#character: zhang chi

[movielosophy]

Pegasus | the view

[thecollectibles]

Medieval Space Opera by Zhang Chi

[xiakeponz]

for modern AU fics - what chinese media did diaspora consume?

making this post because some of us in the diaspora server were having a chat about what Chinese media "Diaspora Chinese" watched in the 90's - 2000's (and even sooner than that) while not having access to satellite chinese media or streaming services - this is in the context of writing modern AU fics based off Chinese media/novels (so your main character's grandpa or uncle is not, in fact, watching an episode of Friends or Shortland Street or something as flavour text because sorry what the hell-)

We generally watched a lot of stuff on VCDs, including bootlegged and non-bootlegged movies, shows, anime/donghua. My household had a whole VCD album of this, and a lot of VCDs (even if they were pirated editions) would have a fancy hardcover box with a magnetic clasp and some artwork representing the show on it.

All of this is Mandarin - so not TVB stuff, because I'm from Northern China and I don't know any cantonese - but Canto friends, please feel free to add to the list! This is mostly stuff my parents liked to watch, or I liked to watch with them, with the exception of a few which I mainly watched with friends/cousins when I was maybe (in most cases) eleven/twelve years old onwards. This is a pretty personal list, meant to give people general idea of a possible "ballpark" of sorts, and by no means exhaustive.

Now, for the list of shows which I can confirm I had or someone I know had on VCD or some kind of offline media format lol (I'll try add release year stamps and links to the EN wikipedia where possible):

Period dramas (mostly Qing Dynasty stuff):

Huan Zhu Gege 还珠格格 (1998, April-) This is a classic, so many memes come from this show; hugely popular series, basically cemented Zhang Tie Lin's face as the face of the Qing Emperor for about a decade. Tie Chi Tong Ya Ji Xiao Lan 铁齿铜牙纪晓岚 (2002-2010) - I loved this show as a kid and watched all four seasons on repeat with family... The "trio" in this show are well known and loved.

Amazing Detective Di Ren Jie / 神探狄仁杰 (2004) A very popular and addictive show. Ok now the Big Four:

Romance of 3 kingdoms 1994 / 三国演义 (1994) - a classic that has had many remakes, my older cousin would play this on repeat...

Hong Lou Meng/红楼梦 （1987） - another classic with many remakes, but I think the most recognised by the public one is the 1987 one.

Journey to the West / 西游记 live action (1986) - I think the 1986 version of the live action is the most recognised one. *Shui Hu Zhuan / 水浒传 (1998) - I am not too familliar with the live action of this one in my household tbh bc my mum doesn't like it lol (she keeps saying it's too depressing) but I'm sure it's up there with the rest of the big four, if anyone has an opinion on this one please let me know!

Modern setting shows:

My dad loved all the Sun Honglei (孙红雷 - actor name) stuff, iirc it was a lot of MinGuo period espionage stuff, your shanghai 1920's sxc aesthetic. This actor has been around since 1999? Qian Fu （潜伏）was very famous, and Ren Jian Zheng Dao Shi Cang Sang （人间正道是沧桑）。 These were around '08 and '09.

Chuang Guan Dong - 闯关东 (2008) (Baidu link, sorry - couldn't get an EN wikipedia one). This show was huge when it was airing, everyone was watching it. I was pretty young but even I watched it and got invested ... and I thought it was such an "old person" show at the time lmao. Xiao Bing Zhang Ga / 小兵张嘎 （2004） (sorry, again Baidu link) - yo, anti-japanese war movies set between 1937-1945 were crazy popular - this is one of them and was very popular):

Donghua/Anime (all the stuff kid me watched and some which I didn't but were popular):

喜羊羊与灰太狼 (2005-) Calabash Brothers / 葫芦兄弟 （1986-1987） Black Cat Detective / Hei Mao Jing Zhang 黑猫警长 （1984-2010） Lan Mao Tao Qi 3000 Wen 蓝蓝猫淘气3000问 AKA 蓝猫 (blue cat) (October 1999 - Present) Legend of Ne Zha 哪吒传奇 (2003) Journey to the West/Xi You Ji 西游记 This was truly the Donghua I grew up on from when I was a bb, the OP song and ED song are classic bangers all kids know. Slam Dunk/ 灌篮高手 - People truly watched a lot of anime that may or may not have been terribly dubbed into mando (possibly canto too). Late 80s and 90s kids were all over this, and Dragon Ball, Crayon Shinchan (labixiaoxin).

Taiwanese Dramas:

This is mid-late 2000's, I would be remiss to not talk about the Taiwanese dramas of this era. Mike He, Rainie Yang, Wu Zun (amongst many, many others) were huge. Stuff like Dou Niu Yao Bu Yao, it started with a kiss, Hua Yang Shao Nv (Taiwanese version of Hana Kimi) were all pretty popular. Not sure if these shows all hold up in 2023, but boy were they popular at the time.

