu Bei 劉備 → Jian Yong 簡雍 Ma Chao 馬超 → Ma Teng 馬騰 Huang Zhong 黄忠 → Yan Yan 厳顔 Wei Yan 魏延 → Yi Ji 伊籍 Guan Ping 関平                 → Zhou Cang 周倉 (WO3)                 → Liao Hua 廖化 (WOX/WO4) Pang Tong 龐統                 → Fa Zheng 法正 (WO3)                 → Chen Dao 陳到 (WOX/WO4) Yueying 月英                 → Ma Liang 馬良 (WO3)                 → Ma Su 馬謖 (WOX/WO4) Jiang Wei 姜維 → Fei Yi 費禕 Liu Shan 劉禅 → Liu Feng 劉封 Xingcai 星彩                 → Zhang Bao 張苞 (WO3)                 → Zhang Shao 張紹 (WO4) Ma Dai 馬岱 → Han Sui 韓遂 Guan Suo 関索                 → Guan Xing 関興 (WO3)                 → Guan Yi 関彝 (WOX/WO4) Bao Sanniang 鮑三娘                 → Guan Yi 関彝 (WO3)                 → Bao Su 鮑素 (WOX/WO4) Xu Shu 徐庶 → Ma Liang 馬良 Guan Xing 関興                 → Wang Fu 王甫 (WOX)                 → Guan Tong 関統 (WO4) Zhang Bao 張苞 → Zhang Yi 張翼 Guan Yinping 関銀屏 → Xiang Lang 向朗 Fa Zheng 法正 → Zhang Song 張松 Zhou Cang 周倉 → Pei Yuanshao 裴元紹 (Replaces Sophitia ソフィーティア → N/A なし)

DW-Jin 三國-晋 (12)

Sima Yi 司馬懿 → Sima Lang 司馬朗 Sima Shi 司馬師 → Sima Fu 司馬孚 Sima Zhao 司馬昭 → Sima Yan 司馬炎 Deng Ai 鄧艾 → Deng Zhong 鄧忠 Wang Yuanji 王元姫 → Sima You 司馬攸 Zhong Hui 鍾会 → Chen Tai 陳泰 Zhuge Dan 諸葛誕 → Wen Qin 文欽 Xiahou Ba 夏侯覇 → Xiahou Hui 夏侯恵 Guo Huai 郭淮 → Cao Zhen 曹真 Jia Chong 賈充 → Hu Lie 胡烈 Wen Yang 文鴦 → Wen Hu 文虎 Zhang Chunhua 張春華 → Sima Wang 司馬望

DW-Other 三國-他 (10)

Diaochan 貂蝉 → Wang Yun 王允 Lu Bu 呂布                 → Chen Gong 陳宮 (WO3)                 → Gao Shun 高順 (WOX/WO4) Dong Zhuo 董卓 → Dong Min 董旻 Yuan Shao 袁紹 → Yuan Tan 袁譚 Zhang Jiao 張角 → Zhang Bao 張宝 Meng Huo 孟獲 → King Wutugu 兀突骨 Zhurong 祝融 → King Mulu 木鹿大王 Zuo Ci 左慈 → Yu Ji 于吉 Chen Gong 陳宮 → Xu Si 許汜 Lu Lingqi 呂玲綺 → Cheng Lian 成廉

SW-SW1 戦国-戦国1 (16)

Yukimura Sanada 真田幸村                 → Masayuki Sanada 真田昌幸 (WO3/WOX)                 → Nobutsuna Sanada 真田信綱 (WO4) Keiji Maeda 前田慶次 → Kazumasu Takigawa 滝川一益 Nobunaga Oda 織田信長 → Nobutada Oda 織田信忠 Mitsuhide Akechi 明智光秀 → Hidemitsu Akechi 明智秀満 Goemon Ishikawa 石川五右衛門 → Shirōjirō Chaya 茶屋四郎次郎 Kenshin Uesugi 上杉謙信                 → Kagekatsu Uesugi 上杉景勝 (WO3)                 → Norimasa Uesugi 上杉憲政 (WOX/WO4) Oichi お市 → Kazumasa Isono 磯野員昌 Okuni 阿国 → Yukinaga Asano 浅野幸長 Kunoichi くのいち → Kansuke Yamamoto 山本勘助 Magoichi Saika 雑賀孫市                 → Rairen Shimozuma 下間頼廉 (WO3)                 → Morishige Tsuchihashi 土橋守重 (WOX/WO4) Shingen Takeda 武田信玄 → Nobukado Takeda 武田信廉 Masamune Date 伊達政宗 → Hidemune Date 伊達秀宗 Nō 濃姫 → Mitsuharu Fuwa 不破光治 Hanzō Hattori 服部半蔵 → Mototada Torii 鳥居元忠 Ranmaru Mori 森蘭丸 → Yoshinari Mori 森可成 Hideyoshi Toyotomi 豊臣秀吉 → Hideyori Toyotomi 豊臣秀頼

