#character: yu shisan

[heymeowmao]

一念关山 | A Journey to Love ° (๑•́ ⌓ •́)૭ ◟(•̀ ᴖ •́◟ )

[rose-tinted-vision]

When you're Yu Shisan, it means being a:

professional gaslighter: How to gaslight an entire village, Volume 1 by Yu Shisan.

personality hire: you can see the exact moment he goes 'shit I need to break the tension'.

relationship therapist: getting the tea from both sides

[jianghuchild]

I think curtain rise might be my magnum opus btw. Published while the fandom's still hot. The first English fic on ao3 (and currently one of only 2 English fics). Written before the ajtl tag was even wrangled. Had a person post separately about it, then stalk me (affectionate), then follow me. My ego is exploding. If I don't become a big name fan over this I'm gonna riot.

[silviakundera]

"Fine. Xiu is unlucky. He was born to implicate people."

"Don't worry. If God sees I'm not a good person, he'll allow me to live a long life."

@dangermousie got me watching Eternal Brotherhood for the RIDE & DIE FRIENDSHIP and the historical drama flamboyant, incorrigible, badass main character of it all

boyyyyy that main character is indeed an entertaining motherfucker. This is kinda like if you took Yu Shisan from A Journey to Love and put him in a blender with the scheming protagonist of The Ingenious One. Then made that dude a general who is secretly v good at: (a) his job and (b) pretending to be a hapless scoundrel.

I didn't get his whole chaotic neutral vibes at first but by the second episode I was in love with him.

I hear tell this was a 40 episode drama that was streamlined into 24 and you can feel it - no extra filler, just Stuff Happening all the time.

Everyone is just constantly plotting and faking it 24/7. And the good guys are pretending to be Very Ok™ while screaming inside.

Very attractive cdrama. Pretty people, nice sets, great cinematography - they didn't have a huge budget and that's being handled with creativity. It doesn't look cheap at all. It's a small thing, but the way they try to use natural light makes things feel more real and middle-ages-y.

The death flags are everywhere. They're here for a good time, not a long time 👌

Despite knowing better, I'm shipping main character disaster man with his childhood sweetheart, because she's also shameless & during 7 years of exile instead of letters he has just been occasionally sending her momentos of traumatic events he's experienced. No communication but here, I bestow you horse hair. Another year, a feather. Ah, today a dead scorpion! And dear reader, she accepts and stores them all. Romance is not a main plot but please doomed narrative, just let them both live 🙏.

[zhoufeis]

so if you ever think i'm going to livewatch a cdrama again, you're wrong. i'm sick of losing my favorite characters, i'm so SICK of it.

i lost yuemi. i lost wan jie. i lost mu yu. i lost pian ran. i lost yu shisan. i lost zhuo lanjiang.

i'm done, sincerely, done. it is always the same.

[barananduen-blog]

About Yu Shisan - "A Journey to Love" ep.39 SPOILERS

"One day you'll find your match" "Impossible! I'd rather die. … But if I really did that, then I'd have been together with her for the rest of my life."

Yushisan! Look, I edited out the blood in these (to avoid the content flag); are you happy?😂

But this scene. "Yu Shisan, the most beautiful man in the world," who felt up his face after battles to check for cuts, after finding out he's lost his eyes and his face was covered in blood and cuts... If he hadn't already been prepared to die, can you imagine his emotional loss then?

1 - He couldn't bear to die, as he probably thought his wounds left him: "ugly," so he prettied himself up, even in the middle of the battlefield, the best he could. He was going to go down, but dangit he would look good at it! (and he did😭 LBR, that scene was COOL!)

2 - But he was also "Yu Shisan, who enjoys looking at the prettiest women," and I think artists can relate to this sentiment, this particular feeling of loss, that would be not only not being able to see in general, but not being able to see beauty anymore.

3 - He's the only one (aside from Ruyi) whose dead body we do not see. This is very in-character of the narrative. I don't think he would have wanted anyone to see him like that. He'd have liked people to remember him looking good, unmarred. So it fits that Chu Yue, being temporarily blinded by the explosion, never even saw him wounded.

