#china mentioned

[milkemim]

Day 10: Gift Shopping

It's finally here!! Sorry for the wait

WC: 585

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The 10th day of December has arrived. It was almost halfway to Christmas and a few stores were already going on an early Christmas sale. Japan was walking around the city, looking at all the small businesses through the windows if there was anything interesting or anything that would make a nice gift on sale. He put his hands in his pockets to warm them up while walking, not really paying attention to what was in front of him due to being distracted by the decoration in one of the windows that was trying to coax customers inside.

“Eek!” A familiar voice screams as they slip on the ice. “Ouch ouch ouch…” They hissed in pain.

“Ah!” Japan stumbles a little and looks at the other person, “[Name]?! I’m so sorry, I wasn’t looking where I was going! Are you alright?” He offers them a hand to help them get up.

They take it and pull themselves up. “It's fine, I wasn’t looking either! And I’m okay… I think.” They chuckle a little awkwardly and let go of Japan’s hand to brush the snow off of themselves.

“That is good… I’m extremely sorry, my sincerest apologies…”

“It’s really okay… You’re window shopping?” [Name] asks.

“I have heard people talking about some shops already having winter sales, so I came hunting for them to buy gifts for my friends. I haven’t had any luck yet, though.” Japan says, putting his hands back in his pockets. “What about you? I mean… Where are you going?”

“I just came to get some groceries. Also, I think I saw one of the shops on sale that way! Want me to walk with you?” [Name] points and smiles.

“Really? You would go with me? That sounds great,” Japan smiles back at them and follows them. “Ah, I also hope I did not cause any damage to your groceries when I knocked you over… I am sorry.”

“It’s fine. I didn’t buy anything that can’t handle a little exuberance.”

“I do not think you used that word right…”

The two walked for just a few minutes to reach the cozy little shop and walked in after cleaning the snow off their shoes as best as they could. There was a lot of cute miniature stuff, as well as other handcrafted cute things. “China would love this…” He comments, crouching in front of a small table with a little house and figurines. It was a decorative piece.

“It’s 40% off. You should get it for him.” [Name] says, standing next to him.

“I’ll see what else they have and think about it.” Japan stands up.

The two look at all the cute little things. There were a few practical items as well.

“You could get China this too!” [Name] picks up a cane that was hanging from the wall.

“I do not think I would be here for the next Christmas if I did that.” Japan smiles, imagining the scene of China unwrapping such a gift.

“It’s pretty, though… Maybe the craftsmanship would distract him.” They say and observe the cane more closely.

They looked around a little more. Japan only bought a few things for just a few people, since most of his friends would probably appreciate more conventional gifts and most things here were decorative.

The two walked together until they had to go different ways to get home. “It was nice seeing you, [Name],” Japan smiles at them, “I hope we meet again. Goodbye.”

“Bye, Japan! See you around!”

[aphconfessions]

Why is it so hard for everyone to understand that Russia is straight? Every fucking one in this fandom headcanons him as gay, gay, gay! He can be straight too, fuckers.

It's so tiring, especially since Russia is my boyfriend too. I've literally been shifting to the Hetalia universe for like a year now, and he told me straight up that he is STRAIGHT and NOT ATTRACTED TO MEN! Yet this fandom keeps shipping him with men. All. The. Fucking. Time.

Like, no offense to gay people or anything, but is it that hard to comprehend that he's not gay? He's fucking RUSSIA for fuck's sake! Being gay is illegal there!

And also, stop shipping him with his enemies. America does not love him, they hate each other! Neither does Lithuania love him because he's straight and with Belarus! And China literally has a genderbend you can ship Russia with, so you don't have to ship him with the male version! CAUSE HES STRAIGHT!!

*sighs* I'm just really tired, especially as his girlfriend because whenever someone says he's gay or he's in a relationship with America or someone else he would NEVER get in a relationship with because he's STRAIGHT, I feel like I'm being erased. And I feel like I'm... I'm not worth...

*Begins crying*

Russia: *Enters my room* [Anon]? What's wrong?

Me: Sorry Russia, I was just... Defending you, our relationship, you know.... Everyone in the Hetalia fandom says you're gay when you're not even gay 'cause you're dating me and your straight.....

Russia: *Clenches fist, gritting teeth* Those damn... HEY, HETALIA FANDOM, IF YOU'RE READING THIS, I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW, I AM STRAIGHT NOT GAY, I AM DATING THIS ANON, AND SHES A GIRL, AND I DONT LIKE GUYS ESPECIALLY AMERICA CAUSE WERE ENEMIES! *Turns to me* Honey, I... I didn't know this was happening.... *Turns back to Hetalia fandom* NOW LOOK WHAT YOU DID! YOU MADE MY PRECIOUS GIRLFRIEND CRY?!?! YOU PSYCHOPATHS, I DONT WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOU!! *Hugs me*

Me: *Sniffs* Thanks Russia, and thank YOU Hetalia fandom for making me feel like shit because you keep saying Russia is gay... *Hugs him back*

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[viarayy01-blog]

can you even imagine what loop felt when siffrin said they were going to kill themself just to get through everything faster. In all of their loops, they never found that as an alternative. As something to even consider. The countless hours to days to months to years that they spent in their loops, the agonizingly long and painful road to even beat the king at all, and they never took the chance. How must if feel to look at this other version of yourself who’s made it so much farther than you ever had, so much faster than you ever could have, and watch them tell you that its still not fast enough. that its too tedious to slowly freeze in time or slip on a banana peel. that they have better things to do and the act of dying is taking away their precious time. and then have no power to stop him no matter how much they tried. because to siffrin, what’s the difference? hes dying either way. its just that this is faster. and more self destructive. and more mortifying for his allies to watch happen. just a quick slice to the throat and then their on their merry way. but to loop, its just another step towards giving up. another step towards wishing for what they did, to turn into what they did. do you think about this. do youthingk about t his-

[goatskickin]

I do not often make something, take preview pics and post the upload in the same day.

