#we live in hong kong ok

[saltyfishdream]

Pov your exams are in pride month as you live in Hong Kong

No. This listening paper is Nico sports trainer AU food for me.

[bibleofficial]

ok so i got a dorm w the uni & the flat is literally 3 chinese, a mexican, & me & honestly ? living for it

[gaybd1]

So my favorite character in The Brothers Sun is Taiwan. Like yeah Taiwan has its own shows and movies but it just feels Different to see Taiwan in a big international/American show! It’s SO cool actually and so um here are some thoughts I had and things I Noticed about different Taiwan scenes and things in the show idk

Episode 1

the opening shot of Taipei tells us this is a Thursday- the top of 101 is green and is a different color every day of the week

that corkscrew-shaped apartment building we see Charles living in is kind of an urban legend here in Taipei. They say it’s the most expensive place to live in the city, that each apartment has its own swimming pool, and that there’s an elevator specifically to bring cars up to display in your living room. No idea if the interiors look like that for real though

I was gonna say it’s pretty crazy he has an American-style oven in Taipei bc nobody does but actually in that apartment… yeah he probably would

afaik there’s not a way to (“legally”/officially) stream any of those famous British baking shows here rip

I do wonder if they actually filmed the opening scene in the corkscrew building or if they just really pay attention to detail because the skyline seen out the window matches up to what it would really look like from that part of the city

the shoes, I mean we all know about shoes-off houses but yeah

豆漿. Soy milk. Yeah

They definitely eat Hi-chews in one of these scenes

Episode 2

It makes way more sense for the guys to have snuck out for shaved ice as kids than youtiao… I’m just saying… like would *I* do that yes but it’s usually just like. A thing you eat with soup or breakfast

Episode 3

“Are you sure you can handle-“ “the heat? I’m from Taiwan.” lmfao BITCH Taiwan has some of the blandest cuisine I’ve ever tasted (he does think it’s too spicy tho lol)

“Keelung. A fishing village just north of Taipei.” Okay like I can see how the older generation would call it that but it’s actually a whole ass city…

Episode 5

Not a Taiwan thing but the Maotai made me laugh. It’s like the Coca Cola of Chinese baijiu and imho it’s just as awful as every other brand

Episode 6

ok the episode that made me want to make this list

the Costco shit IS funny because vitamins, baby formula, that’s all the good stuff you want to bring back from abroad BUT actually we have Costco in Taiwan and can easily get a lot of that stuff? This concept imo would fit a lot better for China than Taiwan. It’s still very much a thing to load your suitcase up with baby formula on the way home to China, and there’s actually a huge smuggling business bringing it in through Hong Kong but I digress

Idk why I’m happy to hear Changhua and Douliu mentioned in an American TV show… Seriously, I don’t know. They’re kind of like nowhere places I’ve never even been. I just feel like everyone’s grandparents live there.

Even the way they film Mama Sun on the plane. Like the Mandarin music in the background with the announcement for Taoyuan airport… to me it feels specifically like a transpacific flight to Taiwan lolol but that’s definitely like a bias probably

Okay not to be SO nitpicky but so when she looks out the window on the plane to see Taipei 101 etc I’m not sure about that? The airport is actually in another city and I feel like I usually come in around and over the ocean or something?

But WOW the taxi scene my favorite scene it’s SO visceral and SO Taiwan… the street, the lights, the Cosmed/Mos Burger/7-Eleven, the street noises, like I can FEEL Taiwan through the screen and HER FACE taking it all in I WANT TO SOB

The temple, beautiful like this episode makes me believe Michelle Yeoh is Taiwanese lol

I appreciate the viscerality of the night market shots too but it seemed a bit empty

Okay so Mama Sun’s mom is super rich too based on where she lives which I guess it makes sense. But what I am curious about is the story about why they’re speaking Cantonese because Taiwan has a lot of languages but that’s not one of them like officially at all. I wonder if there’s a character backstory there or they just like. Didn’t want to bother teaching Michelle how to speak Minnan or something

The cemetery too is so fancy, I mean it fits but wow that’s expensive real estate

In the hospital scene, Taipei 101 is lit blue out the window, making it a Friday. Has everything in the show so far happened in only 8 days?

Episode 7

“Last night the Boxers made their move” 101 says it’s Tuesday for anyone keeping track

I LOST it at the Foodpanda driver assassin the first time I saw this… So Taiwan

Big fancy church in Taipei? I know they exist but I’ve never seen one in person (like 2%? of the country is Christian)

A mom bringing back tea as a souvenir from Taiwan? 100% real

Episode 8

RAW is a real restaurant in Taipei. It’s very fancy and very expensive and had I think two Michelin stars. I don’t know ANYONE who’s actually been there lol

[open-hearth-rpg]

#RPGaDay2024

RPG with Great Art

I did a whole series of posts looking at some of my favorite rpg covers: lovely, evocative, or just eye-catching. I love cover art and more than once I’ve bought games solely on that basis. Some have been hits (Cryptomancer), some misses (Children of the Sun). Considering interior and exterior art together is a little tricky…

Like…we live in a gaming world with Spire, DIE, and #iHunt. These offer amazing and consistent graphic design and illustration. So I want to talk about a different kind of great art: games with art that keep me from throwing the game away. These are games which I am fairly certain I will never get to the table. The system doesn’t click for me, it’s too complicated for my group, or even the genre isn’t a good fit. I’ve got several of these games: the old Heavy Gear ttrpg, Warmachine, Planescape.

But the grand-daddy of them is Weapons of the Gods. I love/hate this game. It has brilliant ideas, rich cultural material, and wild concepts. But it’s a mess system-wise. Definitively not what I want from a game. Even after playing a couple of sessions I can say I have no idea how it works. 

