#character: yun jiao

[movielosophy]

Governor’s Secret Love | She's become my weakness.

[eirenical]

Things Left Behind (1280 words) by eirenical

Summary:

Yun Biqiu has brought his mistress a gift. It may be tattered and torn, but it's still oh, so much fun to play with, and Jiao Liqiao enjoys little more than a brand new toy.

Jiao Liqiao ran a hand down the crossed fabric of Li Xiangyi's robes. The material was thin. Rough. Poor quality. Several layers deep to make up for its lack of weight. And it was stained almost as red as her own now. She turned to the man standing beside her and clicked her teeth. "Such a shame, Biqiu. Do you always deliver presents in such damaged condition?"

Yun Biqiu bent nearly double in his bow to her—more, some would argue, than was her due, but she would never deny a useful tool the right to venerate her as he saw fit. "My apologies. I was careless."

Jiao Liqiao turned back to Li Xiangyi and ran her hands down the center line of his robes once more, pausing only when she reached his belt. As she started picking apart the closure, Biqiu shifted beside her, his unease rolling out into the room like the smell of rotting fruit. She pulled the belt from Li Xiangyi's waist and started slowly peeling back the many layers until she'd reached his innermost garments. Biqiu's tension was palpable, now, like an itch against her skin. Eventually she snapped, "Go and fetch a basin of water and a cloth."

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Notes, tags, detailed warnings, and other fic info beneath the cut.

September 1, 2024: This idea has been kicking around my head ever since I noticed that the robes that Li Xiangyi is wearing when Biqiu stabs him in Episode 36 are not the ones he's wearing when he wakes up in the dungeon in episode 37. Someone must have undressed and redressed him while he was unconscious. So I've decided the someone was Jiao Liqiao and let her have a little fun. 😏

Detailed Warnings: As implied by the tags, Li Lianhua is unconscious through the entire fic and thus can't consent to anything that's going on (thus the tags).

In terms of what Jiao Liqiao actually does to him, it's mostly touching him nonsexually, undressing him, digging her fingers into his stab wound, and one kiss towards the end.

She is however, planning to do quite a bit more once he's awake and that is apparent in her thoughts throughout the fic.

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: 莲花楼 | Mysterious Lotus Casebook (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: Rape/Non-Con Relationships: Jiao Liqiao/Li Lianhua | Li Xiangyi Characters: Jiao Liqiao, Li Lianhua | Li Xiangyi, Yun Biqiu Additional Tags: Non-Consensual Somnophilia, (mostly touching nothing overtly sexual except in jiao-jie's thoughts), Captivity, Torture, Wound Play, Undressing, Dressing, Treating Someone Like a Doll, Rape/Non-con Elements, Unconsciousness

[atamascolily]

Lily liveblogs: Thunderbolt Fantasy 4x04, "Spectacular Showdown"

This episode has everything.

we open with Ba Wang Yu eating a giant chicken han jiao wing on a stick. look. you have me right there. I would watch an entire episode of demon meshi "fireside cooking with ba wang yu".

"Mantis" turns up and she even offers him a piece!!! Ba Wang yu is so great.

it turns out her powers allow her to draw strength from the foes she consumes, even more so than normal, hence why she's so devoted to eating and I love it.

"Mantis" goes to poke Spider, who is super-into choking people with chains, but just has to brag to his junior about how he knows Locust's true identity, hahaha

meanwhile, cyborg grandpa's rampage continues.... but our own beloved mad scientist grandpa USES HIS CANE AS A POGO STICK to flip into a cave and comes out with a goddamn mech, I am LIVING

thunderbolt fantasy truly means never having to say you're making it up and god bless

I joked about this last episode, but I didn't think they'd actually do it, but they did and it's AWESOME. new levels of puppetry achieved.

I thought cyborg grandpa was also going to transform into a mech or reveal a cool new feature of his robot arm, but instead he isekai's everybody to the demon realm and dies just at the moment his life's wish is granted because even minor characters are not immune to dramatic irony. GO OFF KING.

chao feng gets slammed to the ground and her officer guy is having a freakout, meanwhile Tian Ming gets caught by the mech and gently lowered to the ground.

chao feng is learning the hard way why daddy always delegates, lololol

meanwhile, Lang is cornered by Jia Li and forced to choose again between human and demon, blah blah blah. Ling Ya is like "are you sure?? you're leaving your friends behind" and Lang's like "do it" and then they do, RIP Jia Li.

Xing Hai gives Lang a token from her corpse and tells him that he's won her respect.

Lang: "your approval fills me with shame."

Azibelpher: "are ya winning, son?"

Tian Ming and Chao Feng both hear Lang's screaming as he powers-up yet again and perk up, haahahahaha

so Tian Ming and Chao Feng are going to have to work together to survive (or at least Chao Feng is going to have to pay lip service to the concept)... oh, this is gonna be good

in the wasteland of spirits, Shang, Dan Fei and Juan Can Yun are in a sandstorm and the kids are tired and Shang's like, "no, come on, we gotta keep going"

anyway, let us just appreciate the irony of ling ya saying they'd leave shang and tian ming behind only for the latter to turn up, and it's only a matter of time before Shang joins them.

next episode: demon court intrigue!!! new characters!! YESSS!!!

if it seems like I'm not saying very much, it's because words cannot properly convey the experience; some things you just have to observe for yourself

strong contender for the most enjoyable media experience I've had all year... at least until the next episode.

[guzhuangheaven]

Chapters: 2/2 Fandom: 如懿传 | Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace (TV) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Keliyete Hailan | Consort Yu & Prince Rong of Qing | Yongqi, Ulanara Ruyi | Step-Empress & Prince Rong of Qing | Yongqi, Keliyete Hailan | Consort Yu & Ulanara Ruyi | Step-Empress & Prince Rong of Qing | Yongqi, Keliyete Hailan | Consort Yu & Ulanara Ruyi | Step-Empress, Prince Rong of Qing | Yongqi/Hu Yunjiao Characters: Prince Rong of Qing | Yongqi, Hu Yunjiao, Keliyete Hailan | Consort Yu, Ulanara Ruyi | Step-Empress, Jiang Yubin Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Fix-It, Character Death Fix, Partner Betrayal, Betrayal, Confrontations, Complicated Relationships, Ending Relationship, Mother-Son Relationship, Women Being Awesome, (not Hu Yun Jiao and Wei Yan Wan obviously), Family Dynamics, Character Study Summary:

It was only happenstance that ended up saving Yong Qi's life when he glimpsed Hu Yun Jiao entering Yongshou Palace one day.