SW-SW2 戦国-戦国2 (18)

Yoshimoto Imagawa 今川義元 → Sessai Taigen 太原雪斎 Tadakatsu Honda 本多忠勝 → Tadamasa Honda 本多忠政 Ina 稲姫                 → Nobuyuki Sanada 真田信之 (WO3)                 → Tadatomo Honda 本多忠朝 (WOX/WO4) Ieyasu Tokugawa 徳川家康                 → Hidetada Tokugawa 徳川秀忠 (WO3/WOX)                 → Nobuyasu Matsudaira 松平信康 (WO4) Mitsunari Ishida 石田三成                 → Yoshitsugu Ōtani 大谷吉継 (WO3)                 → Yukinaga Konishi 小西行長 (WOX/WO4) Nagamasa Azai 浅井長政 → Hisamasa Azai 浅井久政 Sakon Shima 島左近 → Teruzumi Akashi 明石全登 Yoshihiro Shimazu 島津義弘                 → Toyohisa Shimazu 島津豊久 (WO3)                 → Yoshihisa Shimazu 島津義久 (WOX/WO4) Ginchiyo Tachibana 立花誾千代 → Yoshinori Ōtomo 大友義乗 Kanetsugu Naoe 直江兼続 → Kagetsuna Naoe 直江景綱 Nene ねね → Hidenaga Toyotomi 豊臣秀長 Kotarō Fuma 風魔小太郎 → Tsunashige Hōjō 北条綱成 Musashi Miyamoto 宮本武蔵 → Nobutsuna Kamiizumi 上泉信綱 Toshiie Maeda 前田利家 → Toshinaga Maeda 前田利長 Motochika Chōsokabe 長宗我部元親                 → Chikayasu Kōsokabe 香宗我部親泰 (WO3)                 → Nobuchika Chōsokabe 長宗我部信親 (WOX/WO4) Gracia ガラシャ → Tadaoki Hosokawa 細川忠興 Kojirō Sasaki 佐々木小次郎 → Kanesuke Susukida 薄田兼相 Katsuie Shibata 柴田勝家 → Katsumasa Shibata 柴田勝政

SW-SW3 戦国-戦国3 (12)

Kiyomasa Katō 加藤清正 → Yasuharu Wakisaka 脇坂安治 Kanbei Kuroda 黒田官兵衛 → Nagamasa Kuroda 黒田長政 Muneshige Tachibana 立花宗茂 → Korenobu Yufu 由布惟信 Kai 甲斐姫 → Ujinaga Narita 成田氏長 Ujiyasu Hōjō 北条氏康                 → Ujimasa Hōjō 北条氏政 (WO3)                 → Ujitsuna Hōjō 北条氏綱 (WOX/WO4) Hanbei Takenaka 竹中半兵衛 → Shigetoshi Takenaka 竹中重利 Motonari Mōri 毛利元就 → Terumoto Mōri 毛利輝元 Aya 綾御前 → Kagetora Uesugi 上杉景虎 Masanori Fukushima 福島正則 → Yoshiaki Katō 加藤嘉明 Takatora Tōdō 藤堂高虎 → Takayoshi Tōdō 藤堂高吉 Naotora Ii 井伊直虎 → Naomori Ii 井伊直盛 Munenori Yagyū 柳生宗矩 → Munetoshi Yagyū 柳生宗厳

SW4 戦国-戦国4 (10 + 8) Includes characters from Spirit of Sanada for WO4

Nobuyuki Sanada 真田信之 → Nobumasa Sanada 真田信政 Yoshitsugu Ōtani 大谷吉継 → Yoshiharu Ōtani 大谷吉治 Hisahide Matsunaga 松永久秀 → Hisamichi Matsunaga 松永久通 Kojūrō Katakura 片倉小十郎 → Shigenaga Katakura 片倉重長 Kagekatsu Uesugi 上杉景勝 → Chikanori Suibara 水原親憲 Takakage Kobayakawa 小早川隆景 → Motoharu Kikkawa 吉川元春 Koshōshō小少将 → Chikayasu Kōsokabe 香宗我部親泰 Toyohisa Shimazu 島津豊久 → Iehisa Shimazu 島津家久 Lady Hayakawa 早川殿 → Ujimasa Hōjō 北条氏政 Naomasa Ii 井伊直政 → Naotaka Ii 井伊直孝

