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Zhang Ling He as Xie Zheng

PURSUIT OF JADE ⁃ 逐玉 (2026), Episode 28.

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FOREARMS 🤤

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Pursuit of Jade (dir. Zeng Qing Jie)

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And THIS ladies and gentlemen is why directors matter. A four minute scene had more tension and intimacy than actual bed scenes.

I've already waxed on about how much I love Director Zeng Qingjie's work and his use of the "feminine gaze" so I won't repeat myself too much but dammit the way he portrays desire (especially women’s desire) and does so this skillfully with barely a word of dialogue is unmatched.

Just look at the cinematography:

It's the architectural framing of the curtains and the soft backlighting to emphasize the intimacy of the characters being "alone" as husband and wife for the first time. It's the gradual tightening of each shot to capture the characters' growing physical awareness of one another. It's the play of power with her more physically dominant in the frame while he guides her movements verbally. It's the impressionistic use of a handheld camera and the fluid rack focus on the eyes to mimic the intoxication of their almost-but-not-quite kiss.

And don't forget Zeng's strategic insert of a close-up:

Look at how the lighting reveals the texture of the clothes she's taking off him! And the blanket he hugs to bring her closer! And the goosebumps that appear on his skin when she washes him! All that suggestive wetness.

(Side Note: Hilariously, Tumblr marked those particular images of the blanket and goosebumps as needing a content label so I had to remove them.)

There's a certain haziness to the scene but where they touch is still in focus--there's sensuality in the tactile.

Director Zeng, please make at least 1-2 romance dramas a year and show these other directors how it's done.

Please and thank you.

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pursuit of jade : fan changyu

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Pursuit of Jade 《逐玉》 (2026) ／ Eps. 34 + 36 Fan Changyu and Xie Zheng + homecoming

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animentality

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Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) dir. Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert

eeaao holds a special place in my heart because as an only child of chinese parents, i felt represented in western media in ways i’ve never been before.

and as someone who speaks mandarin, i always tell people that this scene was mistranslated. the translation, rather than "I would have really liked just doing laundry and taxes with you", is actually "if there were other lives, i would still choose to do laundry and taxes with you".

i think it's a shame that they didn't put the actual translation, although the sentiment is mostly there. the translation connotes that waymond in that world has fame, but would have enjoyed a simple life with evelyn doing laundry and taxes.

the original dialogue alludes to how if there are other lives, infinite universes where everything is possible, everything you could dream of exists, he would pick the simple life, because that's how much he loves her. he loves her so much that doing laundry and taxes would be enough for him as long as he is with her.

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"Watching my dad (a GP doctor) watch House is more entertaining than the show"

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GOD, I wish more doctors were more like this redditor's dad

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been ages since I saw a rage comic!

>thread is from 13 years ago

oh.

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james baldwin was so right when he said “the children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.”