(Canon divergence when Wei Yan Wan gives Hu Yun Jiao the poison sooner.)

[nemainofthewater]

Completed 'Surname' Polls

This is where I take several characters from different Chinese media (mostly cnovels and cdrama) and run a poll on which one is the 'best'. What does best mean? It's up to you! Whether you love them, are intrigued by their characters, love to hate them, or they're your '2 second blorbos whose personality you made up wholesale', these are all reasons for you to vote for your favs!

NB: the surnames are not exactly the same in all the cases, as often they will be a different character. I am, however, grouping them all together otherwise things got more complicated.

This post is for the polls which have finished running and can no longer be voted in (since I have realised that I'm quickly approaching the limit for hyperlinks in the original masterlist).

If you want to see the currently live polls, they can be found here

Finished polls: Cao/Wei/Guo/Chen/Ye/Qiao/Yu/Xue/Tang/Jiang/Su/Gao/Mei/Lin/Wu/Sun/Liu/Di/Zhang/Ying/Mo/Li/Song/Yan/Xiao/Pei/Hua/Xie/Mu/Qi/Shen/Lan/Fang/Luo /Huo/Xu/Wang/Ming/Fan/Yuan/Feng/Bai/Jin/Meng/Yun/Zhao/Wen/Zhou/Yang/Shang/Yue/Sheng/Ouyang/Lu/Ling/Hu/Gu/Ding

Shi/Hong/Zhu/Yi/Cheng/Zhan/Xia/Cui/Chu/Lei/Ma/Liang/Jing/Zhi/An/Nie/Hao/Qin/Han/Guan/Zhuge/Jia/Ning/Xiang/Huang/Fei/Ruan/Dong/He/Baili/Long/Duan/Zhen/Wan/Qiu/Dongfang/Du/Bi/Jiao/Zhong/

[okabehk]

Title: #TheJourneyOfChongZi #重紫

Main Cast: #YangChaoYue #JeremyTsui

Episodes: 40 + epilogue

Platform: #viki #Tencent

For me this drama, like the name implies, is all about Chong Zi and her relationship with Yin Fan. I looooooooved Yang Chao Yue! I've seen tons of complaints about her character and I have absolutely no idea why, she is so cute and adorable. Her character especially at the beginning is a Sa Jiao character and I especially love that type of character if done right which I think Yang Chao Yue did an excellent job with. The story reminds me of Love and Redemption a bit where it's light and fun at first and then they just pile on the pain through misunderstanding after misunderstanding which is kind of annoying plus they introduce the amnesia trope in later episodes which I hate. Speaking of similarities to Love and Redemption, Yang Chao Yue did Sa Jiao way better than the FL in Love and Redemption who I thought was super annoying.

The story wasn't too bad but after the soul binding string in the last few episodes it got a little weird but with the epilogue, which is basically the ending, it ended up being quite nice. There were three characters I hated, Min Yun Zhong was terrible, he was sneaky and wanted to kill Chong Zi the entire drama. The other two were MiaoYuan who was so jealous and privileged she was evil, and Ting Xue who was a terrible person, both hated Chong Zi for no reason except jealousy and did terrible things to her. Fortunately those two got what they deserved but Yun Zhong definitely needed a greater punishment.

The love story was strong and Jeremy acts with his face which you rarely see, you could see all of his emotions through his facial expressions alone. When the two do finally sort of figure it out it's pretty cute but unfortunately everything is against them so they also feel a lot of pain. I loved the ending epilogue which really is just the ending because it starts exactly where episode 40 leaves off so don't think 40 is the end. Episode 41 is on Viki.

I would definitely recommend especially if you like well done Sa Jiao characters, but remember there is a lot of pain and sadness in this one as well, the ice prison scenes are pretty much unbearable.

[mysteriouslotuscasebookreference]

Complete character tag list

(sorted approximately by location and/or faction)

Lotus Tower:

Li Lianhua and associated tags (outfits, etc)

Fang Duobing and associated tags (outfits, etc)

Di Feisheng and associated tags (outfits, etc)

Hulijing/Fox Spirit

Sigu Sect/Baichuan Court:

Qiao Wanmian

Shan Gudao

Xiao Zijin

Shi Shui

Yun Biqiu

Bai Jiangchun

Ji Hanfo

Jinyuan Alliance

Jiao Liqiao

Wuyan

King Xunming of Yama

Yao Mo/Medicine Demon

Snow Master/Xue Gong

Granny Blood/Xie Po

Tianji Hall

He Xiaohui

He Xiaolan

He Xiaofeng

Minister Fang

Zhan Yunfei

Wang Fu

Li'er

Palace

Princess Zhaoling/Qing'er

Emperor

Xuanyuan Xiao

Yang Yunchun

Other

Su Xiaoyong

Guan Hemeng

Qi Mushan

Li Xiong and Li Xiao (Xiao Yuan City arc)

Lu Jianchi and Jin Youdao (drinking buddies)

Li Xiangyi's family

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[yeonchi]

Dynasty Warriors Weapon Moveset Power Rankings Tier List

With all the weapon movesets analysed and ranked, here is a summary tier list I've made of all the rankings. You can make your own weapon tier list on Tiermaker out of all movesets from 3 to 9.

Weapons with orange background show the characters who maintained their EX weapon from 7 to 8 while weapons with a golden background show the characters who had their weapons changed in or before 8 along with new characters in that game. Yueying's bladebow uses the image from 6 because the creator forgot to add the one for 8.

The ranking summary is after the break.

