#joy sheng

[binging-asian-dramas]

Delicious Destiny. 8.5

Story: 9

Acting: 10

Chemistry: 10

Comparable to: the Perfect Match (Taiwanese drama) ; Chocolate (kdrama) ;

This is one of those melodramas that are highly frustrating, that suck you in even though you scream and roll your eyes at everyone’s antics. Especially when practically half the cast is manipulative and evil. I mean you have a few of the main characters and her side of the family who are just the pushpins for the the villains to torture. And yes, I’m looking at you grandma and Ye Yi Lan! I don’t know which one was worse (well probably grams since she tried grooming her granddaughter into her so yeah.) I also doesn’t help that the main male lead is dumb and naive as the female lead. I hate to use dumb too, but I don’t know how many times he blankly trusts his ‘female best friend’ after she tries to sabotage everything fifty million times. Nevertheless the drama is highly engaging, very entertaining and enjoyable. Would I watch it again. Hell no, but I would definitely recommend it once for those who like it melodramatic and soapy.

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Team Avatar but they're kiddos/teens! I had this idea in my head for a while but for obvious reasons, I couldn't draw them until now.

[kiraanerys]

Andy & Fan Sheng Mei Ode To Joy

[starmocha]

Bride of the Dragon King :: Prelude

[Sylus/Reader ★ 465 words  ★ Masterlist ★ Series Index ★ AO3] Tonight, the wine tasted so sweet. A/N: I yapped on my tumblr about how I wanted a dragon!Sylus AU…so I willed it into existence. 😊 This is the prelude to a technically 3-part story. The main story will be a 20K+ word one-shot, so I feel justified in a shorter intro. I am still finalizing the main story, so I want to give people time to read the prelude first. While the prelude is SFW, the main story and epilogue will contain explicit adult themes, so it's best for MDNI. Influenced to varying degree by the Vietnamese origin myth, Lạc Long Quân and Âu Cơ, and the C-drama, Miss the Dragon…and probably a whole slew of other period C-dramas I watched in the past. Recommended Playlist Love and Deepspace - Wander In Wonder Shuang Sheng - 流转莹回 ☆ I can do a tag list for the main story once it's up. Just let me know in the replies, and I'll keep a list handy. ☆

Distantly, in the Celestial Realm where the immortals resided, the vast kingdom of the Dragon King was shrouded in nighttime for all of eternity, stuck within an eternal spring. Pink petals from the ever-blooming flowers of the magnolia trees were carried away in the warm breeze across the palace courtyard.

Sylus, the Dragon King, lazed under a grand magnolia tree with red blossoms overlooking a large koi pond, his solemn gaze lingering on the reflection of the full moon in the still water. He poured wine from a crimson porcelain bottle into the matching cup, and he took a swig of his drink, sighing.

The moon is lovely tonight… he thought, The wine tastes so sweet…

Red magnolia blossoms drifted down from the tree, landing in the water and startling the fish beneath, the immediate ripples distorted the reflection of the moon. Sylus kept his own crimson eyes on the floating flowers.

Little Snake, this is not much, but you are welcome to stay with me for as long as you would like!

He huffed in amusement, eyes drifting to a different flower.

You are so shameless. How can you ask a maiden to bathe with you?

He poured another drink, chuckling, but there was little joy in his laughter.

You are not allowed to get hurt! …Promise me you won’t get hurt again...

His cup lingered at his lips momentarily, a look of guilt flashed across his features before he tossed the drink back, sighing heavily.

Sylus…I don’t want you to leave…

He leaned back against the tree, eyes wandering to the moon. On the ground next to him was a necklace, its pendant pure gold with a jade border. Engraved on one side was the image of a dragon with wisps of cloud beneath it. When Sylus picked it up, his fingers caressed the other side, tracing the characters that formed the word, “Beloved.”

Another flower drifted into the pond, spinning slowly before it floated away.

…Who are you?

He closed his eyes, his hand tightening into a fist around the pendant as he made his decision.

He was going to rewrite their story. The red thread that tethered them together was going to unravel and lead her back to him.

All of it was going to be undone, and a new ending was going to replace all of the tragedies that were and were to be.

For her…

Heaven and Hell were going to bend to his will, he vowed.

For us…

As Sylus finished the wine, a white mist enveloped him, swirling before scattering and leaving nothing in its place beneath this red magnolia tree. In the night sky, among the millions of stars, a white dragon flew away, his scales shimmered in the moonlight before he disappeared into the horizon.

[ellsieee]

I was worried that The On1y One would give us a bad ending, and while I obviously don't think it was happy, I feel it was hopeful.

We had both Jiang Tian and Sheng Wang looking out the window and seeing LOVE and JOY.

Jiang Tian tying the knot on his bracelet and putting the two strands together signifying a repaired and intertwined bond with Sheng Wang.

Jiang Tian is patient and will wait until Sheng Wang returns to his side.

And Sheng Wang will come to accept his feelings with the bravery of youth.

They're going to work hard to be together again.

Maybe this is just me trying to console myself, but I didn't hate the ending. A bit sad yes, but raging or upset? No.

