For all its faults Tumblr has truly ruined all other social media for me because my friends all have Instagram and are all trying to get me on Instagram more but every time I open Instagram there are like fifteen things screaming for my attention and when I get over myself long enough to start scrolling it's like. Where is my chronological dash. Where is the following-only option. Who are these people. Why are there so many videos. Everyone is screaming at me. And then before I know it I'm thirty minutes into scrolling and I haven't seen a single thing that I actually care about. At least on Tumblr when I see stuff I don't care about I know someone I follow has found a new interest.
Further context: Durham city council (Reform UK) cut funding and support for Pride. The Durham Miner's Association and other trade unions raised enough money for Durham Pride 2026 to go ahead - a direct call back to when Lesbian and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) raised money for mining communities when Margaret Thatcher seized union funding during the miner strikes of 1984-85.
At the 1985 Labour party meet, the motion to support LGBT rights as a party was passed due to a block vote from mining unions.
Stephen Guy, the chair of the Durham Minersβ Association, said that when it became apparent Durham Pride was under threat, he took it upon himself to βencourage the trade union movement to step up and do the right thing, and stand shoulder to shoulder with the LGBT+ community [β¦] They not only raised funds for us, but came to our communities, uplifted our spirits when they were down, and showed their solidarity.β
I have always loved this deep connection between miners and queers. We can talk about political beliefs etc etc but a lot of times I think we actually get our political beliefs from our relationships.
The magic of this is that when you see someone in need and stand together, no matter how different you may feel from each other, the bond that you forge through the experience can go through fire.
one big thing i think people outside fandom (like, all fandoms, fandom in general, not any particular one) tend to misunderstand is they know it's a subculture of people who are weirdly deeply invested in fictional media, and they hear about drama caused by people in those subcultures being unhinged in not-fun ways, and they think the unhingedness comes from the fact of being overinvested in works of fiction.
which is a natural assumption, but in my experience that's not really the case? like in my experience the drama llamas in fandom are usually not the ones who are just genuinely very deeply into the fiction. i've known people who are basically thinking about star trek or x-men comics or supernatural pretty much 100% of their free time and ime that type of person is usually very nice and surprisingly functional in their regular life. when someone's a constant nexus of fandom drama it's usually not that they are obsessed with the actual work of fiction the fandom is about, it's at least one of the following:
what they're obsessed with is not the source material but their unhealthy parasocial relationships with one or more of the people who created it
what they're obsessed with is not the source material but some elaborate shared-universe subset of fanfic about it that's only barely related to the original at this point, and/or an esoteric reading-against-the-text reinterpretation of the source material (often if the canon is active and ongoing this leads to becoming actively hostile toward it for its inevitably increasing failure to conform to their preferred fanon)
what they're obsessed with is not the source material but the fandom itself and gathering clout within it, so that the source material basically only exists to them as a tool for scoring points in increasingly arcane fandom disputes
and very often you get the same person doing 2 and sometimes even all 3 of these, and that's where the trouble really starts
jin guangyao is blowing up his own life and those of many others in order to become the filialpietymaxxer huaisang is doing exactly the same thing jiang cheng is a mostly less destructive example but it is still the source of his many torments and even wei wuxian feels a bit tortured about his confucian duties but wen ning lowkey does not give a fuck. he doesn't blink at betraying his lord and his sect he's not even conflicted about it. he'll stand by his family/sect members that he thinks are being wronged but if he thinks they're doing the wronging? forget about it. and either way he has no plans for vengeance or cashing in on blood debts. they had to make him addicted to playing second fiddle because he'd be too op otherwise, he understands the narrative intuitively
something really delightful about a character with two salient coexisting traits of "likes being told what to do so he doesn't have to worry about all that" and "will disobey anyone about anything as soon as he doesn't agree with what he's told to do" in a series where most of the other characters are both more outwardly rebellious and less likely to be as morally independent in practice
The thing to me about Wen Ning being so willing to go against his family is that I think it emphasizes how trapped he is in the narrative rather than reduces it. Because one of the major themes of MDZS in my mind is debts and repayments, being bound by what you owe others. For many of the other characters they consider their most important debts to be to their families or the people who raised them, which leads to the above behaviors. And this aligns with the values of the society they live in so when they go above and beyond to repay the perceived obligations they are understood and seen as virtuous by the people around them.
Meanwhile Wen Ning is super willing to betray his family and leader - but notably a large part of his motivations come not only from pure morality but also out of a sense of personal loyalty to Wei Wuxian. He puts himself at great personal risk in part because WWX was passingly kind to him once! That is even more notable than the lengths that JGY goes to for his family!
