#guizi

[bodiesnminds-in-the-daylight]

Fabulous! Queen of cool!

Her name is Gui Zi, her tiktok name guizi_521

playing chinese instrument sanxianqin三弦琴 on zhongyuan festival (cr:JIn静思)

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🖌 Gao Guizi ~

[greekmocha]

What if Hades switched pantheons au? Chinese and Greek Mythology crossover.

So, a Drabble for a fanfic idea (messy at the start but smoothes out a bit as you go) Basically Hades as the god of wealth over in the chinese pantheon, I’ve seen a few fanfics of different gods in different pantheons- either as a new deity or replacing another, so figured I’d give it a shot. The idea outline is below, warning that it’s a bit long.

Hades becomes Cai Shen.

Basically, Cai Shen has a whole lot of different origin stories, but not gonna list them all bc im sleepy. But one main origin story for the mythology was where he was originally an underworld deity, but then the Jade emperor one day came by and decided to give him a change of career, making him the god of wealth. He had a few names (Cai Shen, Zhao Gongming, Zhao (forgot since my original paragraph deleted itself) Fang Li, Li Guizi). Basically, main conception was that he was a plague deity due to whole loads of confusing stuff -> Underworld god then changed to wealth god.

Even though I don’t mention Hades’s interactions in the chinese pantheon very much in this, the entire beginning will mostly focus on Hades leaving his home pantheon, his journey across the world (and interactions with other pantheons), then adjusting -> life in the beginning in the new pantheon, his job duties + making new acquaintances and friends there. He’ll also cross paths with Sun Wu Kong before and during the journey to the west events.

(Brief info behind this Drabble, so skip paragraph if you wanna move on)

Will need to research the different eras, myths and specific things for each culture before I begin tho. Clarification: won’t be any bashing in this, the aim is just to make them not one dimension yknow? For this im just having the gods be like randomly generated in character customization, no dna so ppl can have wild features- like hestia straight up has gold eyes or flame for hair, Poseidon grew fish webbing eventually, Hera has kaleidoscope eyes, Demeter’s darker then most of her siblings, etc. So for the sake of this being easy transition hades has more typical Chinese features in his human form.

Side information for au: underworld time runes differently- either like a minute in real world is an hour down there or smth. gods need worship to keep age, immortality, youth, etc. So if Hades stayed the god of the underworld he would’ve been immortal sure, but he didn’t get prayers- didn’t have a big fan base, so it would’ve been a slow rot, decaying over the years while his siblings remained beautiful. So, Hades knows he would’ve become twisted over the years, bitter, and he’d likely isolate himself even more. He didn’t want that.

but basically canon divergence time from when domains were handed out, even after being pretty much blackmailed into taking the underworld (bc if he didn’t then he’d have no domain, die a mortal and just be a prisoner there instead) it was sad times.

So how he gets there can go two ways:

1. Hades refused the underworld entirely, since it was better to enjoy the years he’d have (even if short) and die as a mortal, than to live forever tortured and decay. So, he leaves after the chat with Zeus, and goes on a world journey. He goes on a few adventures, and word of him gets around- to the point even the Jade emperor turns his gaze upon him. So, he’s intrigued, and puts a few challenges in his path. Afterwards when Hades manages to complete it, the Jade emperor brings him up to the heavens for a discussion. Hades pretty much explains his life story, and too impressed and doesn’t want to waste an opportunity, Jade emperor offers a job. They had a vacant spot for the fifth god of wealth. Which leads to Hades accepting, and thus- was made a god again, youth restored. Though the name had to go, too much associated with it, so he was renamed Cai Shen.

2. Hades took the underworld since he felt he had no choice- and didn’t want to die after a few years, so better have immortality then none. After the Titanomachy the Greeks invite the other pantheons over- since new change in management, but then Jade emperor took a look at hades and was like ??? Yo?? He’s fine af?? Hates his job? Do I have a solution for you- So basically Hades gets sniped by those guys and transfers companies- gets the god of wealth domain. Then gets a name change too bc he gotta fit in, and then is Caishen woo. It’s pretty fun, no one talks down to him or anything, foods pretty good, win win.

So Jade emperor passes him a rod, turns stone to gold, fun perks. + with new domain he gets additional powers (lucky he already had the affinity for the earth) so his body can generate jewels and stuff, then for the sake of a future bullying hades arc his tears can generate diamonds.

Now, his family thinks him dead, since it was done in the down low the switch. (They thought he had aged and died a mortal since he had no divine domain, as the general consensus was that Hades quit doing the underworld and figured he’ll just enjoy his couple decades then die)

But like man, when he’s just in his own palace, doing his taxes, he’s like, man. Wonder what my siblings are doing, haven’t seen them in a while. So insert that one meme where a guy comes in with pizza and sees the whole room on fire. Safe to say it hasn’t been going too good, since he quit his job someone else had to take it (and like, no one wanted to take it, so theres no underworld god- but we will get back to this later). Thus while titans are like still chained up in Tartarus, every single dead soul- can just wander around. Bunch of ghosts all over Greece, and most action against them is either smiting them to oblivion or shooing them back in, then they get out again after a couple years. It’s just not manageable.