S

Lu Bu (呂布): Halberd (方天戟)

Xu Shu (徐庶): Sword & Hook (撃剣)

Sun Quan (孫権): Flame Blade (焔刃剣)

A

Xiahou Dun (夏侯惇): Podao (朴刀)

Dian Wei (典韋): Axe (手斧)

Zhou Yu (周瑜): Staff (棍)

Sun Shangxiang (孫尚香): Wheels (圏)

Zhao Yun (趙雲): Dragon Spear (龍槍)

Zhang Fei (張飛): Double Pike (双矛)

Zhuge Liang (諸葛亮): War Fan (羽扇)

Zhang Liao (張遼): Twin Axes (双鉞)

Sun Quan (孫権): Sword (刀)

Ma Chao (馬超): Spear (槍)

Zhang He (張郃): Claws (鉤爪)

Zhurong (祝融): Boomerang (飛刀)

Zhou Tai (周泰): Curved Sword (弧刀)

Cao Pi (曹丕): Dual Blade (双刃剣)

Ding Feng (丁奉): Circle Blade (断月刃)

Ma Dai (馬岱): Brush (妖筆)

Bao Sanniang (鮑三娘): Spinner (旋刃盤)

Sima Shi (司馬師): Lightning Sword (迅雷剣)

Sima Zhao (司馬昭): Striking Sword (烈撃刀)

Wang Yi (王異): Trishula (筆架叉)

Yue Jin (楽進): Dual Hookblades (双鉤)

Lu Su (魯粛): Rake (九歯鈀)

Jia Chong (賈充): Throwing Axes (舞投刃)

Yu Jin (于禁): War Trident (三尖刀)

Lu Lingqi (呂玲綺): Crossed Pike (十字戟)

B

Xu Zhu (許褚): Club (砕棒)

Taishi Ci (太史慈): Twin Rods (双鞭)

Guan Yu (関羽): Cresent Blade (偃月刀)

Diaochan (貂蝉): Chain Whip (多節鞭)

Xiahou Yuan (夏侯淵): Bow & Rod (鞭箭弓)

Sun Jian (孫堅): Nine Rings Blade (九環刀)

Lu Meng (呂蒙): Pike (戟)

Gan Ning (甘寧): Flail (鎖分銅)

Liu Bei (劉備): Twin Swords (双剣)

Huang Zhong (黄忠): Bow (弓)

Zhang Jiao (張角): Shaman Rod (錫杖)

Xu Huang (徐晃): Great Axe (大斧)

Zhenji (甄姫): Flute (笛)

Wei Yan (魏延): Double Voulge (長柄双刀)

Cao Ren (曹仁): Spike Shield (牙壁)

Yueying (月英): Dagger-axe (戦戈)

Pang De (龐徳): Mace (狼牙棒)

Ling Tong (凌統): Three Sectional Staff (三節棍)

Xingcai (星彩): Sword & Shield (盾牌剣)

Cai Wenji (蔡文姫): Harp (箜篌)

Jia Xu (賈詡): Chain & Sickle (鎖鎌)

Liu Shan (劉禅): Rapier (細剣)

Deng Ai (鄧艾): Revolving Crossbow (螺旋弩)

Wang Yuanji (王元姫): Throwing Knives (鏢)

Zhong Hui (鍾会): Flying Swords (飛翔剣)

Guo Huai (郭淮): Arm Cannon (連弩砲)

Guo Jia (郭嘉): Orb & Scepter (打球棍)

Li Dian (李典): Wheeled Halberd (車旋戟)

Han Dang (韓当): Short Pike (短戟)

Guan Yinping (関銀屏): Dual-headed Mace (双頭錘)

Zhang Chunhua (張春華): Wired Gloves (蟷螂鉄糸)

Chen Gong (陳宮): Art of War Scroll (兵法簡)

Xiaoqiao (小喬): Paired Fans (双扇)

Xun Yu (荀彧): Formation Wand (陣杖)

C

Cao Cao (曹操): General’s Sword (将剣)

Sima Yi (司馬懿): Horsehair Whip (拂塵)

Jiang Wei (姜維): Double-edge Trident (両刃槍)

Sun Ce (孫策): Tonfa (旋棍)

Daqiao (大喬): Pugil Stick (双杖)

Xiaoqiao (小喬): Iron Fan (鉄扇)

Meng Huo (孟獲): Gloves (鬼神手甲)

Guan Ping (関平): Great Sword (大剣)

Zuo Ci (左慈): Talisman Cards (呪符)

Lianshi (練師): Crossbow (弩)

Guan Suo (関索): Nunchaku (両節棍)

Wen Yang (文鴦): Javelin (擲槍)

Fa Zheng (法正): Woven Cloth (連結布)

Meng Huo (孟獲): Stele (石柱)

Wang Yi (王異): Emei Piercers (峨嵋刺)

Lianshi (練師): Mandarin Duck Hooks (鴛鴦鉞)

Liu Shan (劉禅): Dragon Column (龍床几)

Guan Suo (関索): Sabaton (飛蹴甲)

D

Lu Xun (陸遜): Swallow Swords (飛燕剣)

Huang Gai (黄蓋): Arm Blade (鉄舟)

Pang Tong (龐統): Shadow Fan (翳扇)

Zhuge Dan (諸葛誕): Short Rod (短鉄鞭)

Xiahou Ba (夏侯覇): Siege Spear (破城槍)

Guan Xing (関興): Wingblades (双翼刀)

Deng Ai (鄧艾): Revolving Crossbow (螺旋弩)

E

Yuan Shao (袁紹): Extension Blade (伸細剣)

Zhang Bao (張苞): Flail Sword (連刃刺)

Zhu Ran (朱然): Flame Bow (火焔弓)

Yueying (月英): Bladebow (刃弩)

[priest-novels]

I posted 1,605 times in 2022

That's 1,605 more posts than 2021!

