Cantarella

Crazy. Certified Coffee Addict. Gym Junkie. Mild Gamer, Ignis is my bae

[johanirae]

Dion's heartbreaking backstory

Finished the game last night and pieced together Dion Lesage's backstory. It's really tragic and also shows how good a person he was to rise above it all, when the same backstory could have easily been one for a villain.

Spoilers for the whole game below

He was initially born in what may be a loving family. His biological mother is not present in the game, only mentioned by his stepmother Annabella as being a "whore who weighed her child's worth in gil". (Note however that Annabella is a raging blood supremacist who at one point called Jill, an actual princess, a 'savage' just because she was from a foreign land, so who the heck knows what qualifies as "whore" in her books) However, his early life wasn't too harsh. He had good relations with his father, who then ruled the kingdom fairly. Dion was also educated with the full expectation that he will one day rule the empire.

However, following the fall of Phoenix Tower, Annabella married into his family and became Dion's stepmother and empress. She cut off his education and started pouring poison into the emperor's ear that Dion aimed to betray him. It's also implied that she had a hand in making him join the military, under the guise of utilising his status as Bahamut Dominant. I believe she did this for two goals: 1) Gain as much power as possible through conquests 2) Kill Dion. It is shown in the game that extensive use of fully primed Eikon powers proves detrimental to the dominant's health. Not to mention constant combat with other fully primed eikons. The earlier Dion dies, the earlier her own son Olivier can rise uncontested to the throne.

Through these years, his only companion had been his tutor Harpocrates (whom was dismissed by Annabella due to his egalitarian beliefs) and childfriend friend, later lover Sir Terence. He is never able to share their love in public due to a difference in social status. (Although it's a great joy for me to discover that their problems seems to have nothing to do with homophobia, which seems absent in this world).

Given a backstory like this, it's so easy for Dion to sink into darkness and evil, but throughout his story in FFXVI, he has a strong belief that rulers should do right by their people. He has a strong sense of honor and justice. Even after realising the machinations of Annabella and Ultima, he never tried to blame others for his actions. Sadly, it's this very same sense of honor that led him to join the final fight, even if it costed him his own life.

I like to think that in the end he finally got to join Sir Terence on the other side and achieve the happiness that was so denied him ;_;

[hitokirisethsien]

Not sure if i am biased, but i feel Dion’s character is beautifully written. They could’ve easily turned him into a nobody villain but i’m glad they didn’t go down that route. Dion is probably the 2nd person I like most in FF history (Ignis of FFXV still takes first place lol). 

One thing i feel that is left too ambiguous is Terrance’s fate.  I don’t believe with the world going to shit, Dion would sent Terrance alone to Kihel’s place and that Terrance would’ve just agreed with leaving Dion without having any plans to return to look for him.

Also, i checked the map on the game, the Crystaline Dominion is the only place that was ripped up and turned into Origin. Probably the slums where Kihel was at was not near the Crystaline Dominion, or perhaps Terrance relocated Kihel, probably at Oriflamme (seeing that Terrance is of noble blood, and the old Sanbreque capital is at Oriflamme, maybe he went there instead) LOL...omg, with all these points i could probably write some fanfiction, but alas... my command of the English language is not good enough for me to churn up anything..

I wont put any hope into DLC to give me a happy ending for this couple, and i dont think Terrance is a character important enough for them to have a DLC specifically written for. I mean, the DLC couldn’t been something like Episode Ignis, but Terrance is just a minor character for Dion’s character building. 

The closest DLC we might get could be from Joshua’s POV and how he acted behind the scenes. Also, there’s that thing about Leviathan the Lost. 

[zhou-xu]

Thousand Autumns Translation Masterpost

Chapters 1-33

Chapters 34-69

Chapters 70-79

Chapters 80-85

Chapters 86-90

Chapters 91-116 (ongoing)

Chapters 117-128 (partially edited mtl)

Extras 1-13 (edited mtl)

Bonus: Chapters 124-125 (confession chapters) 

Plot + Characters + Recommendation Post courtesy of Min 

* please purchase the original to support the author

jjwxc novel link

jjwxc guide for english speakers

[hitokirisethsien]

putting this here for me to...well...refer....

