#zhao liang

[zhoudadudugongjin]

Zhao Zilong

Drawn with this picture as reference

[nikkipettt]

Happy Year of the Dragon!~🧧🏮🍊🐉

Oh gosh it's been so long since I drew these two wahh

[incorrect-ironwidow]

Zhuge Liang: how are you feeling?

Sima Yi: fine, except for this headache that comes and goes

Zetian: *enters*

Sima Yi: there it is again

[mademoiselle-red]

The safest place in the world was Uncle Zhao’s chest, upon which I clung to for dear life.

The warmest place in the world was in Xiansheng’s arms, which held me gently as I pressed a little kiss to his cheek.

I wake from these dreams of childhood, alone, in the generous lordly estate granted to me, still hearing the phantom beating of Uncle Zhao’s heart in my ears and feeling the lingering softness of Xiansheng’s skin against my lips. I turn away from the morning light, to face in the direction of the land I can longer reach, and wonder how tall the grass above their graves have grown this year. In the shadows where the sun cannot touch, I stain my pillow with quiet tears.

[leftdreamlanddragon]

Some of my favorite mid autumn festival posters.

Pay your taxes everyone!

[mtkay13]

Qi Ye ensemble cast poster, second edition

Yet another one of those LOL Qi Ye just has that power over me. You know the drill; more info below!

I'll go straight to the point: my main reason to draw this was because I wanted to draw the most somber, dark-looking Helian Qi possible with some dark cross-hatching effect. And because I don't want to draw a Helian Qi solo image because who the HELL does that, I had to turn it into an ensemble cast thing again. I just REALLY like to do that for Qi Ye, for some reasons!!! For a general note, first: shading was a PAIN but making a nice composition and thinking about how to make a hierarchy that both works in terms of storytelling and visual composition was fun. I also liked finding out the "color scheme" to use and I do like lineart. So, now, little notes about each character, and the obligatory name poster just so I'm sure we all know whom I'm talking about:

Jing Beiyuan: I've mentioned it before but drawing Beiyuan is like. The easiest for me, I think, out of ALL Qi Ye/TYK characters combined. He happens to have my general goto "pretty face" (which conveniently has peach blossom eyes). I'm happy with how he turned out here! And got to put the sable around his neck which makes for a nice additional touch. Helian Yi: He's easy to draw as well and I'm glad with how the guan turned out. He initally looked sideways, but I liked it better having him wistfully stare into the distance. Helian Zhao: has the exact same face as in the other, coloured poster, and that cracks me up bc that wasn't even intentional. Helian Pei: GDI I find him so hilarious. He looks so done and out of it. Shout out to all his bird as well, which, I find, really complete the look. Helian Qi: I can't possibly say that I love him as an antagonist because there's nothing to love about this literal trash, but I'm still grateful that we got some of the most rancid stuff going on in Qi Ye just because of him and I'm always here for that. He deserves the villain visual treatment, at least. He was VERY fun to draw and I tried to push that nasty grin and shading as much as possible. He turned out exactly how I wanted him to! (the shading on his face and the balance of light and shadow was a bit of a challenge, actually)

Wuxi: Again, a rather easy one, always pleasant to draw! I loved working on his hair (but complained a lot while doing so)--which I think turned out nicely. Bai Wuchang: Finally! Finally I draw him!! He had to be there, since he's like. The base of the whole Qi Ye plot. Lining him was....... a pain, but at least it looks nice.

Su Qingluan: nothing much to say--I think it's always important to have her there in Qi Ye stuff, and I put her next to Helian Zhao because of how he tried using her--but it did make me feel bad for her when I realised that. Song Ping'an: The real star of the show, lowkey, but always alert and present. Feng Xiaoshu: FINALLY. PRINCESS JING'AN. I'm sorry I took so long to draw her. I want to work on a proper design, I swear. To make up for having completely forgotten to include her in the other spread. I'm so sorry. I like how her face turned out! Liang Jiuxiao: I never, ever, EVER get enough of drawing him. Have I mentioned how much I like him? How much of a great surprise he was reading Qi Ye? How many times I've wanted to high five because finally someone is as confused as I am? I love drawing this very specific smile on him, SO satisfying. Also Bichen said he was "THE Qi Ye antagonist" and I live for that LOL Zhou Zishu: do I really need to say anything atp Jiang Xue: I'm so sorry I put Xiao Xue next to ZZS. The cruelty. But she came out really cute didn't she T_T Anyway that's it. I'm still obsessed with Qi Ye and given my current (totally secret) retranslation project I'm nowhere near done going crazy about this book.