[welcometothejianghu]

Welcome to another round of W2 Tells You What You Should See, where W2 (me) tries to sell you (you) on something you should be watching. Today's choice: 某某 / Mou Mou / The On1y One

The On1y One is a 2024 Taiwanese coming-of-age drama about two high school students who fall in love, but more importantly, become friends -- and oh, they're also living in the same house now, because their parents have decided to get married.

Let's get this part out of the way: Yes, they're (almost) stepbrothers. No, that is not a kink thing at all, especially since they meet and start having complicated emotions about one another before they know their parents are together. Look, I had a childhood acquaintance promoted to stepsibling when I was in high school too, and I can tell you that your feelings about someone do not immediately jump to close family status just because your mom likes their dad. This is a show about how becoming a family; it is not a show about fucking your family.

Here are five reasons I think you should absolutely watch this twelve-episode drama -- and they're going to be as spoiler-free as I can make them, largely because...

1. Holy shit, it's ... actually good?

Believe me, no one could be as shocked as I was to find out this was a thing of actual quality. I first found out about this as 'hey, the handsome doctor from House Haunters is in a Taiwanese BL about high-schoolers' -- which of course sold me on it immediately, as I thought Liu Dongqin was the absolute highlight of the beautiful disaster that is Psych-Hunter, but which also, you must admit, sounds more like a novelty than a real thing of objective value.

Thus, I was prepared for trash! More accurately, I was prepared to enjoy trash. I am clearly on record as a trash-enjoyer. I was going to tuck in and gleefully laugh my way through awkward antics just to see that handsome boy kiss another boy.

Which means I was not prepared to be knocked off my feet by how thoughtful, intense, well-acted, and damn beautiful this series is. It's good. It's actually good. It is, like Beyond Evil, a thing you could put in front of Your Average American Television Enjoyer Who Can Handle Subtitles (And Boys Kissing) without having to apologize every five seconds about the jank. It's stunningly lit. It's chunked into episodes that have reasons to be episodes. It's well-written in a way that even comes through the translation.

Here's a clue to its quality: It's directed by Liu Kuang-Hui, known for Your Name Engraved Herein, an explictly gay film released in 2020 that won, like, all the awards -- which it fucking deserved to. (You don't need to have seen Your Name to watch this, but I think if you have, it adds an extra layer of meaning.) This is a BL made by someone who understands how being a teen boy in love with another teen boy is like being expected to walk around with a knife in your stomach while you pretend everything's fine.

But this is not a show about misery! It is a show about building connections, learning to trust, getting over yourself, and finding joy in taking care of other people. Maybe that sounds a little grandiose for a tiny Taiwanese BL, but it's not an exaggeration. When this drama bills itself as a coming-of-age narrative, it means it's going headfirst into the beautiful hell of being seventeen.

Keep those tissues on hand. You'll need them.

2. What if you fell in love with someone you also liked?

This is a true cat4cat relationship -- but different cat personalities! Finally, diverse cat representation!

Jiang Tian is a feral kitty who has spent so long telling everyone he hates them that he has no idea how to convey that he likes someone, and thus spends the first several episodes basically dropping dead birds at Sheng Wang's feet. Don't let his stoic nature fool you -- he's exactly as into this as (and much sooner than) the much more demonstrative Sheng Wang. Episodes end with little scenes you saw earlier, but recontextualized from Jiang Tian's perspective. So don't ever worry that Jiang Tian's being taken advantage of or coerced in any way. The boy has agency, and he uses it.

Meanwhile Sheng Wang is like a pampered little housecat who only eats wet food and sulks about everything -- but he's earned at least some of it, as he's clearly dealing with some major life upheavals. New city! New school! New friends! New house! New stepmom! New stepbrother! New and horrible things his teenage body is doing to him! So it's not surprising that he's clinging to what familiar comforts he has, even if it means being a total bitch about it.

And they become friends. That's the great part. This is a love story, but it's a love story where the love is friend-shaped. If anything, the friendship is the more important (and visible) aspect of the dynamic. It's not saying that one is more righteous or correct than the other -- it's saying that friendship is part of romantic love! Maybe it's even the best part of it! Maybe the only thing better than falling in love is making your crush your best friend and then falling in love with them.

It gets to the point where they spend most of their time not thinking about being in love with one another because they're such good friends. This is just what having a best friend is like, right?

(Jiang Tian knows it is not just what having a best friend is like. Jiang Tian is constantly chewing glass because he's sure friendship is the best he's going to get out of this, and also it's the best friendship he's ever had, and if that's all he gets -- and it will be, he's sure of it -- it'll be enough. It'll have to be.)

My favorite parts of their relationship are when Sheng Wang and Jiang Tian get to just enjoy spending time with one another as complete goobers. They're such teen boys! I mean, they're teen boys from very particular circumstances that have made them have to grow up fast, so it's great when they just get to regress around one another and act their age. The whole scene at the carnival is by itself worth the price of admission.

Look, here's some more shots of them being cute at one another. Don't let Jiang Tian's stoic face in the other pictures fool you. He's capable of making expressions, and it's so good when he does.