Note about CNY:

For CNY, people would try to tune into 春节联欢晚会 (the CCTV official CNY show) at that One Friend Who Had China Satellite TV's house. Zhao Ben Shan / 赵本山 was a comedy staple, and the show would often feature people from the music industry to perform. Eventually these people became more and more relevant to my gen and Jay Chou etc started appearing.

Last but not least Xian Jiaaaan 仙剑:

In 2005 I was all over 仙剑奇侠传 (Chinese Paladin), based off the video game. This show was crazy popular and probably sent me and a whole lot of other kids into Xianxia / Wuxia hell (and Hu Ge hell, and later I came back to love Liu Yifei). Thank you. The OST is a true banger.

[bl-bracket]

Bracket Statistics #9

Ok so I forgot to do this after the second season of Poorest Little Meow Meow, so this is a combination with the second season of Greenest Flag as well! Luckily there's no overlap between the characters featured! I'll make note of which new characters were from which brackets with some handy color coding!

Another reminder that this is just the individual character brackets! So no Best Kiss, Best Siblings, Build-a-BL, or Best QL Marriage Proposals!

***Also for the purposes of country breakdown, I'm counting Meet You at the Blossom as coming from China. The show is in Chinese, with almost all the actors from China, and based on a book from a Chinese author. I'm open to changing it to Thailand or Taiwan if people think those would be more appropriate, but for now, this felt like it would make the most sense of the three***

There have now been 135 different dramas that have been in these brackets. 82 are from Thailand, 17 are from Japan, 7 are from China, 9 are from Taiwan, and 20 are from South Korea.

There were 18 new shows total. 13 were from Thailand, 2 were from Japan, 1 was from China, 0 were from Taiwan, and 2 were from South Korea.

The new shows from Poorest Little Meow Meow are: 4 Minutes (Thailand), Long Time No See (South Korea), Love Sea (Thailand), Meet You at the Blossom (China), One Room Angel (Japan), The Rebound (Thailand), and This Love Doesn't Have Long Beans (Thailand).

The new shows from Greenest Flag are: Cooking Crush (Thailand), I Feel You Linger in the Air (Thailand), I Hear the Sunspot (Japan), I Saw You in My Dream (Thailand), Kidnap (Thailand), Knock Knock Boys! (Thailand), La Pluie (Thailand), Last Twilight (Thailand), Monster Next Door (Thailand), Our Dating Sim (South Korea), and The Trainee (Thailand).

There have now been 298 individual characters featured here. 198 from Thailand, 28 from Japan, 23 from China, 20 from Taiwan, and 28 from South Korea.

There were 51 new characters featured. 38 from Thailand, 3 from Japan, 4 from China, 2 from Taiwan, and 3 from South Korea.

There were 18 new characters in Poorest Little Meow Meow.

The 10 new characters from Thailand were: Shin (3 Will Be Free), Great (4 Minutes), Tian (A Tale of Thousand Stars), Thaenthai (Laws of Attraction), Tongrak (Love Sea), Kenta (Pit Babe), Phob (Something in My Room), Nut (The Miracle of Teddy Bear), Atom (The Rebound), and Methas (This Love Doesn't Have Long Beans).

The 1 new character from Japan was: Tomoda Koki (One Room Angel).

The 3 new characters from China were: Zongzheng Huaien (Meet You at the Blossom), Zongzheng Shaoyu (Meet You at the Blossom), and Ling Jing Shi (The Spirealm)/

The 2 new characters from Taiwan were: Jack (HIStory 3: Trapped) and Zhang Teng (Kiseki: Dear to Me).

The 2 new characters from South Korea were: Chi Soo (Long Time No See) and Tae Myungha (Love for Love's Sake).

There were 31 new characters in Greenest Flag.

The 28 new characters from Thailand were: Rock (Cherry Magic TH), Ten (Cooking Crush), Yai (I Feel You Linger in the Air), Yu (I Saw You in My Dream), Bas (I Told Sunset About You), Min (Kidnap), Latte (Knock Knock Boys!), Tian (La Pluie), Mhok (Last Twilight), Night (Last Twilight), Tinn (Laws of Attraction), Mahasamut (Love Sea), God (Monster Next Door), Kongthap (My Love Mix-Up! TH), Gun (My School President), Joe (My Stand In), Alan (Pit Babe), Daisy (Secret Crush on You), Jane (The Trainee), Ryan (The Trainee), JJ (This Love Doesn't Have Long Beans), Nub Nueng (This Love Doesn't Have Long Beans), Yang (To Sir, With Love), Cher (Wandee Goodday), Chain (We Are), Fang (We Are), and Peem (We Are).

The 2 new characters from Japan were: Taichi (I Hear the Sunspot) and Naoya (Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice But To Kiss!).

The 1 new character from China was: Lan Sizhui (The Untamed).

The 1 new character from South Korea was: Shin Kitae (Our Dating Sim).

