#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

[rosaemoux]

part two of my magic batman magical au, here's part one:

Ok so we last left off with Bruce grieving Jason Todd, swearing he'll never take in another apprentice and isolating himself from his clan, substantially weakening Gotham's defences against malicious mages while Barbara desperately tries to get a hold of the city. Dick is currently in between getting his life together in the sister city Bludhaven after helping his friends during multiple travels around the world when suddenly Haley's Circus comes into town.

That's where Tim Drake decides to do something. The only heir to a new money family, Tim's parents weren't mages, his dad had a basic understanding of time magic while his mom was relatively good with ilusory magic but they never pursuit it over the passion of their life, archeology. Tim, however, always loved magic, loved the way mages would make miracles out of the ordinary and loved the way it tested the impossible. Tim loved the Clan of The Bats. He always did, ever since he was a child and first saw the beauty of Haley's Circus, when he saw The Flying Graysons for the first time.

A Lonely Place of Dying goes about the same way, the same with Rite Of Passage, except when Bruce screamed that the water was poisonous, Jack managed to reverse time around him for a few seconds in a powerful fit of desperation to save Janet's life, not caring about actually reversing time for himself though. So, both of Tim's parents end up in coma, Tim, now accepted as Bruce's newest apprentices, moves into the manor and formally starts training.

Unfortunately, Tim doesn't have the early training of Dick, nor the raw talent of Jason, so he struggles finding an affinity. Bruce decides to send him on a three week trip to Paris to train with his old teachers, The Rahul Lama, hopefully to get a new perspective and find what he's comfortable with. He does spend two weeks trying his best but ultimately failing before he gets pulled into a full blown conspiracy.

Lady Shiva decides to train him while they're at it, and for some reason, something just clicks. Her methods and way of seeing magic just works really well with Tim. When their manhunt against Edmund Dorrance is done, Shiva finally gets a lead on something she's been searching for a while, and Tim tags along with her mission while she teaches the path of ilusory magic, of perceiving into someone's mind and changing it to your will. It just turns out that the something was actually someone...

Flash forward, we have exact the point in which the story starts, with Tim arriving into Gotham Harbor, two months late with a girl, apparently Lady Shiva's daughter who currently doesn't have a name. Bruce almost has a heart attack, both extremely relieved that Tim is safe but also it's been two months who is this-

Cassandra – as Barbara would go on to name her – was a mage prodigy, being trained since the moment she was born to be a perfect weapon by her father. She had a very good understanding of all attributes of magic, with amazing spatial awareness and downright telepathic intuitive perception, at the cost of no understanding of language. Shiva mentioned something about a League of Shadows, but Tim isn't really sure what it is exactly, just that they wanted Cass to join them, but after killing someone for the first time and accidentally stealing their soul, she started to run away from them, mostly living in the streets before a friend of Shiva's found her in Hong Kong. Her and Tim are mostly attached at the hip to each other, inseparable.

Bruce and Barbara decided it would be safer and less stressful for Cass if she lived in the Clocktower instead of having to live in the manor. Time mostly passes without many events after that, with most of their focus being to make sure Cass adjusts well to Gotham and find ways to communicate with her. That is, until Tim stalked one of Bruce's missions despite being benched and met – promptly being hit in the face by a brick – Stephanie Brown.

She was a self taught prodigy of time magic, daughter of a lesser death mage, she was hellbent on spoiling all of her father's plans. Bruce didn't really like her motivation to practice magic, and did his best to try to get her to give up.

Tim and Steph quickly became close to each other, and as weeks passed it became clear that she wasn't going to leave the streets of Gotham no matter what. Bruce was peer pressured by everyone in his life to also accept Steph as an apprentice and actually train her before she got really hurt.

And so, The House of The Bat got three new mage students from very different backgrounds. (I like to think the vibes of the story sometimes are very much like Witch's Hat Atelier) Considering that Barbara has a litteral wizard's tower, she's usually the one who's trying to make sure each one of them goes though their mage's journey safely. She's helping them get a understanding of magic and of their affinity, her classes are very challenging, but not impossible.

Tim leans into Ilusory magic – I think him and Bruce should get pretty similar magic, but while Bruce leans into deceiving, Tim likes to perceive and understand other's mind – Steph gets better and better in Time magic, and to complement the two, Cass starts to study Physical magic.

Just thinking of three mage apprentices running away from rogues, getting into trouble and taking down magical mobsters during the night and having to study grueling hours of torture with Barbara. Thinking of Dick abducting them to a impromptu practical class (Babs is going to murder him). Thinking of Bruce having to deal with three children and messing up so much.

Thinking of Stephanie's death and how hard it would affect Tim and Cass. Thinking of Tim finding a mysterious book in his birthday presents, one that's written in some parts in a cypher that uses a combination of mandarin and arabic he spends months trying to solve. It is a necromancy guide, gifted out of indulging the question of what the little bats would do with it. After all, you only need a basic ritual and a death mage with a soul under their name.

A soul for a soul, an equal exchange.

[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

[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

[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.

