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Finding my way back

It’s been years since I posted anything, and it isn’t for a lack of trying. My drafts are proof of it—multiple attempts that end up unfinished, forgotten. And somehow, even if this blog has become dormant for so long, I still can’t let it go. I still can’t close it down, and continue to pay for the domain, the hosting. I wasn’t smart enough to put up Google Ads, no. So there’s no revenue of any…

Plaid Pattern Set #3: Cotton Candy

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[ENGSUB] Zhang Xincheng performing an original song and Jay Chou’s 菊花台 (Chrysanthemum Bed) Jay Chou probably wasn’t actually there (this clip is from an iQiyi program called 无与伦比的发布会/Unparalleled Press Conference), which is good, because this was not ZXC’s strongest performance lol it was also way back in 2017

Hello???

HUHU I still love the same groups I love (TVXQ/BIGBANG/SHINee/f(x)/EXO/NCT).

But now I also love MXTX and MDZS/TGCF (SVSSS I still need to readd!) too! Def helped me pull through since 2019 and throughout the pandemic. The fandom creators - fanartists/writers have been heaven-sent to me, I can’t imagine not being able to see their tweets/works. It’ll be like being unmoored tbh;;

@yunjae on Twitter since 2008 / @mishyeol

@lzwywwxlwj on MDZS twt

#mdzs mxtx

Wednesday Wallies: In The Midst (March Calendar) + Blossoms in Suspension

Last month, I finally tried out the Miya HIMI Gouache set Katie got for me! It was my first time ever painting with gouache, as I’ve only ever worked with watercolor and acrylics, so it was fun trying to figure out this new medium. Katie told me that it was like a mix between watercolor and acrylic, which I really found interesting. Watching Youtube tutorials helped a lot too because I was…

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#floral patterns #floral wallpaper #florals #flowers #gouache flowers #gouache painting

Of Memories #01: February 2019

A couple of days ago, I was hit with a sense of nostalgia, and with the help of the ever-reliable Wayback Machine, I went about checking some of my old blogs. I was honestly amazed at how consistently I updated, albeit not always with photos or graphics, but the thought that I wrote almost everyday feels alien to me now. Online blog entries, on top of the fact that I also kept a written journal…

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#% Arabica #BGC #CandySky Studio #Chanyeol #Dulcinea #EXO #Family #Jadie #Katie #Pancake House #Park Chanyeol #Phone Candy #Santouka #Stationery #Tim Ho Wan

These Days 03: My WangXian Buns Stationery Project + Making My Own Notebooks & Stickers

I have been jumping in between different entries that I’ve had on drafts, but I thought it would be nice to share what I have been up to these days. A part of it, at least^^;

“Everyday Means Everyday” WangXian Buns Stationery + Phone Candy Project

I’m not going to lie, inspiration and motivation has come in bursts this year. I’ve been struggling as the year began, and being on…

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#Holographic Stickers #Lan Wangji #Making notebooks #Making stickers #Mo Dao Zu Shi #Patterns #Stickers #The Untamed #These Days #Wallpaper #WangXian #WangXian Patterns #WangXian Wallpaper #Wei Wuxian

Wednesday Wallies: Pastel Room Desktop Diary+Lovely Day Pattern

[NEW] Wednesday Wallies: Pastel Room Desktop Diary+Lovely Day Pattern

This Wednesday Wallies entry is long overdue, and I’m glad to finally be back with new wallpapers to share^-^

I noticed that my Customizable Desktop Diarieshas been continuously getting a lot of visits, despite it being… 8 years old? I’m so happy to see it all over Pinterest, it’s nice to know that others get inspiration from it and create their own! I’m working on a new set, and will be…

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#Desktop Diary #Patterns #Wallpaper #Wallpapers

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Coming back briefly to say that the production team of The Untamed is literally a bigger WangXian shipper than we are fhdjfjfjd

In the drama, in episode 6, when Lan Zhan was drunk and Wei Ying tried to adjust his forehead ribbon, Lan Zhan bats his hand away and says the following sentence: “If not parent, wife or child, how can I let anyone else touch it?”

HOWEVER

In the following screenshot (taken by some fan so I’m sadly unsure which scene it’s from), you can see the Gusu Lan Sect rulebooks.

Please note how the one rule circled in red is literally the only rule that is easily decipherable, like even the rules right next to it are so very slightly blurred or partially hidden:

If you’re having a hard time copying down the characters, don’t worry, I did it for you: 非父母道侣前不可摘抹额

Not only that, I also translated it for you and the exact translation (I did a breakdown of each character’s’ meaning at the very bottom if you’re interested) is: “If before a person who is not father, mother or cultivation partner, it is forbidden to take off forehead ribbon”.

Cultivation partner.

CULTIVATION PARTNER.

C U L T I V A T I O N P A R T N E R.

Nowhere in the rule is the word “wife” mentioned. They really went with the gender neutral “cultivation partner” in the official rulebook. They really just said “fuck your heteronormativity, we’re going all inclusive”. They really did that.

They really did that.

That there is a single rule in that shot that is decipherable and it so happens to be about cultivation partners and forehead ribbons? Coincidence??? I think tf not. It’s way too deliberate of a shot to be anything BUT done on purpose.

Once again, I’m amazed by the crew’s dedication to this ship and the fans for noticing it. Honestly, it’s such a small detail that it would literally never get noticed, yet it means so fkn much to the fandom. Even if it did get noticed, unless you know the meaning behind it, it’s not like it would get flagged either.

Is it something that is worth getting this excited over? I say, up to you. Personally, it quite literally made my day because it’s such a small detail that the crew thought to include. It’s especially meaningful since, based on my recollection, we’ve never heard the term “cultivation partner” mentioned ever in the drama, it was a novel-only thing that Wei Ying uses (I may be wrong so don’t quote me on this, or just let me know if I am).

Yet, after all the times we’ve seen Wei Ying mess with Lan Zhan’s forehead ribbon (I know y’all thinking about episode 6 with drunk!Lan Zhan and Lan Zhan tying their wrists together later in that same episode but hello? episode 40?? when paperman!WY was tugging on his ribbon and LZ barely even scolded him?? hello????), we can now pretty much very safely assume that Lan Zhan considered it okay for Wei Ying to do so because, wife be damned, Lan Zhan has already recognized Wei Ying as his one and only cultivation partner (brb, sobbing)

Seriously, once again, I gotta thank the crew for further validating the fact that WangXian became cultivation partners at the end of the series.

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The breakdown:

非: Unless, apart from, non-

父: Father

母: Mother

道侣: 道 = Tao (from Taoism) which in this case, would refer to cultivation and 侣 = companion, this literally means cultivation partner

前: Before

不可摘: Cannot take off

抹额: Forehead ribbon

#wangxian

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Modern Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji

Reblog / Take out with full credit

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- NEO ZONE - Crew #1

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Made a comprehensive guide on MXTX’s series’ main characters! I noticed a lot of people on my TL were having trouble distinguishing characters apart (let alone knowing there were 3 different novels), so I highlighted character traits and wrote them down ^^ I hope it helps!