See?

3. This, too, is yuri

I mean, shit, you make a gay teacher and I'm already there. You make two gay teachers and I'm going to love you forever. Then you make them both gay teachers and gay owners of a little gay cafe? I don't know if my little trope-loving heart can take it!

Enter Zhao Xi and Lin Tingbei ("Benny").

From the moment you meet these two, it is obvious to you, the viewer, that they are a married couple. Except they're not. They're not married. They're not even a couple. It took me like nine episodes to realize that the reason they're acting so weird is not that they're trying to hide their relationship from other people, but that they're not in a relationship. They are mutually pining for one another and have no idea that the other one is having similar feelings.

Sorry, I have to go feral about these two sapphic-coded gay men for a moment: You two had an incredible meet-cute, went abroad at the same time, came back together, opened a cafe together, call one another "partner," have rainbow motifs on various visible objects in your life, AND YOU STILL ARE UNAWARE THAT YOU'RE BOTH IN LOVE WITH ONE ANOTHER

I can't stress this enough: When you meet them, your first thought is, oh, you two are married. MARRIED. Not just dating, but comfortably wedded. I kept expecting one of them to have a gentle After-School Special moment he tells the children, no, we're life partners as well as business partners. But they didn't! And do you know why? It's because THEY DON'T EVEN SEEM TO KNOW THAT THE OTHER ONE IS ALSO GAY

The only thing that makes sense is that they're both male lesbians. This is some Ayaka is in Love with Hiroko! shit right here. How do you unknowingly wind up in what is basically a marriage with man you've never even kissed? I don't know, but they've somehow managed to do it. It's insane. It's incredible.

I don't even feel like I'm spoiling you for anything here! Like, I wish I'd known from the start they weren't actually together, because I was baffled by their side plot for fully three-quarters of the series. Why are they behaving like this? Why are you being weirdly jealous about the hot lady teacher? Oh, it's because YOU DON'T KNOW YOU'RE HUSBANDS, THAT'S WHAT MAKES YOU HUSBANDS

WE GOT DOUBLE MUTUAL PINING HERE, FOLKS, DOUBLE MUTUAL PINING, TWO SUCCESSIVE GENERATIONS OF GAY DIPSHITS WHO ARE AS BAD AS YOU CAN BE ABOUT FEELINGS WITHOUT IMMEDIATELY DYING OF IT

Sorry about the caps lock, just ... I'll be over here screaming into a pillow about it, okay? Okay, thanks.

4. Actual Teen Feelings

So nobody in this production is an actual teenager; both leads were just on the underside of thirty when it filmed, and all the other "kids" are at least in their mid-twenties.

And honestly, I like the aged-up casting better, since ... look, I'm over forty, and I just don't find the youths as attractive as I did when I was much closer to that age. Seeing actual 16- and 17-year-olds do this would have given me the ick. So I feel kind of like, this is a teen story told for adults, and the way it does that is by giving you actors that embody how cool you thought your peers looked when you were that age, and not how gangly and awkward everyone actually looked.

I've described the behavior of the teen characters as "rationally irrational" -- like, you know that the decisions they're making are bad, and they kind of know it too, but you also get that they don't have the regulatory mechaisms to compensate for when their hormones tell them it's time to sulk, or or talk back, or lie, or do something reckless. They're stupid teens, but they're not stupid because the writing is stupid. They're stupid because the writing is good and knows exactly how stupid teens are.

And of course this is most visible with our boys, who are complete dipshits in some very rationally irrational ways.

I alluded earlier to the fact that I have stepsiblings, and that I acquired them during my teen years, so yeah, a lot of the complicated stepfamily dynamics hit hard for me. Sheng Wang's mother is dead, and he's being a sulky baby about it because he (kind of correctly!) feels like his dad both is trying to replace her and has started paying attention more to his new partner than to his son. Sure, an adult with more coping mechanisms would be able to handle it without being a dick to everyone around them. But he's not an adult -- but also he's not not an adult? He's in that awful place of adolescence where you feel all grown up, but people still keep making huge life decisions for you. I remember it; it sucks.

Meanwhile Jiang Tian's father is still alive, but that's complicated too and has led to Jiang Tian's being kind of estranged from both his divorced parents. His then becomes a story less about how to get along with your new stepfather, and more how to reconcile with a mother who wasn't always in a place to make the best decisions for you she could, as you are yourself approaching the age she was when she made those decisions.

It's just so many feelings! Just a giant fucked-up Sargasso Sea of feelings! Every nerve is raw and every emotion is like staring straight at the sun! So many characters are completely at the mercy of their worst instincts, to the point where you can't even be mad because, yeah, if I had no ability to tell my most visceral intrusive thoughts to go away, I'd be ruining my own life left and right too.

Also, you are not prepared for the parts with boners. I say no more.

bonus: LUCKY CAT!!!

When was the last time you saw a fat character in a piece of Asian media -- or a piece of any media -- who was just allowed to be fat in peace? Whose fatness was not the constant butt of jokes? Who was not depicted always (comedically) eating? Who wasn't thrown into the mix just so their sexual/romantic interest in some skinny person could be turned into gross-out moments?

