#it is simply a fish

[front-facing-pokemon]

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

Ao Bing's father and aunty. His father is Ao Guang敖广, Longwang of the East Sea, and his aunty is Ao Run敖闰, Longwang of the West Sea. (lóngwang龙王 means sovereign of lóng龙)

Scholars used to use the word loong but its pronunciation is significantly different from the Chinese character "龙". Long is better but still not the same. The aunthentic pronunciation is more like [lɔ:ueng] and it's pinyin is lóng.

Translators use the word dragon merely to facilitate better understanding, but the Chinese "龙" and the Western "dragon" are vastly different, fundamentally distinct, much like two creatures that aren't in the same dimension.

The Chinese 龙lóng is a sacred mythical creature; they are considered holy beings, existing in a dimension above that of mortals. They hold the responsibility of controlling the wind, lightning, thunder, clouds and rain, regulating the weather, and blessing the abundance of crops. The copulation of 龙lóng with nine other creatures gave birth to various divine beasts, each bearing some characteristics of the 龙lóng, but the true 龙lóng is regarded as the purest and most noble of all.

In China, many people claim to have seen lóng, with plenty of folk records both before and after the founding of the People's Republic. In the internet era, there are also many videos of lóng. One of the most famous is footage taken by a college student on her dormitory balcony on a cloudy day, where a lóng appears in the thunderclouds and then turn its head to gaze the girl. Another notable incident is the CCTV live broadcast of the Gaoyou Lake lóng water spout event (interestingly, CCTV later edited the live footage, changing the scene of a real lóng spiraling and disappearing in a flash to show three ridiculous birds that didn’t follow the rules of perspective). These videos can be found on Bilibili if you want to check them out. I think the dormitory and Gaoyou Lake videos are real like they're truely lóng (the dorm one is especially striking because it looks exactly like the watery ink long on ancient Chinese paintings, with an extraordinary and otherworldly vibe, exuding an overwhelming sense of oppression). Other real videos show that lóng can fly at incredibly high speeds, like lightning. Folk culture says lóng can switch between physical and ethereal forms at will, which is why they can move so fast. There are also many fake videos to get clicks online, so one gets to use their own judgment. It’s widely believed that lóng appeared as early as the creation of the world, and they made a pact with the ancestors of Chinese people and have been protecting the 'Celestial Realm and Divine Land of Huaxia'华夏神州 ever since. In the unique Chinese twelve shengxiao生肖 culture, lóng is the only mythical creature—the other eleven are common animals. Some scholars think that when shengxiao was created, many people had actually seen lóng and accepted that they're real, which is why it became one of the twelve shengxiao.

[darling-icarus]

oh to hold court on the sea floor, surrounded by the detritus of civilisations long-gone 🏺

[ko-fi] 🎨 [instagram] 🎨 [bluesky]

[hinamie]

Your face in profile, with a look I'd never seen

jjk atla!au with @philosophiums

[third-king-of-salmonids]

THEY LOVE ME FOR MY BISEXUAL SWAG

[fisheito]

what sort of twisted powerplay is this

[cosmoport]

been working out some more solid designs for the siblangs recently ^_^

[eddieintheocean]

GUESS WHOS AN OCEAN DIVER NOWWWWWWWW

[judesstfrancis]

makes me crazy when queer people specifically think the shape of water was too weird of a film. like that's you, actually. both historically and explicitly. that is supposed to be you. historically, queer people have only been able to be portrayed in film as villains or monsters. the dracula the swamp monster the fish man that is YOU. explicitly in the movie the fish man is a stand in for people who are Other. that's why the first woman to care for him is a mute woman who has been ostracized by everyone EXCEPT FOR other people who have been othered in society mainly octavia spencer and her gay roommate whose names I forget currently. and that's why the minority characters in that film are trying to help elisa and the fishman escape the government and live happily ever after. bc they are the same. he is them. tell me u get that

[luckalott]

Fish :3

Just two fish who love each other :3

[lavenoon]

Little Seashell <3

@naffeclipse look okay I am scared of Creature Design™ but the Song Fish finale + stained glass art got me like ---

[dangerdazee]

me wanting to do a full in-order rewatch

vs

my list of favorite episodes

[sleepnoises]

re your tags on the doorframe post — any chance you remember the title or author of this article? it sounds really interesting

i am away from my laptop and therefore away from the syllabus from 2015 this article was in but am going to set a calendar reminder to check tomorrow at 10am pst. posting this because otherwise i will forget immediately. please tolerate the suspense

[copepods]

free pixel art websites i love you

[scimagic]

Mm I had the thought of using a ship name for Puzzles and I but I've never really been good at coming up with those, it's the same problem with coming up with good OC names kshdj

[nanihirunkits]

Be my boyfriend?

FISH UPON THE SKY | EP12