4 posts created (0%)

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Blogs I reblogged the most:

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I tagged 1,604 of my posts in 2022

#art - 1,422 posts

#tyk - 344 posts

#spl - 300 posts

#qi ye - 278 posts

#guardian - 233 posts

#zhou zishu - 223 posts

#gu yun - 222 posts

#jing beiyuan - 214 posts

#liu yao - 212 posts

#shen wei - 211 posts

Longest Tag: 137 characters

#also just a reminder - i do make mistakes so don't treat this blog as an infallible judge of what should be considered novel-compliant xd

My Top Posts in 2022:

#4

First yay I am thrilled to see ya posting here again! Second not to complain just to point out but QJJ isn't by Priest? It's by Tang Jiuqing.

sdfgsvdfhjbk wrong blong, thanks for pointing it out <3 and thank you for nice words, I'm also happy to be back <3 even if i'm all over the place 😆

2 notes - Posted August 20, 2022

#3

TYK week 2022

From Twitter here:

"The prompts for Tian Ya Ke Week are here, with themes, tropes, and kinks for each day! Use one or more prompts to inspire you to create a fanwork for Priest's novel, and post your work during TYK Week, April 1-7. Tag your post with #tykweek if you’d like us to feature your work!"

Tag #tykweek here as well so I can see :)

Prompts from the image below the cut

16 notes - Posted April 2, 2022

#2

Blog for Priest novel content only (plus some manhua/donghua because they tend to be close to the original material)

Main resources

Priest’s carrd

great tls masterpost by verycharismaticdragon, with relationships between novels and translation status, listed chronologically

Novels by tags

tyk (Tian Ya Ke - Faraway Wanderers)

qi ye (Lord Seventh)

spl (Sha Po Lang - Northwest Flower)

liu yao (Liu Yao: The Revitalization of Fuyao Sect)

modu (Silent Reading)

can ci pin (The Defective)

shbl (Shan He Biao Li - Of Mountains And Rivers)

youyi (Itinerant Doctor)

zhong ji lan yin (The Ultimate Blue Seal) 

guardian (Zhen Hun)

lhjc (Lie Huo Jiao Chou - Drowning Sorrows in Raging Fire)

bestial blade (Shou Cong Zhi Dao)

guomen (Through The Strait Gates)

huai dao (The Way of the Evil)

tai sui

jin se

See the full post

88 notes - Posted February 15, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

For those who struggle searching for specifically novel content buried under tons of drama posts - here’s a space for Priest’s novels only <3

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Friends in my fandom circles, here are a few nominations that may interest you!

莲花楼 | Mysterious Lotus Casebook (TV) 

The most nominated fandom this year! Nominated characters:

Di Feisheng

Fang Duobing

He Xiaofeng

He Xiaohui

Huli Jing

Jiao Liqiao

Li Lianhua | Li Xiangyi

Liangyi Xianzi

Princess Zhaoling

Qiao Wanmian

Shan Gudao

Shi Shui

Wuyan

Yun Biqiu

Zhan Yunfei

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Passion

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[atamascolily]

Lily liveblogs: Thunderbolt Fantasy 4x05, "The Demon Court Nobles"

"Have fun storming the castle!"

picking up from where we left off last week with the road trip through the Wasteland of Spirits and Juan Can Yun and Dan Fei asking "Are we there yet?"

Shang: Don't make me turn this expedition around!

they want to stop and rest in a crevasse and Shang thinks this is a bad idea but they do it anyway

they are attacked by evil vines and NOPE it back out into the sandstorm, lololol

Wasteland of Spirits is Tatooine from Star Wars, confirmed

I don't know why Shang thought he could just let these kids go off by themselves, thank goodness he got smacked by plot or else they'd be toast.

meanwhile, in the demon realm, Chao Feng's sole surviving officer freaks out and runs off... straight into a han jiao's mouth and is devoured on camera with lots of blood and gore. OM NOM NOM.

Chao Feng also freaks the fuck out, but is saved by Mu Tian Ming. When Chao Feng asks why, she's like, "I dunno, seemed like a good idea at the time". beautiful cinnamon roll, too good for this world, too pure.

Instead of thanking her, Chao Feng yells at Tian Ming for taking Lang away and says it's all her fault; Tian Ming does not slap her across the face, but says that that might be true if Lang came here by chance, but she thinks he has a purpose. AND SHE'S RIGHT.

I hope Chao Feng has a redemption arc, but I fear for the worst for Lang and Tian Ming and everybody else as soon as she finds herself on more solid ground. (you just know Azibelpher will LOVE her scheming little mind)

The Order of the Divine Swarm arrives at Azibelpher's castle and Ba Wang Yu decides to storm the gates while Hua Wu Zong turns invisible and slips inside in the chaos. Lin, disguised as Piao Miao, opts to wait outside and watch.

this pays off when Xing Hai shows up with Lang and he immediately switches back to his normal form to surprise them.

Lin immediately picks up that Lang is part demon (the horn kinda gave it away, lol) and turns him temporarily invisible so he can sneak into the castle. He then turns his attention to charming exposition out of Xing Hai and plays her like a damn fiddle.

elsewhere, Ansaato is skittering around the Demon Court on his little insect legs (complete with sound effects) and is pissed that Azibelpher is early for their meeting (and apparently in the flesh???)

the other nobles show up, including Parasol Lady my beloved, but unfortunately, we don't get a good sense of their personalities in their brief back and forth. Other demons include: Covid Safety Protocols (wears a mask); Megamind (turban, big head); and Blue Enforcer of the Status Quo. I thought Megamind was going to be an evil advisor based on his character design, but he's just a guy, I guess??? At least there's nothing much to distinguish him here.

the demon king is a shadowy figure hidden behind a screen and HMMM THAT SEEMS FAMILIAR WHERE HAVE I SEEN THAT ONE BEFORE, but he's got a new VA, so he's probably not somebody we already know. Probably.

(can you tell I'm still scarred from last season's reveal, lol)

turns out that the statue macguffins are seals that allow you to summon demon gods if you get a quorum (4). There are 8 total, one for each demon noble and the king.

everybody is freaked out that Jia Li is dead and her seal is missing. Azi plays innocent, lol.