But the interior art’s so good. Mind you it comes from a license, the Weapons of the Gods series apparently from Jademan comics. It is Hong Kong manhua of wild xianxia action. But it doesn’t feel like an adapted work because there’s so little context given. Like the book doesn’t really do anything to actually help you gain an understanding beyond a massive, continually info-dump. 

And that’s OK because it's brilliant to look through. The interior art’s full color– something we’ve seen more and more in the last couple of decades. But it is bright, vibrant, and full range in that color. Too often we get rpg, full-color core books which have interesting art but it's muddied, washed out, and grimdark. Imperium Maledictum and a bunch of the 5e books have this problem. It reminds me of the failure of the Final Fantasy: Spirits Within movie. They had the FF franchise to work from and no costume or set budget limitations, so they went with the most greyscale and boring approach possible. 

Weapons of the Gods is anything but boring. It is a hot, beautiful mess and I love it.

[thegenderdruid]

now that I've had a bit of time to reflect I have thoughts(tm) about the ending of 1000xRESIST, spoilers below the cur for the ending of the game although weirdly not in a way that touches on any major plot spoilers, more about themes and message and I'll try to avoid unnecessary details to minimize the spoilerage as much as possible

Ok so at the end of the game you get a sequence where you're asked to pass judgement on all of the characters of the game and decide whether or not to let them live into the future or not, when I first got to the ending my first instinct was to try saving everyone but doing so resulted in what the game clearly presented as a bad end since it didn't roll credits and kicked me back to the start of the scene which I found extremely unsatisfying, but after a quick break and some reflection I took the hint that the game was very clearly shoving in my face and chose not to save the pro-fascist rebel character who was shown in the first ending to be a problem(tm) but did once again chose to let the fascist government's soldiers live and that gave another bad ending where the main character of the 2nd half seemingly randomly became a dictator herself and executed all of her old friends for some reason, and finally I once again took the hint and chose not to save the old regime's soldiers too and that finally got me the game's real ending, notably I still saved the morally grey leader and lieutenant of the fascist regime but the renegade and ths grunts had to go to get a good ending. Which is fascinating to me, particularly the latter, at first I hated this decision but the more I think about it the more I think I respect it even if I personally disagree, like this is specially a game in part about refugees from the fascist regime in Hong Kong and while it's easy for me as an outside observer to take my moral high ground and say that in a post-fascist regime we should forgive and try to reintegrate the people who chose to serve out the state's evil will, I can absolutely see why this is an issue the game wants to take a stand on and while I disagree with their conclusion, the fact that it forced me as a player to grapple with that issue is something I actually respect a lot now that I've had time to reflect on it and a very creative use of the video game medium to present this ethical question, so yeah, great game, really interesting ending that grew on me the more I thought about it

[deadpool15]

My girl

If I had to explain the context of my relationship, it would be complicated. Well, at least to me, it is. You see, when me and my girl and that isn't even my girl met, I was in college. I became an exchange student, and my home school does have this program where they pick a selection of students to go to different countries. I decided to throw my name in the bin to see how well my luck was.

Turns out my luck was pretty fucking good. I was able to get me a one-way ticket to Seoul National University for exactly a year. It was amazing. I got to experience so many new things, and the culture was like a change in scenery for me. But all good things must come to an end, and I started to fall behind on rent. I know what you're thinking, don't you live in a dorm? Well no I didn't, dorms are shit and I wasn't gonna take that chance I managed to find a nice job until some young fucking hideous looking bitch made a complaint about me to my boss. I'm 90% she was just being fucking racist because she kept trying to touch my hair like I was some exotic animal and caught a whole fucking attitude when I didn't allow her too. "Fucking bitch."

So, shit really hit the fan from that point. I was out of money, struggling to find a job, and my grades were starting to look like how I felt. Until I met Sayaka, a much older woman. She was approximately 38 years old at the time, while I was 20. She gave off this vibe of a confident, mature woman and I fucking loved it. She smooth talked me so fast some must say it wasn't fucking pathetic. Had a girl sitting her thinking about her every day and twirling my hair. You would think we were seeing each other after a while or at least that's what I thought.

Sayaka made it clear what she was looking for, and it wasn't a girlfriend. Sugarbaby, I believe, was the correct term. She wanted someone to spoil with gifts and affection but didn't want a relationship. Now, at first I was ok with that, I mean don't judge me I needed the money and she was hot so I was ok with it. Well, until I wasn't. People would openly flirt with her, and as much as she said she was mine, I started to realize how much she wasn't. I mean, we weren't together. She was literally paying me to "have fun" and "being pretty," and I kinda felt used.

Of course, I couldn't be mad at her, I knew what I was getting myself into, but I still had feelings. So, instead of bringing it up to her, I took the last "paycheck," she gave me, and ghosted her. I know what you're thinking, very mature of you, Stella. But the sad truth was I would rather act like she didn't exist than have her tell me she didn't like me at all. She did try to call at first, but then it all stopped I assumed she got tired of chasing after a immature fucking child. I mean, I could understand that, though as much as I understood her, a part of me wanted her to chase me. Make me feel wanted for once.

After a few months with no Sayaka, I fell into a deep state of depression. My best friend, Aubrey, had been trying to get me out of my house for a long time. But I wouldn't listen. Eventually, she randomly showed up to Korea, claiming she was entering some form of competition, meaning she would be here to help me and get my mind off of Sayaka. After a while, I felt better, I realized I had to learn how to love myself and that I was worth more than being someone's little sugarbaby. I mean, I was girlfriend material, and if she couldn't see that, then screw her. I would love to do that. Ok, maybe I wasn't entirely over her, but baby steps. I did want her back, but it was obvious she didn't feel the same, so I started to get myself back out there.