If we include characters who have been in multiple brackets: 386 are from Thailand, 53 from Japan, 53 from China, 35 from Taiwan, and 49 from South Korea.

130 characters have been featured at least twice (opposed to 102 before). The average amount of times a character has been featured in a poll is 1.94 times (opposed to 1.81 before). The most amount of times a character has been featured still is 8 which was Prapai (Love in the Air) and now also Pat (Bad Buddy).

The average amount of characters per show is 2.2, opposed to 2.12 last time.

A character from The Untamed has now one a bracket 6 times (Poorest Little Meow Meow - Season 1 & 2, Most Whipped, Autistic Swag, Best Siblings, and Most Unhinged).

There were 17 actors who had another character they played now be in a bracket. Of those 17, 8 had already had at least 2 characters in the brackets, while the other 9 only had one character prior.

Amongst these is a very special, Wayne Song, the first non-Thai actor to have multiple characters in the bracket (Xiang Haoting - HIStory 3: Make Our Days Count, Zhang Teng - Kiseki: Dear to Me).

Included under the read more is a full list of all the actors with multiple characters! (only based on the individual brackets) (

Bolded names are the 17 actors who had another character added.

4 Characters: Gun Atthaphan, Off Jumpol

3 Characters: First Kanaphan, Fourth Nattawat, Gemini Norawit, Jimmy Jitaraphol, Khaotung Thanawat, Mark Pakin, Mix Sahaphap, Phuwin Tangsakyuen

2 Characters: Bible Whichapas, Billy Patchanon, Book Kasidet, Earth Katsamonnat, Force Jiratchapong, Fort Thitipong, Garfield Pantach, Fluke Gawin, Heng Asavarid, Inn Sarin, Joong Archen, Krist Perawat, Louis Thanawin, Love Pattranite, Michael Kiettisak, Mike Chinnarat, Nut Supanut, Ohm Pawat, Pond Naravit, Satang Kittiphop, Sing Harit, Singto Prachaya, Tay Tawan, Wayne Song, Zee Pruk, Zorzo Natharuetai

[lunarriviera]

why Du Cheng can't hold a grudge: a little  猎罪图鉴 | Under the Skin meta

When Shen Yi first joins the Beijiang City precinct, Du Cheng can't stand him. Not only is he still pissed off about Tragic Backstory, but he doesn't believe a sketch artist can hold any real value, especially not in our era of policing via surveillance. In another drama, he might have continued to nurse his animosity for the duration of the season. But there's one moment very early on which expresses Du Cheng's whole character so succinctly that you know he'll very soon give it up, and quite quickly succumb to Shen Yi's charms usefulness.

First, though, he stomps into Bureau Chief Zhang's office pitching a fit about Shen Yi, of all people, occupying the late Captain Lei's office. But Zhang-ju is not a woman to be messed with. She promptly calls his bluff.

Du Cheng, still hacked off, doubles down. He throws his badge on her desk. Fine! Fuck being a cop! He'll deliver pizzas! Anything, not to have to work with THAT VERY PRETTY GUY.

But then Jiang Feng comes to the door to announce that a body's dropped. Try to sound a little less thrilled, please, Jiang Feng.

A murder you say??? This is Du Cheng catnip. Can he hold out?

Look at his big dumb head swiveling around helplessly, like someone's just announced there's free cake in the break room.

Zhang-ju is canny as fuck, though. She looks down at his badge and idly wonders aloud who's going to catch this one. No idea really. Who could it possibly be.

At this point, Du Cheng has managed not to be a police officer for a whole fifteen seconds.

UGH FINE GIVE ME MY BADGE BACK YOU WIN. But Zhang-ju has not finished winning.

(This woman is a mother of twins or I will eat my laptop.)

Du Cheng has to pretend to think about this for another whole three seconds or so.

UGH FINE JUST GIVE IT BACK I'LL TAKE HIM WITH ME OKAY? OKAY???

(And then they proceed to drive off without him anyway, so that our little hero must ride to the crime scene alone on his bicycle. But the ways in which Shen Yi returns everyone's cold shoulder with this kind of serene tai-chi-like nonresistance is another meta entirely.)

All of this underscores two things: 1) Du Cheng's compulsive need to clear cases himself, and 2) his imminent practicality about so doing. When it turns out that Shen Yi is actually incredibly useful, Du Cheng stows his shit with remarkable rapidity and they do an enemies-to-friends speedrun in like three episodes, because nothing else matters to Du Cheng like solving crimes. It's truly the way to his heart. And when Shen Yi gets captured by Cai Dong in episode 3, what does Du Cheng say? "He's got one of our own." It's not just blind loyalty to the force; Shen Yi has already proven to Du Cheng that he really is a cop.

(And, ACAB; and China suffers from massive police corruption. So this procedural, like all the others, isn't reality, isn't a valorization of police work, but is probably some secret third thing.)