[eshraq-art-corner]

The best music duet ✨ (Warning for ear bleed🤣🤣)

The flute part is played by none other than yours truly ✨ I had to pull my inner Gu Yun to achieve this  level of musicality 👌

[myu21]

The story behind the 'sugar'

Many fans have seen the following pics of GJ holding up his fan to keep the sun off ZZH.

But what many people may not know is what might be motivating GJ apart from friendship and care between acting partners.

For the role of ZZS, ZZH had to lose a lot of weight to look more frail. The original shooting schedule was for it to be done during winter or spring period, but instead they were filming with thick period costumes in the middle of summer. This double burden caused ZZH to struggle coping with heat and to have at least one heat stroke.

Warning: following video contains footage of ZZH actually fainting

In an interview since the airing of the show, GJ has said that he dislikes most when people he care about do not take care of their own health.

At this point, I need to talk a little about ZZH the actor. International fans may not know that ZZH was an amazing basketball player. I've seen a video where he had just won MVP for a game he played, and was very emotional and said on the verge of crying that his dream was always to play basketball. ZZH then suffered a knee injury at one point. However at the time he was under the management of Yu Zheng (a very influential producer who is behind the success of many famous actors in China). Yu Zheng encouraged/made/pressured (who knows) ZZH into taking on acting projects even while he was injured.

The end result being that this exacerbated the injury and meant that ZZH can never play basketball again (to the intensity that he would want), which is why he turned to become an avid golfer (in fact he has a golf tournament upcoming during June). ZZH hasn't been shy in stating that he regrets acting while injured till this day.

Now Gong Jun has openly spoken about this experience of ZZH's with clear sympathy, concern and care in joint interviews. And fans like to share moments when they feel GJ seems to in small actions always be aware of ZZH's knee injury, and take care to not hurt him further in that way.

So when you come back and look at this again...

Does it hit differently?

[prunus-mumes]

[three--rings]

WOH/SHL versus the Novel

In order of importance?  Maybe.

– Wen Kexing doesn’t fake his death in the novel.  In general the armor plot is pretty different but around this point in the novel WKX decides to return to the Ghost Valley for a Final Stand and sends Gu Xiang and Cao Weining away with Chengling to go looking for Ye Baiyi.  He’s basically sending them into safety.   Zhao Jing and his dudes are going to attack the Ghost Valley to get the Key.

– Zhou Zishu isn’t captured by Prince Jin, and basically Prince Jin plays no role in the plot except as backstory.  Zhou Zishu basically goes off on his own to hunt down the Scorpion King and ends up joining his entourage in disguise.

– A’Xiang and CWN catch up to YBY when he’s joining the rest of the force assaulting the Ghost Valley.  CWN basically jumps out and gets involved, A’Xiang follows, and eventually Master Mo does basically the same thing as in the drama and kills him.  A’Xiang tries to launch herself at him but YBY knocks her out and takes her away.

– The invading force arrives at the Ghost Valley to fight with WKX. The final confrontation, with WKX revealing his identity to everyone is here, and he finally kills Zhao. Gu Xiang arrives intending to kill Master Mo.  But she throws herself in front of a strike meant for WKX and dies, like in the drama, begging him to kill him for her, calling him gege.  WKX does, it’s just like the drama.  The Scorpion arrives and is going to kill him, but ZZS arrives in time and stops him, leaving him wounded to run away.

– Guess who ultimately kills Scorpion?  Zhang Chengling, when he happens to run into him, already wounded and having lost control of his own men. 

– ZZS carries WKX off the mountain.  Then they all go to the top of YBY’s mountain to perform the nail removal surgery because it has to be in a cold place.  The Shaman does the procedure and ZZS sleeps for weeks and then wakes up to WKX holding his hand, end of book.  They stay on top of the mountain for a few months recovering, (and having sex) but eventually go back to the world and everything is awesome. 

-The armor was NOT a key to a secret armory in the book.  It was basically encoded texts containing martial arts secrets.  (I think?)  The key was a fragile little thing and WKX destroyed it before the novel ever started so the entire thing was people fighting over nothing, a useless trinket.  He instigated it to get his revenge.