Audrey said it would be good for me. I took her advice and went on several dates, none of which worked out until I met this guy Jake. He was an exchange student from Hong Kong, he was 2 years younger than me though. But besides that, he was great. As great as it gets. The perfect gentleman. I just even kinda started to actually like him. Everything finally felt as if it had fallen into place in my life. I felt good for the first time in a long time. I was sitting at home scrolling through tiktok. I watched a video of some dude doing a mukbang. "Omg, why is this dude always eating like that. Like, do you viewer's wants to see you eat and enjoy the food or die trying. There is no way a mouth is supposed to open like that. Bro is literally not human." I was sitting there watching in disgust when my phone started ringing. Scaring the absolute shit out of me.

"Fuck," I looked at the caller ID and saw Audrey name pop up. That bitch is always scaring me. I pressed the answer and heard her yelling, more specifically Audrey's yelling in the background. "Audrey, ehat have we talked about with the yelling. I'm already hard of hearing thanks to you. Please." She ended hung up and immediately called me back on ft. I answered, "What have I said about hanging up on me like I'm one of you hoes?" I said while laughing. She started laughing again. "Hola, my beautiful bestie friend, ehat are you doing?"Minding my business what do need, Audrey?" She stared at me smiling mischievously. "So since you my bestie, I thought it would be amazing of you to like make us some pepper steak and rice."

"Wow, you called me, and the thing you wanted to talk about was me cooking. How fake of you, Ms. Lane." She looked at me with pleading eyes. "I wanna show the girls one of my best friends many qualities." I tried to glare at her, but a smile slowly started to creep up on my face. She had won me over, "Fine, I will cook your favorite meal for you. Would you like me to play delivery boy as well for you?" I stated jokingly until I saw the look on her was knowing she, in fact, did expect me to deliver the meal. "The food will be there, no get off my phone, you bitch." "Omg, I love you Stella so much." I smiled and hung up and got to cooking, it took me approximately an 1 to finish the dish. Audrey loves it ever since we were little kids. I make plates for everyone and start packing up the to-go trays. Piling all the food in my SUV, then making sure it is secure. I start to drive to the place.

Now that I think about it Audrey hasn't told me where this place is. Or anything about the show. I just assumed she didn't want to disclose too much information. But it's still weird, I mean we usually tell each other everything no matter what. A bit odd.

Stellabella🥰- Hey, babe, where exactly is the name of the competition.

Audreybunny🤡- Oo, it's called Street Women Fighter 2.

Stellabella🥰- Crazy how I had to actually ask you this stuff when you usually tell me. Isn't it?

Audreybunny🤡- Oo really..... what makes you say that?

Stellabella🥰- Why so secretive ma'am?

Audreybunny- It's just my first time in a competition like this, so I was still a bit shocked. That's all. It's weird at first. It's like crazy down here. It's wild.

Stellabella🥰- You're lying to me. You used the word it's like 3 to 4 times but it's ok I'll see when I get there send me the address.

I stared at my phone, confused. Audrey never kept secrets. Why did she care about this show so much? I guess I will actually just have to wait and find out. I use the GPS in my car. After about 49 minutes, I made it there. "I don't think I ever even watched this show, let alone heard of it. She is right. This is weird." I step outside of the car, grabbing the food carefully. "Let's stop overhinking. She is right. This is a new thing for her. I'm proud of her. My bestie is on TV shows now." I smiled softly at the thought and started walking towards the entrance.

I speak to the man at the front desk, letting him know that Jam Republic, as she texted me prior, is waiting on my arrival. He smiled at me and nodded his head down the hall, gesturing me to follow his lead. I bow towards his out of respect and a force of habit now and follow him down to the elevator. After about 5 floors go by, he shows me to a colorful hallway. "I believe you have it from here. The sign says Jam Republic on the door. It big and bright pink you can't miss it. Have a nice day, ma'am." He tells me before bowing and walking off back towards the elevator. I walk further down the hall, reading the names on the doors. "BEBE... 1MILLION... WOLF'LO... TSUBAKILL. Why does that one sound weirdly familiar. I mean, it could just be like a weirdly unique name that I find interesting."

I stare at the door for a while, completely forgetting where I am. Until a hand pulls me, I scream slightly and turn around to see Audrey smiling. "What did you get lost or something?" She says, genuinely afraid she put me through stress. "No, sorry, I was just admiring the names. Hey, have you ever heard of this one?" I ask, staring at her questionable. She looks at the names before shaking her head. "If I'm being honest, the majority of the groups are korean, so I haven't heard of anyone here, you know. Come on, everyone is waiting." Audrey scolds my hand, bouncing down the halls excited.

We walk into the door, and I greet everyone. The vibe is nice, and everyone is friendly. Which I am very thankful for, I meaning usually have a difficult time having conversations with new people. Or just meeting new people in general. I hand everyone a plate. They are sitting there thanking me before digging in. I hear Kristen on the sidelines gushing over the meal and applauding me for my "master cooking skills," or so she says. I blush slightly, thank God for my dark skin. I suddenly get the urge to pee, I grab Audrey's hand without speaking and make my way to the door. She whines because I take her away from her precious meal, but eventually get the hint and help me find the bathroom. She takes me there, letting me inside while saying she will be in the room. And if anything happens, call her. I allow her to leave, not wanting her meal to get cold, then make my way inside the stall.