Lin finds all this out from Xing Hai, so he'll probably start collecting them now because thieves gonna thieve. Lang is also collecting them, but he's the only one at this point who doesn't know what they do, and this is probably all part of Azi's plan to awaken the demon gods and start the War of the Fading Dusk in earnest.

[look, if you put a sleeping demon god in the first episode, it had damn well better wake up by the last episode, I'm just saying].

also Lin has decided to torment Xing Hai by speculating he might be a demon, too because he's not affected by the demon realm the way a normal human should be.

he's trolling, obviously, but it's funny because he uses the same phrase Shang does: "no matter what anyone chooses to call me, it doesn't matter because I know who I am"

I've said this before and I'll say it again: Shang and Lin are opposites, complements, parallels, and foils, and also archetypal, and this extends to their backstories as well, which means it's unlikely that we'll see parents for either of them.

Xing Hai is objectively speaking a terrible person but I feel so bad for her because her shitty kind-of ex being a demon would solve a lot of problems for her because demons are supposed to be shitty to each other. So she's actually really into this, and while nothing Lin says is an outright lie, it certainly isn't the full truth.

{Xing Hai being in love with Lin is mostly subtext in the show itself, but it's in the light novel, and also there is a delightful series of social media posts where she fantasizes about what to do with him when he's theoretically under Seven Blasphemous Death's control and one of them is marrying him in a Western-style wedding with Azibelpher as the minister. And even then they're STILL not the most toxic het couple in the show by a wide margin!!!!}

meanwhile, Ba Wang Yu murders everybody and walks into the castle and Lin tells Xing Hai that Azibelpher isn't there because otherwise some would have stayed back to defend their master.

[this is why Azi was at the meeting early, lol]

Cut to Lang Wu Yao wandering around the empty castle, only for Spider to sneak up on him with chains, believing him to be Azibelpher.

.... you know what, he's not exactly wrong, Lang really does resemble his dad and the portraits are everywhere because Azibelpher lives in a gothic castle and has decorated accordingly

I really hope Wasp and Spider team up with Lang since they all hate Azibelpher, because the alternative is that Lang kills both of them next episode and I want to keep them around for as long as possible.

this episode is so fucking funny and I laughed so hard, twenty minutes just FLEW by, can't wait for next week

[shijiegongzi]

On 8/17/2021, Zhang Qiling has now returned to Wu Xie and Pang Zi for 6 years.

Because I can’t visit Chang Bai Shan or Hang Zhou or Xi Zang or anywhere tbh 😭 for my first ever 817, I’m visiting Tumblr instead to post my rare thoughts. I wanted to dedicate my 817 post to these pictures from Episode 16 of Ultimate Note.

Let me explain why *hem hem*. The first two pictures are when Zhang Qiling exited the yun yu in Xi Wang Mu's cave palace and lost his memory. Clearly, he's in a disastrous physical state or else someone as fit and martially skilled as him would never lay in such a vulnerable position or have to be carried.

In the third picture in the desert though, he's walking by himself. We know Wu Xie and Pang Zi would have carried him without any hesitation (I mean even Hei Yanjing and Xiao Hua carried (dragged) Tuoba out of the desert), so Xiao Ge must have been determined to walk by himself.

And we also know from the last two pictures that he wasn't walking because he was fully recovered. The moment they exit the desert and reach safety, Xiao Ge is in a feverish coma state again and stays that way until after spending many days in the hospital. So he really was walking by himself in the desert not because he felt that much physically better but because he didn't want to "burden" Wu Xie or Pang Zi and have them spend their energy on carrying him.

These scenes may just be a few minutes in a 36 episode long tv series or 10+ year fandom or thousands years long story, but they embody why Dao Mu Bi Ji and Tie San Jiao enchant me so much. I’ll never encounter zombies or raid a tomb or fight a powerful secret organization, but it’s so believable to me that the characters of dmbj exist somewhere. Somewhere there’s a Wu Xie stringing together the coin bracelet of a woman who wanted to kill him or setting out to rescue an uncle who has lied to him in every imaginable way. Somewhere there’s a Pang Zi holding the lifeless body of his beloved in his lap or making a nametag so his good bro can find his way home. Somewhere there’s a Zhang Qiling who’s willingly harsh to himself if it means his friends’ lives are a little easier.

Through the eyes of the live comment generator that is Wu Xie, I’ve been immersed into the spectacular world Nanpai Sanshu has created. Reading for pure fun is not something I do often, but the dmbj series made me want to read every single word with all my heart - if not for the plot, then just to make sure Wu Xie still has a tian zhen (innocent and naive) side, that Pang Zi is still lively at times, that Zhang Qiling returns from the too cold Chang Bai Shan, and to follow everyone else to the end of their written stories.

Ending with this line that perfectly describes the magical connection between a book and its readers: 两方世界山河共，一纸内外烟火同.

[deepbluewithyellow]

@kingsandbastardz

(I need to ease my mind since I have a difficult exam tomorrow, wish me luck plz:"))

Warning: This post is solely my opinion. Should you not like something in it, simply stop reading. Thanks. Moreover, these ideas are to be used in my own storywriting so give credits in case you're gonna use it. More thanks.

Yun Biqiu and Jiao Liqiao: When a Girlboss Wounds A Man's Pride

One of the downsides of MLC (and apparently every cdrama) is underdeveloped (i. e. cardboard) side characters who play an important part in contributing to the main storyline but their motives remain unsaid and their history unknown.

Here I'm going to attempt exploring just how Yun Biqiu could undermine Jiao Liqiao, with all her bossiness and domineering aura.

Forgive my English in advance. I'm writing this post on the go so it's obviously not beta-read.

Thanks:) Now, on with the analysis:)

(Sorry for the promotion but) In my fic (link in my pinned post), Di Feisheng tells a poisoned Biqiu, "She likes to think she's smart, so you gave her that. I shall applaud you for it."