-There’s an extra you should really read if you’re sad about A’Xiang and CWN.  It’s here (in Eng translation): https://chichilations.home.blog/2021/03/18/fw-extra-3/ 

In it, CWN goes to the underworld to wait for Gu Xiang, who comes along a few minutes later and they are reunited.  Before going back to be reborn, they are given a red string of fate and are reborn with matching birthmarks to two friendly families, who take this as a sign and betroth them to each other as children.  The bracelets from the drama are clearly a reference to this and you should read this as canon, I think.

– Scorpion King is totally different in the book to the drama.  He’s not Zhao’s adopted son at all, and seems middle aged.  He likes to watch people have sex and tries to get Wenzhou to “perform” for him.  He is just really sleazy, but loves to gamble, so he kinda forms a tentative alliance with wenzhou for a minute.  He thinks he’s playing everyone who has hired him, but ultimately was getting played by WKX the whole time. 

– In the novel, WKX isn’t part of Four Seasons Manor.  He wasn’t accepted as a disciple by ZZS’s master, they didn’t know each other then. So the whole plotline of rebuilding the sect and ZZS taking him back and that theme of sect brothers isn’t there.  They don’t spend any time at Four Seasons Manor together.  Instead that period is spent at the Puppet Master’s stronghold, while ZZS recovers from nearly dying there.  It’s several months of them sharing a bed and being domestic. 

– The reveal of WKX’s identity to ZZS is WAY earlier in the book than the drama.  Basically around the time Chengling is kidnapped and they rescue him they’re sitting around a fire and WKX goes: “So you’re the leader of the Tian Chuang. huh?”  and ZZS is like “And you’re the Master of Ghost Valley” and they both just sit there feeling very smart.  And ZZS, even though he’s still CLAIMING to not like him and suspect him, etc, just doesn’t let this information slip to anyone.

– They constantly refer to each other as husband and wife in the book.  It’s started by WKX but eventually ZZS just gives in and plays along and at some point it shifts to sincere.  WKX is almost always called the wife.

– They kiss a few times but don’t actually have sex until after the end of the main novel. (Though they intend to once and get interrupted.)  The first extra deals with this, in which they spend weeks fighting (physically) over who is going to top, both determined to top.  Eventually WKX wins by being manipulative and having a crying breakdown over the loss of his parents and A’Xiang and ZZS gives in “just this once” and let’s him have his way.  There’s no explicit scenes, it’s a fade to black fyi.

In general, the book is really fun and delightful in the first half, when WKX is being very blatant and flirtatious and it’s driving ZZS insane.  The actual plot is almost more confusing than the drama armor plot and it’s basically just a sea of names to me even now (and they don’t match up with the drama…woes).

I definitely recommend it for the much more blatant and snippy banter and the explicitly, unreservedly happy ending.  There are things about the drama that I think were done better, though.  It’s a strange case of adaptation, and I’m sure I’m going to talk more about that. 

[kimmyyang]

Staff: why are they calling you 怼怼 (dui dui)？ HYM: Because Ye Bai Yi likes to diss. Staff: Ye Dui Dui? HYM: Yeah, Ye Dui Dui. Always dissing. And I don't understand why are you guys calling me 'lao po'? Why? How am I 'lao po'? You guys call Zhe Han 'lao po'. Why are you calling me 'lao po'? I don't get it. HYM: Yeah, the entire world knows Zhang Zhe Han is 'lao po'. Why are you calling me that? I'm not 'lao po'. *reads comment* HYM: The entire cast is 'lao po' except for daughter (Gu Xiang/ Zhou Ye). Hahaha, did you guys watch the wrong drama? Actually, when we started filming the drama, we found it really boring. Do you know why? Because we don't have many actresses, only a few. We were filming at Heng Dian, the other casts were laughing at us. They called us the monks' cast, all boys. A cast with all boys.