I was in the process of finishing when I went to flush the toilet and hear the door sqeak open. I walk out thinking it's Audrey. "Babe, I thought you wanted to finish the meal. I literally slaved over the stove to cook. Not to mention me violating traffic laws to get it here." I stated sarcastically before not hearing her response. I continue to wash my hands before I turn around to say something else to her. Only to realize it wasn't her at all. "Sayaka?" She stares me up and down before getting close to me.

The space between us is so small that it makes me nervous. "Glad to see that I've only been gone for what, 3 months, and you have a new replacement right at the ready. Making meals for her. Aren't you just the perfect little girlfriend?" I gulp looking at her, trying to create a bit of personal space between us, and it seems she didn't like that. "You're not running away from me again. What exactly does Audrey the little fairy have that I don't, huh? Stella, you know I don't like repeating myself." I look down trying to avoid eye contact. It feels like I'm frozen, I wanted to see her so bad, but I forget the massive effect she had on me. Seems she didn't, though. "Me and Audrey aren't together. She has a boyfriend. And so do I."

I try to say that last bit with confidence, but it seems like at the moment that shit hasn't gone out the window. My voice cracks. She smiles at me, but I can tell I won't achieve anything good with rhat smile. "That's cute. My little baby got herself a boyfriend. Call him." I look at her confused, why the fuck would she want me to call the guy she is jealous of. More importantly, why is she jealous of Jake. " I don't owe you anything. We weren't in a relationship, and you made those guidelines very clear at the beginning. So you have no reason to be mad at me." I try to hide the tears falling out of my eyes by looking away until she grabs my chin.

She wiped my tears while looking at me. "Baby, I gave your money because you don't need to struggle, ok? I'm your support system, whether it's cuddling you when you're sad or gifting you shit when you're happy. In the beginning, I didn't want a relationship, I just wanted you. Labels scared me, but what scared me more was losing you. I care about you." I stared at her shockingly while she gave her confession. I didn't expect that to happen. Out of all the outcomes I planned in my head. "I care about you too, and I want to be with you. She kissed my forehead while smiling lovely at me. "My little girlfriend then." As she said that, it made me the happiest girl in the world. Experiencing true love is wild.

"Now, akachan, what do you say we give that ex-boyfriend a call and make it official." She says while leaving open-mouthed kisses down my neck, causing me to moan as she grabs my hips, pulling me flush against her body. I start to moan until she speaks up. "No, no baby, say it for the phone call. Gotta show him who you belong to, don't we?"

[tokyokookmin]

MY FAVOURITE JIKOOK VOCALS

I'd like to grab a chance when my new love, Letter is out. This a post dedicated to all of my favourite jikook vocals be it on or off stage. This post will highlight their "two shades of tender in a tug of war". Please be prepared to reminisce about the old jikookery days. Don't say I didn't warn you! Let's get it~~

ALSO! I am not ranking the vocals. What song comes up to my mind first grabs the top spot.

LETTER FT. JUNGKOOK

There's no official MV for this lovely song and won't likely have one as it is meant to be a hidden track. Just putting this lovely cover by Elisssa here. Check it out!

MY UNIVERSE

Like the tweet says, their raw vocals are absolutely beautiful. Their voices hits different, you know? 😭❤️

RUN

Yes, you're hearing it right, it's not that run bts song, but the hyhh era song. My forever favourite song, run. A song that makes me so energetic whenever I feel down. It enlightens me so much. For jikook? Good lord save me! They are wild 😂.

1. Seoul Final 2019

Psst, you saw this coming, didn't you?

Yes yes, you're still hearing me rambling about my favourite moment of 2019 (I say this "favourite moment" thing for everything 😭 I just can't choose!!)

2. BTS HONG KONG 190321

This moment is so underrated. I'll be sure to create a post just for this day and song. Highlighting all the pictures.

STAY GOLD

A beautifully written song by bangtan. Soulful lyrics and heartwarming meaning.

1. BTS STAY GOLD CDTV LIVE

Stay gold outro has got to be one of my favs. Just jikook staring at each other while ending the song. Pure comfort.

2. BTS STAY GOLD LIVE

BAD DECISIONS

A super cool and hip song. Dedicated to the fans. JM's and JK's voice blend in so nicely!

FOR YOUTH

A song which never fails to capture the feelings in my heart. Forever fav. An intimate song released before the hiatus, it depicted our journey together of both army and BTS.

1. BTS FOR YOUTH LIVE COMEBACK

2. BTS FOR YOUTH KBS LIVE COMEBACK

3. BTS FOR YOUTH TMA MUSIC AWARDS

WHO

(LAUV, FT JIMIN AND JUNGKOOK FROM BTS)

"Feeling hypnotized by the words that you say"🎶

A collaboration between Lauv and JIKOOK.

THE TRUTH UNTOLD

TTU is a song that carries a lot of emotions and it's very well executed by BTS. The vocal line surely knows how to change their mood during songs and I applaud them for their professionalism. Ok okay, but I'm still not gonna deny that jk cracked up when Jin didn't hit his note well 😭💜 (my JINKOOK heart)

Do you remember the time where they changed the lyrics from "and I still want you" to "But I still want you" while facing eachother, still not breaking their locked gazes when the lights went out?

SEOUL FINAL 2019

I lost track of the source, if anyone of you knows where it's from, please let me know! For now, enjoy their harmonious vocals!

WE DONT TALK ANYMORE PT.2

Nothing to say. Just embrace their vocals.

LIGHTS

Something about this song makes me feel it's meant for jikook. I'm not saying the lyrics but their body language here is......

RUN BTS

A MASTERPIECE.

HONNE'S "YOU COME TO ME"

Jikook's cover, ya know?