Lucky Cat is the best. Her students call her Lucky Cat because she's always cheerful and she does a precious little paw thing. The name is meant to be endearing! They like her, and she's portrayed consistently as a good educator and generally nice person to be around. She's fashionable, too! She has the cutest little outfits!

And she's fat! It's just a thing about her not worth commenting upon! Shit, I wish the show's lack of commentary weren't worth my commenting upon, except, ugh, you know it is. It's even more so worth saying because I've seen her in something else where she was exactly what she isn't here, and it was vile. The contrast is incredible.

Love you, girl, one fat, overcaffeinated educator to another.

5. Delicious(ly timed) pining

I want to talk about the structure of the show for a moment, and I'm going to try and do it as spoiler-free as I can. Even so, this gets into territory that you might be better off going into blind, especially if you like the tension of not knowing where a love story is going. If you're convinced already that you need to watch this show, skip this section -- scroll right down to the picture of a pitcher and glass of lemon water on a kitchen counter.

Go on, now, get.

However, if you're still on the fence about watching it, though (or if you've seen it already and just like reading my thoughts on it!), here's a very slightly spoilery selling point for you:

Normally, BL shows are all about waiting for the moment those boys finally realize what's up and kiss one another. The On1y One makes what I think is a brilliant decision to frontload the kissing. These boys smooch twice all the way up in episode 2 -- but under circumstances that are, respectively, a dare and a faux-casual demonstration that the dare didn't mean anything.

And that's it. They don't kiss again.

I think this is such a good choice because it makes those boys spend the entire rest of the show with three thoughts in their heads: we have already kissed; it didn't mean anything to him; I think it might mean something to me. Their entire friendship is colored by the knowledge that, yeah, that happened. If anything, it makes the BL-style waiting even more glorious, because now it's not about wondering if I kissed him, what would he do? but about wondering if I kissed him again, would it still be a joke to him?

There's also some very good asymmetry in there, in how Jiang Tian is clearly already the world's greatest expert at stuffing his gay desires into a little box and not making them anyone else's problem, while Sheng Wang is having a sexual awakening in real time.

You figure out very near the end why Jiang Tian has a complicated relationship to his own gay longings, and boy, is it a hell of a reason. I know we joke about characters who are both gay and homophobic, and I don't want to call him homophobic, because that's not it. But you definitely get to see why, of all his locked-down feelings, he's locked the gay ones down hardest of all.

Meanwhile Sheng Wang is popular, has friends, has surely been on a number of cute and chaste little dates, has probably even kissed a couple very nice girls -- and has clearly never had a horny thought in his entire life before now. He is both falling in love and figuring out what makes him hard at the same time, and oh boy, that is some rough shit to hit at seventeen. You get to see him recontextualize those kisses several times, slowly putting names to the emotions he didn't know he was having. And when he does finally understand the extent of what he's feeling, he makes a stupid decision about it, because of course he does. He's seventeen. Stupid decisions come with the territory.

Anyway, once they finally get to fucking, Sheng Wang is going to be the lord high king of the bratty bottoms. Just an absolute menace. He's got Jiang Tian's number so hard, and Jiang Tian is going to love suffering through every minute of it.

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Okay, did you scroll down? Here's a little more spoiler buffer! Hi! How are you doing today? I'm having fun writing this. I hope you'll like watching it. There, that should be enough.

caveat: This is not an ending.

I need to stress how much this is clearly made to be a part one of more, and also how a second season has not been announced and thus is not guaranteed. I am being optimistic based on a) how good it is, b) how much clout the director has, and c) the fact that it's so new, it makes sense that further installments might not be announced yet. But if an unfinished (and possibly never-finished) series bothers you, maybe put this one in your pocket for later.

But oh, this show needs a second season. I am burning incense to the television gods in hope that it gets a second season.

Want to tuck in for some actual good television?

This one is wonderfully easy to find. We watched it on GagaOOLala, but you can also find it on AppleTV, WeTV, Viki, and iQiyi.

Back to the Your Name Engraved Herein connection: The On1y One reads to me in many ways like a celebration of how far Taiwanese culture has come about gay people. Like, things still absolutely aren't perfect in 2012, when this show is set, but at the same time, it's no longer 1987 -- which was the homophobic, hopeless world Liu Kuang-Hui grew up in. If Your Name tells the story of what actually happened, this series tells the story of what the person that all happened to imagines things could be like today. It's so hopeful it makes me choke up a little thinking about it.

Bah, just go watch it. Do it! Go! There's links right up there!

Gay thoughts say peek-a-boo.

[fiddleyoumust]

Top 10 QLs of 2024

My Stand-In

I love a deranged character, and Ming delivered that in spades. This could have been a story about revenge, but I liked it better for being a story about learning from your mistakes and granting second chances. Ming was still deranged, but at least he learned that Joe deserved to be treated better, and Joe learned to demand it.

Unknown

Listen. Me🤝Taiwan = shipping brothers. In all seriousness, though, this show was beautiful. The love and care these three siblings have for each other was so wonderful. It felt like being invited into their home, and I was a very satisfied guest.