[namjhyun]

DRAMA REVIEW | Are You The One (2024)

Are You The One is a must watch for fans of historical and cunning, independent and smart characters, playing mind games against their enemies. If you liked cdramas like Story of Minglan and Wonderland Of Love, this might be for you.

This was a perfect drama. I have no notes. It delivered on everything that promised from beginning to end and properly developed the troupes of fake marriage and enemies to lovers in a fresh and entertaining way.

The court politics were fascinating to watch, giving the viewers all kind of strategies, taking down enemies one by one, making friends and even breaking down emotional walls for our lead characters. It was a treat to watch every single scheming they put on.

The development of each arc, with its respective main conflict, was entertaining. I am incredible happy with how the scriptwriter of this drama handled every storyline. All the characters consistently grow through this journey and have their moments in the spotlight. The resolution really well done, cohesive, grounded and coherent to each character' respective personalities and wishes.

The cast director really outdid themselves in this drama, each actor is the perfect choice for the character they are playing. My hat off to them for giving Zhang Wanyi such an incredible well written character as Lord Huaiyang, whom delivers some of the best moments of this drama from his war tactics, home life woes and comedic timing. Watching him grovel to win back his loved one was a never ending source of entertainment.

Wang Churan's Miantang is the perfect match. The growing of her character is perhaps more subtle but incredibly well performed and poignant. She delivered in every scene as a savvy business woman and every scheme at court as Lady Huaiyang.

Lord and Lady Huaiyang's respective strategies are different but they complement each other in an harmonious way, helping each other, growing together as people and governors. They consider themselves equals and respect each other, which is why I think they are one of the best couples in Dramaland I have seen in a while.

As for the secondary characters, there's always someone that stands out in a drama and for me, this time, it was Empress Shi, played by Yuan Yu Xuan. She gave us one of the best performances of this year. Her character grows from timid concubine daughter being emotional abused at home to a revered phoenix. When she finally stood her ground, against her own family, it was a wonder to watch. She got a standing ovation from me.

Chang Huasen was a really good choice to play Ziyu, a very stoic character that made sacrifices along the way to power. His growing has a lot to do with trust and I think, at the end of the day, he learns who should never be used as a pawn in the court games.

Marquis Zhennan and Miss He, played respectively by Zhang Chi and Liu Lingzi, were a source of entertaining. Both characters equally smart and filial in different ways that made them complement each other, and help their friends find ways to navigate the art of war.

Even the actors playing the enemies were outstanding, smart as the leads, and keeping them on their toes until the very end.

From a technical point of view, Are You The One also had a beautiful cinematography, the locations and sets were wonderful, the costume design matched each character really well. The use of sound and lack of it, which it's more important than we actually realize, was perfectly matched on every scene.

The strongest point was the writing and directing. It was clear Directors Liu Guo Nan and Cong Xiao know what they are doing when it comes to visual storytelling. As for screen writer Zhao Tian You, I think they did an outstanding job writing these characters and story.

This is how I like my dramas: smart, coherent, cohesive and fun. I highly recommend it.

[staydandy]

Fireworks of My Heart (2023) - 我的人间烟火 - Whump List

List by StayDandy Synopsis : Fire chief Song Yan and ER doctor Xu Qin reunite after ten years. The two parted ways in their youths due to family. When they meet again, both of them have grown and changed a lot. Due to the nature of their work, Song Yan and Xu Qin's paths continue to intersect. Song Yan leads the firefighters in a brave fight to save others. No matter how many tests of life and death come his way, he never veers from his original aspirations. His persistence encourages Xu Qin gradually untying the knot that has troubled them for years. They walk side by side, overcoming family differences to be together as they guard this beautiful city in their own ways. (MDL) AKA : My Fireworks on Earth | Waiting for You in a City

Whumpee : Song Yan played by Yang Yang • Suo Jun [fire Instructor] played by Vin Zhang • Jiang Yu [fire Instructor] played by Wang Yan Lin • Liu Jun Ping [firefighter] played by Zhao Ren Jie • Yang Chi [firefighter] played by Meng A Sai • Zhan Da Peng [firefighter] played by Yi Da Qian

Country : 🇨🇳 China Genres : Action, Romance, Medical

Notes : This is a Full Whump List • Adapted from the web novel “Waiting for You in a City" (一座城，在等你) by Jiu Yue Xi (玖月晞) • So many characters to whump I nearly ran out of colors

Episodes on List : 16 Total Episodes : 40

*Spoilers below*

01 : [flashback] Song Yan shot … [present] toothache … blown back by an explosion

02 : Toothache

04 : Pierced in the back with broken metal.. treated at hospital

06 : Wrist lightly scratched

08 : Suo Jun collapses, pain, retches … face burned, arm paralyzed, hospitalized

12 : Jiang Yu exhausted from 20km run, collapses.. tries to run more, collapses.. bruises & blisters on his feet

13 : Song Yan stung by hornets, carried into hospital (comedic)