[tadpal]

tagged by @abrahamvanhelsings !! thank you!

last song: Hong Kong Cemetery by Johnny Flynn. it's got a dreary sort of melancholy which has suited me well recently! and a rolling motion to it which matched the long train i was recently on. and i love a chant and the slurred out of time "I'm alright!" in this one is particularly moving to me.

last book: currently im getting through wolf hall, but i am falling victim to the slowing as i approach the end now. last four chapters! last book i finished.... well it's difficult to say bc ive mostly been chapter reading essays in this last year. probably We Have Always Lived In The Castle back in october. good read 👍

last movie: captain fantastic . a great way for me personally to ruin my own day. eerily similar to the way i was raised. makes me feel like im in a meat grinder

last television show: love alarm! honestly unless the premise starts kicking in im going to dnf and after only one ep too..... it's just like. you have this premise of a love alarm which im happy to buy into but then having your main characters all choose to opt out? ok so what was the point of all the love alarm then. im also supremely tired of love triangles rn. possibly ill pick this up next time i want to watch something fluffy but we'll see.

sweet/savoury/spicy: sour or vinegary or salty which I guess is typically savoury but like. it's also different bc it can be sweet or spicy or combined and the constant is the sour or tangy tastes

relationship status: single!

last thing i looked up on the internet: point and shoot film cameras. im hoping to (and it seems likely that i will) travel more in the new year and id like to not take pictures on my phone especially considering when im travelling alone taking digital photos feels weirdly sterile and empty in a way that my solo film pictures don't?

current obsession: wolf hall but also! the early modern age! that was just a fun coincidence that they're bonking heads so near

looking forward to: going down south! im so rarely down there but it looks like im going to have many opportunities! especially if i get a chance to meet up with friends who are more southern than i am!! epic!!

tagging: @duskodair @hollowslantern @silvermagpies @courtjester69420 and @courtjester42069

[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.

[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.

[meimi-haneoka]

My apologies for such a delayed response. I got caught up in a few real life things. Thank you so much for replying back. Also, I didn't know that Yukito's bills were paid by Eriol. Is he (and Kaho) the "grandparent(s)" who are always away on trips? I would love to know more! Is this from the OG manga or somewhere else? It would be wonderful if you can recommend me more sources to learn such trivia. On a second ask: I just realised that Syaoran's family is actually immensely wealthy. They have a sprawling colonial style mansion on Victoria Peak. And that seems to house just the head family. I remember Meiling mentioning she lived nearby. That is not just some simple well off money which is exaggerated in anime. If taken seriously, the house would be worth, in the minimum, 100 million USD or so. Given that usually the ultra rich tend to host only about 10-12 percent of their entire net worth in their primary residence, that would mean that Syaoran's (immediate) family's net worth has to be around a billion USD in the minimum. And that is just his own family. I am not even going into the economics of a cousin who also lives nearby on Victoria Peak. That would mean that the Li Clan's wealth must be on mutli-billionaire (in double digits) level stuff. This is some Crazy Rich Asians level stuff. This really lends credibility to those wealthy Li Clan/Enterprises Syaoran-is-a-CEO fanfics. While I really doubt Syaoran is going to be a CEO (he has four sisters, any one of them can do that) given that he is going to be the head of a mage clan and that puts enough responsibilities on his plate as it is, these are some insane realisations. No wonder, some clan relatives raised objections at their heir being away from them under potentially dangerous circumstances. Also, no wonder Meiling (and Syaoran) treat flights (and entire trips) back and forth between Japan and Hong Kong like long distance bus journey tickets.

Hello again!! It's completely ok and as you can see my replies aren't immediate either 😅 So let's see...

Is this from the OG manga or somewhere else?

From chapter 1 of Clear Card, actually!! Let me get you the exact panel...

This is from the official ENG translation. Here Kero says that Eriol managed to do something about the management and legal rights over Yukito's house, so he didn't have anything to worry about. Basically he's taking care of the administration of the building and any legal stuff related to that house (paying taxes and such, so in short I said he's been "paying for it" but to be more precise this is what he's doing). (And no, Kero didn't say "it's unsafe for him to be all alone up there", he actually said "it would be careless to leave (the house) unattended for long time" to explain why Yukito didn't stay over at the Kinomoto's that night - I managed to find a translation mistake even in this random panel, oh my gosh).

I just realised that Syaoran's family is actually immensely wealthy

Yeaaaah he's very rich 😂everyone knows his immediate family got a huge mansion on Victoria Peak and I've been told that's a very luxurious area of Hong Kong!

No wonder, some clan relatives raised objections at their heir being away from them under potentially dangerous circumstances

I know right? That bit was added in the anime and I found it made a lot of sense. In my years of reading SyaoSaku fanfictions I've seen countless of stories about how the Li Clan would be totally against Syaoran's union with Sakura, but with Clear Card we found out that the contrary opinions were actually quite limited to a few unhappy members (and again, Yelan is the head so if she says 'yes' they have to comply), which if you think about it is something that happens in any family, even the best ones. There's always going to be someone who will complain. And they have good reasons, having the next head of the clan living abroad isn't exactly the best of the situations, but I'm sure that Syaoran and Sakura will find a way to manage this when they'll be married (I'm pretty sure Syaoran will stay in Japan as promised, and won't make Sakura leave her family and friends). This connects to your next comment

no wonder Meiling (and Syaoran) treat flights (and entire trips) back and forth between Japan and Hong Kong like long distance bus journey tickets.

They have the money to do so, and the trip isn't that long, so yeah 😂😂😂 I bet Syaoran will be doing back & forth between Japan and Hong Kong, but it's not going to be a problem!

[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