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Joy of Life (Season 1+2)
Watched two seasons back to back, and I've gotta say - this is definitely one of the best cdramas ever made! Everything is top-notch: storytelling, acting, character development, plotting and backstabbing, amazing background music and OSTs, stellar cast, aesthetics, loads of drama AND humor, and just enough romance to make it all even more yummy.
Fan Xian is definitely one of my most favorite characters in terms of brain, sass, charisma, foxiness, sprinkled with even more intelligence and a bit of a hero complex that he denies having, but the story kind of pushes him towards 'doing the greater good' with whatever means that are available to him.
The whole show is a yummy collection of delicious morally grey characters - the Emperor is cunning to the point it gets scary, but you still have to respect the guy because he's so good at what he does (later in S2 he becomes more of an obvious bad guy, but still spectacularly genius). Chen Ping Ping is truly the King of Plotting - some of his schemes started as soon as the ML was born! That's how good he is. But no matter what manipulative shenanigans are happening in the show, he always ends up on FX's side, even if he uses the boy like a pawn most of the time. He has a mentor/teacher kind of aura and FX learns a lot from him. Papa Fan is one of the most devoted daddies in the series (especially towards FX) he's the only father figure that is not trying to use him in his schemes, which is endearing, really. Prime Minister Lin was also amazing in his ability to read through the lines of what the Emperor was saying/doing and what he was actually trying to accomplish.
Let's not forget about all the comedy! The show would have ended up being dramatic AF without all the hilarious moments and relationships between the characters. The first season was a bit more lighthearted in this regard, but season 2 still has loads of funny scenes, which come as a very welcome relief.
As for the girls, Fan Xian is a real ladies' man and there are lots of gorgeous women all around him in the show (they say in the book it's an actual harem with no 'buts'), still, you can feel in the drama as well - he has different kinds of relationships with various women and all are quite interesting with lots of chemistry. I think he got it from his mom - she left behind a harem of her own. Everyone is now doting on Fan Xian (and using him in their schemes as well).
If you're wondering whether to watch this show - please do! it's a proper wuxia with lots of palace schemes and machinations, but so well-written that it's never boring to watch.
#Joy of Life#Joy of life 2#fan xian#chen pingping#zhang ruoyun#wuxia#a truly amazing show#don't miss#dramedy
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"I could kiss you a thousand times, I could kiss you until you are mine.. if I could seal your fate with a kiss, I would kiss you until you feel bliss. If I could kiss you miss, I wouldn't miss.. I would kiss your face until you could taste it. Never erase it, this bliss in a kiss.. kissed until you hated it. I could kiss you until you got butterflies, until you flew up into the sky to join the sun.. cause just like Icarus, I fell in love."
I fell in love with you so softly that I joined the heavenly hues - eUë
#kissed#sealed with a kiss#kiss me#kiss#kisses#kissing you#kissing#you are mine#i could kiss you#bliss#don't miss#i miss you#i love you#poem#poetry#poetic#poets on tumblr#poet#spilled ink#spilled thoughts#spilled words#love quotes#love#love quote life quotes#love quote for her#quoteoftheday#romance#romantic#fell in love#falling in love
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limited perception.
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#ohhh this one felt like coming home#pure experimentation no references speedrun#art and creativity and catharsis i missed you#anyway don't ask me what this one's about. let a slag live her life#art#illustration#my art#artists on tumblr#digital art#digital illustration#sketch#bethfuller#artwork
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Okay fine I'll hear you out
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DONALD TRUMP GOT SHOT AT!!!
Do you think Professor Layton took the shot or why are you sending me this???
#layton wouldn't have fucking missed that much is for sure#not a heritage post#ask#anyways don't lose hope gang#i believe in you usa you can still get him
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Portraits
Retouched this set from last year, because it was haunting me laying there 80% finished
#yes stelle is also supposed to be here but i just dont have the strength to finish that mess of a sketch she was left as 😔#so not technically a finish set but I'm gonna post it anyway#honkai star rail#hsr#hsr fanart#astral express#dan heng#welt yang#march 7th#himeko#fanart#my art#i miss hsr a bit but i just don't have time and storage capacity to play it anymore
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some dudebros: tom hardy must be held at gunpoint to still be doing these sony venom movies
tom hardy: WRITES the movie, PRODUCES the movies, repeatedly states how much venom and eddie means to him, reads all the comics, #1 veddie shipper
#the straights just don't get it smh#venom#venom the last dance#venom 3#tom hardy#a dude that's just “in it for the bag” would NOT be this involved in the making of a film lemme tell you that#my inner cinephile critiques the films for being objectively bad#but also im having the time of my life so who cares#veddie#symbrock#im gonna miss them so much#i will never forget them
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Observing
#artists on tumblr#illustration#original#oc#character design#the postwoman#digital art#clip studio paint#i miss drawing her...I have other ideas as well I have to draw but I don't have time with work aah#my one week vacation will save me
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#silco#silco arcane#jinx and silco#my art#please don't repost#hello ? episode 2 ??? helooo???#i want to say i'm gonna miss him but im delulu#so i'll keep drawing him lmao#also sevika my love i need to draw that fantastic arm#“how could someone put these holes in you”#i need a full minute#he's going back to the water#shark food until the end#actually i'm gonna need 5-7 business days#arcane spoilers#arcane season 2#arcane s2#arcane season two
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WAIT when did he get FANGS