15 : Liu Jun Ping falls down a mountain side, foot stuck in a crevice, Song Yan stays with Jun Ping, temperature dropping, shivering.. Jun Ping carried out … leg bruised & bandaged

18 : Yang Chi's hand is cut in a fight … treated

21 : [flashback] Song Yan shot several times, passes out.. wakes, receiving field-aid, passes out again.. hospitalized

22 : [present] Supports a collapsed wall with his own body while someone tries to break it apart, feels the force of every blow of the sledgehammer … slips while helping carry a sledge of concrete

23 : … continued from previous ep. ... Throws up, unsteady, exhausted, continues to retch … trapped under a collapsed building, unconscious.. debris fallen on top, pierced through stomach by rebar … rescued, unconscious the whole time

24 : … continued from previous ep. ... 4hr surgery.. in medical tent … walking with crutch

30 : Jiang Yu is blown off a 2nd story floor by an explosion, knocked out

31 : Song Yan gets cyanide poisoning during a mission, dizzy, passes out … ambulance, oxygen mask, unsteady heartbeat, chest compression, shocked with defibrillator.. hospitalized

33 : Zhan Da Peng is caught in a flashback & explosion, knocked out, heavily burned, buried in debris

More Whump Lists for this show: simply-whump

[zalrb]

Sorry if you've answered this before but I did search your blog and nothing showed up for me. But I was wondering if you have any favorite fight scenes from movies and tv shows? Like physical fight/combat scenes that actually blow you away by how good they look? Where it doesn't look too choreographed and even though it's stylized, it still looks awesome? For me personally, kdramas take the cake for best fight scenes, and one of my hands down favorite fight scenes of all time was from bloodhounds ep 1 when woo doo hwan's character had to fight to get to his mom. Like I was truly in awe watching that scene, I couldn't believe my eyes haha. Would love to know your favorites and/or thoughts on fight/combat scenes :)

Ooh yes! So. I grew up with martial arts movies, my cousins loved Jet Li so a lot of my favourite fight scenes are from the movies I grew up with

Twin Warriors/Tai Chi Master

Fist of Legend

Once Upon A Time In China

Fong Sai Yuk

and then when I was a bit older and started watching them on my own, I still had affection for Jet Li so:

Romeo Must Die (and I loved Aaliyah??)

Cradle 2 The Grave (with DMX??)

Hero (although I was really more watching for Zhang Ziyi)

speaking of, Michelle Yeoh vs Zhang Ziyi in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon? ICONIC

and speaking of Michelle Yeoh, Magnificent Warriors

House of Flying Daggers

I'm always going to love Morpheus vs Neo in The Matrix

The Bride vs Crazy 88 in Kill Bill

can't bring up Kill Bill without bringing up Lady Snowblood

My favourite John Wick fight scenes are in chapter 2

and I do like a good shootout scene. I remember thinking The Town was so mid and did not understand the praise that movie got, I still don't, but it had good shootout scenes

LA Confidential

Heat has one of the most iconic shootout scenes too

The Bourne trilogy actually has some pretty good hand to hand combat scenes, one of which actually got claps in the theatre I was in

[jacquesthepigeon]

I loved Fei in the special and pretty much nothing else but her design makes me a little uncomfortable- it immediately calls me back to the Shang-Chi movie, and reminds me of how the titular character's sister was originally meant to have a streak of dyed hair, but the actress specifically asked them not to dye her hair and explicitly cited that it's an extremely common trope in Western media for the Badass Chinese Martial Artist Girl to have a hair streak and she did not want to play into that stereotype. Fei's debut happened around the same time as Meng'er Zhang made this statement and I cannot shake it.

I got so distracted by the whitification transformation that I forgot about the hair streak

[bizarrequazar]

GJ and ZZH Updates — December 25-31

<<< previous week || all posts || following week >>>

This is part of a weekly series collecting updates from and relating to Gong Jun and Zhang Zhehan.

This post is not wholly comprehensive and is intended as an overview, links provided lead to further details. Dates are in accordance with China Standard Time, the organization is chronological. My own biases on some things are reflected here. Anything I include that is not concretely known is indicated as such, and you’re welcome to do your own research and draw your own conclusions as you see fit. Please let me know if you have any questions, comments, concerns, or additions. :)

[Glossary of names and terms] [Masterlist of my posts about the situation with Zhang Zhehan]

12-25 → Hsu Fu Chi posted four photo ads featuring Gong Jun.

→ 361° posted a photo ad featuring Gong Jun. 

→ QuelleVous posted screenshots of the data records for Lexus’s Instagram stories, which show that the claims that he posted that something good was about to happen on 2021-12-24 were untrue. It’s also worth noting that Lexus never includes mentions / photos of Zhang Sanjian in his regular Instagram posts, only in these stories that become unavailable after 24 hours. Additionally, Lexus’s claims of owning an apartment in Beijing are untrue. 