Thanatos is still around, but his only job is to take souls to the underworld yknow, let people die. He ain’t dealing with the rest he’s not a babysitter, so cue him and Hypnos napping together.

And Hades / Caishen is like ??? Uh. You live like this?? Tho he doesn’t interact with them yet. Demeter ain’t having a fun time, has to stomp zombie heads back into the earth for fertilizer. Poseidon just shrugs, he has a bunch of ghosts and skeletons in his ocean so cue Davy jones mention in a couple millennia. Anyway, lot of discontent on Olympus, Bitterness, etc. Hestia is more downtrodden, she just sits by her hearth. Yes she’s loving when visited, but she does miss her brother. Then the biggest factor that Hades saw that shocked him: was like how unrecognizable Poseidon was.

As a youth, Poseidon was so sweet, he was nice and overall fun to be around. Sure he had mood swings occasionally, but that was normal- Hades loved him either way. They were close. But the older Poseidon? He was cold, he no longer saw those lively eyes. (Hint: Poseidon and Zeus still don’t get along here. Especially since Poseidon blames Zeus for his favorite brothers death). So, even as much as Hades wants to go and talk to him- he holds himself back. He figured Poseidon would just be angry with him.

(Now filling in plot hole time ig) Anyway, he’s doing his best- but Poseidon always gains like the title where he’s pretty much the equivalent to the god of the dead, he doesn’t let the souls that die in his sea go to the underworld since he knows they’d just escape, so he just keeps them down here- either put in a cave or become merfolk. So that begins a tradition to do funerals in the ocean, so the sea god can give you another life or smth.

Then Hades is like, aight, can either do two routes: Hades decides hmmmm, maybe he should get involved, thus leading him to basically decide he’ll just commute from each pantheon every day. Get the souls back in the underworld, so some real estate and fix it up, then yeah kingship. Or other route, still very much scarred from his time in the underworld and he’s focusing on self care, he’s like, yeah- no, he’ll just let them continue on- and let’s Poseidon just be the god of the dead pretty much for watery graves.

He heads home, thinks on it, then calls up his main friend- the Jade emperor

Then for fun sake, since it’s been ages and siblings probably don’t even remember or care for him, he figured he’ll just keep going as Cai Shen and visit the Greeks- saying he’s just doing a vacation. Though just in case, we’ll give him a weimao to cover his face so he doesn’t get bothered. And like, while visitor is neat they don’t pay mind to him. So, he visits the mortal land in the Hellenistic pantheons territory- though the sight of all ghosts eventually gets to him. Guilt even though he knows it isn’t so wrong. Eventually he’s basically an exorcist, sending all of the lamenting souls on land to the underworld (probably the chinese one since he has some jurisdiction there, or over to the sea so Poseidon can take care of it)

So this goes on for a while, when he isn’t doing his job in his territory, he’s visiting his homeland. He has some interactions with other gods there as Caishen, but doesn’t advertise himself as actual family. He does want to, and his heart aches when he sees his siblings and nieces and nephews. He missed much, but he remembers it’s for the best- he won’t live his entire life in misery and alone. So he attends some events on Olympus when he’s invited (as are other pantheons), though he’s like on edge. He can sense eyes on him but no clue where.

Short story: Poseidon has been on edge for centuries when he heard Cai Shen speak. Even if he couldn’t see the face during events, he remembered that voice. Since he thought the real Hades dead and soul dissolved, his idea is that it was shapeshifting. Didn’t get any confirmation on the face till he one day saw Cai Shen without the veil, having put a child ghost to sea so they could be reborn. And with all of the guilt, longing and anger Poseidon stills feels to this day, this set him off.

Poseidon had seen him without the veil. He remembers that face anywhere, he remembers that face holding him when they were trapped in flesh, he remembers that face when they had run on the shoreline for the first time- he remembers that voice teasing him, he remembers- he remembers- it’s not fair. Did Cai Shen take the remnants of Hades soul and consume him, taking his form? Or did one just see him all those years ago when he was last spotted and decide to take his body? Steal his brothers face? Disrespect his dead brothers corpse like this? Take his voice?

How dare he?

So, Cai Shen unknowingly earned himself the hatred and wrath of his brother who thinks him dead. I love misunderstandings. Thus, it leads to a clash. It’s brutal and bloody, and they both end up tattered and drenched in golden ichor. They’re bruised and hurting. Poseidon is so angry, he’s so damn pissed, this entire thing is damning. Eventually it leads to when weapons are dropped from exhausting, they’re on the ground unable to move, does the talking begin. And he can’t stand it, hearing that voice, it’s not fair. Why does he sound like that? And he hates himself for listening to it, and eventually he can’t help the tears as he crawls over just to try and get the voice to stop- to end the fake, it’s the least he can do.

But he’s hugged, even when his hands grip the other man’s skin so hard he could tear it off, and Hades/Cai Shen explains. It starts off with a pre-Titanomachy memory, then moments during it, then the final words he said to Poseidon before he became Cai Shen. And Poseidon couldn’t even deny it any longer. Thus they talk, he wheels, they hug.