Why do I keep feeling the need to write posts about Alen Fang's characters? 🤔 This show-stealer... 😂 *goes to watch another of his dramas*

[pippin-pippout]

So I dragged myself kicking and screaming and, yes, mostly in denial, through the last episodes of A Journey to Love.

My thoughts can be summarized as follows:

Obviously this is mainly due to me being horrifically traumatized by Yuan Lu’s death. After all, they told us from the get go he wouldn’t live to 20. They made it clear he had a deadly heart disease. And then. They had the nerve. They had the audacity. They had the actual fucking bahoonga BALLS to follow through!?

But then I found myself sobbing at literally every good guy death scene, plus all of the mourning scenes. The latter was in large part thanks to Alen Fang's acting - deepest apologies to him for just referring to his character as 'the slutty one' for the majority of the show. Not that I was wrong. Also thanks to strong performances from He Lan Dou for Yuan Lu's death.

Anyway so I need to add this gif x4 for the Liudao Hall babies:

Qian Zhao, da ge, who made mistakes but always did right in the end

Sun Lang, who just wanted to hold something fluffy at the end, dying a hero

Yuan Lu, who died in his princess's arms after running to deliver a letter rendered useless by the Emperor of An's greed.

Yu Shisan, who lived as he lived and had such a happy moment with Chu Yue right before it all became irrevocable.

When they added Yu Shisan to the snowball fight, I just about lost it. Liu Yuning's acting there - having the realization about Shisan's death as he watched them play in real time was so well done. Really hurt.

Plus I'll make a couple of versions with edits.

For the Wu Emperor. I knew it was gonna happen from the spoilers but damn, him genuinely learning the value of friendship and brotherly love made me root for him. Dude did not deserve to go out like that. Thank goodness for the magic of CDramas where he lived just long enough to pass on his will to Ning Yuanzhou, and do one last act of good.

It also ensured Duke of Chu was able to pass on his command to his daughter, Chu Yue, before dying of the same (was not clear if her bro died or not, or if dad was always going to choose her).

And for Deng Hui. Started out thinking he was just a sexist bastard. Turns out he was one of the most principled characters in the show.

Their deaths didn't make me cry, but I respect them.

Also loved Chen Du Ling's (Empress of Wu) small part in this. I may not like all of her characters but she can deliver a scene and hold a room. It was a bit cathartic to see her put every man in their place, and basically decide the fate of two countries, even though her lament that she'd only ever have power through another held true.

Ah Ying, my baby girl. This is a character that could have turned people off from the beginning. Thanks to strong writing and stronger acting, it did not. I was super impressed with He Lan Dou. She can dial it up and dial it down in a single take, and can play big dramatic scenes with a subtlety that some older actors cannot grasp. This was the first thing I've seen her in, though for her and Chen You Wei (Yuan Lu) I might watch Tiger and Crane if someone tells me it's good.

I still think Li Tongguang is a perverted and creepy child, who never managed to learn (except in literally the last ep), but at least I trust that he will treat Ah Ying well. I don't hold it against him for screwing up the battle - he was trying to be benevolent but made a bad choice.

The main couple win it for me this year. What an inspired pairing. They beat out heavy hitters including Bai Lu x Everyone which was near impossible. Something to do with letting Liu Shi Shi use Liu Yuning's height against him at every possible moment. Also the 'if you die, I'll finish the job and then follow you' is my favorite dynamic. I swear when Ruyi threw those bombs, NOT NEEDING TO HAVING ALREADY SUCCEEDED AT KILLING THE KING AND PRINCE, just to join him, y'all I died. Good for whoever posthumously gave her the Marquis title on her own (not just furen) - couldn't tell if it was Li Tongguang acting as regent or Dayang (great shot of those two at the end).

The final episode was one of the best final cdrama episodes I've seen. I might have to make another post about that. In sum, despite losing a large portion of the well-loved cast, the remainder gave a world-class finale. The visuals were incredible (explosions are my favorite). The final scene was beautiful (though I'm a bit surprised they gave it to Chu Yue instead of Ah Ying who knew all 6 of them closely).

