never to be parted.

assorted interests & fixations

[gaywaren]

“forget me”

“I WONT. I WON'T FORGET.”

“I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU!”

from tgcf audio drama season 2 episode 6, illustrated by 绘享视界ARThorizon

[paperdrevms]

vol 1 and 2 cezhou:

[marichild]

remembered when child xiao chiye asked zuo qianqiu point-blank "how did you end up shooting your wife?" CE'AN I KNOW THAT'S YOUR SHIFU BUT HELPPPPP?

[melonatures]

one thing i enjoy about chasing jade that i didn't fully realize from the webnovel is how objectively, it's silly that changyu always insists on protecting xie zheng (because he's a war hero and general, is as absurdly strong as she is, is incredibly skilled in martial arts, and is prone to violence/is always 10 seconds away from that delicious phrase c-webnovels use, "a murderous/killing aura" asdfghjkl--like it's silly in terms of dramatic irony because we know he's not really a weak scholar refugee, not because changyu's not up to the task; she very much *is* able to protect him)--and yet it's her determination to protect him and take care of him that's framed as the root of his attraction and devotion to her. and so he does need her protection, not physically, but like spiritually/psychically/emotionally. her protection offers him an essential nourishment he's lacked since his parents' unfair and fucked up deaths and which he's never expected of anyone since--and which she offers without his asking.

i also really like that for all xie zheng's violent inclinations, he's basically a decent person, like changyu pointed out to song yan. he's good with changning; he makes sure the comic relief thugs don't steal the deed of her house; he takes note of the ways people demean and cheat her and prepares in advance to argue against them; he's rich and basically clueless about the daily lives of the vast majority of people, but he doesn't treat her with contempt when he realizes she's not fully literate; he's patient, shows thankfulness, is helpful around the house, and willingly fits into changyu's life.

[gaywaren]

the moment changyu keeps telling him 我杀猪养你 xie zheng knows he's gonna bend the knee for her

[cyrjovie]

"Help, I accidentally became a valued community member, but I'm actually hiding my real identity as a bloodthirsty and vicious and powerful Marquis from my beautiful butcher wife who I love and her little sister, who I have come to love as my own little sister, both more than I've ever loved anyone since my mother died, and how am I supposed to maintain my reputation when these people find out who I really am, I have been so soft and caring and positively, visibly, aggressively smitten with my wife, did I mention she was beautiful and also really strong?" - Xie Zheng, probably

[background-character-341]

So so obsessed with the ways that Xie Zheng finds to insert himself within the already established dynamics of Fan Changyu's family and her life.

It's the care and affection he shows for Changning. He saw how important her sister was to her and resolved to be her big brother, to care for her and look out for her like Changyu does, to play with her and let her drag him around as she likes. A small child dragging around the fearsome Marquis of Wu'an. It's the way that when they are attacked his first priority is to protect Changning, when he has to fight he tells her to look away and count to ten like Changyu did, and when Changyu finally arrives he tells her to grab her sister and run, knowing that he will die facing those men alone but still understanding that whatever budding relationship they have, it will never come close to the responsibility she has for her sister.

It's the interest he takes in her job, reassuring her that is doesn't scare or disgust him, asking to help so she can show him how it's done, buying her hand cream so that she can continue working without hurting herself. It's the way that he sees her powerwalking across town followed by a gang of thugs and follows her, not to stop her, not to fight her battles for her, but to quietly step in at the very last moment to make sure that the conversation ends when she wanted it to.

It's how he immediately promised her to help her against her uncle in court and then followed through on it, almost exposing his identity for the sake of protecting her.

It's the way he writes an itemized receipt of everything the Song family owes her so that he can back her up the next time she has to ask them for her due.

It's the way the narrative constantly mirrors them, making Xie Zheng take his cues from her. We see her fight off people trying to steal her house; the next time they come he does the same. We see her tell Changning not to look; when he is forced to fight in front of her he does the same. We see her standing up for herself over and over again and rather than trying to fight her battles for her he simply stands to the side and gives her whatever support she might need.

It's funny because it seems like Xie Zheng really did mean it when he said that he would do whatever she said (though I'm sure we'll see him break that promise more than once, especially now that the court seems to be getting more involved in the plot). Their marriage may be fake, but Xie Zheng is certainly behaving like a matrilocal husband.

[vaguelyaperson]

pursuit of jade is a not-actually-unrequited slowburn about a married couple. they are deeply and demonstratively in love with each other. they will not shared a bed. they married within like a week of meeting each other. the guy was unconscious for a decent chunk of that week.

[wintearflower]

the Lin'an Massacre was so tragic and moved me in a way i didn't expect. it was so realistic and showed how brutal these masscares were. 90% of the Lin'an cast was wiped out in a matter of minutes, and even as they bravely fought to save each other, even our favourites weren't exempt. you just wouldn't expect something like that to happen to good ol small town Lin'an. I didn't even like the magistrate, but seeing him hung at the entrance made it so real, like, whoa, shit has hit the fan.

even as the story progressed, i would register in the back of my mind that even if Changyu and Zheng go back, it will never be anything like it was before. they were forced to move forward and would never be able to even pretend to go back to their old lives because it was destroyed along with the massacre. You can rebuild homes, but you can't rebuild the lives lost. I can't lie to you chat, ep40. where Changyu came back and we saw everyone, including those who had been slaughtered welcoming her back? i sobbed gang. like i lost it when Man Di showed up, like, are you shitting me right now? how dare you pull at my heartstrings like this??

anyways, fuck Sui Yuanqing, fuck the Qingfeng Stronghold and fuck Song Yan (i know he had nothing to do with it but he sucks in general)

[tansu-bomb]

We all think we want the high-stakes friction of enemies-to-lovers or will-they-won’t-they until a show like Pursuit of Jade comes along and reminds us that watching two people actually be good to each other from the get go is surprisingly addictive.

[rybacanu]

Why aren't you the Fan Changyu I know?

PURSUIT OF JADE ⁃ 逐玉 (2026) Episode 18.

[baijingting]

LOVE IN THE CLOUDS 入青云 (2025) dir. Peng Xue Jun, Zhi Zhu

[baijingting]

LOVE IN THE CLOUDS 入青云 (2025) dir. Peng Xuejun, Zhi Zhu

[doesephs]

ronan lynch, hairspo to the gender questioning since 2012

[vermivox]

“your friend is dead, and their corpse is inhabited by something only you can see for what it truly is" is already good horror. but "you begin to love the thing that wears their face"? the blasphemy of it. terror turning into desire. grief turning into longing. being enticed by what should repel you. it twists the knife deeper, because the horror is not based on deception anymore. the fear comes from recognizing the monster in its raw form and finding beauty there. you're not clinging to scraps of your friend, you're surrendering to something other, something wrong, and loving it. you're not holding onto a ghost of the past, it’s the monster itself that you choose

[iri-mi]

[bonkailuvr]

leigh, hurry and announce the ninth house 3 release date. missing them :(

ART BY sashac_art!

[mmagurro]

The summer hikaru died