once again, the kings challenge the gods!

fixed some things but its finished now! i love wangxian so much

“man i wish we could have gotten more lore about mo xuanyu, like maybe a flashback that included him or something like that”

vs

in denying us almost any information about mo xuanyu that does not come from a biased outside source, the narrative itself parallels the violence inflicted upon him by the cultivation world and by himself. like his half-brother jin guangyao and his body-heir wei wuxian, mo xuanyu is the subject of much rumor and speculation, yet we never hear the entirety of his side of the story. in the untamed, he doesn’t even have his own actor, it’s just xiao zhan there at the beginning - there is nothing about mo xuanyu that isn’t intrinsically bound to wei wuxian. the price of the sacrifice is more than just destruction of his soul, it is destruction of his entire metatextual character and narrative. in order for the protagonist - the character the narrative spends the most time looking at - to complete his story and get his happy ending, another character must be completely excluded from the narrative’s gaze. mo xuanyu forfeits his entire being, becoming something that exists only in the memories of other characters and not in the eyes of the narrative. mo xuanyu would not be the same character if we had ever been allowed to meet him in-story or if the tragedy of his sacrifice had ever been properly lingered upon. it is the gaps in the narrative, the things that are never properly questioned or called attention to, that make him who he is and that add an extra level of heartbreak to his already tragic story. in this essay i will

 Gordon Mortensen（b.1938 United States)

 Spring Flowers

 reduction woodcut

i have such a love for characters who descend into madness or villainy out of deep, deep empathy. characters who fundamentally cannot cope with the cruel realities they find themselves in and blow up about it in spectacular fashion. fallen angel type characters with tears of outrage in their eyes. characters who break before they bend, and break so badly they splatter blood all over their noble ideals. every variation on it gets me so good

it’s a new week!!! let’s do this!!!!! (cries uncontrollably)

English added by me :)

Woman's Kimono (Kosode) with Snow Covered Mandarin Orange Trees and Poem (Japan, late 18th century).

Silk, paste-resist dyed (shiroage) and stencilled imitation tie-dyed (kata kanoko shibori), with silk and gilt-paper-wrapped-silk-thread embroidery.

Images and text information courtesy LACMA.

do me a favor and watch this clip from ep 11 of qi hun/hikaru no go <3

SCUMBAG SYSTEM ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟKotex PAWket Pad AD Break ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ

translation by @yuangler (x)

time loop wrapped

Is that why you asked me that? Did you find anything? That was the first thing you asked me. "Are you looking for her?" - that wasn't what you asked. When it's Min-jeong of all people. And we hadn't found her body.

Kim Shin-rok as Oh Ji-hwa BEYOND EVIL (2021), dir. Na-Yeon Shim

…Lizzy

#this is so freaking funny (itspileofgoodthings)

#adaptations really do often underplay how much#pride and prejudice#darcy’s ‘unexpected’ proposal#is basically the ‘did you just flirt with me’ ‘have been for the past [few months] but thanks for noticing’ meme#like this scene#or the one where Lizzy and him are ALONE in the Collins’ house talking about women marrying and moving far from home#& he’s trying to suss out whether she’d be cool with marrying him and living far away from her own home#and she is like ‘well obviously it’s fine if you have enough money to afford the travel’ and he’s like ‘oh?!? and uhhh…#you’re not super attached to your home yourself are you? like you’d be fine with not constantly visiting [your weird embarrassing family]?’#SHE IS SO CLUELESS

This is why I always say that Pride & Prejudice is not Enemies To Lovers.

Elizabeth is in a one-sided-enemies to lovers story. The book from Elizabeth’s point of view: Darcy: [compliments her] Elizabeth: This man is insulting me. Darcy: [gets up his nerve and asks her to dance after she makes a big deal of liking dancing] Elizabeth: He is trying to make me feel uncomfortable! Darcy: [tries to make conversation about something he thinks she is interested in] Elizabeth: I’m not sure what his angle is, but it must be awful since he said that one unflattering thing about me to his friend in a conversation I eavesdropped on! And also, hot!George says he’s an ass, so clearly him being nice to me must be nefarious!!!

Darcy, meanwhile, is over here in all his awkwardness thinking he’s doing a really good job of flirting with the girl he likes. He’s doing so well. It’s actually working! At first it seemed too good to be true, but she’s saying all the right things! She’s telling him how to meet up with her so they can spend time together! She’s putting up with his awful aunt and still lets him visit her despite all of that! He’s done it! He’s got the girl! He’s planning their wedding because he’s getting an A in romance, you guys.

Perfect Days (2023)

girl who has given up 100,000,000,000 times

this means she has tried again at least 99,999,999,999 times. one of the most admirable traits one can have

i feel like i’m cursed forever but other than that i’m doing alright

Do you think I'm that stupid? Or do you think you're really that good at hiding your feelings? Why didn't you leave me alone at those life-and-death moments? Do you dare to look me in the eye and say it again, that you really have no feelings for me? Are you that cowardly and timid? You haven't even tried and you're already running away!

Story of Kunning Palace (2023) 1.34

I just....I just learned that there's a word in the English language...for when you run into someone to hug them with all the enthusiasm and strength you have....I learned that it's called glomp.

My God, English has so many words to describe physical intimacy, I'm in love