[melodious-tear]

Fandom: 一念关山 | A Journey to Love (TV) Relationship: Ning Yuanzhou/Yu Shisan Characters: Ning Yuanzhou, Yu Shisan Additional Tags: set before the events of the drama, AU (?) in which Ning Yuanzhou was actually undercover as an 'escort', Crack, accidental kink acquisition, Yu Shisan is a good friend and does his best, if he wants to, this is the story of how Ning Yuanzhou became a blushing maiden

Summary: Ning Yuanzhou receives a letter with a special order - but he needs the help of the only person he can trust with that. Yu Shisan is that person, but as we can expect, he has his own ideas about it.

[cookie-of-fortune]

Ok of course the main leads are great, but step aside mains and give me more:

Yu Shisan - most hilarious character ever

Really the rest of the squad also

Yang Ying - amazing character, riveting

Li Tongguang - so damaged but I want so badly for him to just get some love and recognition

[xthelastknownsurvivorx]

ajtl/yngs x hello saturday

after watching the actual hello saturday episode that the cast attended I got inspired and decided to write a version with the characters from ajtl because i'm missing them and why not. you can watch the full episode here with english subs but I've also summarized the main points in the post in case you don't want to watch the full 1.5 hour show (though imo it's worth it because it with very fun)

The episode basically follows the games/structure of the actual one that the cast of ajtl appeared on: the antidote carrier trying to create a team of non-poisoned swordsmen through hints acquired by winning various mini-games to successfully draw the six-sided sword from Malan Mountain

The games include an action version of "radish squat" to choose their identities as one of the antidote carrier (1), a poisoned swordsman (4), a non-poisoned swordsman (3); pop culture pictionary, except using up to 5 emojis instead of drawing; 3, 2, 1, look here!; group pose description game; some action-based game to replace the don't sing, move game because I didn't find this segment very interesting

Instead of only having four characters guest star on the show, I'm replacing the usual hello saturday cast members with four more characters

In total, there are two teams consisting of: Ren Ruyi, Ning Yuanzhou, Yu Shisan, Yang Ying AND Li Tongguang, Qian Zhao, Yuan Lu, and Sun Lang

In the first game, Ren Ruyi picks up Yang Ying for one of her actions and flusters her

Li Tongguang has to do the same thing thrice with Sun Lang, who gets very flustered and giggly over it suddenly I have a new rare pair ig

Yang Ying chooses to sajiao and ask for a kiss from Ruyi for one of her actions, which forces someone from the opposing team to do it towards their other three team members

I can't decide whether that someone should be Li Tongguang or Qian Zhao because both feel like equally amusing options

Also someone makes Ning Yuanzhou pout cutely during this game

Following a loss during the emoji pictionary game, Ren Ruyi is the only one not to be frightened by the balloon popping while Yang Ying flinches at the sound

Ren Ruyi trades away Yang Ying after this game, much to Li Tongguang's smug satisfaction ("It seems that shifu doesn't want you either")

Ren Ruyi doesn't understand the rules to 3, 2, 1, look here! and splashing Li Tongguang when he won

Yang Ying gets flustered and splashing Ning Yuanzhou when he won instead of protecting Li Tongguang (who also gets splashed) and profusely apologizing to him (不好意思，远舟哥哥!)

"Shouldn't you also be apologizing to your partner?" He laoshi (the host) jokes. "He's far more soaked thanks to Ren Ruyi"

At some point Ren Ruyi and Ning Yuanzhou switch so it's master vs disciple, which of course ends with Ren Ruyi winning

There's an occurrence where Ren Ruyi chooses Li Tongguang to come to her team which has him ecstatic, but she immediately trades him away the following round when she suspects he's been "poisoned" (the others on his team make fun of him for this)

Qian Zhao's stoic face during the group pose game makes everyone laugh

After the final game Ren Ruyi has to choose between Ning Yuanzhou and Yu Shisan to leave her team, with the former giving a very serious appeal before it dissolves into petty accusations between the two of them

Ning Yuanzhou: "Ruyi, I promise it's not me. You know me and that the clue in the last round is definitely about me. So please, trust me once again."