We Are

I can't be objective or normal about this show. Every complaint I've seen about it fell on my deaf ears. This is my family. Phum and Peem are my parents even though they are half my age. These friends and their love stories made my 2024 brighter and filled me with so much joy that I will take them with me in my pocket wherever I go, and pull them out when I'm feeling lonely so I can remember, I'm not alone.

4 Minutes

This show probably won't age well, but watching it week to week as it was airing was an incredible experience. Thinking about, theorizing, and yelling on Tumblr about it ate up 8 weeks of my life, and I loved every minute of it. The acting was aces, particularly Fuaiz, who really dug his claws into his character, Tonkla, and stole every scene he was in.

Let Free The Curse Of Taekwondo

Korea, my beloved! There is something about the repressive culture of Korea that really gets me in their BL. For a people who keep it very demure, very mindful, adding a layer by piling on angst around sexuality hurts in the best way. LFTCOT embodied that feeling perfectly. It was the sweetest ache. A hurt so good.

Takara No Vidro

I'm not going to lie. Part of what made me even finish this post is this show. I haven't seen it on many lists, and it was my favorite from Japan this year. Watching Takara's obsessive love for Taishan slowly reveal itself was a true pleasure. Takara's subtle yearning, his repression, his holding back as a punishment for wanting too much, and his fear of becoming a monster in love were so, so delicious. I thought Iwase Yoji portrayed him beautifully, and I loved every minute of this delightful little show.

I Saw You In My Dream

WeTV knocked it out of the park this year, but this one was my favorite of their offerings. All of their shows had couples with great communication, really good examples of enthusiastic consent, and really wonderful depictions of friendships and friends groups being supportive and as important as romantic love in their character's lives. ISYIMD gave me four boys who were part brothers, part friends, and part something more. Their love stories were held back by fear - fear of losing the love and relationships they already had for and with each other. Ai's premonition dreams are the catalyst that makes it possible for him and Yu to finally realize their feelings for each other. I love a genuine friends to lovers story, and this one was beautiful.

The Only One

I don't mind an open ending or a story left unfinished, so this show didn't leave me feeling disappointed the way it did some others. I still hope we get a S2 and the conclusion of Jiang Tian and Sheng Wang's love story, but even if this is all I ever get, I'm satisfied. Again, I'm a sucker for complicated love, so two boys falling in love despite their parents also being romantically involved was always going to get me. Watching them navigate their growing attachment to each other, their fear and anticipation at finding a kindred spirit, and then realizing they want each other in an impossible way was the most delicious angst.

Cherry Magic TH

The original Cherry Magic is a BL cornerstone, so imagine my surprise when I walked away from this show feeling like Thailand outdid the original. And GMMTV Thailand at that! Tay and New have great chemistry, but it's their familiarity with one another, and their obvious love and care for each other that I think really made this adaptation shine. Karan was the best green flag, and it was a joy watching him get all the love and devotion he deserved from Achi. Achi's journey of self-discovery and self-love was beautiful, too. It was an absolute joy watching these two fall in love.

Love Sick 2024

Full disclosure, I never watched the original Love Sick, and I probably never will. What I loved about this show was its perfect depiction of teen angst. These kids were all hormonal messes -- navigating parental expectations, sexuality crises, crushes, and academic pressures. They really were love sick with all the angst and melodrama that entails. Not a single one of them knew how to talk to each other. Their insecurities were bigger than Texas, and their lack of communication was often frustrating, but all of that just made everything more realistic. These were children, navigating love the way children often do -- badly 😂. I loved that the show cast actual kiddos (no one in the cast is over 19), and all of them were phenomenal. I can't wait to see more from them in the future, but especially Almond, who played one of the main leads, Phun. He's an excellent little actor, and I'm excited to follow his career in the future.

[puckpocketed]

if i had massive amounts of money id simply amass a small empire of stats guys and analysts and writers and id make them produce propaganda for my favourite hockey players like a patron of the arts except . sports . and no it would not be a media company (this implies profit) no no i would be burning money for the joy of making these people talk about my obscure euro prospect drafted 4 years ago in the 7th round. also i would make sure my favourite beat writers dine like the princesses they are i would make sure they never have to link their donation page for travel expenses ever again .and also also sheng peng gets a special hat .

[wangxianficrecs]

there will come a time, you'll see, with no more tears by ghostberry (xmoyashiii)

there will come a time, you'll see, with no more tears

by ghostberry (xmoyashiii)