→ Gong Jun posted a video to his Xiao Hong Shu showing Charlotte Tilbury products he was gifted. [subbed video]

12-26  → 361° posted a promotional video spoken by Gong Jun. (1129 kadian)

→ Sichuan Satellite TV posted a promotional video spoken by Gong Jun advertising a program that will be held on 01-01. [subbed video]

→ Colgate posted a photo ad featuring Gong Jun.

12-27 → 361° posted a photo ad featuring Gong Jun.

→ Gong Jun posted a promotional image advertising that he would be appearing in Hunan Satellite’s New Year’s gala program on 12-31. Caption: “The new year is coming soon, #What attitude will you enter 2023 with#? At 7:30 p.m. on December 31, come to Hunan Satellite TV’s New Year’s Eve party, and let’s welcome the new year together!” His studio reposted this with the added caption: “The end of the year has come, and the new year is coming. Welcome 2023 with boss @ Gong Jun Simon!”

→ BEAST posted the full commercial for their New Year’s product line. Fan Observation: Gong Jun did the little hand twirl while bowing again.

→ Gong Jun flew to Changsha to record a variety show and the New Year’s events. Fan Observation: In the footage of both him arriving at one airport and leaving the other one, he was holding his phone in the same position that inspired the LLD handsign.

→ Fresh posted a promotional video spoken by Gong Jun.

→ Rocco Liu, the editor of GQ magazine, posted a photo of himself and Gong Jun to his Xiao Hong Shu.

12-28 → Fresh posted a photo ad featuring Gong Jun.

→ BEAST posted a behind the scenes video of Gong Jun from their current ad campaign. (1129 kadian)

→ Canada’s Fairchild Radio primiered a third stolen song. The airing included a sound clip spoken by Zhang Zhehan which those listening mistakenly believed to be new—a haizhe openly admitted to creating this using two clips from 2020, claiming she did not intend for this misunderstanding.

12-29 → Gong Jun posted photos of a bracelet that Tiffany & Co. gifted to him on his Weibo and Instagram. This was reposted by Tiffany.

→ Gong Jun changed his Instagram pfp to one of the silhouette photos he posted on 12-10.

→ Bluebird posted a video exemplifying audio deepfakes, which shows the song Wake Me Up sung by Aloe Blacc being artificially rendered into multiple other languages while still maintaining the artist’s vocal idiosyncracies. There has been some question of if the songs that I’ve been referring to as stolen are even by Zhang Zhehan in the first place.

→ The Weibo TV Series Awards 2022 placed Dream Garden as #1 for best contemporary urban drama, and Gong Jun’s character Lin Shen as #1 contemporary urban drama character.

→ Kangshifu posted a photo ad featuring Gong Jun.

→ A short video was posted for the Weibo New Year’s Party of Gong Jun wishing everyone a happy New Year: "Hello everyone, I am Gong Jun. 2022 is nearly over. How were you this past year? 2023 is coming, wishing everyone a Happy New Year." [quoted translation]

→ Hogan tweeted a photo ad featuring Gong Jun.

→ Gong Jun’s studio posted in response to the TV Series Awards: “Thank you to everyone who supports [Dream Garden], loves Lin Shen, and walks bravely with Lin Shen in the new year!”

→ The third stolen song was scheduled to be released on this day but was delayed to 01-06, no reason given. One of Xie Yihua’s accounts posted a photo of a thermometer to imply that Zhang Sanjian has COVID. 

12-30 → Kangshifu posted a photo ad featuring Gong Jun.

12-31 → A Twitter space was held reviewing the events of the year. [recording] [written notes]

→ Gong Jun’s studio posted four photos from the rehearsal the performance that would air that night. Caption: “The old year is coming to an end, tonight welcome the arrival of the new year with joyful singing. Boss @ Gong Jun Simon's energy continues to load, let's go together tonight!”  Fan Observation: Gong Jun reportedly had milk tea delivered to fans who were waiting outside for him, as well as to the staff at the venue.

→ Hsu Fu Chi posted a photo ad featuring Gong Jun.

→ LockNLock posted a photo ad featuring Gong Jun with a very sweet caption: “No matter how you say it, I also want to give you an award for self-discipline, single-mindedness, humility, honesty... You who have excellent qualities! I wish you all good luck in 2023, success, health and happiness forever!” (1314 “forever” kadian) This was the last day of his endorsement with them.

→ Gong Jun posted nine photos of himself to his personal Weibo. Caption: “See you tonight, I will be full of joy for the new year!” His studio followed shortly after with two more posts [here] and [here] of photos from this photoshoot, captions: “New Year’s Eve surprises gradually took shape, saying goodbye to the old year and welcoming the new year, and sharing a wonderful night with boss @ Gong Jun Simon , see you tonight!” and “Set the alarm clock and wait on time, the boss @ Gong Jun Simon is ready to go, let’s go to a new future together tonight!” Gong Jun also shared nine of these photos in his Instagram story, and eight to his Xiao Hong Shu, caption: “Happy New Year! See you tonight!”