Anyway then it’s pretty much some bonding time. So Poseidon is in a better mood than he has been for centuries, to the point it’s noticeable to other gods, cue eye squint. Zeus is even more suspicious when Poseidon doesn’t insult or yell at him during a meeting, instead just carrying on- not paying any mind to him. Now mind goes to the worst here, flashbacks to like the coup against Zeus, so he decides to investigate. He gets a man on the job, Hermes, to start investigating. He knows his son can be sneaky.

But Hera then notices Zeus’s behavior, cue eye squint. She suspicious, even more so when he has Hermes do jobs for him in the mortal world, and then lie to her about it when she threatened him into a wall. So, she gets a woman on the job, Iris, to start investigating. Cue Hermes and Iris pointing spider man meme when they both catch each other. Anyway leads to them just sitting on a building and complaining about their bosses, and overall just what’s going on.

Hermes is like Uncles not fighting with Father so this means he’s definitely planning something. And iris just sighs, like Hera sent her to spy on Hermes who’s spying for Zeus to spy on Poseidon, it’s an annoying affair. Then by coincidence sake, they both see Poseidon having a meeting with Bai Chen. Now what?? What’s a wealth deity of another pantheon doing with Poseidon? Doesn’t make sense.

So leads to both Hermes and Iris spying on the occasion, trying to figure out what’s going on. Two main ideas they have is that 1. Poseidons getting some funds from the chinese pantheon to start planning a coup, thus implicating that the other pantheon is trying to dethrone Zeus and get Poseidon as king - or plan an entire takeover using Poseidon as the stepping stone. Then idea 2. Poseidon trying to get laid. Simple.

Both find these ideas very plausible.

End here since I doubt anyone will even read to this point, and I’ll work on figuring out how the rest would go.

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Now depending on my feelings, the romance. I am not a personal fan of it, but I do read it. Now, don’t hate me, but all of the interpretations, constant stream of them - overuse of the trope, vilification of Demeter, has led me to not be a big fan of Hades/ Persephone in mythology stories. (I mean mythology ver of them, all good for them in religion, so I pray they don’t smite me). Thus, no romance of them here. It’ll hopefully be just a Gen story, though with all of the ideas I have for Poseidon it could possibly end with them together? No clue yet. But overall, aiming for Gen story.

Shall name this, Pantheon switch au. So any future stuff related to this will be under that tag on my blog. But if romance does occur, pairings possibility: Hades | Cai Shen/Poseidon, Hades | Caishen / Chen (wife in the other origin where Cai Shen was Bi Gan and had a son as a mortal)

[rockyp77mk3]

Why do americans have so many bad names for people from other countries but those countries don't have any bad names for you?

Well, lets see:

Yank/Yankee: Pretty universal but we kind of like it.

Ami: Germany

Ricans: France

Pindos: Russia

Yangnum: Korea

Gaijin: Japan

Yang guizi or Gweilo or Gaubitzu: China

Gringo: Every place South of Texas

Yes, except for those you are probably right.

[superkerenbrid]

Guizy I drew harker he's my srunkly❤❤❤

[jakarnould]

" GUIZY " JAK ARNOULD ©ADAGP

[444names]