G, 3k, Wangxian

Part of the Wangxian White Day Exchange 2021

Summary: Even from seclusion, a mother's eyes see much, and her heart understands even more. And she can only sit back and watch for so long. The story of Lan Wangji's devotion, heartbreak, and joy through the eyes of the person who knows him best in the world. Kay's comments: Chanting MAMA LAN, MAMA LAN, MAMA LAN I just love fics so much where she lives and gets so see her sons grow up and especially fics where she gets to meet Wei Wuxian! I just know that the two of them would get along so well! This story is The Untamed canon, so she's witness to all the pining and the mess at the end where Wei Wuxian is left to wander alone, but she's not taking it! Really loved her characterization in this story too. Excerpt: "Hello? Is anyone here?" Curiosity wins, a trait she's never quite been able to stamp out with all her years of solitude and meditation. Not, she supposes, that she's tried particularly hard. She goes to the door and opens it, and finds herself face to face with a teenager in guest disciples' robes, gazing up at her with surprise in his wide grey eyes. "Hello," she says, and the sound of her own voice surprises her in return. It's been so long since she's spoken to anyone but Wangji and Xichen; there's an irrational instant where she half expects Lan Qiren to jump out of the bushes and start shouting accusations at her, just for this one simple greeting. But of course he isn't here — no one is here but herself and the boy. His smile is wide and infectious; she finds herself smiling back without quite knowing why either of them are doing so. “I knew a place like this must have someone living in it! I'm guessing I probably shouldn't be here, huh? I was exploring and I saw the path, and I just had to know, you know?" Belatedly, he seems to remember himself and bows. His form is perfect, but she can tell he's just going through the motions, eager to get back to talking. "I'm Wei Ying, courtesy name Wuxian." Of course. Sheng Lin can't hold back her laughter; it rings through the clearing, loud and bright and unfamiliar to her own ears. "Your reputation precedes you, A-Ying," she says gently, still chuckling.

pov madam lan, madam lan lives, madam lan deserves better, lan family feels, pov outsider on lan wangji/wei wuxian, canon compliant, cloud recesses study arc, thirteen years of wei wuxian's death, hurt/comfort, imprisonment, canon divergence, the untamed compliant

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[heretherebedork]

the teachers are def together!!! ughh i cant wait for the reveall theyre so cute together. and i loved that sheng and tian finally communicated with their parents

Oh man, I'm an episode behind and I look forward to all of this when I finally catch up tonight! But I do love how much Sheng and Tian are building the home they either never had or lost with each other and rebuilding that childhood joy and trust and love just by being together and giving each other the steadiness neither of them has had for so long.

People heal when they have a safe place to come home to and they've become that for each other.

[sin1039]

Hey :D

When I said Kai Lung is hot I mean it lol

And I would like to know about him.

* Something simple like what he actually is?

* How she and him broke up?

*How big is his family? Have sibling? Sister or brother? Do he even have a family?

*How tall he is? (I swear Im not being mean)

*What are his favorite colour? Favorite flower? Fruit?

*How would you describe his personality?

*Do he have normal jobs? What is it?

*what are his hobby?

*Is he single now?

Alright, I'll answer each one in order. So here it goes:

1. He's a white tiger demon.

2. Well, Li-mei technically broke up with him by leaving, kinda like how Ramona Flowers did with her 7th evil ex, Gideon Graves from the movie and show, scott pilgrim.

3. He has both parents and an older sister. His father and mothers names are Sheng and Mèng Yáo, and his older sisters name is Hua.

4. His height is about 5'11

5. His favorite color is grey

6. His favorite flower is peony

7. His favorite fruit is strawberries

8. His personality is a sick and twisted one. He takes joy in humiliating others but to an extreme...

9. Like Mei's family, his family is as wealthy and powerful as the dragon clan. So, he doesn't need to work. He's good.

10. His hobby is street racing.

11. Single, yes.... but for how long? 🫢

[rainbowsky]

GG Sheng Yang Post

The sun is with me, with you 🌞

Back to the warm home in the parallel world. The orderly, warm and well-organized nest in the chaos accommodates the energy and imprints of Xiao Shengyang's growing up in this space. Coupled with the smiling faces of Lao Sheng and Mei Juan'er, they complement each other perfectly.

For me, the difference between Sheng Yang and the characters I played in the past is that he is closer to life, he is like you and me. There are family members, partners, simple and ordinary joy and happiness, but also endless work and chores, as well as unpredictable difficulties. He, like you and me, solves problems when he encounters problems, does not question or entangle, and goes upstream for the ideal appearance. Meeting Jian Bing again, who Song Chen called "the goddess sister many years ago", the girl who was embedded in the warm sun and brought him a radiant light, was covered with icicles on the outside of her armor. What kind of story will happen when the little sun is close to the little ice cube? Load the little nest that accumulates love and light for him, and strive to run to the future, striving to chase the love in your heart, or a better self.

I like him very much! I like this young man who works hard with everyone in the parallel world and sticks to what he loves in his heart. During the time when Jian Bing walked into Sheng Yang's life, she gave Sheng Yang a lot of energy and confidence in life. Yesterday was the first day of broadcasting. Like Sheng Yang, I walked in front of the audience nervously and confidently. I hope everyone will like the story we brought about the scorching sun accompanying my big family.

[craziestfangirl98]

The new episode was something.... The joy and yearning and hurt and love, everything hit right where it was supposed to. I think about the episode and one moment I am so so happy about Jiang Tian loosening up, about Sheng Wang becoming more and more aware of himself, of them together acting the tests together and just the overall joy they have around each other, because of each other.