Happy 7 years to this cover~

FILM OUT

I briefly started blogging on this platform around this era. Film out contains a lot of emotions. I love the beat.

BTS SOWOZOO

2. BTS CDTV LIVE

This post was long due and it took me a long time to get all the materials. My drafts got deleted and I got upset. That's why it took a while to be redone, lol. Anyways, please enjoy and support this post since it took a really long time to get it back on track. ENJOYYY~

Sincerely, tokyokookmin.

[pharawee]

And there we have it. Somewhere along the way all of Din's good intentions turned into this:

This is not (Din's face but more on that next week) the face of a man who wants to protect his loved ones. It's not even about justice. It's about revenge.

Because how is risking your family's lives and threatening your lover and killing three random street thugs in Hong Kong any better than bribery and illegal logging?*

(*NOVEL SPOILERS: And the show actually went out of its way to sanitise Din's actions. In the novel, Din masks up and pays Gun/Fin a visit - where he proceeds to beat him within an inch of his life and severs both of his Achilles tendons because ?? ???)

Look at your life, Din/Lue/Tee, look at your choices. You literally exploded people and sent your spouse a recording of it (I don't get tired of bringing that up because who even does that??).

And I know he had a year to mourn the person he once was because it was necessary (??) to become Cheng Talu (which btw according to the novel also means something like "earth", just like Din does - it's basically the equivalent of Mr Smith changing his identity to Herr Schmidt 🤡) but there's better ways of approaching your traumatised lover than to goad him into reenacting some messed up version of the Piña Colada Song.

Wow, surprise, he hates you now. Well done.

But ok, in his defence, he's manoeuvred himself into a bit of an impossible situation here. He wants, above all, to protect Ken and if for that he has to sacrifice his own happiness then so be it (he's done it before, after all). But also it must be quite frustrating to sever the connection to your past self and want to start anew but all Ken does is look back.

If you were in Din/Lue's shoes wouldn't you wonder if your lover recognised you beyond your appearance? Be it by your actions or your habits or even just your presence?

I guess the weaver girl and cowherd analogy was apt. There might as well be the whole Milky Way between them right now.

Is it any wonder that Ken looks at him like this by the end of the episode:

Imagine the betrayal.

[lostcryptids]

no one is going to read this whole post i just have to like write it down because it's so insane crazy the world of city hunter movies is so baffling, like idk if other manga/anime series have this level of strange stuff happening movie wise maybe they do? there are multiple theatrical movies: .357 Magnum, Bay City Wars, Million Dollar Conspiracy, then the newer ones, Shinjuku Private Eyes, and Angel Dust. Multiple ovas/television movies The Secret Service, Goodbye My Sweetheart, and Death of Vicious Criminal Ryo Saeba. Ok all normal Then there is the world of live action city hunter movies which are like. City Hunter 1993: hong kong adaption of the movie starring jackie chan (? never understood it's bad casting honestly) but also, i've read that he didn't like the raunchy humor which is like, 90% of the humor, so they cut a lot of it out of the movie. this is a pretty normal adaption despite not being that accurate. jackie chan also dresses as chun-li from street fighter in this movie Saviour of the Soul 1991: this is the most bizarre thing i could imagine, this movie was released in 1991 making it the first actual "adaption" of the material despite it being like...the only thing i can say is martial arts fantasy au? and to make this even funnier there is a second movie that has nothing to do with the FIRST movie so i have no idea what this even is anymore. The second movie has a character named the Devil King and is about "a special block of ice that is said to contain the life essence of immortality" like idk this seems like the FUNNIEST possible adaption you can make of a crime/slapstick story about a guy who always has a boner? i see so many people praising this movie saying it has like amazing action and story and costumes but that's so freaking funny why is it city hunter au Mr. Mumble 1996: UNOFFICAL hong kong adaption of the manga/anime. like holy shit hello all the characters are here..the MAIN character is in the same outfit from the anime...how does this not get you sued badly. But funnily enough it looks like the most accurate hong kong adaption. because there are three of them. and the one that copies the most is unofficial and unlicensed. wonderful world we live in i think its just so funny Nicky Larson et le Parfum de Cupidon 2018: since city hunter aired in france with a very bad dub it has a very large following and so there is a live action movie for it over 30 years after it was first published. everyone is french. pamela anderson is in this movie there's a kdrama series but it isn't anything like the source material apart from the name really so i dont think it counts also it's annoying because i always see it all over when i want to se the anime oh also there's a live action adaption of the city hunter alternate universe sequel series............there's so much stuff here Finally they are finally planning on making a japanse adaption and it's going to be on netflix. in 2024. i think that's it.

[ygtahoy]

Ok so number 24 of the oc ask game, here we go. I'm gonna put this under a read more because it got away a bit at the end.

[24] How hard it is for them to not allow their emotions to cloud their judgement?

Depending on the emotion it can be easy or impossible. She's pretty good at not letting anger cloud her judgement, and she's very good at not letting love cloud her judgement although that is mostly because of the long part of this question.

So, the long part.

Fear.

She cannot stop her fears from controlling her. She isn't afraid of much, but what she is afraid of she cannot handle well or on her own really.

Fear is why she doesn't tell Duncan that even after Raymond adopted them she didn't stop loving him romantically she just hid it. Because if he found out and rejected her it would break her heart which could either make her snap and go evil mode or kill her from literally breaking her heart. Spoiler alert it kills her anyway just in an incredibly slow and agonizing wasting away kinda way because to him they're siblings. That's not till a few years after the events of the game though.