And I put that there on purpose 😁 since I had the following ideas to go on with this:

I think Yun Biqiu tried to decipher Jiao Liqiao's personality and use her blindspots to his own advantage. Jiao Liqiao is the typical girlboss who's completely lost it and thinks she knows men enough to dominate every one of them. In my opinion, she has too much trust in her seduction abilities (remember when Di Feisheng tossed her in a dungeon full of crazy beings and her face is kinda destroyed, she held lots of grudge against him) and this possibly contributed to her being blind to what men would actually do around her. It's actually pretty easy for a smart man whose pride is more or less wounded by her, to undermine her using the faults of her personality.

I think she was infatuated with Biqiu to some degree: He's (or at least used to be) the handsome sage after all and is a millitary strategist, therefore he has something that a smart girl would look out for no matter how much of a girlboss she is. I say this since Jiao Liqiao is so determined into making Di Feisheng the best martial artist existing and then marrying him, to the point that she seduced Yun Biqiu to stop his defeat. So she cares too much about what sort of men she thinks deserve to be by her side and actually falls for a man's image and not true self, which makes her the most typical woman despite her being a girlboss and everything. Thus she subconsciously looks out for a combination of position, looks, and mental prowess of a man. Di Feisheng is more a martial artist, doesn't care that much about wisdom (in comparison to someone like Biqiu) and isn't known for being too handsome (I haven't read the novel but according to @mademoiselle-red, Li Xiangyi, handsome himself, calls Biqiu beautiful in practically every step he takes within the Sigu sect. That's definitely something to me). This makes me think that Jiao Liqiao sees men too incomplete to fulfill her desires and wants a man too perfect that goes beyond the limitations of this world. She wants the impossible, which cannot be achieved.

She expresses a liking for Biqiu (gentle temperament, mental prowess, great looks). She teases Li Xiangyi (mental sharpness, unparalleled martial arts even when he hits the bottom, good looks to some degree, sweet tongue) to marry him. Di Feisheng (Power, strength, handsomeness, leadership abilities) is her obsession. These three men complete the imagery she has in her mind of a man. They are the puzzle pieces that she seeks to put together in order to fulfill her desires.

I am still puzzled about why exactly Biqiu fell for Jiao Liqiao. When they reunite after ten years, he tells her that "Everyone in the Jianghu admires you and I am no exception." Jiao Liqiao is a seductress but she's also powerful which shows her inner capabilities. This tells me that Yun Biqiu, although having a good sense of aesthetics, likes women who are at least mentally his equal. Jiao Liqiao fits his tastes accurately. But he's scared of looking at her. Do his desires scare him that much? I don't think so. I think Jiao Liqiao knows something about him that no one, even his comrades at Sigu sect, know to full extents. I think he's more afraid that she plays some old card against him and defame him. What are those cards? I have left it to explore in my fic *winks*.

Yun Biqiu is a renowned sage. He's good at creating strategies and designing defense mechanisms (in other words, he's a millitary strategist and mechanical engineer). He's in a sense the most reliable member of Fubi Baishi since he is the one gone idiot with reading and uses his brain the most. It's safe to assume that he prides himself on these despite Li Xiangyi making him swear not to push his disciples towards his own path. He has a gentle temperament and reserved personality. But Jiao Liqiao abuses all of these and ruins all he prides himself on. He is no longer the most reliable. Everyone looks down on him and disrespects him during any heated or sensitive discussion. He's forced to live in seclusion lest the full extent of his sins comes to light. He loses almost everyone whom he loves or admires. All for a woman who lied to her. This is typically too much for a man.

Why do I think it exists? Because even with all the mankind's modern abilities in forensics and discovering evidence, it's a hell of work to prove someone was "seduced" or "bewitched" by someone. We have little to no magic at work across the Jianghu and the detectives of Baichuan Court use hard evidence and deductions (much like us) to solve their cases. So there must be some hard evidence of her manipulation (e. g. a letter of blackmail).

He sits down and reviews what he knows of Jiao Liqiao and Di Feisheng. Yeah she must be helping him again. But wait, he has already deduced that people are merely tools in her eyes; the steps of a ladder she climbs towards utmost power. What if Di Feisheng is also a tool? He should look into this matter more. He later learns that Di Feisheng tags along Li Lianhua with zero complaints. He smells hella rats. Something isn't right here. If everything was the result of simple matters then why has it all resurfaced after ten years? Is Di Feisheng exactly the cold hearted assassin they all think him to be? If he is, why is he tagging along Fang Duobing and Li Lianhua? Why isn't Fang Duobing on bad terms with him? (he wasn't that surprised when all the Baichuan people thought Li Lianhua is in cahoots with Di Feisheng, so he must know him).

He still has some light within himself. He has torn his mind apart these past ten years. He must know where were his weak spots. He thinks he caused too many deaths and has little to live for. Moreover, that supposed card Jiao Liqiao is playing against him will definitely come to light someday and he cannot look into his brothers' faces. So, he makes up his mind about his legacy in this world.

Biqiu is good at spotting the details of mechanical defenses, he is an avid reader and since he's inspired by Confucian philosophy, and Sun Tzu emerged a couple of centuries after Confucius, I can assume he's also well versed in Sun Tzu's strategies. He uses all his knowledge and to his own spite, his good looks, and appears defeated at the feet of Jiao Liqiao. I can imagine that, in order to make sure that she thinks she has the upper hand, he taught her some mechanical engineering but with a lot of holes in it, and he did these during the times he tried to lower her guard by playing infatuated. She would think she has all his mind to herself while he is silently sharpening his sword behind her back, to strike at the right moment. No one else finds out about this since Jiao Liqiao cannot handle having too many men outsmarting him around her and therefore she has chosen her gang members solely based on martial prowess and loyalty.

When she asks for extremely powerful mechanisms, he puts two and two together and realizes that those sorts of traps is meant for powerful martial artists like Di Feisheng. It is safe to assume it is confirmed for him that Jiao Liqiao is the real culprit and Di Feisheng is a tool in her hands. He creates them, takes her to see them, and she is high up in the skies for seeing through these mechanisms this obviously. Biqiu cannot believe she has fallen for his psychological trap. He plays along and praises her for seeing what others won't see, but alas, what he made is for everyone to see.