The next moment I'm wrecked because of Jiang Tian's moment. Because of the hurt and torment he is going through. Of the shame and guilt he feels because of it all. Because of the helplessness it brings that he is constantly trying to win against when it comes to Sheng Wang.

Right after that, I'm terrified. Of what is to come for them. Is Sheng Wang going to be sent away to the new class. Are people going to realise and question them. Are they going to lose each other even before they could be each other's.

I don't know what's going to happen tomorrow. But whatever it is, I trust that it will be meaningful. I hope there is a new season irrespective, but even if there isn't, I'm going to love the show for all that it has been.

[accio-victuuri]

xiao zhan weibo update

Back to the warm home in the parallel world. The orderly, warm and well-organized nest in the chaos accommodates the energy and imprint the little Shengyang to growing up in this space. Coupled with the happy smiling faces of Lao Sheng and Meijuan'er, they complement each other perfectly.

For me, the difference between Sheng Yang and the characters I have played in the past is that he is closer to life. He is like you and me. There are family members, partners, simple and ordinary joy and happiness, but also endless work and chores, as well as unpredictable difficulties. He, like you and me, solves problems when he encounters problems, does not question or entangle, and goes upstream for the ideal appearance. Meeting Jian Bing again, Song Chen said it's the "goddess sister from many years ago" the girl embedded in the warm sun who once brought him endless light, had ice particles hanging on the outside of her armor. What kind of story will happen when the little sun gets close to the little ice cube? Load up the little nest that stores love and light for him, run hard towards the future, and strive to pursue the love in his heart, or a better self.

I like him very much! I like this young man who works hard with everyone in the parallel world and sticks to what he loves in his heart. During the time when Jian Bing walked into Sheng Yang's life, she gave Sheng Yang a lot of energy and confidence in life. Yesterday was the first day of broadcasting. Like Sheng Yang, I walked in front of the audience nervously and confidently. I hope everyone will like the story our Family brought through Sunshine By My Side.

[thegreymoon]

The Story of Minglan

Let's see how far through this episode I can get without wanting to smack a man. Gu Tingye in particular.

***

Oh, delightful!

The Emperor has picked up secret gardening and his trusted subjects are there to watch him play with dirt like a baby 🙄

I preferred the old Emperor, honestly. This one seems incompetent, but I am putting my hopes in his son and Gu Tingye to keep the Song Dynasty from collapsing.

***

Shameless 🤣🤣

I love how he just goes up to Emperors and demands they give him things 🤣🤣

That's how he got the spear from the old one too!

***

Oh, Rulan, you don't know what a hard life is even as a concept 🙄🙄

Also, LOL, I love how smug Wang Ruofu looks here 🤣🤣

***

LMAO, I love how Rulan expounds on how true love is the meaning of all joy and happiness and Miglan just looks at her like she's lost her mind 🤣🤣

I know that Minglan will eventually experience romantic love with Gu Tingye and tie her entire life to him, but her current state of mind is such an aroace experience 🤣🤣

***

LMAO, their friendship remains one of my favourite things on this show 🤣🤣

***

I can't watch 😫

Like... I know Gu Tingye already knows about Rulan and her boyfriend. It is a part of his plan, in fact. I know that Rulan will not actually come to any serious harm.

BUT STILL!

This drama has instilled sheer terror of secret romances in me 😖

***

The way he cannot deal, LMAO 😅😅

And he was having such a good day, too!

***

And it is the poor servant being beaten again, smh.

***

Well, it's good to know that at least Wang Ruofu would not let them kill her.

***

I have to say, while I do feel sorry for Rulan for getting caught up in Tingye's bullshit, I love this for Sheng Hong!

Not one daughter, but TWO!! getting caught in an illicit affair 🤣🤣 It couldn't have happened to a more deserving man!

***

Coincidentally 🙄 Accidentally 🙄🙄

But how did he even know that they would be there at exactly that time?? IS HE IN LEAGUE WITH THAT JING FELLOW?

***

LMAO, honestly, if my marriage prospects were the men in this drama, I would sooner become a nun too!

Anyway, Granny is PISSED and I am living!! 🔥🔥🔥

***

Oh, now she's your daughter, is she 🙄

***

LMAO, I love Granny! 💛

***

Is this Rulan's boyfriend?

I don't think I ever got a good look at his face.

***

LMAOOOOO, WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT WON'T BE AGGRIEVING MINGLAN??

SHE HAS MOVED OOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNN!!

Her better options include: 1) marrying Gu Tingye, 2) marrying He Hongwen and 3) becoming a nun.

You have no chance.

***

LOL, you'll settle nothing.

***

LMAO, he's so pleased with himself 🤣🤣

Is sis Hualan matchmaking for him?? 👀 Her husband works for Gu Tingye, after all, it makes sense they would be in on this plan.

***

Said the man who has done nothing but lie, sneak and scheme 🙄

Smack him, Minglan!

I mean, yes, also marry him, but smack him hard first!

***

LMAO, you are about to be served a big piece of humble pie!

I'm going to love every moment of watching you fail!

***

MTE.