Masayuki Sanada 真田昌幸 → Yukitaka Sanada 真田幸隆 Chacha 茶々 → Harunaga Ōno 大野治長 Sasuke 佐助 → Masasuke Ideura 出浦昌相 Katsuyori Takeda 武田勝頼 → Nobushige Takeda 武田信繁 Hidetada Tokugawa 徳川秀忠 → Hideyasu Yūki 結城秀康 Lady Muramatsu 村松殿 → Shigemasa Oyamada 小山田茂誠 Naiki Takanashi 高梨内記 → Sakyō Raifukuji 来福寺左京 Lady Yamanote 山手殿 → Masateru Sanada 真田昌輝

Orochi-Orochi1 遠呂智-遠1 (14)

Orochi 遠呂智                 → Diamondback 蛟 (WO3)                 → Lancehead 以津真天 (WOX/WO4) Da Ji 妲己                 → Bushmaster 猪豚蛇 (WOX)                 → Fornax 紂王 (WO3/WO4) Taigong Wang 太公望                 → Vela 楊戩 (WO3)                 → Aquila 南華仙人 (WOX/WO4) Fu Xi 伏犠                 → Aquila 南華仙人 (WO3)                 → Zhang Liang 張梁 (WOX/WO4) Nuwa 女媧                 → Pyxis 神農 (WO3)                 → Ophiuchus 李鉄拐 (WO3U)                 → Cygnus 武吉 (WOX/WO4) Sun Wukong 孫悟空 → Coachwhip 野槌 Yoshitsune Minamoto 源義経 → Shigenari Kimura 木村重成 Kiyomori Taira 平清盛 → Boomslang 隠形鬼 Himiko 卑弥呼                 → Goldenrod 悪樓 (WOX)                 → Musca 難升米 (WO3/WO4) Orochi X 真･遠呂智                 → Coltan 魔計奴鬼 (WOX)                 → Ijū 異獣 (WO3/WO4) Dodomeki 百々目鬼 → Leaflitter 瘧鬼 Gyūki 牛鬼 → Nosean 夜刀神 Sanzang 三蔵法師 → Sha Wujing 沙悟浄 Benkei 弁慶 → Rairen Shimozuma 下間頼廉

Orochi-Orochi2 遠呂智-遠2 (12)

Kaguya かぐや → Lepus 月夜見 Susano’o 素戔嗚 → Lacerta 五十猛 Nezha 哪吒 → Grus 金吒 Shūten Dōji 酒呑童子 → Centaurus 茨木童子 Seimei Abe 安倍晴明                 → Vela 楊戩 (WO3)                 → Crux 天火明 (WO4) Shennong 神農                 → Lacerta 五十猛 (WO3)                 → Ophiuchus 李鉄拐 (WOX/WO4) Tamamo 玉藻前 → Cottonmouth 黄泉軍 Yinglong 応龍                 → Vela 楊戩 (WO3)                 → Wei Hu 韋護 (WO4) Nezha (human) 哪吒(人型) → Vulpecula 木吒 Kyūbi 九尾の狐 → Itaoni 板鬼 Hundun 渾沌 → Hammerjaw 魍魎 Diamondback 蛟 → Mamushi 飛頭蛮

Orochi-Orochi3 遠呂智-遠3 (7 + 7) Includes characters from DW Multi Raid 2 and DW Godseekers

Qin Shihuang 始皇帝 → Wang Wan 王綰 Qin Shihuang (Young) 始皇帝 → She Jian 涉間 Xiang Yu 項羽 → Xiang Bo 項伯 Lady Yu 虞美人 → Xiang Zhuang 項莊 Xi Wangmu 西王母 → Ursa 北斗 Huang Quan 黄泉 → Periclase 螭首 Muwang 穆王 → Centaurus 南斗

Yang Jian 楊戩 → Zhu Bajie 猪八戒 Lei Bin 雷斌 → Zhao Guang 趙広 Lixia 黎霞 → Thunder 経津主 Chiyou 蚩尤 → Feldspar 狻猊 Yoshitsune Minamoto (Young) 源義経 → Yoritomo Minamoto 源頼朝 Kiyomori Taira (Young) 平清盛 → Shigemori Taira 平重盛 Benkei (Young) 弁慶 → Yoshinari Ichijō 一条能成

Orochi-Minamoto 遠呂智-源 (13) Includes collaboration characters from WO3 and Warriors All-Stars

Ryu Hayabusa リュウ･ハヤブサ → Sasuke サスケ Rachel レイチェル → Saizō サイゾウ Momiji 紅葉 → Seikai セイカイ Joan of Arc ジャンヌ・ダルク → Auriga 白鶴童子 Nemea ネメア → Camelopardalis 黄飛虎 Achilles アキレウス → Sagitta 聞仲 Sterkenberg ステルケンブルク → Draco 竜鬚虎 Ōka 桜花 → Yoshisada Yasuda 安田義定 Horō ホロウ → Yoshinori Yamana 山名義範 Tokitsugu 時継 → Hiromoto Ōe 大江広元 Opoona オプーナ → Yoshihisa Washio 鷲尾義久 Sophie ソフィー → Zou Yao 騶揺 Plachta プラフタ → Shu Pan 蜀泮

