I'm glad to have you here, browsing my happiness archive. 💛 I fell down this BJYX rabbit hole in late 2024, and I've been captivated by these two wonderful men ever since.
The majority of the content I share here is edited and/or captioned by me. If not, I include links, sources, and credit the OP whenever possible. As of now, I don't post on any other platforms. If you'd like to repost anything I share here elsewhere, please be mindful of giving credit.
I'm not a Chinese speaker, but I try my best to stay faithful to this lovely language in my transcriptions and translations. If you spot any errors, let me know!
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I'm not so good at tagging (sorry!), but here's some general guidance:
#cql bts, #the untamed bts, #the untamed behind the scenes — as the tags say, these are the behind-the-scenes clips from The Untamed's filming that I edit, add English subtitles to, or make GIFs of.
#cql singing show — this is a series of posts with songs GG&DD have sung during the behind-the-scenes.
#bjyx — kind of a mess of a tag, but mostly things related to GG&DD as a couple, candies, CPN, etc.
#bjyx playlist — compilation of songs and performances related to GG&DD according to moods.
#favorite pics — a series of posts where I share photos of WYB and XZ that I believe look good together.
#wyb is so beautiful, #xz is so beautiful — random moments where I think GG&DD are looking... beautiful.
#xz as wwx, #wyb as lwj — mostly content from The Untamed or somehow related to their roles.
#white peony wyb — posts of WYB during his adorable baby blond idol phase (which he hates -- I'M SORRY WYB, BUT YOU WERE TOO CUTE!).
#yizhan x brazil crumbs — I was born in Brazil, so whenever I find something curious or interesting connecting GG&DD to it, I like sharing.
Other posts you may find interesting: Fanfic recs (WangXian and YiZhan) / Long compilation of bts clips from June 18th (Dragon Boat date day) / Long compilation of bts clips from July 8th ("Zhan-ge, didi ai ni" day) / Chinese naming conventions /// Side blog
Besides all of the above, you can peruse the blog's archive -- there's A LOT of content posted since 2024. 😊 Have fun! ✨
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Why is this blog called "I love a lonely star"? Because during The Untamed's first fan meeting, GG sang Stefanie Sun's Kepler and changed the final verse from "reminding me I am also just a lonely star" to "reminding me I love a lonely star".
Ever since, I've loved this symbolism of a lonely star -- one that shines beautifully, gives us hope, but is also a bit heartbreaking. In a way, I think that feels similar to what GG&DD represent to us, turtles.
Also, I won't share here, but I imagine most of you must've seen the Zharms on those Infinite Ten Days leaks... and I just wanted to say it looks like WYB has been admiring handsome, muscular men for a long time 😂
I get so emotional watching this scene 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 it's a very obvious reference to the ending of MDZS (before the extras) 🥺❤️🩹
Excerpt from MDZS:
Swaying left and right atop the donkey, Wei WuXian took the flute from his waist and placed it by his lips. The limpid notes flew across the sky like birds. Lan WangJi halted and listened quietly.
It was the song he sang for Wei WuXian when they were stuck in the Xuanwu cave. It was also the song that Wei WuXian just so happened to have played at Dafan Mountain, the song that enabled Lan WangJi to confirm his identity.
When he finished, Wei WuXian winked his left eye towards Lan WangJi, “How was it? Beautiful, huh?”
Lan WangJi slowly nodded.
(…)
Wei WuXian tugged the donkey’s reins, “But really, I’ve come up with almost ten names for this song. And there’s not a single one of them you like?”
Lan WangJi stated firmly, “No.”
Wei WuXian, “Why not? I think it’d be great if it’s called Love Song of Lan Zhan and Wei Ying.”
Lan WangJi said nothing. Wei WuXian blathered on, “Or Everyday Song of HanGuang and YiLing also sounds great. You just know it’s got a story behind it…”
Lan WangJi seemed like he didn’t want to hear another name, “There is.”
Wei WuXian, “There is what?”
Lan WangJi, “A name.”
Wei WuXian was surprised, “There is? Then you should’ve said its name earlier. Why didn’t you tell me for so long? You made me try for so long to come up with a name, wasting my wisdom.”
After a moment of silence, Lan WangJi answered, “WangXian.”
Wei WuXian, “Huh?”
Lan WangJi, “The song is named WangXian.”
Wei WuXian widened his eyes.
(…)
It was only something trivial, yet he looked as if he just discovered a new and interesting occurrence. He couldn’t hold himself back from sharing this with Lan WangJi, calling, “Lan Zhan, look at me, look at me now!”
Just like before, Wei WuXian called his name with a grin, and he looked over as well.
From then on, he could never move his eyes away again.
It's very interesting to notice how DD/LWJ's face changes throughout the shooting of CQL. These two frames are from the same episode (29) and are a continuation. But the left frame was shot in the early days of filming (April 18th), while the right frame was shot later, in early August.
Like GG says in this interview, DD was criticized because of the way his eyes were pulled by the wig at the beginning, making his expression not LWJ-like in the eyes of the fans, so they changed it. His eyebrows are also different, I guess making him look more regal and stern in the right frame.
I think GG/WWX's changes aren't that visible because it seems the way the wig pulled his eyes wasn't as noticeable as DD's, and they didn't change much of the shape of his eyebrows either.
Another example of continuation (the frame on the right is the following day of the scene on the left), where we can clearly see the difference between HGJ's features from the first days of filming to the last days of filming.
The frame on the left, when they are at the forbidden section of the library with LXC, was filmed on August 23rd, literally the last day of shooting, while the frame on the right, when they are at the Hanshi with LXC, was filmed in early May.
Of course, DD is making a different expression, but even so, the difference in the shape of his eyebrows and eyes is very evident.