Cr.: 爱神降临倒计时 Translation: KIMMYYANG

[hitokirisethsien]

This guy.....  never cease to make me like him. I think the main character that i like most in the series is not Wen Ke Xing and Zhou Zhi Shu. I mean...i like them, Wen Ke Xing especially..but nobody beats Ye Bai Yi. this Lau Guai Wu is the best~ mainly because of Huang You Ming’s portrayal.

[shijiujun]

山河令 | Word of Honor - Mega Masterpost

Hey guys, here’s a FULL masterpost of the following for all Shan He Ling | Word of Honor items, basically a where-to-find-what:

General - Where to Find What

Episodes - Where to Watch What

Merchandise - Stores to Look Out For

GJ & ZZH - Variety Shows, Magazines & Endorsements

♣ Updates as of 30 April 2021, will be periodically updated if anything significant drops out ♣

(1) Novel ➩ JJWXC | Translations (Full) | No New Edition Print (For Now) - Because the first edition was printed a few years ago, the novel is 11 years old haha

(2) Drama Rec ➩ Here (I did this on the first day it aired so it’s based on the first four eps so yeah some info like where to watch is not updated but ignore that) (3) Audio Drama ➩ Here (Seasons 1 & 2, with 2 recently released)

(4) 山河令 Manhua ➩ Here (Up for two weeks and then taken down for some reason)

(5) Official Accounts to Follow ➩ 山河令 Weibo | Youku Official Twitter

(6) Wrap-Up for SHL Filming ➩ Here 

(1) Official Episodes (36 + 1 Special Ep)

➩ 山河令 on Youku (Original Simplified Chinese) - *How to Pay on Youku

➩ Word of Honor on Youku (Subtitles) - *How to Pay on Youku

➩ Word of Honor on Youku YouTube (Subtitles)

➩ 山河令 on Line TV TW (Traditional Chinese)

➩ Word of Honor on Viki (Subtitles)

(2) Behind the Scenes ➩ 山河令江湖番外篇 on Youku - Partially (70%~) behind a paywall, each episode costs about 1 yuan (or if you’re in Singapore $1.50 SGD which is fucking expensive, in Indonesia it’s apparently $0.30 and in Malaysia $0.20 LMAO) - But you get about 4-8 minute long BTS cuts with original scenes released with original voices + green screens

➩ Word of Honor on Youku YouTube (Subtitles) - Definitely not full release of BTS and even if they did release everything, it’d take a while, but there are already some subbed ones on the channel, just have to do a search

(3) Noteworthy Extras

➩ Special Ep (Youku): 7 minutes long with the first 4 minutes an FMV and the actual alternate or extended ending (depending on how you see it) in the last 3 minutes - You have to pay for it on Youku (both on the CN and EN/multi-language versions), we’ll have to check this week if YouTube will have it available for free. 

In any case it’s a happy ending I suppose, do all of you know it’s a happy ending? I’m seeing people reblogging my posts with so much angst in the tags about how the ending is devastating (which I suppose it is by my interpretation anyway for Ep 36 but Ep 37′s healing properties have been spread far and wide)

➩ Ep 6 (YouTube)

➩ Ep 7 (Youku, BTS)

➩ Ep 12 (YouTube - BTS in Youku, Original Voices in Youku)

➩ Ep 17 (LINE TV TW & YouTube)

➩ Ep 20-21 (YouTube)

➩ Ep 27 (Youku) - Part 1 | Part 2

➩ Ep 35 (Youku)

➩ Official Interview with Cast

(4) 山河令 Concert - May 3 & 4 2021

➩ Livestream on Youku - *How to Pay on Youku

➩ Livestream on Youku YouTube - For international fans, think this is a cheaper option overall hahahaha

➩ Concert Trailer - Highlight 1 | Highlight 2 (I AM LOSING MY MIND)

➩ SHL Concert Merch - RWB Hair Accessories

(5) 山河令 Official OST

➩ Spotify

➩ YouTube Playlist

Official Stores for SHL Merch

➩ 歪瓜出品 - First store to come up with SHL merch, has shikishi boards, standees, keychains, cushions, fan, badges, puzzles and ZZS’ hairtie most recently. Also officially bought the rights to two popular WenZhou fanarts for merch, the other stores don’t have the same design. Ran by Boss Hu, a young dude who’s hilarious af on Weibo and has been trying to get permission to produce more merch and also struggling real hard to get us WKX outfit-inspired sweaters!