"As if you didn't break your promise to her! Beauty, listen to me, I'm a much better choice than Ning Yuanzhou. Who else is as handsome and reliable as me?" "Ruyi has never chosen you before, so why would she start now?" "You also lied about being poisoned to all of us for several months!" "For the sake of the mission! I didn't want to hurt morale" "Do you really think you can trust the guy like that? I worked hard this entire episode!" "Yu Shisan—"

In the end Ruyi chooses to keep Ning Yuanzhou and send away Yu Shisan ("Beauty! How could you?") and this proves to be the right choice

if someone wants to write a fic based on my hc please ask first

[fandomside]

Nirvana in Fire Rewatch Episode Fifteen

Events:

The Emperor tells Xia Dong and Xia Chun to look into the eunuch murder. They conclude the culprit was an elite jianghu swordmaster, and Xia Dong suspects Xie Yu is behind it.

Banruo advises Prince Yu to curry favour with Meng Zhi by begging leniency from the Emperor on his behalf. MCS, and Xie Yu, point out that this is a bad idea because the Emperor will not welcome an alliance between Prince Yu and Meng Zhi. Banruo is pissed.

A pigeon comes from Lin Chen to say he's succeeded in Southern Chu.

Jingrui catches his Zhuo brother out late at night and is suspicious.

Shen Zhui visits Jingyan, who tells him to be careful of his personal safety; at the same time, Xie Yu is telling the Zhuo to target Shen Zhui.

A fire is set in the Palace; the Empress gets told off for carelessness and later has a bunch of servants flogged to death for minor offences.

Gong Yu tries to visit MCS again.

Jingrui shows off his sword moves to MCS and Yujin. MCS gets a birthday party invitation.

Names and titles:

MCS and Li Gang discuss Lin Chen referring to him as Lin-da-gongzi.

Consort Yue is a guifei again.

Jingrui and brother Zhuo both refer to Liyang as muqin.

Characters:

Banruo has enough status in Prince Yu's household to receive guests.

MCS ignores Banruo deliberately to put her back up.

When Xia Dong and Xia Chun are summoned before the Emperor, Xia Chun does the talking.

Meng Zhi is not stoic about injuries.

Xie Yu lies to the Zhuo to make Shen Zhui look like a legitimate target.

Shisan-xiansheng is a musician.

FL watches Jingrui's sword practice and isn't impressed, though he was memorising the moves.

Yujin's birthday is the Double Seven festival.

Gong Yu is supposed to be clever but she makes a completely fool of herself. Are we supposed to find her sentiment admirable, or is she just pathetic?

Costumes:

In bed, Meng Zhi's topknot is wound with a leather thong; the Emperor's with gold string.

When got up in the middle of the night, the court ladies dress in splendid robes but very simple hairstyles.

For his sword practice Jingrui takes off his sleeveless overrobe.

Time and place:

The Empress was married when she was 16.

It's less than ten days travel to Fenzuo where the Zhuo live. Usually they stay in the capital from New Year to mid-4th month. This year they're staying longer because Xie Qi is due to give birth in the 5th month.

Jingrui's birthday is the 12th day of the 4th month, and he will turn 25. That makes him about 5 or 6 years younger than MCS.