It's why after she got out of jail she didn't go back. She was terrified that Raymond and Duncan wouldn't want her. That Raymond would think taking her in was a waste and a mistake. That Duncan wouldn't forgive her for not coming back when she said she would. For being a failure to them, and worse them just shutting her out of their lives completely.

So she ran away, and she kept making excuses for why she couldn't go back.

First she had to make herself a person again after what her stint in jail had made her into.

Then she needed a bachelors so she would have a degree...but a bachelors isn't that impressive she almost had that before she left so she may as well get a Masters.

Then the squid incident happened and she had a whole new layer of fear about how they would react if she went back because now they're not even family. Now she's died then was in a coma for 2 months, now her arm is basically held on by magic and science. Now her blood is grape purple. Now she has to somehow figure out how to have a firstborn child that she has to give to Fry because that's how her magic and his weird desperate blood magic was able to have enough power to work considering he didn't know what he was doing.

So obviously JUST a Masters degree isn't enough to go back and cover up all of that. She HAS to get a PHD now. Then she has to wait for the actual diploma before she can go but uh oh whoops Raymond called her before it came in and now she has to go to Hong Kong!

And if there's one thing she's more afraid of than being rejected by Raymond and Duncan it's anything happening to them that she could have prevented. It would have been fine if she didn't know but once she does the fear of something happening to them out weighed the fear of being thrown away.

Now the next bit is getting again into not canon my friend and I went oo neat setting! But! What if..... about. So how her version of the game goes can go two ways depending on how much of Duncans anger she feels like dealing with when they get to the locked harbour gate right at the start. (Although no matter which way she choses it ends the same anyway with them getting picked up and brought to Tidal Moon that first night. It mostly just determines whether Carter lives or if Duncan and Reina both get traumatized)

If she doesn't wanna deal with his anger at some of her revelations and goes along with the intro to the game then when they get told they'll be staying on a boat she would already be reacting poorly and letting her fear cloud her judgement because boy is she rightfully terrified of boats. More specifically fishing boats, which the bolthole very much is.

She's trying very hard to convince everyone not to stick her on a boat. She has no shame, no pride, nothing she does not want to go on a boat, she is terrified and showing it, and only the fact that she knows she has to keep it together for Duncan keeps her from having a full blown panic attack in front of Kindley Cheng and everyone there at the thought of having to go on a boat.

So she wouldn't even be able to set foot on that boat of her own free will. The second she even sees the bolt hole and her mind isn't there. She's reliving the squid incident and her mind is underwater with the darkness closes in as she relives dying under the water from her injuries and lack of oxygen.

So she crumples on the dock leading to the boat because her brain is basically telling her body that she's dead again. Now whether the others have a chance to see this on their own before her magic starts going haywire and the first uncontrolled appearance of Nancy.

Nancy at this point being basically all of Reinas blood coming outside her body in a weird blood overlay of her eventual future daughter that pilots Reinas body like an exosuit. Nancy naturally has no conciousness or control because she doesn't exist at this point she is just something that magic has forced to be something that will be but won't be for an unknown amount of time. What she does have is a magical compulsion to protect Reina from any and all harm to Reinas life because Reina needs to be for Nancy to be. Nancy can be controlled by a magic using Bernard like Fry or in Hong Kongs case Jean-Pierre because she was created by Bernard blood magic.

So Reina is now completely unconscious on the verge of dying again and Nancy is up and running the show and just wailing on everything around. Nancy even being around is giving off the magical equivalent of the bat signal just a giant bright fuckoff signal for anyone who has the ability to see it.

They get rescued by Tidal Moon but again because of her fear, and her not being able to keep her fear from controlling her that situation got so much worse than it should have been. I'm summing it up at this point because describing more about that situation and how she lets her fear run the show is basically me just rewriting the game from her non canonical setting.

[faithintaiwan]

july 17 - fulbright center & shung ye formosan aboriginal peoples museum

Today we went to the Fulbright Center and the Shung Ye Formosan Aborginal Peoples Museum. In the Fulbright Center we were given presentations about the program and teaching English. We got to try different snacks including milk tea puffs, grape jelly filled chocolates, and fish shreds! They also gave us some drinks: asparagus juice, milk tea, and tea! For lunch we had bento boxes with chicken that were pretty good! Then we went to the Shung Ye Formosan Aboriginal Peoples Museum. The bus on the way there was so hot that we were blasted with "colder" air every time the doors opened. Yeh laoshi said that the air conditioning had broken and we had just gotten unlucky by getting on this specific bus. Its ok though because the museum was fun to look through and we got to play a dancing game on the kinect! Fanny and I played and got 220 and 180 points which is...ok. After our tour we went back to the hotel and I relaxed and got ready for our bar crawl! It was so interesting to try different drinks and learn about their special meaning or background!

Academic Reflection

Our first stop was the fulbright center where we learned about the program, the scholarship, and teaching English abroad. With stipends and fully paid for travel and living, people with the fulbright scholarship can pursue their studies in 160 countries with 49 having large programs. Some of these countries include Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the Philippines. People with an undergrad degree can also come to teach English to k-12 students either in a large city or in underserved, more rural areas. Learning about this program was really eye opening to the amount of opportunities we have after we graduate and the different ways we can use our skills to serve a diverse set of communities. Everyone was really passionate when talking about it and I know many people in our group was considering either the graduate programs or the English teaching.