➩ Rua哇吧 - First to come up with WenZhou dolls. Currently they have a 10cm version and also a 20cm version. 

➩ Omodoki [Via Rua哇吧] - Hairpin, cushions, glazed armour keychain, enamel pins and other cute things like bookmarks too

➩ 阿里鱼 [Via 咕噜文化] - SHL OST. Enough said. PO is over so there is no link but once they produce it the listing might go up again.

➩ 娱影文创 - SHL-themed jewellery based on ZZS’ alcohol gourd and sword Bai Yi, or WKX’s fan, also has tote bags and the glazed armour

➩ 一直娱 - Another app, items cannot be bought directly from Taobao. They’ve got mugs, hair ties, scrunchies, mouse pads, coasters and a lot of cute other things that the other stores don’t have, including customizable phone covers etc. and best part is they sell WenZhou posters from scenes from the book. They’ve also got an official photobook, but IMO the one from 吾流文化 is more worth it.

➩ 啦啦酱JK - Wen Kexing outfit-inspired kimono outerwear, and also WenZhou inspired ties and ribbons

➩ 吾流文化 - SHL Photobook (the full version with costume, set and character designs etc.) and also matches another box set of items that include a fan and standee and some other things 

➩ 月心引力 MOONLY - Perfumes in liquid and solid form. They’ve also bought the rights to a set of WenZhou fanarts, and they’re making white-haired WKX for standees and freebies etc.

➩ 优酷模玩 x TOFU - CUTEST WENZHOU FIGURINES

➩ 地澈天清 - HANFU AND DRESSES!!!! Inspired by WenZhou I WEEEEEP they look real good and are also in the affordable range - A summary of what you’ll see

➩ CanCan x Youku - Cutest WenZhou fam items!!!! With WKX white-hair

(1) About ZZH/GJ

➩ ZZH Weibo | ZZH Studio Weibo | ZZH Instagram

➩ GJ Weibo | GJ Studio Weibo | GJ Instagram | Wuhu-Famous

➩ Ship Name: Lang Lang Ding (LLD) or JunZhe - Although there’s no really strong RPS to be honest, most people I know use JunZhe and LLD as a mix of platonic friends + the WenZhou drama ship, or use JunZhe just to shorten their names because they appear at a lot of shows/shoots/interviews together, faster to type as well. The word Lang Lang Ding comes from 浪 (lang) which means to wander, and then 钉 (ding) as in nails, the nails that ZZS inflicted on himself.

(2) Noteworthy Interviews

➩ Goodbyes to SHL - ZZH | GJ

➩ About their Characters (Youku)

➩ Interview with ELLE TW

(3) Fansites (Check out their Photobooks - Mostly for WenZhou and also individual events and they will add on the upcoming concert footage and shots as well)

➩ 越界 (Both)

➩ 起意 (Both)

➩ 怦然心动 (ZZH) *Special mention they’ve been around for the longest so far, about 3 years, way before SHL and they’re REALLY generous

➩ 春秋荒梦 (Both)

➩ 同谋 (Both)

➩ Percent511 (ZZH)

➩ 105度 (ZZH)

(4) Variety Shows (Since SHL aired - Mar 21 to Apr 21)

➩ Happy Camp (Youku or YouTube) - 3 April 2020 | 24 April 2020 (GJ only)

➩ Ace vs. Ace (Youku or YouTube)

➩ Ace Actress (Youku or YouTube) - Ep 1 | Ep 2

➩ CHUANG 2021 (WeTV) - Part 1 | Part 2

(5) Magazine Shoots (Since SHL aired - Mar 21 to Apr 21)

➩ 精彩!OK (Both)

➩ Madame Figaro (Both - ZZH coming soon)

➩ ELLE/ELLEMEN - ZZH/GJ

➩ SE 南都娱乐 - GJ

➩ CHIC - ZZH

➩ Wonderland (Upcoming) - For ZZH’s Birthday

➩ Glitz - GJ

➩ VOGUE - GJ (Not cover)