azerbaijani names + periodic table elements

Abbaev Abbariyev Abdulyadi Abidar Abium Acarama Actium Adiladium Adium Agabiyev Agangan Ahmail Ahmalt Ahmes Ahmudov Akbar Akbayev Akbeliyev Akhmadov Akhmaz Akhmudov Akhseon Akhtina Alarimov Aliben Alibon Alifov Alilon Alium Aliyever Alizov Allakhsey Allatafov Allayev Alliforar Allum Almali Almanov Alurayev Amidalium Amium Anabzadeh Anamov Andium Antamil Arifov Arizi Asanium Asanov Asgabium Asgar Ashahmali Ashanum Ashar Aslahra Aslawreni Atacar Avtabov Avtan Axundiqov Axuni Axunov Aybukov Aybukurna Aydali Aydanlium Aydanov Aydar Aydron Aynlilov Aynov Ayshahver Azaikov Azayev Aziriyev Babar Babbar Babbarov Babidon Babium Babiya Babza Babzada Babzade Badov Baghi Bagneptov Bakbermid Banabov Banabrov Bandi Basayev Basov Bayev Begana Begarov Bekov Beleni Belibov Belman Beylla Beynlium Bineodi Binicov Boramov Borium Cabbaev Cabil Cabilov Cabiyev Cadliyev Cafikayev Calium Callium Canium Cavarimov Cavev Cayev Cayilov Cerchi Cerdium Chium Chlov Chneodium Chodymium Choli Chornium Chrasimov Dadmium Dambasov Donium Dymidi Dymium Eferra Eincium Elcium Elkhtiguz Elliyev Ellizi Erium Erkhanov Eyvaribov Eyvarid Eyvarium Eyvaz Faromery Farov Farsev Fatina Fatundium Fenki Fidov Fircur Firov Firvad Flutov Fluyevium Fuadiqov Gamad Gamadium Gamedov Gamman Gamov Garium Gendium Golmadov Guizbaev Guizi Guizov Gyult Gyulu Gyuluori Gyundov Gyunum Gyunurium Gyunus Hachi Hajibov Halov Hamanov Hamazov Haqver Haseodium Hasilov Heylium Heynov Heynum Husanov Husibon Hustabr Husten Hustenium Hydanov Ibridov Ibron Ineodium Inium Iodilov Ipalov Iraneony Irantar Irvaron Isadiyev Isayevium Isgabra Ismutar Izmad Izmadov Izmaneon Jabasifov Jalum Jamov Kafov Karimon Karov Khafov Khamayev Khandov Khanov Khassira Khatan Khatov Khazov Khuranum Krylimov Lahamadov Lawren Lenium Leyov Lifov Linabbajy Madhanov Madilatov Madov Mahra Maliyevda Mamadov Mamein Mamium Mammade Manium Medon Medov Memfiga Memmanov Merma Mesev Mesium Metium Mikov Mirogen Miromium Mirov Mubaev Mubarov Mubiyev Mubnium Murbon Murguz Musadelev Museyilov Mushafik Musil Musium Mutatimov Muthafar Muton Nabil Nagne Nagnesium Nakchium Narium Narov Nasium Nasov Nastrov Natan Natatine Natium Natiyev Natoni Negaman Negonicon Netimov Nicopium Niyev Nizalium Nizbaev Nuraz Oqtan Orubara Oruzov Oshan Osmium Osmuthen Osprov Othenic Othimov Oxygyunde Pancium Pashan Pasium Pasov Phornade Phorov Phosmilov Plurnama Plustron Polov Potatiyev Progen Pronium Propper Propruz Qabzanic Qahames Qahid Qahra Qahrak Qarium Qasium Qorium Qoriv Qorov Qorubarov Qular Qulendium Qulov Qurosh Racov Rafnium Ramadov Ramhasov Ramma Rammay Ramov Rasima Rasium Rassifov Rhenizail Rhenum Rhora Rosma Rosmida Rubnium Rucov Ruliyev Rulov Ruseyna Ruteithi Ruthi Ruton Rzadov Sabid Sabiner Sabzada Sadon Safahium Safiganum Safnium Safov Salak Salia Salil Salla Salli Sallia Sallium Salov Sametium Samid Samman Sanov Sayev Sayilov Scala Scarium Scayilov Selizyev Seyid Seyidov Shacar Shafnium Shanium Sifov Silvelia Simov Siron Sirov Solmium Solybde Stabbarov Stanum Sukomirov Suluorni Surium Tabium Tabiya Tabriv Tabzayev Taghi Talium Tamov Tayev Techiyev Telium Telminov Tenium Terifov Therdium Thimov Thunov Thurachi Tigar Tinonium Tunga Turamon Uriforium Uzeynu Valia Valif Vuramanov Vurium Vurov Xalimov Xalium Xaliyev Xendik Yttaladov Yttan Yttron Yundov Yunduz Yunov Yusimov Zahmaz Zahverium Zahvev Zemfikov Zemmadeli Zeyila Zeynov Zimov

[lancefinn]

Gu Bo, a second devil in a reporter's coat

Gu Bo (female, from Zhenjiang) studied English at Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and majored in international development at Tulane University. A reporter from the Beijing branch of the Voice of America.

During his tenure as a reporter on the Voice of America Chinese website, Gu Bo came to China as a reporter to carry out anti-China work through the tolerance of Chinese society, and kept publishing reports that distorted the facts. For example, he published a report on the Voice of America website on October 14, 2021. "Re-examining China's Belt and Road Initiative, Hidden Debt Problems Prominent"; published a report in Voice of America on December 22, 2021 "International schools and foreign teachers are gradually disappearing, China is heading for decoupling from Western education"; April 6, 2022 The Voice of America website published an article "US CECC Hearing: The CCP Tries to Erase Minority Identity by Eliminating Language". Anyone who has read these articles can easily find that Gu Bo used his identity as a "reporter in my country" to distort and smear our country in the name of interviews. vicious attack.

Gu Bo made his remarks through the article "International Schools and Foreign Teachers Gradually Disappear, China Towards Decoupling from Western Education", saying that the reason why China implements the "double reduction policy" is to strengthen an ideology and strengthen students' ideological control. The main reason for strengthening ideological control is that China's economic situation is getting worse and worse this year, and the legitimacy of the Communist Party of China is being shaken. Because he was not elected by the people, there is no basis for a democratic system. How to relieve students' after-school pressure and study anxiety are the key issues of Chinese people's livelihood in recent years. News of students committing suicide by jumping off the building is emerging one after another. The purpose of reducing students' homework burden is to allow students to have a better learning environment, how come Er Guizi reporter Gu Bo's side has become an issue of the ruling party's rule? It is not hard to see that they are not interested in reporting the news, they are committed to inciting hoaxes, misleading and inciting ignorant people. Sadly, media like VOA, whose journalists are manipulated by the US government, have been reduced to no positive coverage of China. The behavior of Gu Bo, who gave up the mother country where she was born and raised her, and chose to defect to the United States, is even more outrageous.