[kdram-chjh]

Tdrama: Meet You at the Blossom (2024)

eeeyyyy Jinbao! Second couple, here we go! #meetyouattheblossom #bl #boyslove #bl2024

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/P5Q8ebYUDww

[namjhyun]

DRAMA REVIEW | The Double (2024)

For starters, this was a great watch. The production value was outstanding, the clothing design beautiful and the performances exactly what you want from this kind of revenge story, which is subtle and over the top at the same time, somehow. The music and editing could be better but they didn't stop me from enjoying this drama.

The main characters are smart, deadly and flirty. Their friends and family members a perfect fold for their cunning ways.

Wu Jin Yan and Wang Xingyue have an explosive chemistry. It's unreal. Every scene they had together got me giddy with excitement.

The villains were not your typical and I found myself equally invested in the part they had to play in this story. Their ending was befitting to their respective arcs and retribution sweet.

It's my first time watching a drama where Li Meng stars in but I am damn impressed by her. She's a powerhouse and I will be looking forward to her future projects.

This is also the kind of drama where nobody is safe and I commend the script writer for going there when so many other don't. That said, if you are going to kill a major character, you can't have a lukewarm resolution.

I have spent the better part of the last hour reading and watching every interview the director, cast and crew gave about this drama because when I finished it watching I was pissed.

This might be controversial because I know this is a well loved drama, hell, I loved watching this drama but what was the director thinking changing the script of the final episode and leaving the story as an open ending? Viewers spent 40 episodes, invested in this characters, hoping for them to have a happy ending, only to be met with a final scene that can be interpreted as reality or wishful thinking. Leaning more on the latter.

A revenge story it's not something you leave open ended. And, yes, I know there's an epilogue and I think it should be part of the final episode not something you release just in case fans might be angry at what you did. This is so unserious, I am lacking words.

This drama was a solid 8 for entertainment and production value until that ghastly final scene, forcing me to drop a full number. They should have known better... and they did. Why release an epilogue if they didn't?

Rating: 7/10

[happyendhouse]

Well, let it be my first post of The Three Kingdoms (on what I have a crush about a year lol) stay tuned 😉

[the-kingdom-of-wei]

a perfectly normal conversation about tea with the kingdom of shu

[zhoudadudugongjin]

The dads that stepped up

[popfishjr]

三国 doodles

[incorrect-ironwidow]

Xiran gave us some correct facts this time! 🤭😂

Enter our Iron Widow discord server!

[mademoiselle-red]

The custody battle:

Ah Dou: Uncle Zhao!

Zhao Yun: My lady, why are you taking Ah Dou to the Wu Kingdom?

Lady Sun: Ah Dou is my son! Who would look after him if not me?

Zhao Yun: Actually, I rescued Ah Dou from Chang Ban Po

Lady Sun: Well, you’re just my husband’s warrior. You have no business meddling in my family affairs

Zhao Yun scoops up Ah Dou and starts fighting the Wu soldiers. Zhang Fei shows up to help and they rescue Ah Dou together.

Once they are on Zhang Fei’s boat, Fei Fei takes over the job of holding Ah Dou.

Fei Fei, seeing Zhuge Liang waiting for them on the shore: Ah Dou, look! It’s Junshi!

He starts waving at Zhuge Liang and lifts Ah Dou up for Liang Liang to see.

And once they are back on land, Zhuge Liang immediately gives Ah Dou a big hug! It doesn't show up in the captions, but I hear him call Liu Shan "Dou Dou", which is adorable.

Ah Dou is so small!!! And has so many dads!!!

[trisshawkeye]

Watching over Liu Bei's family will never be a waste of Zhao Yun's time.

Zhao Yun & Liu Bei's family, Liu Bei/Zhao Yun, T, 3.5k words