(6) Endorsements (Since SHL aired - Feb 21 to Apr 21)

➩ Both

Tom Ford - 03 Lark and other shades

Armani Giorgio - Foundation

Wahaha Yogurt

➩ ZZH

Pandora - Jewellery

NIVEA - Sunscreen

Oneleaf - Skincare

Elizabeth Arden - Skincare

Sensodyne - Toothpaste

OPPO - Phone

Joyoung - Blender

Maybelline - Superstay Foundation, Loose Powder

Ariel - Laundry detergent XD

Baidu Maps - Don’t ask this is damn weird

Clinique

(Rumored) Costa Coffee

(Rumored) 水星家纺 - Bedsheets (He’s clearing the entire household)

➩ GJ

KFC

Bearkoko - Dietary sweets

Wolong Nuts !!!

Sisley - Skincare

Vita - Drinks brand

Centrum - Supplements

Fresh - Skincare

Tangle Teezer China - Haircare

Loreal - Sunscreen

TT语音 - Some gaming social network thing

Revelation - E-gaming

Beast - Candles, aromatherapy

Ya-Man - Men’s skincare

ROEWE - Car brand

Braun - Shavers

Plant Selected - Oat Milk

YSL - Rose perfume

[hitokirisethsien]

for my reference.... since i’m currently in this fandom~~~

[macknyu]

[hitokirisethsien]

How did Zhang Ri Shan turn from this cute pupper into an emotionally constipated person in Tomb of the Sea?!?

[naanima]

Sha Hai - ending thoughts SPOILERS

Sha Hai finished yesterday and I was left contemplative. The show wasn’t perfect, it suffered greatly when it wasn’t focused on its strongest assets; Qin Hao’s Wu Xie, Wu Lei’s Li Cu and the actual situation around the Old Nine Gates. The fillers were so frustrating. However, it did manage to hit all the plot points to propel the story, and answered the necessary questions while leaving viewers scratching their heads at others.

The strongest aspect of this show was it’s strong cast across the board. Wu Lei was such a revelation in this show: his acting became progressively better to the point where he was one of my faves in a show full fascinating individuals. He had the biggest growth and by the end of the series, and I just felt so bad for him. Poor Li Cu.

It was also such a punch in the guts to see Wu Xie, Fatty and Black Glasses sharing the screen together. I couldn’t stop smiling but I also couldn’t stop thinking about Xiao Ge.

The thing that struck me while watching the last two eps was how everybody turned up based purely on their trust and love of Wu Xie. How throughout the last two eps people kept on telling Wu Xie to keep on going, to no look back, to let them handle the danger. People are always dying for Wu Xie because they love him and trust him to succeed.

I love it. But it has also fucked Wu Xie up.

The scene of Wu Xie walking past his friends to sit silently in the car, an unconscious Li Cu in the back seat, and after all these years he completed what needed to be done. The burden was finally lifted but he has done so much, and the Montage of things that has happened and the deaths, and him breaking down crying. He was crying in relief but also grieving for what he was. Fuck. That whole scene punched me in the guts. Fuck, QH’s Wu Xie Is AMAZING!

ETA: Some observations.

- Black Glasses is just too cool for anybody

I now waits for Chongqi two years from now.

And then to have Wu Xie’s last scene, sitting in the back seat of a car surrounded by people who he loved and who loved him, laughing. Yeah okay, there was a lot of faults to this show but fuck my heart, QH’S Wu Xie was amazing.

- Xiao Hua’s appearance made me way too happy

- Fatty is awesome, the rock of their iron triangle

I’d rate the show 7.5 out of 10. Definite recommend. It suffers from fillers like a lot of Chinese shows, however, its plot, production design, and it’s ridiculously talented cast elevates it above most shows this year.

- ZRS and LW HAPPY!! <3!! OMFG! San Shu actually created a happy couple

- Sunan was so kickass, but fate was signed in stone as soon as she started to feel real emotions for Wu Xie

- SQ: I did know I’d actually get to like you little psycho. But you were a good friend

- Vision of San Shu being so much more emotionally impactful

- Li Cu being a badass, and lying through his teeth to do what needs to be done but wanting to save everyone. Fuck.

