#x-fire

[xiaobaosnoona]

noona watches: xiao zhan and bai shu being besties in x-fire (a sort of series)

[steppingonyourshadow]

In 2015, Xiao Zhan quit his job and entered X-Fire. During the show he covered Wild Child by Su Yunying as part of a vocal battle. It was his first significant step into the spotlight.

In 2020 he covered the song again for Dragon TV on NYE.

(Lyric translations my own.)

The wind blows It doesn't matter, go ahead and toss me about Look, I'm still smiling bravely Look, I'm still bravely reaching out

In 2016 the song was a statement of intent.

In 2020 it was a renewal of that intent.

[shumiaomiao]

Important X-Fire screenshots.

[thegreypedaler]

[xx-k1tsun3-k1d-xx]

ROUND TWO OF LIKES CHARGE REBLOGS CAST ✨

[robynnnn311]

nobody is making him say this he’s just saying it unprovoked

[artnoonewants]

Poor delusional Viserys 😔

[savagegood]

[ringtoned]

suzanne collins is such a genius... the cultural phenomenon of her series leading to the hanging tree house remixes, mockingjay being milked for two (bad) movies, the capitol-inspired makeup palettes, the halloween costumes, the explosion of the market for dystopia, the butchering of her characters and removal of disabilities, disfiguration, and racial tension + representation to sell more tickets, the extra gale scenes to fuel discourse, and the audience showing up to cinemas to watch what was pretty honestly marketed to them (the jacob vs edwardification of the symbolic love story and also to watch children fight to the death) it's just so ridiculously ironic i would say you can't write this shit, but she did write about it... in The Hunger Games published 2008

[nonbinarylesbianherb]

[xiaobaosnoona]

noona watches: xiao zhan and bai shu being besties

(and making my heart feel fluffy, a sort of series)

[steppingonyourshadow]

I made a compilation/supercut of the X-Fire theme song Be A Man being performed by the contestants and by X-Nine, mostly taken from official footage with a bit of fancam thrown in.

I love this ridiculous pop song.

[logicalbrina]

what makes Snow such a formidable villain within THG universe is that nothing he does was set in stone. there was no sense of inevitability about his actions and his brutality. Snow had enough perspective of poverty, capital cruelty, district hunger and not to mention his own arena experience’ and yet he actively chose at every moment to stray from natural goodness. its even more terrifying in the sense that he had the ability to care. Snow is not a mindless sociopath, he displays feelings to others such as sejanus, lucy grey and tigris but ultimately he will always choose himself. his ability to betray those he cared about in order yo advance himself makes him so much more than the stereotypical villain who is forced into his actions.

[machveil]

BestFriend!Simon Riley and his big, beautiful brown eyes. he doesn’t think they’re anything special, but he knows you like them. is it playing dirty when Simon looks at you through his eyelashes when he wants something? maybe, but can’t you just let him stay over for the night? he’ll be quiet - he always is. your couch is a little too small for him, you don’t mind him squeezing into bed with you, right?

BestFriend!Simon Riley that has such dark irises they could be mistaken for black. sometimes you can’t tell where his iris stops and his pupil starts. eyes half-lidded, pale eyelashes droopy - Simon’s resting face usually has his eyes looking tired, almost heavy with sleep even when he’s wide awake. if you ignore the way his eyebrows seem to furrow, knitting together for positive and negative emotions alike, his drowsy gaze is almost dreamy - especially when he’s looking at you

BestFriend!Simon Riley who stares at you until you notice. lounging on your couch as you talk to him, your gaze focused on the tv while his is on you. two episodes of your favorite show, that’s how long Simon was able to stare at you before you noticed - you spared him a few glances, but it never really struck you. he cracks a smile when you ask, “Do I have something on my face?”, a deep hum rumbling in his chest as he shifts his gaze to the tv, pale eyelashes catching the light, “Nah, just lookin’.”

BestFriend!Simon Riley that stares at his ceiling at night, legs crossed and arms behind his head. one of the now rare times he isn’t at your place, a rare instance he isn’t cozied up and surrounding you. deep, pitch black eyes in the dark room looking up, eyelids heavily with sleep as he dozes off waiting to march back to your place tomorrow, those big, beautiful brown eyes waiting to look at you as he asks to stay over again

[madeleineengland]

This whole thread about Azula's fake confidence and terrifying vulnerability really opened my third eye

[iheartsteve0704]

one of my favorite things about this scene is how Rio starts off her story by saying “someone” then “them” and then ends with “she is my scar” and just proceeds to fully stare at Agatha