[dear-indies]

Hello, dear-indies! I'm trying to get back into gif making and was gonna release the gifs of more popular FC's for a small charge and the gifs of lesser known ones for free, but it's been awhile since I've been active in the RP Community (like, when I left, Ashley Benson and Selena Gonez were the most popular FC's while). I was wondering if you had any suggestions of people who need more resources made of them? Or people who are wicked popular?

Hey anon! I'd suggest looking through the gif pack tag and see who appears a lot - Sadie Sink, Sabrina Carpenter, Reneé Rapp, Sydney Sweeney, Saoirse Ronan, Nicholas Galitzine, Anya Taylor-Joy, Joseph Quinn, Margot Robbie, Timothée Chalamet off the top off my head and a lot of them I wouldn't feel comfortable suggesting either.

Before you make gifs though I'm begging people to check if they're on the zionist masterlist using control + F!

As for people who need more resources, here are a bunch of people from my has spoken up for Palestine and Palestinian masterlist - please let me know if you need more suggestions! 💌

Saba Mubarak (1976) Palestinian / Jordanian.

Saleh Bakri (1977) Palestinian.

Rajshri Deshpande (1982) Indian.

Amir Eid (1983) Egyptian.

Siobhan Thompson (1984)

Aisling Bea (1984)

Vicci Martinez (1984) Mexican - is a lesbian.

Ruth Kearney (1984)

Lilan Bowden (1985) Taiwanese / White.

Saagar Shaikh (1986) Pakistani.

Jodi Balfour (1986) - is quee

Chai Fonacier (1986) Bisaya Filipino.

Charlyne Yi (1986) Korean, Yuki, Mexican, Filipina, Spanish, French, Irish, and German - is non-binary and queer (they/them).

Mustafa Ali (1986) Pakistani.

Erika Ishii (1987) Japanese - is genderfluid (she/they/any).

Anjana Vasan (1987) Tamil Indian.

Ally Beardsley (1988) - is non-binary (they/them).

Adam Bakri (1988) Palestinian.

Rakeen Saad (1989) Jordadian.

Amir El-Masry (1990) Egyptian.

Paapa Essiedu (1990) Ghanaian.

Rosaline Elbay (1990) Egyptian.

Shareena Clanton (1990) Blackfoot, Cherokee, African-American, Wangkatha, Yamatji, Noongar, Gija.

Sarah Kameela Impey (1991) Indo-Guyanese / British.

Tanya Reynolds (1991)

Tahraa Ghandour (1991) Iraqi.

Jamael Westman (1991) Afro Jamaican / White.

Vinnie Bennett (1992) Kāi Tahu, Ngāti Porou, Ngā Puhi, White.

Joana Ribeiro (1992)

Zaqi Ismail (1992) Indian.

Tara Emad (1993) Egyptian / Yugoslav Montenegrin.

Olivia D’Lima (1993) Goan and White.

Sinem Ünsal (1993) Turkish.

Bambie Thug (1993) - has ADHD, is non-binary (they/fae).

Bobbi Salvör Menuez (1993) - is trans non-binary (they/them).

Mia Khalifa (1993) Lebanese.

Luke Rollason (1994)

Arsema Thomas (1994) Nigerian / Ethiopian - is non-binary (she/they).

Jaboukie Young-White (1994) Chinese, Afro-Jamaican, Cuban, Irish.

Kedar Williams-Stirling (1994) Afro Jamaican.

Mona Farouk (1995) Egyptian.

Elvina Mohamad (1995) Malaysian.

Brandon Soo Hoo (1995) Chinese.

Reem Amara (1995) Palestinian, Jordanian.

Juliette Motamed (1995) Iranian.

Achraf Koutet (1995) Moroccan.

Willow Pill (1995) - is trans femme, has cystinosis and is autistic.

Halema Hussain (1995) Sylheti.

Chioma Antoinette Umeala (1996) Nigerian-South African.

Leo Sheng (1996) Chinese - is a trans man.

Éanna Hardwicke (1996)

Halima Aden (1997) Somali.

Niamh Wilson (1997) - is queer (all pronouns).

Bryn Chapman Parish (1997)

Blu del Barrio (1997) Argentinian - is non-binary (they/them).

Micheal Ward (1997) Afro Jamaican.

Mayan El Sayed (1997) Egyptian

Hania Aamir (1997) Pakistani.

Kaiit (1997) Papuan / Gunditjmara, Torres Strait Islander - is non-binary (she/he/they).

May Elghety (1998) Egyptian.

Angel Guardian (1998) Palestinian and Filipino.

Máiréad Tyers (1998)

Towa Bird (1999) Filipino and White - is queer.

Noor Taher (1999) Palestinian and Lebanese.

Frida Argento (2000)

Andria Tayeh (2001) Jordanian and Lebanese.

Hope Ikpoku Jnr (2001) Black British.

Amybeth Mcnulty (2001)

Hamzeh Okab (2001) Palestinian.

Nora Dari (2001) Moroccan-Belgian.

Kei Kurosawa (2001) Bisaya Filipino and Japanese.

Rhea Norwood (2001) - has type 1 diabetes.

Denise Julia (2002) Filipino - is pansexual.