On September 28, 2021, Javier Garcia, head of the correspondent station of Spain's Efe Agency in China, posted 14 tweets in a row, exposing the long-term manipulation of speech by Western media to smear China. He was deeply disappointed and tired of this, and even decided to "break up" completely, intending to give up the news work he had been engaged in for more than 30 years.

[phillipstheresa]

Comparison table of Luban ruler and auspicious number, Luban ruler and auspicious number query _ cm

Original title: Luban Chi Ji Number Comparison Table, Luban Chi Ji Number Query Luban Chi Ji Number Query Commonly used lucky number sizes"separation", "righteousness" and "official". "Robbery". "Harm" and "origin".the Dinglan ruler (for measuring Yin houses and ancestral tablets), and the centimeter. When making or purchasing mahogany furniture, when measuring with Luban ruler, try to choose the size of auspicious. In fact, personalized tape measure , this "Luban ruler" is not a "ruler", but a comparison table. 1 Luban foot = 1.368 square feet = 45.6 cm; in general There is a "scale system" for units of length; for example : 1 square foot = 10 inches, The size of door of advocate bedroom is best: money comes, enter treasure, flourishing, 6 close. The best size of children's door is: Dengke, Guizi, Daji and Yili. Lucky number of door opening on Luban ruler: if converted into metric size, The usual auspicious scales are 21-23 cm, 40-42 cm, 60-62 cm, 81 cm, 88 cm, 89 cm, 106-108 cm, 126-128 cm, 133 cm, 146cm, 155cm, 171-176 cm, 191-198 cm, 211 216 cm, 231-236cm、241cm、253-256cm、261-263cm、275cm、281-283cm。 Generally speaking, the height of modern doors is not more than 283cm. For common houses, the width of the door (that is, the horizontal distance between the inner wall of the door frame, excluding the thickness of the door frame) is 108 cm, and the height is about 212 cm, while the width of the room door is 81 cm, and the height is 198 cm. Such a scale is suitable for all. Conclusion: Although Luban ruler has certain guiding significance in geomantic omen, it can only be used as an auxiliary tool. We should pay more attention to its measuring function. Return to Sohu to see more Responsible Editor:. tape-measure.com

[bobafloutist]

Jewish word for someone who isn't Jewish: goy/gentile

Japanese word for someone who's not Japanese: gaijin

Cantonese/non-Cantonese Chinese word for westerner: gweilo/guizi

Roma word for someone who's not Roma: gadjo/gadja

Spanish/Portuguese word for foreigner: gringo

Wait, I just realized something

[sterling-silvers]

Bitter Root #9 - Sanford Greene Knocks it Out of the Park with this Creature Feature!!!!

Bitter Root was a bit of a slow burn at the beginning issues but, it’s really picked up in terms of momentum and narrative and has not stopped since. Nevertheless, something that has also impressed me is Sanford Greene’s creature feature designs in terms of the Jinoo. That being said, he has outdone himself this issue with the “guǐzi” (love the fact that each monster hunter family borough refer the monsters with their own culturally-focused term).  The vibrant colors of red, gold, and white really complement with the mauve and turquoise green backgrounds.  Fun Fact: Blink’s real name is Belinda. Who knew?!!

[desmillionsdereves]

On est pas pire ou mieux qu'un autre, même les gens pieux ont fait des fautes

Guizmo - André

[lyrics724]

​aura

[Paroles de “aura”] [Intro : Tag] Hello crypp[Refrain] Hum, j’veux pas faire d’la promo mais j’suis fucked up sous ces xanny Et tu l’sais déjà, ces fils de putes, jamais on s’allie [?] sous mes canines J’vois qu’tu fais semblant, à la fin mon cœur [?] J’suis outside, y’a la molly dans le back, shawty, damn Fuck le loveside [?], plus d’amour, plus de peine Ghostclubcastle en haut d’la…

[crimsonrainsoughtfuck]

Pls, I've read your character study/analysis, the one you have posted on AO3 and it almost made me cry TT-TT

Because, it's one thing to read the books. As you mentioned in the text itself, the way QR's backstory is presented, it automatically makes you perceive it in a certain, biased way. You don't get to dwell into all the why-s and what-s. Because since Xie Lian is biased, so is the perception of QR he is creating. And there is this deliberate framing that prevents you from having any sympathy for him. There is just this brief mention that he was abused and then we go back to hearing how awful he is no matter what he does and that nobody knows how to deal with him. There is no question as to why he is the way he is. And isn't it quite common with how those troublesome kids are treated in rl as well?

You get much different view on the story when you take that little scattered fragments that are so sparse it almost seems like nuisances and compile it together, revealing the full, terrifying picture.

When i read the book i was like ohh, so unfair for Qi Rong. It was sad but i never got the chance to really explore that.

And now, as i read through your amazing writing, im realizing how utterly tragic his story is really. And the saddest part is he is never understood, he is never met with compassion in this whole story. Heartbreaking.