He's not very filial but to some extent this just means that his choice to honor his perceived debts in this way is a more deliberate action, something that goes against the expectations around him and cannot be as easily understood by the people in universe who might grant sympathy to somebody like NHS. But the fact that he still ends up following WWX through his whole afterlife because that is what he believes he is owed is, to me, an indication that he just as much, if not more, entangled in these webs of obligation that strangle most of the cast.
i have a lot of thoughts on wei wuxian, the wen siblings, and how they are affected by their debts to each other (i, for one, donβt think that debt repayment was a major motivation for wen ningβs intervention at lotus pier or for him following wei wuxian post-timeskip) - but i agree that itβs something that burdens all of them throughout most of the story, despite everyone's best intentions.
but i do want to put my two cents in because wen ning and wei wuxian parting ways in the end is so important:
βI built one for the two of you at the Burial Mounds, but it was burnt down,β Wei Wuxian said. βWeβll make a trip to Qishan too.β
He turned to Lan Wangji, but before he could ask for the latterβs opinion, Wen Ning declined. βNo, itβs fine.β
Taken aback, Wei Wuxian asked, βYou donβt want us to come with?β
Lan Sizhui quickly chimed in. βWei-qianbei, just go with Hanguang-jun.β
Wei Wuxian wanted to say more, but Wen Ning said, βReally, itβs fine. Wei-gongzi, you have done enough.β
After a brief pause, Wei Wuxian asked, βWhat will you do after youβve finished all that?β
βSend A-Yuan back to the Cloud Recesses,β Wen Ning replied. βThen I can take my time pondering what to do next. As for what followsβ¦let me go my own way.β
Wei Wuxian nodded slowly. ββ¦Just as well.β
wen ning doesn't end up following wei wuxian through his whole afterlife. wen ning leaves.
and the way he leaves - freeing himself from revolving his life around wei wuxian any further, from having to protect him at the expense of his own personhood - but also explicitly freeing wei wuxian from all further obligations, from seeing wen ning as his responsibility, from having to choose between happiness and duty for once in his life - is important as well. "you have done enough".
(even though his rejection made wei wuxian sad! but what can you do? wen ning, a healer, is no stranger to breaking a badly healed bone so it can be set clean, even if it hurts.)
the toxicity of being trapped in a cycle of debt and repayment is indeed a major theme, which is why wei wuxian's relationship with lan wangji ("between us, there is no need to say thank you and sorry") is so heavily contrasted with both of his other relationships, which jiang cheng also eventually understands by keeping the truth of his golden core loss to himself, and thatβs why wen ning dropping all of this on wei wuxianβs head and walking off into the sunset was absolute king shit on his part. my man saw the webs of obligation around them and went at them with an angle grinder as soon as he could, and he really deserves more recognition for it.
βFor me this glass is already broken. I enjoy it; I drink out of it. It holds my water admirably, sometimes even reflecting the sun in beautiful patterns. If I should tap it, it has a lovely ring to it. But when I put this glass on the shelf and the wind knocks it over or my elbow brushes it off the table and it falls to the ground and shatters, I say, βOf course.β When I understand that the glass is already broken, every moment with it is precious.β
another month has gone by! it was a kinda quiet time cpn-wise for the fandom β not to say we did not have candies to enjoy, but i think this is expected as years go by. and of course, we always have content from the boys. same drill. i will be doing a recap of the stuff that was talked about in clowning circles!
β’ there were some serious clowning going on related to GGβs post on 5/3. aside from us being so sensitive when it comes to posts with the π, i think the detective work has some points. if you donβt buy it, thatβs fine, i just love how the π has become a thing in this fandom and a symbol or romance and longing.
here is the source. OP is saying that itβs a rumor. especially on WYBβs schedule. because his is not public.
tldr: XZ, as the only artist on the internet to post photos of the "red full moon in Qingdao in April-May," is suspected of using photos taken by Wang Yibo abroad.
First, a simple explanation of the formation of a "red moon" (Figure 1), and a key pointβthe atmosphere scatters red light when the moon is rising or setting, requiring a high concentration of water vapor or dust in the atmosphere. Qingdao and Yibo's location, both at similar latitudes, meet the light scattering condition of being "by the sea."
Observing this photo further, it can be seen that this is a full moon phase on the 15th or 16th day of the first lunar month, appearing reddish and slightly shriveled in the low sky (Figure 2). The possible shooting time corresponds to April 2-3 or May 1-2.
So, did Xiao Zhan have the conditions to photograph this "reddish full moon in a clear Qingdao sky"?
If April 2: There was strong advection fog that day, resulting in low visibility (Figure 3).
If April 3: There was heavy rain that night (Figure 4).
If May 1 or 2: Xiao Zhan's off-work times were 22:43 and 3:00 AM respectively, while the moonrise times on those two days were 18:32 and 19:33 respectively. Assuming the moon is reddish one hour after moonrise, Xiao Zhan was still filming at that time (Figure 5).