→ REAL1640 posted nine previously unseen Word of Honor behind the scenes photos of Zhang Zhehan.

→ Gong Jun’s studio posted a video of behind the scenes footage from the photoshoot. Caption: “Both movement and stillness are suitable, and you can feel the unique fireworks of this city in winter. Boss @ Gong Jun Simon 's ‘surprise gift’ is in place, see you tonight 😎” BGM was Everything by eevee.

→ Addition 01-01: Gong Jun’s studio posted a douyin of more behind the scenes footage from the photoshoot. Caption: “On the last day of 2022, boss @ Gong Jun Simon delivered the warmth and freshness of spring ahead of time~ See you tonight!” BGM is If I Could by Chris Mazuera.

→ Gong Jun’s studio posted six more photos from the photoshoot. Caption: “The preface of the year is updated, opening a new chapter with joy. Boss @ Gong Jun Simon 's surprise stage countdown ing, see you later!”

→ Gong Jun appeared in Hunan Satellite’s New Year’s gala. [cuts of his part] The songs he sang were 快乐颂 by 林必媜 and Small Town Summer by Li Bi. Fan Observations:   -  There was something in his pocket.  -  He did the hand twirl while bowing again. Addition 01-03: Small Town Summer is about falling in love in a small town during the summer while listening to Jay Chou. Sound familiar? 😏

→ Gong Jun’s studio posted nine photos of Gong Jun from the event. Caption: “Have you been surprised by the stage prepared by boss @ Gong Jun Simon? Forget about your troubles, let's go to 2023 with a happy mood!”

→ Addition 01-03: Kangshifu posted a photo ad featuring Gong Jun.

Additional Reading: → Flora’s daily fan news

<<< previous week || all posts || following week >>>

This post was last edited 2023-01-03.

[taisuiartgallery]

Guidepost

General Tags:

Art

Digital Art

Traditional Art

Fic

Video

Animatic

Memes

Comics

Crossover

Spoilers

Full list of more specific tags under the cut:

Character Tags:

Because there are So Many Characters, I've taken a page from E. Danglar's book and sorted them by region.

Southern Wan (Jinping)

Xi Ping

Zhou Ying

Wei Chengxiang

Bai Ling

Xi Yue

Pang Jian

Old Madam Xi

Xi Zhengde

Cui Jinjin

Zhao Yu

The Karma Beast

Chen Baishao (Jiangli)

Southern Wan (Xuanyin)

Zhi Xiu

Lin Chi

Wen Fei

Luo Qingshi

Zhang Jue

Lin Zongyi

Yao Qi

Chang Jun

Princess Duanrui

Su Zhun

Zhao Yin

Li Fengshan

Southern Wan (The Southern Mines)

Lü Chengyi

Liang Chen

Southern Wan (Other)

Zhao Qindan

Xu Rucheng

The Heart Demon

Western Chu

Qiu Sha

Hui Xiangjun

Yu Chang

Xuanwu

Zhuoming

Xiang Rong

Tao-er-nainai

Southern Shu

Wangge Luobao

Northern Li

Xie Chu

Kunlun's Third Elder

Wu Lingxiao

Accompanying Plant Tags:

Reincarnation Wood

Snow Shuffler

Late Autumn Red

Eternal Spring Brocade

Heartless Lotus

Item/Weapon Tags:

Tai Sui Qin

Zhaoting

The Law Breaker

The Unbound Furnace

Discard the False and Keep the True

Ship Tags:

Xi Ping/Zhi Xiu

Xi Ping/Zhou Ying

Zhi Xiu/Xi Ping/Zhou Ying

Wei Chengxiang/Zhao Qindan

Xi Ping/Yu Chang

Lin Chi/Hui Xiangjun

Qiu Sha/Hui Xiangjun

Qiu Sha/Hui Xiangjun/Lin Chi

Lin Chi/Wen Fei

Miscellaneous Tags:

Zhou Ying's Cat

The Sea of Stars

The Dragon Vein

Scenery

Fic Tags:

Gen Fic

Story Arc Tags:

(Any drawing/comic of a specific scene will have the relevant arc tagged. Tags for early arcs aren't necessarily spoiler-free.)

Midnight Song

The Dragon Bites Its Tail

Fragrant Jade Miasma

Demon Country

The Mountain Falls

Indignant Cicadas

Traveler Abroad

Unbound Knife

Eternal Flame

The Storm Begins

Flower in the Mirror

Tomb of the Sage

A Life of Regret

Conclusion

The Extras (Overall)

Antiquity Extra

New Capital Extra

Western Chu Extra

Frost and Snow Extra

Jinping Extra

Bonus Secret Info

For those of y'all that scroll all the way to the bottom of this tag list, here's an extra fun fact: this blog is run by ya girl Andromeda Grassbreads. You can find me TaiSuiposting over on my meta blog @morethanwonderful.