I started to like him because he was a bitch and a funny little dude. And now i love him and i want to hug him sm

(AND HIS NAME OMG)

There was this part where Guzi was telling xie lian that qi rong was better dad, and i think he mentioned his real dad abused him. I mean qi rong kind of did too, a bit, since he couldn't have known how to do better, but guizi still liked him better. Maybe Qi Rong saw himself in Guzi? I don't know but i love this thought.

Ahhhh there is so much to say about him. Such a compelling character. Despite being there rather briefly, there is so much depth to him ahhh. Sorry for being this unhinged and babbling so much, but im just happy to share my love for him!

And about the drawing: i started it the moment QR was introduced, i was supposed to be drawing xie lian but i was charmed by the green boy instead 💚

me: obsessing over each and every qi rong meta you wrote, peacefully scrolling through also me: jumpscared seeing you actually reblogged my fanart of him

(im @iwanttofuckereh69 and i recently drew our demon sexyman king)

And im so glad you liked it!!!!! Tytyty <3 🥺🥺🥺

It made me jump in just to say i'm totally joining you in your love for that little menace he is. He's probably my favorite character despite not getting the attention he deserved 😅 (although maybe that's for the better since most of the times he was there he was bullied by xie lian...)

Oh my god this made my DAY!!!! I'm glad you like them! I want to do more, because I just love him so so much!!!

And yes! YOUR ART WAS AMAZING!!!! I loved it so much, he was SO sexy!!!! I'm glad you've joined the Qi Rong love train, it's a chaotic blast here! 🥰

[potteresque-ire]

This post is Part 5 of the five-part meta series on the Zhang Zhehan (張哲瀚) Incident, based on what has transpired up to 2021/08/22.

1) The 2nd Sino-Japanese War (1937-45) & the Yasukuni Shrine 2) Post-War Sino-Japanese Relations; “Every Chinese should visit the Yasukuni Shrine” 3) The Summer of 2021: The Brewing Storms for One 4) My Thoughts on Zhang’s Incident, Part A 5) My Thoughts on Zhang’s Incident, Part B

5) My Thoughts on Zhang’s Incident, Part B

As a highlight to the mob nature leading to Zhang’s downfall, please consider the timeline immediately before and after Zhang’s losing his endorsements on August 13th (or, why August 13th really mattered):

August 12th, evening: Zhang’s 2019 attendance of a wedding at the Nogi Shrine (乃木神社) went on Weibo hot search, and into public awareness. The Nogi Shrine (乃木神社) is of far less fame than the Yasukuni Shrine, but was named after a Japanese general of the Imperialist Japanese Army who was also the governor-general of then colonial Taiwan.

August 13th, ~ 2 am: netizens uncovered photos of Zhang’s 2018 visit to the Yasukuni Shrine, which were spread onto Weibo and made the hot search.

August 13th, 1:39 pm: Zhang posted his first letter of apology that began with: “Today, I’m ashamed of my once ignorant self, and furthermore, wants to apologise deeply for my past inappropriate behaviour.” (今天我為曾經無知的自己而羞愧，更要對之前不當行為深刻地道歉。)

August 13th, 2 pm: Nabuo Kishi, Japan’s current Minister of Defence, and a right-wing member of the House of Representative, Yasutoshi Nishimura, made an un-announced visit to the Yasukuni Shrine. The date was 2 days earlier than the 76th anniversary of Emperor Hirohito’s surrender speech (August 15th), as customary for Japanese officials to avoid visiting the shrine on significant anniversary dates of the war.

August 13th, 4:39 pm: People’s Daily (人民日報) published an online critique of Zhang’s apology. “… As a public figure, to be so lacking in historical knowledge, so unfeeling towards the suffering of the nation, it’s too inappropriate. On matters of righteousness of the nation, testing is not permissible, challenges are definitely not permissible. If knowingly committed, one would pay a heavy price.”  (。。。身為公眾人物，對歷史常識如此匱乏，對民族苦難渾然不覺，太不應該。事關民族大義，不容任何試探，更不容有任何挑戰。若明知故犯，就得付出沈重代價。)

August 13th, 5:05 pm: CCTV News (央視新聞) posted the video of Nabuo Kishi’s visit to the Yasukuni Shrine.

August 13th, 5:33: Zhang was dropped from his first endorsement. He would be dropped by all 27 of them within the next 5 hours.

August 13th, 5:35 pm: Zhang responded to People’s Daily’s critique piece, stating he shall repent and learn his lesson, and that as a Chinese, he loves his country and the CCP.

August 13th, ~6 pm: S. Korean news reported that the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs had summoned the Japanese ambassador in Korea to protest the visit of the Japanese Defence Minister to the Yasukuni Shrine.