But when I do, it's happening right now.

I never had enough recolors of the cushion on the Tea Time Table from BV.

So I made 50 recolors.

You can pick and choose which ones you like if you do not want all 50. These do merge beautifully though, if merging CC is your thang.

Dark wood recolor of the tea table itself is a wip.

Download - TeaTimeTableCushion50RC's

[fumiko-matsubara]

He got them to join his emo band 😔🤟

The new year's show was a success and it became a yearly thing.

This is kind of a continuation of my headcanon and brainrot posts about Chiba's friendship with Gakushuu and Yukiko, with a bit of my oc Isami bc I'm not really normal about him 🩵

[jojo-schmo]

I’m gonna contribute to Metadede week I just need some time aaaaa

I’ve had some irl deadlines to address and they haven’t left a lot of bandwidth in my brain for the gooey lovey ideas I’m so fond of. But they will happen! At least some of them!

Maybe if I think of my contributions as dessert after the official week ends, I won’t feel so bad… :’D /lighthearted

In the meantime I’m gonna tightly hug and snuggle the other amazing and beautiful posts people have made ahahaha!! :D

[sovamurka]

A sentence that I cannot say among my musical circle because I'd be bullied immediately: European musicals are ten times better than Broadway ones 😔

[marleneoftheopera]

Clip from the (forthcoming?) Chinese cast recording!

[miyaheestar]

just thinking about each country has their own most common type of shifter like for example in redactedverse we see wolf shifters the most so maybe it's wolf for us but for my country it's definitely tiger because malaysia's national animal mwehehehehe and for indonesia probably the iconic komodo dragon/javan hawk-eagle

[sparsilees]

honestly, if harry’s afflicted with ‘oedipus complex’, he should’ve set his cap at fleur instead of ginny—since classical theory posits the complex occurs during ages 3-6, usually born from a dearth of paternal intimacy/influence in early infancy—it makes more sense for harry to make sheep eyes at tall, slender, light-eyed blondes. bonus points if they’re a bit older, like fleur, to really strum those matronly, nurturing chords. since petunia’s the only maternal figure he’s known from a tender 16 months and he has no memory of lily... who else will his mind conjure up?

[cienie-isengardu]

"She [Mother] would applaud my actions" << & >>" Mother would be so proud"

MK1 Smoke vs Sub Zero (Bi-Han) << & >> MK11 Sub Zero (Kuai Liang) vs Noob Saibot

[malewifenjoyer]

plushies of all the hosts which released September 20th as crane prizes in namco stores

[russellius]

2024 CHINESE GP : pre-race

[lotstradamus]

best KJ Charles novels? I have a bunch of long flights coming up…

best standalones:

Think of England - mystery! intrigue! it's safer to be caught in flagrante delicto by one's hosts than to be caught spying, so take your trousers off, my good sir!

Band Sinister - a series of unfortunate events introduces country virgin and landed scoundrel. NO MURDER AT ALL in this one. lowest stakes KJC novel by far (if you don't care about A Lady's Reputation!).

The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting - fortune hunter gets sniffed out by his mark's uncle, loses fantastically to him at cards, offers to pay in kind. this one is just. so. horny.

best series:

The Doomsday Books (2 books) - these are so fun. smugglers, hidden treasure, Kent accents, beetles?!, terrible relatives, romance, murder, etc. all that good KJC shit.

The Will Darling Adventures (3 books) - post-war secret society shenanigans, ft. current bookseller, previous vicious killer in the trenches. splashes of PTSD, Bright Young Things, gangsters, the secret service, communists, sidecars. truly rip-roaring. and the sex scenes are top notch.

[chadlesbianjasontodd]

Closely connected to the act of name signing was the act of writing poems on walls. As scholars have already pointed out, with beginnings traceable to the Six Dynasties, wall poems (tibishi) were already very widespread during the Tang. By Christopher Nugent's count, well over one thousand entries in the Complete Tang Poems had titles indicating that they began as inscriptions on some surface other than paper or scrolls. These surfaces included walls at places of gathering and transit, such as post stations, scenic sites, inns, and increasingly in the latter part of the Tang, Buddhist temples, which also served public roles for lay gatherings and performances. (100)

In one anecdote, a latecomer casts aspersions on a first writer's literary skills, comparing him to the general Xiang Yu (232-202 BCE), who was infamous for having learned just enough writing to manage his name: "Li Tang signed his name on a pavilion in Zhaoying County. When Wei Zhan [jinshi degree 865] saw it, he took a brush and dashed off a taunt: 'The rivers of Wei and Qin brighten the eyes, / but why is Xiren short on poetic spirit? / Perhaps he mastered only what Beauty Yu's husband could / learning to write just enough to put down his name.' " ... It would not be a stretch to imagine the sniggering of those who read this inscription in a frequented pavilion. (102)

For a degree seeker in Chang'an, these circuits of information and judgment received more discussion than the actual examination itself. Tang literati wrote copiously about activities such as name signing, public exposure, and triumph. It would not be an exaggeration to say that in ninth-century temples and popular recreation areas, the vertical spaces were teeming with verses that clamored for attention. (104)

selections on poetic graffiti from linda rui feng's city of marvel and transformation: chang'an and narratives of experience in tang dynasty china (university of hawaii press, 2015)

[askblueandviolet]

Tú, alcalde. ¿Hablas español? Eso sería genial :D

"Yes, I know many languages! Mandarin, cantonese, english, brazilian, french, italian, and of course, spanish!"

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