Then we went to the Shung Ye Formosan Aboriginal Peoples Museum where we learned about Taiwan's indigenous people. Peter explained that they came 6,000 years ago. When Japan first invaded they attempted to "civilize" them and forced them to learn Japanese and use Japanese names. After that Chiang Kai-Shek came and used the same tactics but for China. The tribes were forced to use Chinese names and were denied drivers licenses and more if they refused to comply. Face tattoos, head hunting, and more were also banned. Only recently, in 1995, did the Taiwanese government formally apologize and reinstate their right to use their indigenous names but only 10% have reverted back because of how generations of control have destroyed their culture. We saw many artifacts including a boat that takes three years to make and many rituals, musical instruments like the nose flute, and art pieces. Learning about how the aboriginal people were treated and how the the conservation effort is going now made me appreciate being able to view and learn about their culture more.

[mummer]

also lol horrifically he told me that when we lived in hong kong and he was on our synagogue’s volunteer security team, they shipped the team to israel to train with their bomb squad and in hand to hand. Brother. To deal with the virulent antisemitism of. East asia? Probably the least antisemitic place on the planet lmao? somehow this was evidence of the constant threat we faced(?). the only anecdote he could pull was that at an event once they stopped two arab guys on a motorcycle and asked to see their id (“it wasnt because they were arab” ok lol) and one of them had a fake id. For reference hong kong has a large population of undocumented refugees. and they didnt even do anything they got stopped and left. Ohhh no the horrible potential violence of a random brown guy with a fake id

[soulmatelines]

GMMTV 2024 Part 1 Opinions

rating how excited i am for each one on a scale of 10.

My Precious (0/10)

I have no opinion, this has been teased like 5 different times at this point. (0/10)

Ploy's Yearbook (7/10)

they had me up until the adopted brother storyline??? why??? also they're probably saving this for the actual drama but how did a number mix-up ruin all of their lives?? (7/10)

We Are (5/10)

I'm going to be real, this seemed really boring. I feel like I'll probably watch anyway, but only bc i have nothing better to do. Also, I've been seeing people say that pondphuwin are the main leads of the cast, but it honestly feels like winnysatang also have an equal position in the trailer. but we'll see.

The Trainee (6/10)

this was okay, i like the concept. didn't feel all that excited though, but the cast is pretty stacked. also kaphook lesbian??? they gained points for that fr, give the casting director a raise.

Only Boo! (5/10)

The idol concept is interesting...but that's it? idk. LMAO.

Pluto (100/10)

A GL LETS GOOOO. I AM TUUUUUNED IN! I'm really excited - the cast is stacked!!! I am choosing to ignore the implications of the plot though! thanks!

On Sale (8/10)

This actually looks really fun. 2 points off for New, but him aside, I am actually really excited for this! Communicating with ghosts through food also sounds fun, so I'm really curious to see how they go about that.

Ossan's Love (4/10)

no <3 ok i love ossan's love (both the japanese version and the hong kong version) and i am definitely open to a thai adaptation -- i just am not confident in how well earthmix can pull off the characters, whichever ones they play. there's a lot of physical comedy and the main character in both adaptations was...very Expressive. so idk how this is gonna go.

My Golden Blood (7/10)

this looks like its gonna be so stupid, i am so here for it. really excited for gawin and I'm happy he's getting more roles, especially lead ones. the premise also sounds really interesting, overall very excited!

Kidnap (-5/10)

no? no.

Summer Night (2/10)

The way this trailer opened was absolutely unhinged, I am speechless. Besides that, this looks boring.

Wandee Goodday (10/10)

This actually looks really fun and stupid, I will be watching!

High School Frenemy (0/10)

I actually don't have an opinion on this, but apparently this a remake of School 2013? I never watched it so knowing that piece of info means nothing to me. I was also just very confused by them wearing Japanese (or Japanese-inspired) school uniforms?

Kieta Hatsukoi (6/10)

I am going to watch and hope they do justice to the manga (because this is an adaptation of the manga and not the show). The trailer felt very lackluster imo. I think the characters would have been a better fit if fourth and gemini switched roles, but i am going to wait and see for this one. (i can elaborate if anyone is wondering why i think a role switch would be better).

Enigma 2 (0/10)

no opinion - didn't watch s1 either.

[asiancatboy]

hi hải 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷 do u have a favorite kind of tree? are there any trees in your life that are or were important to you? there was a huge willow next to my house growing up and my sister and i would climb it all the time when we were little 😊 unfortunately it started growing into our house so we had to chop it down before i was even in high school but i think about her all the time 💌

hiiiii lexi my beloved 🥰💛🥰💛 u n ur sister climbing this willow tree is sooooo cute, i'm sorry the tree was chopped down 😭 may the memories live w u forever n ever

i don't have a favourite type of tree (or maybe i do, i prob forgot dgdh) BUT this question did unlock an old memory for me!! one of my first actually, i was 4-5 n visiting family in hong kong. there was this tiny tiny clementine tree kept in a pot in the house & i don't remember much but apparently i was obsessed with her 😭 idk i just kept going up to the tree every chance i could n at first my family were like nooooo don't pick the fruits 😰 but then they realised i was just going up to check on on her n make sure the little fruits were still growing ok 🥺😭

idk how she is doing now but i still love her n she is my favouritest clementine tree 🫶🏽🍊🧡

[neilphen]

favorite song from each of George’s albums

BRO U BASTARD MAN!!!!!!

this is gonna be harder than wings (more ground to cover) but god this is like choosing my favorite child and executing the rest of them.......

alright, i will preface this by saying i think ATMP, gone troppo and cloud nine are perfect albums with NO misses. notta one.

ATMP - IM GONNA SAY....LET IT DOWN..........or wah wah. thats the two i fucking go insane to jump around scream shake violently fall to my knees etc

Dark Horse - Dark Horse or or or ding dong ding dong for SILLY PEOPLE LIKE I AM..... dark horse is like a slap to the face so its fun to be goofy sometimes instead of facing the cruel reality that is urself

Living In The Material World - ITS WHO CAN SEE IT. there is NO tie for this album.