[heymeowmao]

一念关山 | A Journey to Love E30 ° Ning Yuanzhou & Yu Shisan🍵

[rose-tinted-vision]

hello is episode 35 really necessary 😭😭

Shisan and Yuan Lu just lost two of their closest friends in less than a week??? They didn't even get to properly mourn Qian Zhao like they did for Sun Lang???? Their leader isn't even there with them just imagine the emotional turmoil 🥲

[jianghuchild]

Rules: List the first line of your last 10 (posted) fics and see if there's a pattern!

tagged by @vyther16 on main

hovering over empty years - Chai Ming knew he wasn’t any sort of hero.

a dream of golden millet - It started with a broken cup.

curtain rise, curtain fall, all guests in the end - Chu Yue finds Yu Shisan half-dead and fully blind on the battlefield.

not to me, not if it's you - Noah Marshall isn't a scary guy.

two sharp things - The collar settled around Val’s neck with a doomsday click.

so, you two? - Lü Xian was not following You Fangyin.

until the stars lose their fire - It should feel like something here.

borrow an ordinary life - Aranya has been dead a long time.

mr and mrs smith - “Shiniang! Shiniang!”

remember the way home - She’s the enemy. She’s the kindest person he knows.

You know, I wasn't expecting to see a pattern, but doing this exercise actually did make me realize I have a very particular way of starting a story. Which is to say, a short in situ line that then gets explained through context.

Some of these, like mr and mrs smith and so, you two? start pretty much in media res, requiring the rest of the opening paragraph to explain what's going on. Some, like remember the way home and not to me, start with a sort of... exposition? Like, rather than beginning in the action, it makes a circuitous route around the action by first setting a tonal stage.

A funny thing I noticed, two sharp things is probably the most in media res of all of them, entirely skipping the inciting incident and dropping the characters right in the middle of the story. And I think it's because it was already twice removed from the source, so I felt more comfortable just assuming context instead of providing it.

Tagging (no pressure): @severeweatheralert, @kald-dal-write, @be-bi-do-crime, @fallingsun, @naughtynanzhu, and anyone else I missed!

[ao3feed-ateez]

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read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/Rctf35u by WinterSturniolo San is new to The Real Academy and immediately befriends the seven popular boys. But he doesn't expect all the hurdles he will have to go through while being at the academy Words: 2008, Chapters: 1/20, Language: English Series: Part 3 of The Club's Cute Member Fandoms: ATEEZ (Band) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: M/M, Multi Characters: Choi San (ATEEZ), Park Seonghwa, Jeong Yunho (ATEEZ), Choi Jongho (ATEEZ), Kang Yeosang, Kim Hongjoong, Song Mingi (ATEEZ), Jung Wooyoung (ATEEZ), Halateez - Character Relationships: Choi San (ATEEZ)/Everyone, Yu Shisan & Everyone, Choi Jongho/Choi San/Jeong Yunho/Jung Wooyoung/Kang Yeosang/Kim Hongjoong/Park Seonghwa/Song Mingi, Halateez/Choi San Additional Tags: Inspired by The Real (ATEEZ), halateez, Friends to Lovers, Choi San-centric (ATEEZ), Angst, Fluff and Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Mysteries, Shy Choi San (ATEEZ), ATEEZ Storyline Event, Protectiveness, Hurt Choi San (ATEEZ), Getting Together, Getting to Know Each Other, First Kiss, Doppelganger, Manipulation, Cuddling & Snuggling, Magic, Secrets, Alternate Universe - Not K-Pop Idols, Falling In Love read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/Rctf35u

[nemainofthewater]

Halfway there and currently Caoxiang are winning with 59.9%, followed by Jiang Yanli with 15.6%, and then in third place Everyone from a Journey to Love.

Tag propaganda under the cut.

Note that it contains SPOILERS. As always, the write in propaganda is the last section, so if you're worried about spilers for things not on this list, you can avoid it

Tang Lian

#many of these are very sad and maybe cry#only one of them fucked me up for a whole 48 hours straight though#partly his death and partly the way we got to watch everyone find out and react to the news!#I’m totally fine!!!!!!#tang lian my beloved#the blood of youth by @jianghushenanigans

Cao Weining and Gu Xiang

#tumblr polls#gu xiang and cao weining 😭#not only was it so tragic#but seeing wkx find out and react was heartbreaking also😭 by @there-and-back-again

#look jyl’s was sad af#and tang lian’s had me going nooooooo#and pian ran’s was SO SAD#but nothing hit me like gu xiang & coa weining’s MY POOR BABIES 😭😭😭 by @unfortunatelycake