The tree shadow in the picture appears to be a dwarf pine, which mostly grows by the sea or on mountains, essentially ruling out the possibility of it being shot in a studio.
Meanwhile, no photos of the red moon in Qingdao on May 1st have been found online, raising doubts about whether such a celestial phenomenon actually occurred that day.
If at other times β‘οΈ as mentioned earlier, the moon phase begins to wane from the 17th, which doesn't match the full moon posted by Xiao Zhan. (Figure 6)
Therefore, the answer is obvious: he didn't have the conditions to take this photo.
According to Wang Yibo's rumored itinerary, he was abroad in late April and early May, in a famous hiking destination. So, could he have taken this photo of the moon?
1. According to tourist feedback, a clear red moon appeared in the area during the May Day holiday, and the weather was clear on May 1st and 2nd, providing excellent shooting conditions. (Figure 7)
2. This photo is only 18kb in size, making it unlikely to be a direct output from a camera or phone. Verification suggests it was most likely taken with a camera, quickly transferred to a phone, then transmitted via WeChat, and cropped to enlarge the moon. If Xiao Zhan took the photo himself, why go through such complicated steps? (Figure 8)
3. Comparing it to the local moon phase provides a very intuitive similarity. (Figure 9)
4. There are also dwarf pine trees in the area, and they grow in many wild climbing areas. (Figure 10)
In conclusion, Wang Yibo has sufficient conditions to photograph this moon.
By the way, Xiao Zhan's other moon, this green light bulb with the characteristics of a mobile phone camera (Figure 11), is also a full moon. Perhaps that night, when Xiao Zhan looked up and missed his lover in a foreign country, he also thought of "sharing this moment across the world".
When analyzing this moon, I was peeling back the layers with the attitude of digging into a relationship, but it wasn't until writing this article that I was belatedly shocked by a kind of magnificent love.
The sentence from 20 years ago, "I want to take a picture of the moon for you, but it never comes out", seems to have been settled into a promise by the years. Whether it is the Mid-Autumn Festival moon or the moon across time zones, Wang Yibo has been practicing "clumsy romance" year after year.
It turns out that the time you love each other can be referenced by the moon.
If a kind of romance can remain unchanged across years, then it is love as enduring as the moon.
β’ 18 x 38 x 23 todβs collaboration bag measurement as explained by @rainbowsky here. TBH, i get why people got all excited with the numbers! we are all so sensitive with that! to me, itβs more of a coincidence than an intentional decision.
β’ li ning x bottled joy. lol. why is bottled joy always at the scene of the crime? πππ
β’ Sharing this really sweet write up about BJYX β¨
How can I describe to you that BJYX is more than just one summer?
It's the last event related to the drama, the two of them standing side by side but not daring to look at each other, their eyes brimming with tears; it's the countless words unspoken in a single glance across the crowd after the storm; it's the kite string that flies high and low, a delicate necklace given by a lover; it's the day he left the variety show that was like a university of life, when he, at thirty, said that people's dreams never end, sharing "shining adults"; it's the song "Nanhai" that he sang with all his might even when drunk and off-key after the new drama wrapped up; it's the numbered seat number that I would still tear up for you despite the rumors six years later; it's the couple fans holding up wedding photo signs and receiving their tacit approval and sweet smiles at various occasions...
This is what you see as strangers, but this is what truly belongs to Bo Jun Yi Xiao's "nothing else"βthere will never be another pair like this.
Now it's the seventh year since the "purification" was done. Do you really think that just adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing can retain so many people? People are curious about the secret to the product's longevity while using the analogy of tortoise shell candy and tortoise knife to belittle it. But if you understand a little, you'll find that you're wrong. There's no sea of ββhatred and love here, no male or female ghosts, no rotten people with true hearts. There are only two idiots smiling at each other and then embracing.
i really liked this one cause with all the hate we get and people deliberately misunderstanding us and what we stand for β itβs good to see it worded like this. itβs not that complicated. we just love these two idiots who are in love. we support them.
β’ Our boys continue to win! πππ
The final results of the "Hear China, Hear You" Contemporary Song Creation and Performance Activity β 2025 Outstanding Song Selection have been announced!
Congratulations to Xiao Zhan for winning "Year After Year" as an Outstanding Song of the Year! Congratulations to Wang Yibo for winning "Sky High, Sea Wide" as an Outstanding Song of the Year! Wang Yibo has won this award for two consecutive years!
β’ Super X 520 and 521 post
β’ XZ seeing bjyx photos IDs! video is here. not that we ever doubted about them knowing of our existence π
β’ Honor 600 livestream : human power bank and camera pose
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