#song be province

[sinoheritage]

Luohan Temple 罗汉寺 is a Buddhist temple located in Chongqing city, China. It is the site of the Buddhist Association of Chongqing.

This temple was built by a prominent monk Zuyue 祖月 in the Zhiping period (1064–1067) of the Song Dynasty (960–1276). At that time it was called "Zhiping Temple".

The temple was renovated and expanded in the following Ming and Qing dynasties, and also during the ROC and PRC eras.

[chaosgenasi]

You exist and it doesn’t. You outlived Valor.

[bone-evidence]

I've listened to so much Novo Amor while writing Tolys gets his Dog Fic

[9fruit]

prepped and ready for normal september

[ruedesfillesducalvaire]

sorry I'm having Post-Seine feelings about these lyrics and idk if anyone else is deranged enough to care but i'm gonna translate for you just in case:

Despite the old bitterness And loves that pass Friends we lose in the fog And ideals that are broken Life clings on and is reborn Like each spring returns In a breath of fresh air That soothes hearts in pain So if it happens that tonight you'd like to stay With me, the night is soft, we can walk And even if we know that everything only lasts a little while I'd like you to be, for a moment, My falling star

notes:

'amertumes' is actually plural, so, 'bitternesses', but that's not a word in English, so....

'la nuit est douce' means 'the night is mild', but the word 'douce' literally means 'soft', and I love that

'mon étoile filante' means 'shooting star' or 'falling star'; I guess 'shooting star' is more common, but 'be my shooting star' in English sounds a bit ridiculous. 'Étoile filante' is so good, shame it doesn't translate the best.

[chadlesbianjasontodd]

having to calculate and pay quarterly city taxes has to bestow permission to treat the rich suburbs like they are the absolute ass end of nowhere backwardsville. in my opinion.

[better-inthe-rearview]

the chaos happening rn i can’t

[sinoheritage]

Song Dynasty Stone Carving Park 南宋石刻公园 is located in Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province.

It’s a park with Song-era (960-1279 AD) stone carving relics as its theme. The park is centered on the tomb passage of Song Dynasty aristocrats, such as that of Shi Jian, Duke of Qi.

They collect scattered stone carvings in the valleys and gullies near Dongqian Lake, Ningbo City to form various scenic spots.

The stone statues mainly depict military generals, civil officials, and animals (horses, tigers, sheep, etc).

[queeringthethumbring]

alina, in the midst of getting arrested (again): *shakes her ass at fucking yin vaisra*

vaisra: someone please get that bitch under control

nezha: oh now i'm really going to kill you

[victoriouscabaret]

Happy Wednesday (especially to these upstanding Nazi-punchers 🇨🇦🥰)

(Satisfying context here)

[avadaniels]

make some noise was SO GOOD omg.. i WILL make some vic gifs but im away from home rn so not till the weekend 😵‍💫

[idon-twannabeperceived]

For most USAmericans a US state, a country, and Africa (yes, the entire continent of Africa) are all on the same level. And they seem to not find a problem with that.

The difference between states might be super relevant TO YOU because you live there but you GOTTA understand that in the global scale we have continents, countries, and regional subdivisions separate in different categories for a REASON and that from anyone else's point of view your stupid ass state is just not that important. Irrelevant even.

every time some annoying prick from the usa says they're going to "europe" and doesn't specify which country they should be automatically banned from the whole continent. are you going to france or lithuania answer quickly i have a gun

[iamthedukeofurl]

Scott Pilgrim is, I think, the best example I can think of for establishing a setting's Nonsense Limit. The setting's Nonsense Limit isn't quite "How high-fantasy is this". It's mostly a question of presentation, to what degree does the audience feel that they know the rules the world operates by, such that they are primed to accept a random new element being introduced. A setting with a Nonsense Limit of 0 is, like, an everyday story. Something larger than life, but theoretically taking place in our world, like your standard spy thriller action movie has a limit of 1. Some sort of hidden world urban fantasy with wizards and stuff operating in secret has a nonsense limit around 3 or 4. A Superhero setting, presenting an alternate version of our world, is a 5 or 6. High fantasy comes in around a 7 or so, "Oh yeah, Wizards exist and they can do crazy stuff" is pretty commonly accepted. Scott Pilgrim comes in at a 10. If you read the Scott Pilgrim book, it starts off looking like a purely mundane slice of life. The first hint at the fantastical is Ramona appearing repeatedly in Scott's Dreams, and then later showing up in real life. When we finally get an explanation, it's this:

Apparently Subspace Highways are a thing? And they go through people's heads? And Ramona treats this like it's obscure, but not secret knowledge. Ramona doesn't think she's doing anything weird here. At this point, it's not clear if Scott is accepting Ramona's explanation or not, things kind of move on as mundane as ever until their Date, when Ramona takes Scott through subspace, and he doesn't act like his world was just blown open or anything, although I guess that could have been a metaphor. there's a couple other moments, but everything with Ramona could be a metaphor, or Scott not recognizing what's going on. Maybe Ramona is uniquely fantastical in this otherwise normal world. And then, this happens

Suddenly, a fantastical element (A shitty local indie band finishing their set with a song that knocks out most of the audience) is introduced unrelated to Ramona, and undeniably literal. We see the crowd knocked out by Crash and The Boys. but the story doesn't linger on the implications of that, the whole point of that sequence is to raise the Nonsense Level, such that you accept it when This happens

Matthew Patel comes flying down onto the stage, Scott, who until this point is presented as a terrible person and a loser, but otherwise is extremely ordinary, proceeds to flawlessly block and counter him before doing a 64-hit air juggle combo. Scott's friends treat this like Scott is showing off a mildly interesting party trick, like being really good at darts. The establish that Scott is the "Best Fighter in the Province", not only are street-fighter battles a thing, Scott is Very Good at it, but they're so unimportant that being the best fighter in the province doesn't make Scott NOT a loser. So when Matthew Patel shows off his magic powers and then explodes into a pile of coins, we've established "Oh, this is how silly the setting gets". It's not about establishing the RULES of the setting so much as it is about establishing a lack of rules. Scott's skill at street-fighter battles doesn't translate to any sort of social prestige. Ramona can access Subspace Highways and she uses it to do a basic delivery job. It doesn't make sense and it's clear that it's not supposed to. So later on, when Todd Ingram starts throwing around telekinesis, and the explanation we're given is "He's a Vegan" , you're already so primed by the mixture of weirdness and mundanity that rather than trying to incorporate this new knowledge into any sort of coherent setting ruleset, you just go "Ah, yeah, Vegans".

[aideshou]

Someone badly translated Ah Guai Lo

[allisonreader]

4, 5, 12, 13, 48? :)

48. Who’s an artist you think it’s criminally underrated and deserves more recognition?

Not a single artist per say, but Home Free as an entire group I would say are. They're an acapella group who are country, they have some pretty incredible song writers within the group. I enjoy their original music more than their covers, and their covers are incredible. Tim Foust; the bass singer of the group has written the hilarious song Champagne Taste on a Beer Budget. And I don't remember which one of them wrote it, but on their mostly original album Dive Bar Saints, my absolute favourite song of theirs is Catch Me if You Can. They have some original Christmas music that's fun too, like Full of Cheer and Cold Hard Cash. Both are rather funny, and Cold Hard Cash is extremely catchy.

13. Who’s the most popular/mainstream artist you listen to?

Perhaps Shania Twain. Unless we go even further back, but Shania is probably the most frequent and broadest of who's music I listen to. (But none of her stuff newer than her album Now. I don't really care for her newer stuff.)

12. Who’s the most obscure artist you listen to?

It might be Home Free. Maybe Colter Wall, but I don't listen to him a lot. Home Free is probably more accurate.

5. Is there a song you don't like but like its music video?

Probably Safe and Sound by Capital Cities. The song annoys me greatly for some reason. Mainly the refrain of safe and sound throughout the song. My annoyance does feel a little irrational, but it's there. The music video is more enjoyable than the song, but still not my favourite.

4. Is there a song you love but don't like its music video?

There's always the possibility of one being out there, but I wouldn't be able to tell you at this moment.

[gladiatordonut]

there are lots of hot takes on the subject of "americans being completely uninterested in the rest of the world" subject but mine is that in addition to just learning basic world geography they should at least look into learning about the provinces of canada and states of mexico because we share land borders with you + are massive trading partners