[movielosophy]

Pegasus | Let's train like Takumi.

[thecollectibles]

Cyborg Port Mafia by Zhang Chi

[novelease]

Join the Adventure in "Star Peak Legend"!

If you’re on the hunt for an enthralling Xianxia novel, look no further than "Star Peak Legend" by the renowned author 我吃西红柿 (Wo Chi Xi Hong Shi). This captivating story spans 1.4372 million characters and unfolds the grand saga of a cultivator destined to rewrite his fate.

The narrative kicks off with a cultivator who fails his heavenly tribulation but miraculously does not perish. Instead, he is reborn into the mortal realm with the memories of his former life. He finds himself within the prestigious Zhang family, one of the four major clans in the Qinglong Continent, and at the tender age of six, he becomes Zhang San Gongzi. However, he soon discovers that family ties can be treacherous, as he is cast out for their own gain.

As the first part of the novel concludes, the saga transitions into an epic exploration of the realms of immortals and demons. Readers are taken on a journey filled with magical elixirs, mystical beasts, and sacred cultivation lands, as the protagonist strives to make his mark in a world brimming with power struggles and incredible beings.

Don’t miss the chance to experience "Star Peak Legend." Join the protagonist as he embarks on his quest for glory and self-discovery. Read it for free at Star Peak,Legend, read more for NovelEase.

[devonebriewie10050212]

Kenny Lín Gēngxīn 林更新 Featurette In The Great Wall Movie (2016)

=======================

~ THROWBACK ~

Before The Fourth Master Yuwen Yue in Princess Agents, long before The High Ancient God Xing Zhi in The Legend Of Shen Li, there was Commander Chen (Chen Jiangjun). The head of Eagle Troops faction (archers, red cloaks and armours), one of the five elite forces called Nameless Order in The Great Wall movie. He caught my attention because of Matt Damon and Legolas. Why? First, it's Matt Damon. One of the few Hollywood actors that I really respect their projects and personality. He's so normal. And Legolas? Yeah, I really have something with archery, so...

Some people may have already known it, but the others haven't. Yet. Because most of them, their main focus is on television series, not the big screen. In fact, if you are looking at Gengxin's portfolio, all the movies that he starred in - although it's less than the other actors done (Gengxin is known for his carefulness in choosing a role, and never plays the same typical character twice) - are no less exceptional than the others. And still made him one of the highest paid actors in China. In 2014, he became the main lead in The Taking Of Tiger Mountain along with Zhang Hanyu and Tony Leung. Two years later in 2016, he played a major role as Hsieh Shao Feng/Ah-Chi, The Third Master, collaborated with Peter Ho, in Sword Master film. And in this particular film, he acted together in one frame and one table with Matt Damon, Willem Dafoe, Pedro Pascal also Andy Lau.

So, when some time ago, a lot of people said that he was riding on his partner's (and his very best) name Zhao Liying for fame, perhaps they only knew him after The Legend Of Shen Li. Or... Maybe as usual, haters that apparently will always be haters.

=======================

Production: Legendary Pictures, China Film Group, Dentsu Inc., Fuji Television Network

Country Origin: China, USA, Japan

Released Date: 6 December 2016 (Beijing)

Director: Zhang Yimou

Starring: Matt Damon, Jian Ting, Pedro Pascal, Willem Dafoe, Andy Lau, Lu Han, Kenny Lin, Eddie Peng, Zhang Hanyu

Language: English, Mandarin

Music Director: Ramin Djawadi

Video Intro: Nameless Order (The Great Wall: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Ramin Djawadi

© 2016 Universal Pictures

=======================

PS: Only on the big screen, that you will really hear his actual voice. Because most of his television series is done by voice over actors (which is a common in the Chinese film industry).

One thing that I remember, back then these elite forces, people on the internet called them Power Rangers 😅

[ao3feed-wbl]

It's finally you?

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/elLXyPF by Bharryismylife Yu Teng and Zi Hong meet at Zi Hong's birthday party and it doesn't take long for them to fall into each other's arms, but Zi Hong is a frustrated idol and Yu Teng is a normal person who is just trying to open his own restaurant, they are from different worlds and need to learn to deal with that while still dealing with each other's everyday problems. Words: 3695, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: 永遠的第一名 | We Best Love (TV), 永遠的第一名 | We Best Love (TV) RPF Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: M/M Characters: Lin Tzu-hung | Sam, Yang Yuteng | YU, Shih Chihtian, Zhang Ruijia | Ray Chang, Lee Chi | Richard, Luo Dehong | Evan, Zihong’s friends from Spexial Relationships: Lin Tzu-hung | Sam/Yang Yuteng | YU Additional Tags: Idiots in Love, Falling In Love, Zihong idol, Yu chef, Sex like always, Fluff and Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Fluff and Smut read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/elLXyPF