Orochi-Taira 遠呂智-平 (13) Includes collaboration characters from WO3 and Warriors All-Stars

Ayane あやね → Danzō ダンゾウ Kasumi かすみ → Jiraiya ジライヤ Hajime Arima 有馬一 → Kanetaka Yamaki 山木兼隆 Darius ダリウス → Ietsuna Hasuike 蓮池家綱 William Adams ウィリアム・アダムス → Kaneyasu Senō 妹尾兼康 Marie Rose マリー・ローズ → Tadakiyo Fujiwara 藤原忠清 Honoka ほのか → Toshitō Hirata 平田俊遠 Millennia ミレニア → Mu Zhu 無諸 Laegrinna レグリナ → Zhao Tuo 趙佗 Rio リオ → Lu Wan 盧綰 Nobunyaga Oda 織田のぶニャが → Katsunaga Oda 織田勝長 Arnice アーナス → Ji Zhun 箕準 Christophorus クリストフォラス → Wei Man 衛滿

Total: 214 characters

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1, 11, 14, 16, 17, 19 for the behind the scenes of fic asks! ((this is hualianisms, i can't send asks from my sideblog🥲))

Hello @hualianisms!! Thank you for the asks (๑>◡<๑)

What was the first fandom and/or pairing that you wrote fic for?

(／。＼)...am I going to embarrass myself on main today because the first fic that I published on ao3 was for the ReoNagi pairing from Blue Lock, but I technically wrote fic for Inazuma Eleven when I was a wee little child. What was yours?

If you could only write angst, fluff, or smut for the rest of your life, which would it be?

Definitely angst, it comes easier to me than fluff or smut 〜(＞＜)〜

If you were stuck on an island with only two characters, who would you pick?

Only two? That's a hard choice >_< Shi Qingxuan (TGCF) and Yu Shisan (A Journey to Love), probably. SQX can just whisk us away~

What is your most underrated fic?

I'll take underrated to mean not doing as well as I thought it would since I really liked this? It's a toss up between one of my Link Click fics (Qiao Ling centric, S2 canon compliant) and one of my earlier Mysterious Lotus Casebook fics (Gen, LXY/LLH centric). I really enjoyed the process of exploring what went on in Season 2 of Link Click through Qiao Ling's eyes, and thought that there weren't enough fics featuring her, which is why it's a fic that's really dear to me. As for the Li Xiangyi centric fic (i must admit that imagining pre-canon stuff is a favourite of mine), I wanted to explore the process of Li Xiangyi becoming Li Lianhua, and how he had changed so much over ten years. It was fun to imagine him traversing the jianghu and picking up various skills along the way! But I do understand that Genfics aren't for everyone, so it's okay. I do have more recent ones that aren't doing that well but I have...complicated feelings regarding those

What fic are you most proud of?

(I also cannot simply choose one, my bad).

I have this ShiGuang fic that was loosely inspired by a manhwa called "The tale of the Yellow dragon", that was nearly complete by the time the S2 finale came out and I figured, why not throw Lu Guang's lines in there? and it fit, so I was really happy with how it turned out :D Another fic that I'm proud of is Tales of Tianji Manor, mainly because I wasn't sure that people would enjoy a fic told from Madam He's pov, but the fandom was so nice about it ^^ and it was fun to explore the OT3 dynamics from her pov!! and (last one, I promise!!) I was really happy with how the ZhanHua fic turned out :D Zhan Yunfei was one of my favourite side characters, and explore his ten years of yearning and devotion was interesting.

Who is the easiest/hardest character for you to write about? Why?

I'd say the hardest is Di Feisheng's (MLC) pov for me, I'm not sure if it's writers block or burnout, but trying to wrangle his character has been a challenge lately. Another would be Ning Yuanzhou (A Journey to Love), because the man thinks so damn much, and he has to be a leader, a lover, a father and a brother all at the same time. Oh and Yi Zhi Hua's (White Cat Legend) tone is quite tricky for me to grasp...

easiest would probably be what I call the "simp characters" (not that I'm calling them one-dimensional, it's just that they have Prioritised that One Special Person): Fang Duobing for one, he has a rather straightforward personality, he places his family and Li Lianhua first, and he's honest about his feelings. Qiu Qingzhi is another. (it's harder to see beneath his layers but) imo his motivations were mainly to protect Li Bing. and I just really like to write Yu Shisan, the man loves so deeply and freely.