He doesn't need to dirty his hands to get rid of Jiao Liqiao. This is not considered a victory for a man. What makes him more satisfied is sitting back and watch how she falls due to her own blindness. He knows that Di Feisheng tags along Li Lianhua (and he knows LLH's true identity). Another two and two: Jiao Liqiao wants mechanisms to keep someone like Di Feisheng down. Di Feisheng tags along Li Xiangyi and doesn't kill him despite knowing him (when JLQ knows, he must know, too). So he deduces that there's something more to Di Feisheng that Li Xiangyi knows and he doesn't. He decides to trust that and not to eliminate DFS and let him deal with JLQ. He thinks that, it's a safe bet to make since DFS cares way more about power and doesn't go easy over someone trying to bring him down. He hopes that when Jiao Liqiao's true motives are exposed, he's going to clean the world of her mess. Or in another way, he thinks it's enough to clean the world of his mess, and leave the rest to others.

He thinks he's done enough and stands trial willingly to die. But he forgets that his light will finally find a way out to show itself to the world.

JLQ was supposedly hoping against having to attic wife DFS but she fully had Biqiu prepare an iron shielded room just to cage DFS in. (And who knows what else was in that room?) It takes time to design, plan, source and build something like that. Like... months in advance. It had like... spring loaded and extremely THICK chains meant to capture strong ppl with. So he even planned for someone with actual power levels trying to escape or fight. There were arrays and traps surrounding the entire building, both facing outward for attackers and facing the building for escapees. Which means they were prepared for possible rescuers.

Yun Biqiu designed and built that for her. I honestly wonder what he was thinking or how he managed his character portrayal in front of her. Where he's supposed to be enthralled by her and yet he's building a cage for her obsession. Did he have to fake jealousy and reconciliation to be believable?

We can hear DFS pounding on the walls from within when he gets trapped in there. (And how specific a placement it is to be on top of the wedding/bedroom chambers?) Did Biqiu deliberately mess up the creation of that room like he did with the traps outside? Or does he actually hold any residual feelings for JLQ? Or does he see an opportunity to act out his resentment for being in this situation to begin with?

How easy would it be for this one location to be the one spot that's a true trap? Did he ever think even for a moment that he can rig it so when JLQ enters, the room locks down and entombs her?

DFS, who literally everyone saw is now powerless, would be a dead man anyway. He's just another villian to be taken down as collateral damage. Depending on the situation, Biqiu feasibly could walk away without anyone ever knowing there is anyone up there.

[princess-sengoku]

Dynasty Warriors 7 Characters only unlocked in conquest mode

Conquest mode kinda replaced free mode yet kinda didn't. It had you go through all sorts of little battles throughout the land to fill in all the hexogons to gold. You had a bunch of towns you can go into and increase bonds with other playable officers. Now you should at least get all of story mode out of the way so you can unlock most of the characters you can choose from at the beginning. If you start out conquest mode like when you start the game first, you might have a very small roster to choose from. The starting roster from when you boot up the game for the first time is the following:

Xiahou Dun

Cao Cao

Sun Shang Xiang

Sun Jian

Liu Bei

Bao Sanniang

Sima Yi

Sima Zhao

Zhurong

It's not very big so go through story mode to collect some officers to play as.

Clearing the story of Wei unlocks: Xiahou Yuan, Dian Wei, Xu Zhu, Cao Pi, Zhang He, Zhang Liao and Jia Xu

Clearing the story of Wu unlocks: Zhou Yu, Lu Xun, Gan Ning, Lu Meng, Huang Gai, Ling Tong, Sun Ce, and Sun Quan

Clearing the story of Shu unlocks: Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Huang Zhong, Guan Suo, and Jiang Wei

Clearing the story of Jin unlocks: Sima Shi, Zhuge Dan, Wang Yuanji, Zhong Hui, Deng Ai, and Guo Huai

Any of the other faction characters, apart from Zhurong of course, will have to be unlocked in Conquest mode.

So now that we have taken care of unlocks from story, now we have the conquest unlocked only characters. Everyone can play in conquest mode but not story mode (the xtreme legends expansion added the feature you can play any story mode stage with any character). So who do you have left to get? Here's the following:

Cai Wenji

Cao Ren

Xu Huang

Zhenji

Daqiao

Xiaoqiao

Zhou Tai

Taishi Ci

Deng Feng

Lianshi

Guan Ping

Ma Chao

Ma Dai

Wei Yan

Xingcai

Yueying

Xiahou Ba

Diaochan

Lu Bu

Yuan Shao

Dong Zhuo

Zhang Jiao

Meng Huo

[the-archlich]

DW Potential Additions Tier List

So I made some spreadsheets but decided I was putting in too much work so here’s a quick summary.

I was grading on a scale of 1-5. 1 was characters I really don’t htink would add anything good, but who I thought some might suggest (like Cao Zhi, Jia Nanfeng, Pan Zhang, Zhao Guang, Zhang Ren, etc.) 2 is people who could maybe work under very specific circumstances, like a big narrative shift or a lot of related characters being added, or who might be fine but aren’t nearly as good as some other options (like Cheng Yu, Cao Xi, Wu Jing, Mi Zhu, or Gao Gan). These don’t really make the cut for discussion, so if you don’t see a name you’re expecting, I probably put them in one of those tiers for some reason.

Tier 3 are characters who would be fine. Just fine. They either did enough to make themselves noteworthy, or have enough of a connecting to existing narrative and cast that they’d probably add something worthwhile. Not the ones I’d be most excited about, but the ones I couldn’t make too many complaints over.

Tier 4 are great adds. Characters I really want to see, who could really expand the cast in worthwhile ways.

Tier 5 are characters I forget aren’t in these games already because why are they not here?

I’m not going to explain every decision here because I’m sure there will be followup questions. Yes, I’m aware that Jin is overrepresented, because it’s the smallest of the main factions.