#jyl and pian ran hurt me#but WORD OF HONOUR DESTROYED ME by @sothisiswhyiamhere

#I never finished word of honor#but I heard about those deaths#that's painful enough right there#though jiang yanli comes second#if we're taking non-cdrama though#ianto jones death still haunts me by @ihavetothinkofaname

#i was between the wow couple and everyone from ajtl#i cried so hard for everyone from ajtl but at least most of them were profesionals who were prepared for their deaths#the happy couple shouldnt have died they didnt know it was coming and neither did we.#the shock just took me out. still does by @fealiniel

#god bai jiu really does deserve that#however. maybe because it eas my first brutal cdrama death. i cannot get over cwn and gx by @nutcasewithaknife

#gx and cwn tore out my heart omg#ive only watched a couple on this list and honestly i was also v upset by pian ran but word of honour takes it by @annagrzinskys

#I only know the first one but that’s enough#I’m still in denial about#word of honor#polls by @auroramagpie

#gx and cwn#i cried. every time i watch the episode i cry#everyone (a journey to love) cracked me up by @dommingjeffsatur

#look I was already spoiled for weining's death but to find out is was THAT guy who killed him broke me by @prideofyunmeng

#so many good ones#gu xiang's tore my heart apart ngl by @jaimebluesq

#Gu Xiang and Cao Weining deserved win :sob emoji: by @measured-words

#all i know hurt#but none like gu xiang and cao weining by @fire-burning-brighter

#GU XIANG AND CAO WEINING#there's something to be said for not being spoiled#cause it was SURPRISING#you know?#it was not expecting the happy ending to go so poorly!#it was watching the train wreck in motion and not being able to stop it#it was gu xiang telling gong jun to KILL THEM ALL#it was cao weining never seeing the betrayal coming!#that HURT ME#cdrama poll#lmao i forgot gong jun's character's name lolol#anyway#THEY ARE ALIVE IN MY HEART#MAJOR CHARACTER DEATH WHOM by @wanderingthunderstorm

#GU XIANG AND CAO WEINING HANDS DOWN#i had never cried so hard during a cdrama before by @dripping-moonlight

#omg ouch#it sounds like fangs of fortune is pretty gut-wrenching D:#but i had to vote for Gu Xiang and Cao Weining ;__; by @vergoftowels

#shijie was PAINFUL but good god a-xiang and her dumb boy made me weep#they were SO CLOSE to a life of happiness and the hope of acceptance is what killed them i CRIE#woh by @ouaismongars

#I may have cried a river for Yangli and Tang Lian but Word of Honor was such a betrayal that I had trouble breathing through my tears#spoilers by @cherryvampyyri

Everyone (A Journey to Love)

#but I'm obligated to pick AJTL as a chronic Yuan Lu and Yu Shisan lover (⁠｡⁠ﾉ⁠ω⁠＼⁠｡⁠) by @rose-tinted-vision

Other

#look I know he was a very minor character but teng zijing’s death in JOL had me openly sobbing at work#guest were asking me if I was ok#very embarrassing! to this day I am still fucked up over it! by @bitterfrosts

#bai jiu (fangs of fortune)#there's only for so long I can see a kid being burnt to death while he keeps yelling out his gege's name by @travalerray

#beware the spoilers in my tags#i haven't seen most of these so it's hard to say#but yeah gu xiang and cao weining were rough#it was so much worse in the book too#teng zijing from joy of life was also Not Okay#but if we include animated wuxia then i would say the one that got me the worst#would have to be qiu shenji from da li si rizhi#it has a live action now i think but i'm terrified of it because it looks not even remotely similar to the original story by @sirspamzalot

#yeahhh#literally everyone from fangs of fortune#but especially my baby ying lei by @endrega23

In honour of the fact it is the evening preceding the birth of a religious figure best known for rising from the dead please have this poll.

They are alive in our hearts 😭😭😭😭😭

There are SPOILERS

SO MANY SPOILERS

PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK

Write-ins, propaganda, and images are welcome!