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[unrelaxing]

src. COFFii_JOY

[a-mel0n]

reblog if you’ve had an online friendship that’s lasted more than 2 years

[mersinia]

Longest one going on 7!

[ruyo18taffi]

- малыш Вэй!

- xiao Wei!

[mountaincats]

Reunion: Escape from the Monstrous Snake (2021)

↳ Hei Xiazi's slutty entrance

Bonus:

[sow6]

We need a season 2

[begrudginglytumbling]

Bai Yu, Johnny Bai, 白宇

Actor, Singer, Streamer, Endorser of Products…Dancer(?)…ok so I can’t actually say that last one with a straight face.

Anywho! Bai Yu is undoubtedly a talented chap, he also happens to be a flouter of rules and expectations when it comes to the concept of sitting ‘properly’…and interacting with flat surfaces when it comes to their intended use…and also just in general when it comes to supporting his own lanky, seriously-you-need-to-eat-something, weight.

This particular quirk is something I’m sure we’re all lovingly(?) familiar with when it comes to Bai Yu’s Zhao Yunlan. A character who I am fairly certain hasn’t yet met a surface he hasn’t sat or lounged upon.

At first I thought this was just a quirk of that particular character.

But then he lounged on a mortuary table in Detective L and sat on a counter in Fairyland Lovers, and I began to wonder if this was actually a character quirk or if Bai Yu was just Like That.

And so the Bai Yu Sitting Project was born.

The Project’s original purpose was to try and answer the question as to whether the sitting is a character quirk or just a Bai Yu Thing. Now it’s mainly just an excuse to watch Bai Yu and see if the man will take pretty much any excuse to sit, lean, or lounge…while making attempts to answer the original question.

If you’d like to join me in partaking of this particular brand of madness I seem to be cultivating, then head on under the cut.

If not, then keep on scrolling, nothing to see here, just a slight fixation on an actor with a draping habit.

Fair warning before you click, this is rather long.

Continua a leggere

[boy-i-got-vision]

@face–the–strange look at all this lounging!

[belladonnabedlam]

Okay. I was on my beloved AO3 and I saw something that made me do a double take. So, now I really want to know…

What is your AO3 user ID?

I’m an OG user 5 digits or less

Six figures baby!

I’m in the millions…

Remaining time: 17 hours 14 minutes

I’m so curious to see how long people have been on AO3! I know some people have been on there since beta/invite only, but I would love to see what the number is on tumblr!

[face--the--strange]

My @guardianbingo 2026 entries (so far): whisper: [art] Baobei~♡ - Zhubai, G lost: [fic] After - drama Da Qing (& Weilan), G (major character death) surveillance: [fic] Hear Me Out - drama SID ensemble + Weilan, T kiss: [fic] Mwah! - drama Zhao Yunlan/everyone, T gaze: [fic] Exposed - drama Weilan, E learning: [fic] How to Lounge Effortlessly - Zhubai, M beard: [fic] Come Closer - Zhubai, G patience: [fic] Can't Look Away - drama Weilan, M fashion: [art] Sharing the Warmth - Zhubai, G investigation: [fic] Out of Place, Out of Time - drama Lin Jing & Luo Fei (Detective L), G changing seasons: [fic] Endless Summer - novel Kunlun/Wei, E solitude: [fic] please be gentle, I'm still learning - drama Zhao Yunlan-centric + Weilan, T impulsive: [fic] make for me a soft universe - Zhubai, G night out: [fic] Red-Hot - Ye Zun/Zhao Yunlan(/Shen Wei), M

[no-nut-kinkvember]

hi, are you planning on doing this again this year? if no, can I make a prompt list!! it was such a fun concept last time, tysm!

Y'know, that's a very good question!!! I think it depends on how many people would be interested? So to gauge that:

Would you be interested in No Nut Kinkvember 2026?

Yes

No

VIEW RESULTS

Voting ended onJul 24

If there is interest, though, planning and mod applications will start way sooner. :P

[hyog-blog]

Miss Su Su, being an experienced woman, knows very well that 2 handsome men are better than one XD And these two, anyway, seem to come in one package, so)))

[alipeeps]

[face--the--strange]

Zhao Yunlan fic for @guardianbingo, prompt: solitude

please be gentle, I'm still learning (736 words) by facethestrange Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationship: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan Characters: Zhao Yunlan, Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan's Parents, Original Characters Additional Tags: Dreams and Nightmares, Dream Logic, Zhao Yunlan is the Guardian Lantern, (except he isn't anymore), Post-Canon Fix-It, Non-Graphic Violence, Implied Sexual Content, Unreliable Narrator, Fire, Disturbing Themes, Past Bullying, Memories, Past Trauma, Self-Esteem Issues, Angst with a Happy Ending Summary: He turns around, suddenly expecting the black-robed man behind him, like he's the missing piece, but there's no one there. He has met that man before — no. No, he hasn't. He needs to meet him on the roof, it's time to make the tea. He needs to meet him on the battlefield, flowy-haired, tasting like sugar.

[Or: Shen Wei brings Zhao Yunlan back from inside the Lantern.]

[onlyzhuyilong]

[dyk-tv-theme-song]

Do you recognize this TV theme song? #700

I know this and can name the series

I know this but can't name the series

I might know this

I've never heard this

Voting ended onJul 19

[yesornopolls]

do you have any friends that are 4x your age or more?

Do you have any friends that are 4x your age or more?

Yes

No

Voting ended onJul 21

[hyog-blog]

The energy in Zhu Yilong and Bai Yu's interviews is unmatched XD A dose of dopamine and good mood every time))

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[alirhian]

Guardian is so painfully good.

The worldbuilding, the interpretation of the mythology, Kunlun and Wei's love story and the way they're connected through mythological details are so satisfying.

Shen Wei is one of priest's best characters. I’ve rarely cried so much. Shen Wei’s longing and loneliness are as devastating as the ending is comforting.

Unfortunately, my knowledge of the chinese language doesn't allow me to fully analyze priest's works but Shen Wei reminds me of the ghost in the Songs of Chu, the tragic and beautiful mountain spirit Shan Gui who waited for her mortal lover.

His duality. Neither ghost nor god. His soft, shy and cold, calculating personality; his cruelty and tenderness. The scene with the heart conveys this very well. The heart as a symbol of his cunning mind and self-sacrificing love.

What more to ask for than a story based on the primordial creators, yin-yang harmony and the love of gui and god, two opposite entities who differ from their kind and whose bond saved the world and each other. Chaos and Order. Netherworld and Heavenly Realm. Water of Huangchuan and fire of Soul-Guardian Lamp. Shen Wei burned in the flames of Kunlun's lamp connecting these concepts and completing the universal cycle. If one doesn't die, doesn't perish, then one cannot become a god.

"Must be the mountains." Shennong's mortar listened for a moment. "All ten thousand mountains crying together." Wang Zheng's eyes widened. "Mountains can cry?" "Yes," Shennong's mortar said gently. "Legend has it that the only time the ten thousand mountains cried out in one voice was when Pangu fell. They didn't make this kind of noise even when Kunlun-jun's body turned into the Soul-Guarding Lamp — perhaps because at that point, the Mountain God hadn't truly and fully died."

He had always underestimated and belittled himself, thinking he was not worthy of Kunlun's love, and to others, he was an outcast seen as frightening and inferior. Yet the world sees him as worthy as Pangu💔