Extra Texture - This Guitar (Cant Keep From Crying) once again theres no ties on this album thats THE song

Thirty Three & 1/3rd - This Song OR Crackerbox Palace (the later which got me through a rough patch in February thats my babygirl song my betrothed)

George Harrison - FASTER OR OR RO HERE COMES THE MOON!!! the moon the moon the moon the moooooonn

Somewhere In England - I will say this is one of my favorite album covers of all time.... Hong Kong Blues or All Those Years Ago <3

Gone Troppo - GOD. GODD!!!!!!!!! ok. fine its fine ill say Baby Dont Run Away OR Circles OR Thats The Way It Goes

Cloud Nine - FUCK! TUFK!!!!!!!!! Ok. Fish On The Sand or Someplace Else OR When We Was Fab ORRRRR Zig Zag thank uuuuuu

Brainwashed - It took me forever to get to this album cuz sad </3 but i love it now so sosososo much im trying to get everyone i know to listen to it . Stuck Inside A Cloud is a punch to the fucking heart. So ill say Rocking Chair in Hawaii OR Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (pirate george <3)

god this was fucking hard as fuck i cant handle this all

[brandiph0]

Orange blossom 🌼 school club

Britt: are you guys ready for the school club ?

Emiko: what is a school club anyway?

Britt: oh is hard to explain but is like a regular school but you can do whatever you want

Liam: this is the school I want to start I hope there’s not any homework and extra work and stuff

Britt: oh no there’s no homework we can do anything we want in this school and it’s a private school

Ali: huh I never knew that

Liam: omg yes let’s go have some fun

Emiko: wait we have to interview together and meet some new students in this class

Nessa: ohh I hope there really nice people

Emiko: I sure hope so

* someone knocks at the door *

Liam: * grab the chair * !

Zee: Liam relax is just the new students * open the door *

Liam: oh yeah * put the chair down * uhh hey

Ada: hi

Marine: hey

Mai: * see marine and felt surprised * 😯

Kaiyana: Mai Mai… * smack Mai in the head * Mai!!

Mai: ow what the heck Kaiyana ?

Kaiyana: come on bro we have to interact and meet the new students

Mai: oh yeah..right

August: so what’s is your name and where are you from and were going around in the circle I’ll go first I’m August and I’m from Thailand

Zee: I’m zee

Evan: and I’m her brother Evan and we’re from the Philippines

Misaki: oh I been to the trip to at Philippine before

Zee: wow really I never knew that

Misaki: yeah I have some food in that place and is tast really good is called “ Halo-Halo”

Evan: ohh I want to try that

Ada: me too

Juni: I’m Juni and I’m from china and I love listening to heavy metal

Misaki: I’m Misaki and I’m from Jamaica , Japan and Lemi is my boyfriend

Marine: aww that’s so sweet of you

Liam: * chuckles 🤭 * he making me blush sometimes don’t flirt with him

Nessa: sometimes he get a little fem boyish with him when he’s around with Misaki

Liam: no I don’t, anyway I’m Liam and I’m from Turkey and my favorite food is chicken Alfredo

Mai: I really want to hang out at your house

Liam: I’ll text it to you

August: i want some too

Liam: you tried it 5 times you was stuffed up

August: is not my fault it was so delicious

Chouko: come on you guys knock it off, I’m chouko and I’m from Australia and Hong Kong

Mai: my name is Mai

Kaiyana: and I’m his twin sister Kaiyana and we live in US and Japan

Ali: my name is Ali and I’m from Spain I’m a goo jit zu shapeshifter

Britt: I’m his girlfriend Britt and I’m from Purto rico and Brazil

Marine: no way really!?! Your a shapeshifter that so cool

Lunar: can we see?

Ali: maybe some other time because I got into a goo fight with the wilders

Britt: yeah haha

Lunar: ok then my name is lunar and I’m from England

Ada: I’m Ada I’m from South Korea

Emiko: I’m Emiko and I’m from Korea and I love corn cheese

Ada: I love corn cheese I never had one in a while

Nessa: this is gonna be a long talk

* 2 hours later *

Nessa: I’m Nessa and I’m from Taiwan and Ghana sorry my voice is soft because I got to tied last night

Juni: that happened to me when I got really sleepy cause I stay up all night watching wwe Tik tok and then I sleep for an hour until I wake up and stare at the wall

Nessa: for how long?

Juni: it was 12 seconds

Nessa: wow that’s crazy

Mai: * approaches Marine * so uhh you must be..

Marine: Marine, from chile

Mai: oh that’s awesome I saw your handwriting is really pretty

Marine: thanks..you have a good humor sorry I’m not good with compliments

Mai: hey don’t be I been there all the time

Kaiyana: no you don’t

Mai: sis

Marine: 😊

* at the hallway *

Chouko: Misaki can we please see your eyes just once

Misaki: no

Emiko: I bet you don’t make Liam overreact you’re gorgeous…

Misaki: * put his bangs in a ponytail *

Chouko, Ada and Emiko: …. 😧

Liam: babe you’re gonna believe what….your eyes are uhh like a green lily of the valley

Misaki: …thanks I needed that * cuddles Liam *

Liam: 😵‍💫 don’t get too comfortable

Misaki: I won’t

The girls: * squeal *

* later on the rooftop *

Evan: the sky is so beautiful

Juni: just like your hair

Evan: wow thx

Juni: you’re welcome Evan

Zee: You such a cherry when you’re red

Kaiyana: oh stop it

(( the end))