- Li Cu and his bros!!!!! I know you will never have a normal life but at least a few moments of normalcy

- THE FUCKING CORPSE FROM 10 YEARS AGO. WHAT A CALL BACK.

- A piece of the fucking GATE!!! OMFG! So that’s how thr Wang family got powerful

- Wu Xie being the cog that destroys the system, his birth being a threat to the Wang family. Guys, this was so good for me from a book pov.

@randomingoftherandomness

@white–muffin

[hitokirisethsien]

yup, that scene where Wu Xie was crying silently in the car. Qin Hao did an amazing job as Wu Xie.  And that part where he asked his fellow members to say ‘hi’ to Pan Zi.  Xiao Ge, faster come back!!! Imma wait for Daomu Biji Chong Qi..... So far Qin Hao’s Wu Xie is the BEST portrayal of Wu Xie. So looking forward to Zhu Yi Long’s version..

[my-otp-list]

I made this list while having an intensely Daomu-focused conversation with @kfanacc who is currently reading the English novel (thank you for picking it up!) as she finds the order of Daomu universe very confusing. And I know she isn’t the only one. Almost every part of the novel has its own set of adaptations (manhua, drama, donghua and/or spin-off) and everything is released in such a random fashion. So thought that it would be useful to share the list here too.

(putting a nice dreamy picture of Iron Triangle here because my favourite thing to do these days is pulling people down the abyss with me muahaha)

The Order of Everything Daomu Biji - Lined Up Chronologically

(status as of August 2019)

• Lao Jiu Men (Mystic Nine) and Lao Jiu Men Sequel: Novel ~2 volumes unfinished - Drama 48 episodes finished - No Manhua

• Lao Jiu Men Side Stories: 4 Movies

• Main Story: Novel 9 volumes finished - Drama 52 episodes (up till first half of Vol.4) ongoing - Manhua 152 chapters unfinished - Donghua in the making

• Zang Hai Hua (Tibetan Sea Flower): Novel 2 volumes unfinished - No Drama - Manhua 6 volumes unfinished

• Sha Hai (Sand Sea) - Novel 4 volumes unfinished - Drama 55 episodes finished - No Manhua

• Time Raiders: 1 Movie

• 10 Years Later: Novel 1 volume finished - No Drama - No Manhua

• Chong Qi (Reboot): Novel 4 volumes ongoing - Drama 72 episodes airing soon - Manhua 41 chapters unfinished(?)

• Others: About 200 chapters of extra stories, can belong to any timeline and any character depending on the author’s mood (￣▽￣) I haven’t read all of them so I won’t be able to fully list out. May update the list one day.

Note:

*Ongoing = The work is still being written or created and we may see the end of it. Unfinished = The work is left hanging and we may never see the end oops.

*For easy estimation, 1 volume of novel contains about 55 chapters.

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Image is credited to artist ERIK烤地瓜 @ Weibo.

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Yeah, I know, I know. I told you Daomu Biji is a deep abyss (and sorta messy because so many things are unfinished, but no one in the fandom complains because we love the author too much).

Fall down here. And don’t think of climbing out. I don’t know a single soul who manages to climb out anyway (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧

[hitokirisethsien]

For future references... i’ve ran out of daomu to watch. My last one left to watch is The Mystic Nine... (yeah, i know...my chronology arrangement of watching is screwed up...) I was only interested in Mystic Nine because of Zhang Ri Shan. I wanna know what this loyalty to Fo Ye is about. 

[my-otp-list]

As The Lost Tomb 2 & 3 are soon coming to an end, I’m here trying to get people hyped up for the upcoming The Lost Tomb: Reboot (Daomu Biji: Chong Qi) starring no other than the highly talented, impossibly adorable, supremely beautiful

ZHU YILONG!

Rumour has it that the series will air this August 17th, 2019 *ahem* But I highly doubt it considering the filming just finished a few months ago. Nevertheless, as this series features Zhu Yilong and is directly supervised by Nan Pai San Shu, it is something to really look forward to.