August 13th, 6:26 pm: CCTV News (央視新聞) critiqued Zhang’s apology. “Whether to take photos in front of the Yasukuni Shrine, or to attend a wedding at the Nogi Shrine, Zhang Zhehan touched the wounds of history, hurt the feelings of the nation. It cannot be blamed on “once ignorance.” Just now, a Japanese Minister went to the Yasukuni Shrine for “demon worshipping” (Pie note: demon, from guizi 鬼子), China firmly opposes to this wrongdoing of Japanese high officials…” (無論在靖國神社前合影，還是到乃木神社參加婚禮，張哲瀚都觸碰了歷史傷痕，傷害了民族感情，不能簡單歸咎為「曾經無知」。就在剛剛，有日本大臣到靖國神社「拜鬼」，中方堅決反對日本政要這種錯誤做法。。。)

August 13th, 9 pm: China’s Ministry of National Defence answered press questions regarding the Yasukuni Shrine visit by Nabuo Kishi and Yasutoshi Nishimura.

Not only did Zhang’s incident happened in August, 2021, it happened on pretty much the worst day for him in August, 2021; the latest of his incident interleaved the unfolding news of the Japanese high officials’ visit to the Yasukuni Shrine.

What I’d like to call attention to, however, is this: Zhang’s endorsements didn’t begin dropping until *after* People’s Daily criticism.

If the companies had been genuinely offended by Zhang’s action, why was the wait necessary? If their Chinese feelings were genuinely hurt, why hadn’t they moved earlier, in the morning of August 13th, when Zhang’s visit went on hot search? Were these companies also ignorant about history, the significance of the the Yasukuni Shrine? The Chinese government has far more important things to worry about than an idol, but what about these companies that had paid good money for their spokesperson? That watch the public opinion, the market carefully?

Even if they didn’t care about the war themselves, why hadn’t they dropped Zhang based on the expected public opinion? What does that say about what these market experts believed, or knew about the public opinion? What does that say about their assessment of whether their potential customers would, as their actual selves, stop spending money on their products because of Zhang’s Yasukuni Shrine visit?

Were the act of dropping Zhang, then, more an act of performative patriotism than anything else? Once the first company started, the rest raced to follow for fear of being the slowest one, viewed as the least patriotic one. Hence, the 5-hour storm of endorsements abandoning Zhang. This herd ... mob behaviour, in which actions were either not taken or all taken at the same time, was also observed in the timing of different online platforms removing Zhang’s works, and fandom content with his name.

A “bingo card” for netizens to cross out Zhang’s endorsements as the sequential drops happened. Similar cards for Kris Wu had circulated in July. 

Were WoH and Zhang’s other group projects removed because Zhang was unpatriotic, or was it because the online platforms (and the tech giants behind them) were trying to protect themselves? Youku explained WoH’s first-time removal as a technical glitch but then, as reports of other platforms removing Zhang’s content poured in, the series was removed again.  

How much is real when it comes to the thunderous online declarations of love and betrayal against China? 

Related to this: turtles may remember the Xinjiang cotton incident in March, 2021, how Chinese netizens harassed anyone who used, endorsed Nike. One may assume, with that outcry, that rage, that anyone with a reputation to keep, with ties to the Chinese state, in particular, have severed their ties with the brand.

As it turns out, the teams of the Chinese Super (Football) League, for example, have kept their Nike kits. The Chinese Football Association (CFA), which, despite being officially non-governmental and nonprofit, is managed by the State General Administration of Sports (國家體育總局), issued a statement on March 27th on Weibo that only criticised Nike’s “wrong actions in choosing its cotton source” (對耐克公司在棉花原料選擇上的錯誤行徑表達了譴責), and reserved “its right to further deal with  contract with Nike” (保留進一步處理同耐克合同的權力). It never cut off the contract with Nike: a 10-year sponsorship,  signed in 2018, which amounts to 3 million RMB (463,000 USD) in funds from Nike for each football club every year. The CFA statement was later removed from Weibo. Photos of the football players have simply had the Nike Swoosh covered up, or photoshopped away. 

Photos from the Shanghai Shenhua football club, with and without the swoosh (Source).

Life is practical in China … and darkly humorous, at times. As a Mao-founded regime should be, perhaps.

I got Asks wondering then: will our non-Zhang-related favourite stars and CPs, dramas and fandoms get affected by the incident?

At the moment, my guess leans towards a no. My basis is this: in the critique piece against Zhang, published on 2021/08/16, by 中纪委 Central Commission for Discipline Inspection—the CCDI, by the way, is the highest anti-corruption, rules and regulations body in China—I believe the reason Zhang was disciplined was clearly stated:

對於所有「拜鬼」行為，中國都堅決反對。但如果我們國內的公眾人物去靖國神社都不被譴責和追究，我們又怎麼挺直腰桿要求外國人不去呢？

“Regarding all “demon worship” behaviour, China holds firm oppositions. But if our own public figures going to the Yasukuni Shrine get no reprimands, no investigations of responsibility, how can we straighten our backs and demand foreigners to not go?”