TIER 5

Lady Bian (Wei)

Zhang Xiu (Wei; previously Dong Zhuo, Liu Biao)

Zang Ba (Wei, previously Tao Qian, Lü Bu)

Cao Zhen (Wei)

Zhong Yao (Wei)

Xiahou Xuan (Jin)

Xun Yi (Jin)

Chen Tai (Jin)

Guanqiu Jian (Jin)

Wen Qin (Jin)

Yang Huiyu (Jin)

Hu Lie (Jin)

Hu Fen (Jin)

Lady Wu (Wu)

Zhang Zhao (Wu)

Zhuge Jin (Wu)

Lü Ju (Wu)

Zhu Yi (Wu)

Zhuge Ke (Wu)

Zhuge Zhan (Shu)

Jian Yong (Shu)

Zhang Ni (Shu)

Fei Yi (Shu)

Liu Biao (Other: Liu Biao)

TIER 4

Wen Pin (Wei; previously Liu Biao)

Xiahou Shang (Wei)

Cao Hong (Wei)

Jiang Ji (Wei)

Zhu Ling (Wei; previously Yuan Shao)

Dowager Guo (Jin)

Cao Shuang (Jin)

He Yan (Jin)

Pei Xiu (Jin)

Sima Fu (Jin)

Fu Jia/Gu (Jin)

Wang Ji (Jin)

Wang Ling (Jin)

Du Yu (Jin)

Sima (Gaoling) (Jin)

Sima Wang (Jin)

Shi Bao (Jin)

Sun Luban (Wu)

Sun Ben (Wu)

Sun/Yu He (Wu)

Jiang Qin (Wu)

Lü Fan (Wu)

Zhu Huan (Wu)

He Qi (Wu)

Quan Zong/Cong (Wu)

Zhuge Jing (Wu)

Tao Huang (Wu)

Wu Yan (Wu)

Lady Gan (Shu)

Liu Feng (Shu)

Ma Zhong (Shu)

Wang Ping (Shu)

Yuan Tan (Other: Yuan Shao)

Qu Yi (Other: Yuan Shao)

Tadun (Other: Yuan Shao, Wuhuan)

Shen Pei (Other: Yuan Shao)

Xu Rong (Other: Dong Zhuo)

Gao Shun (Other: Dong Zhuo, Lü Bu)

Gongsun Zan (Other: Gongsun Zan)

TIER 3

Cao Rui (Wei)

Guo (Nuwang) (Wei)

Chen Deng (Wei; previously Tao Qian, Lü Bu)

Zhang Changpu (Wei)

Wang Lang (Wei; previously Tao Qian, Liu Yao)

Sima Lang (Wei)

Jia Kui (Wei)

Du Xi (Wei)

Li Tong (Wei)

Cao Zhang (Wei)

Zhao Yan (Wei)

Cao Jie (Wei) 

Li Feng (Jin)

Zhong Yu (Jin)

Qin Lang (Jin)

Wang Chang (Jin)

Sima Liang (Jin)

Sima Zhou (Jin)

Sima Jun (Jin)

Yang Hu (Jin)

Sima Yan (Jin)

Wei Guan (Jin)

Zhang Hua (Jin)

Tang Bin (Jin)

Jiang Ban (Jin)

Hu Zun (Jin)

Pan Shu (Wu)

Sun Luyu (Wu)

Sun Jing  (Wu)

Sun Yu  (Wu)

Sun Jiao  (Wu)

Sun Shao (Bohai)  (Wu)

Widow Xu  (Wu)

Gu Yong  (Wu)

Gu Tan  (Wu)

Bu Zhi  (Wu)

Chen Wu  (Wu)

Dong Xi  (Wu)

Zhu Zhi  (Wu)

Zhu/Shi Ji  (Wu)

Yu Fan  (Wu; previously Liu Yao)

Lu Kang  (Wu)

Lü Dai  (Wu)

Pan Jun (Wu; previously Liu Biao, Shu)

Lu Kai  (Wu)

Teng Yin  (Wu)

Sun Jun  (Wu)

Zhang Ti  (Wu)

Wu Yi  (Shu; previously Liu Zhang)

Wu Ban (Shu; previously Liu Zhang)

Zhang Shao (Shu)

Lady Ma (Shu; previously Liang Warlords)

Mi Fang (Shu; previously Tao Qian)

Lady Mi (Shu; previously Tao Qian)

Dong Yun (Shu)

Ma Liang (Shu)

Ma Su (Shu)

Chen Zhi (Shu; previously Liu Zhang)

Huo Jun (Shu; previously Liu Biao)

Huo Yi (Shu)

Luo Xian (Shu)

Yang Yi (Shu)

Li Hui (Shu; previously Liu Zhang)

Jiang Wan (Shu)

Deng Zhi (Shu)

Zhang Yi (Bogong) (Shu)

Liao Hua (Shu)

Lady Liu (Other: Yuan Shao)

Yuan Shang (Other: Yuan Shao)

Tian Feng (Other: Yuan Shao)

Ju Shou (Other: Yuan Shao)

Li Jue (Other: Dong Zhuo)

Cai Yong (Other: Dong Zhuo)

Liu Qi (Other: Liu Biao)

Cai Mao (Other: Liu Biao)

Lady Cai (Other: Liu Biao)

Kuai Yue (Other: Liu Biao)

Huang Zu (Other: Liu Biao)

Gongsun Yuan (Other: Yan)

Yong Kai (Other: Nanman)

Gaoding (Other: Nanman)

Liuzhou (Other: Nanman)

Liu Yao (Other: Liu Yao)

[shenglingyuan]

I just found your older post of Priest's danmei's! I just finished SPL and was looking into what else to read from her. Could you point out which of Priest's works besides SPL have a gong MC? Apparently the cheat is that whoever falls in love first is the gong (lol) but I'm not sure which novels of those r included. Thanks!

Most priest novels are actuall tagged as 主受(POV of the shou/shou MC)...so actually in SPL, it’s Gu Yun who’s technically the MC. But at this point, many priest readers have given up on identifying who’s MC and ML since more often than not, both characters get to have equal amounts of POV anyway haha! But for works that /seem to be/ in the POV of the gong...I’d recommend Can Ci Pin and Lie Huo Jiao Chou!