#art#twisted wonderland#twisted wonderland spoilers#brushie brushie#i thought i was imagining it but i have compared screenshots and it is true#they gave him a bunch of new animations and just decided to throw some fangs in there too!#unless this is an earlier thing i just missed because i don't pay attention (very possible)#anyway i decided to do one last ten-pull and THERE HE WAS#and his personal story is SO unexpectedly cute oh my gosh#at any given moment crewel is thinking about how much he misses his dog(s)#it is CANON#canon like the fangs (why) (i'm not complaining i just want to KNOW)#get you a fandom where they randomly and with no explanation give a character fangs I GUESS#anyway thank you sensei for validating the mountain of keys i threw into the void for you#i'd assumed he'd duo with grim so it is unfortunate that it turned out to be with a card i don't have and will probably never get 🙃#but it is VERY funny actually that he duos with crowley so i'll forgive him#the only funnier character would be jack#OR NO WAIT actually leona#'which character would be the funniest to --' the answer is always. ALWAYS. leona
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something something what goes around comes around
(i rewatched take back the falls and uh yeah... my hand slipped lol)
#gravity falls#bill cipher#stan pines#stanley pines#digital art#these are rather messy and rough looking (especially the second one) so don't look too closely lol#and yes i know bills bow tie is missing in the first one but i couldn't get this to look right with the tongue in the way lmao#but yeah anyway have these quick paintings haha#my stuff
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it's always a good day to wake up and choose violence
More Rise silliness [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ]
#the only thing wrong with Rise was that they couldn't cuss. I think they should have at least gotten one swear each. you know. as a treat.#do you truly love your siblings if you don't routinely and mercilessly bully them???#a little light ribbing between friends#keep em humble#i am unreasonably proud of myself for that 'leonardo' edit. it looks pretty seamless if I do say so myself#tmnt#teenage mutant ninja turtles#rottmnt#rise of the tmnt#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#save rottmnt#save rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#rise leo#rise donnie#rise raph#rise april#rise mikey#disaster twins#rottmnt fanart#rottmnt memes#shitpost#miss misnomer
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SPILLED.
#barbie#they got you good miss greta#ive been thinking about the point in the 2nd paragraph about the semiotic value of products vs. the act of buying them#particularly in regards to booktok/the increasing number of people who call themselves book collectors but not readers cos they don't even#intend to read the books they compulsively buy and post about
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It's crazy how Dungeon Meshi's manga can feel more cinematic and emotional than the anime to me, even when they're practically the same. Compared to the anime, this moment is such a heartbreaking gut-drop. The way Kui uses negative space and flat compositions to create a sense of horrific stillness is so key.
The way the text (Senshi's monologue) is sequestered to an empty corner of a panel or huddled away from the edge of its text box is not only a great way of showing Senshi's headspace (fearful, isolated, dissociating), but creates a visual representation of pause, as if you hold your breathe after each line. The first panel puts us directly in Senshi's perspective too (compared to in the anime, which puts us as an outside observer over Senshi's shoulder). The detail of the door and bricks so effectively implies that he stared at it for so long, waiting and hoping, that its image is burned in his memory. The wood grain, the brick arch, the number of rivets. The lack of dialogue in the second panel shows a moment of realization too –– "he's dead" (also a great example of the Kuleshov effect). And it's that pause that creates a beat and sets a great rhythm to his headspace, like a music rest: "He never came back." (oh god.) "I'm all alone." Finally, the third panel's negative space, cropping Senshi, shows how truly alone he feels. Without his family, the world ceases to exists. Under shock, he traps himself in a 1-foot radius, too scared to even perceive a world outside its boundaries; a world that can hurt him, kill him, make him disappear with it. There is only his body, the stone beneath his feet and against his back, his thoughts, and that awful bowl of soup.
Even though they're a series of flat images, there's an implicit reading of silence in Senshi's realization and horror. Kui influences your experience to slow down and take your time.
Compare this to the anime, which fills every shot with dialogue. The pacing is fast; we never get to sit in silence like we do with the manga. The horizontal frame allowed the boarders to add Senshi, turning the composition into an over-the-shoulder shot, which takes us out of Senshi's POV. They also added a zoom-out in shot one, which adds unnecessary energy to a very somber scene. The tightening on Senshi as a close-up reaction shot also dulls the moment. In the original panel, Senshi stares ahead at the empty space to his left as a shadow surrounds his mind. It not only shows how Senshi's senses are dulling and his world is shrinking (setting up panel three), but shows how terrified Senshi is of what's in front of him, how the air itself becomes pitch black and opaque, how Senshi is surrendering himself to fear. The pacing is understandable and necessary; this episode packed a lot of story content together. It's just a shame because it really (imo) deflated one of the most nauseating moments in Dungeon Meshi.
#dungeon meshi#senshi#analysis#personal#long post#not art#because comics are inherently more abstract and rule-breaky the format thrives off show don't tell#i think trigger is doing a great job overall but they missed the mark on this scene#for me cinematic storytelling will prioritize rhythm; tension; and silence over plot. that's why the manga feels more “cinematic”#if you've been enjoying the anime i cannot recommend also reading the manga enough. it's a completely different experience with much more#subtext and emotion to draw from
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