By the way, if anyone is lost about the timeline, Reboot takes place 10+ years after Main Story events, thus also after Mystic Nine (Lao Jiu Men) and Tomb of The Sea (Sha Hai). Wu Xie is about 38 years old now. We will see Iron Triangle together again being best bros, so yay!!!

[Also this is the only Eng-subbed Chong Qi video that I managed to find on the entire Internet... ]

[hitokirisethsien]

i am honestly very excited for this i hope it wouldn’t dissapoint. 

[hitokirisethsien]

Liu Hai Kuan on the piano with his character song in The Untamed.

XiChen gege~~~!!!

[seinaet]

this isn’t on the soundtrack :[

[llonkrebboj]

Keep reading

[forceemajeuree]

[hitokirisethsien]

The very thing i was yelling everytime Ming Tai does something stupid that would jeopardize the whole mission

[hitokirisethsien]

ENDING for The Disguiser

Episode 41. The Grand FINALe... (sorry i am 3 years late to the party) ANYWAY~~ I finished this after watching Nirvana in Fire. (came here due to the cast, mainly because of Wang Kai....but i was blown away by Jin Dong’s performance here)

My verdict on this series? It was good, until the last 6 or so episodes. Hu Ge was basically a stupid brat in this movie.It's like 180 degrees and total opposite of Mei Changsu. " YOU HAVE THE SKILLS, BUT WHY DONT YOU HAVE THE BRAINS?!?!?!" .... is what i've been screaming at most of the time everytime Ming Tai decides to do something stupid that could’ve gotten everyone killed. SPOILERS AHEAD ......... SPOILERS AHEAD ......... SPOILERS AHEAD ......... .... SPOILERS AHEAD ......... .. SPOILERS AHEAD ......... .

The series was nice, and quite kancheong. The meticulous planning by Ming Lou (Jin Dong) is almost like Mei Changsu's character. However, the entire series went to the dumps after Ming Tai found out ALL of Ming Lou's identity. (both being the KMT and Communist's leader). 

From then onwards the scriptwriting was quite half assed IMHO and it seems as if it was done just with minimal effort. So many plotholes, so many unanswered questions and the ending is so damn abrupt. I'm not sure if they want to pave way for a season 2 because that ending was sloppily done. When that 'THE END' appeared, i was like WHAT THE FUCK~!?!?!? THAt'S IT?!?!?!(honestly i kinda felt cheated) 

(I think many people might hate me for the next thing i’m about to say) Also, i feel it’ll be more feels of brotherhood/family/loyalty/ if Ah Cheng was the one that jumped in front of Ming Lou to shield him from the bullet. 

Ah Cheng has exhibited loyalty in the entire series, and it’ll only be right should he be the one taking the bullet for Ming Lou.  (i’m sorry, i really love Ah Cheng / Wang Kai, i really do... but i feel for storyline and feels, it would’ve had more impact) Also, the entire end game obstacle was due to Ah Cheng’s carelessness of dealing with Lone Wolf.  Ming Tai.... oh Ming Tai, where should we start with you.  You were a super spy, equipped with so many talented skills....but you just dind’t have the brains to be a spy.  Your character development was one of the weakest among the brothers. Still, Hu Ge did an amazing job playing his character (and he looked good doing it too) But really, i’m so sorry...i hated Ming Tai in this series.  Ming Lou = Mei Changsu... nuff said. (on top of being the brains / strategist of the series, he could fight too) Ah Cheng is my favourite among the 3 brothers.  but i feel his character had so much potential (in fact, they could’ve gone for 5 extra episodes dedicated for his character). SPECIAL HONORABLE MENTION TO LIU YIJUN as Wang Tian Feng (Wasp) His performance was amazingly awesome. 

SPOILERS END........ SPOILERS END........ 

  I would say 6.5/10 for this series.  It would’ve been a 8.5/10 if they removed the romance element. It was quite redundant. That female lead was.....meh? (sorry, that was what i felt. Her expressions didn’t really reflected much IMHO)