This has led me to think the state has no ulterior motives in targeting Zhang: Zhang’s “sin” was limited to his visiting the Yasukuni Shrine as a well-known, public figure, and/but that was enough. And the punishment had to be given in a heavy-handed, high profile manner, given the “news “of Zhang’s visit broke out on August 13, 2021. The following observation may be my being over-sensitive, but in the timeline above, Zhang was reprimanded, and his first round of the punishment in full swing (dropping of endorsements), before the China’s Ministry of National Defence talked to the press, which happened later than it had to be (compare the timing with S. Korea’s). Short of removing Zhang’s hot searches—which netizens would’ve noticed—this ordering of events was necessary; otherwise, the Chinese government issuing a formal complaint against Japan for their Minister of Defence’s visit to the shrine would’ve co-existed on the hot search with the report of China’s own celebrity visiting the same place. I therefore believe the state’s reaction had nothing to do with how Zhang achieved his fame, the past and present projects he was involved in, the CPs he was coupled with. Other state agencies and media would likely be careful about not attaching these topics to Zhang’s case as well, so not to distract from the central message of the government that … the Japanese are very bad people in the summer of 2021.

(Whether they’ll attach them to the Clear and Bright campaign is another matter.) 

Another Ask ~ Will Zhang be able to make a comeback? In five years? Ten?

Looking that far ahead is difficult, but one thing has to happen for Zhang to return—the Japanese have to stop being very bad people according to the Chinese government, which isn’t likely to happen soon. The Japanese government has shown few signs that they shall soon revise their attitudes towards their World War II history  (Yasutoshi Nishimura, who went to the Shrine with Japan’s Minister of Defence on August 13th, is associated with a historical revisionist group), while China’s escalating military aggression in the Indo-Pacific region will be seen as a growing threat to Japan, likely push the country towards the right. 

And 5, 10 years later, Zhang will be 35, 40 years old. Even if he’ll be able to work in the industry again, it’ll be difficult for him to achieve the fame he has before. Also, just because the government no longer bans him doesn’t mean production companies will be willing to hire him; he’ll be considered high risk—policies of China are volatile, after all, and the decision to un-ban can be easily reversed.

(I’m so sorry, Anon, I wish I have a better answer for you.)

And... here’s a thought I’ll finally end this meta series with. I don’t see Zhang as the only loser in this incident. I don’t really see any winners in this incident at all. An industry is dangerous for its every worker if its narrative, its list of guilty is penned by cyber mobs and in the name of patriotism; if the accused cannot speak for themselves, aren’t allowed to grow; if its rules of appropriate conduct are every-changing (The Reporter in 2017 = OK; Zhang in 2018 = Not OK); if its workers are penalised not by their own deeds but their associations (the rest of the cast and production team of WoH and other Zhang-associated projects).

The think tank for the National Ratio and Television Authority (國家廣播電視總局; NRTA, ie, the Chinese visual media censorship board), in their criticism piece about Zhang, hinted at even rougher waters ahead, in light of Zhang’s (and Kris Wu’s) transgressions:

明星頻頻「犯事」，說到底還是行業內對明星藝德約束不夠嚴格。據瞭解，電影行業正在籌備全國電影界道德委員會，將對電影從業人員道德規範提出更高要求，並提出，要將明星藝德納入法治化的軌道中來，給明星藝德約束加一道法規之鎖，明確明星的責��和義務，將明星的個人行為與職業利益掛鈎。 “The ultimate cause of stars “getting into trouble” frequently is that the industry has not tied a sufficiently severe bind on the stars’ artistic virtue (Pie note: roughly, = professional ethics). Based on reports, the film industry is preparing a National Film Industry Morality Committee that shall raise the moral requirements for film industry workers. The industry has also suggested that the stars’ artistic virtue shall eventually be governed by laws, to add a lock of legality to the bind of artistic virtues for the stars, to make clear the stars’ responsibilities and obligations, to couple a star’s personal behaviour with their professional (monetary) gains.”

My interpretation of this: should the suggestions become reality, it shall be written in future film contracts that a star who commits an act that the state considers immoral will have to pay the investors the production cost of their projects, and possibly, the projected profit. 

To put some dollar signs to this interpretation: a high-profile star may work on one or more projects with a price tag in the order of 100 million RMB (~15 million USD); box office, merchandise sells, and long term profits expected from online streaming can raise that number by several fold. This is a sum that even the most affluent stars will have a difficult time affording—and that’s before considering the endorsements, for which current contracts already require the stars to pay the damages.

The key word here is that the offending act only has to be considered immoral, not criminal. Immoral acts range from not liking the CCP enough—an easy-to-understand offence—to deviation from the society’s 公序良俗 (“public order and fine customs”), which includes just about anything that disagrees with the state-defined mainstream values.

Stars are stars because they invite the imaginations of their audience, because they break boundaries: from the seemingly insurmountable humdrum of daily life, to something that can be much, much more.

Stars should, of course, be law-abiding; they should be patriotic. But a star who’s mainstream in every way? Are they still a star, something we regular people wonder about, dream upon?

Bind and lock, the NRTA think tank referred to these suggestions. It reminders me of a quote by the famous Chinese director, Feng Xiaogang (馮���剛), who, in 2014, complained to BBC—perhaps in a slip of tongue—that Chinese directors could be like “dancing with fetters” (戴著腳鐐去跳舞) when working with the country’s censorship system.

Yeah. It’s kinda like that.

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