Len's soup

Of memes and pretty pictures 

[metamorphesque]

Tired, Langston Hughes

[byoldervine]

Fanfic is a great way to practice self-indulgence while writing. It doesn’t even have to be good, it just exists purely for your pleasure, be a little freak about it. Worry about quality and what other people think when it comes to works you intend to publish in a formal setting

[minoyrheyr]

"The Legend of Rosy Clouds" quick thoughts as SaiMono fan

First of all, don't watch this if you never watch any cdrama. Why? You'll not be prepared by how they didn't adapt it faithfully. I have a very low expectation in watching this and some cdrama made me jaded so I'm fine. Its like Word of Honor? Some of the changes are fine with and some is I just can't accept. I like WOH but also hate some part of it. That's how I felt watching it. Its better than The Long Ballad but not better than Word of Honor. Yes, they lean to comedy aspect but I don't mind the comedy version of You Yao donghua despite being adapted from dark novel so maybe that's why I took it well. From what I can see, it's like a mix match of what's happening in anime s1 and s2. They introduced some characters way early while all of the different arcs are happening at the same time.

The fighting scenes and main couple scenes are the highlight for me. The main couple chemistry is what makes me keep watching this. That's my childhood ship and I want them to be happy. I love their slow burn developing relationship. I might not be a fan of Li Yitong acting direction in some scenes but girl is very pretty. I can see her as Shuurei if only she was directed well. Believe or not, Zeng Shunxi surprises me the most. He's so good even if this is the first time watching him. He really embody the puppy man Ryuuki. I really like when he transition from his foolish self to actually wise leader. He might be my fave portrayal. People might say ohh he doesn't look like the character but I shall defend him and say it's about the character's aura. His face shape actually reminds me of WOH Wen Kexing, another dog-coded character.

I know I already said I'm not looking forward to Deng Wei's Sakujun but wow the more I watch it, the more I hate it. Not only his facial hair doesn't look good on him, he doesn't look scary or a threat in not love rival way but as a villain, him falling for Shuurei quickly in the most shallow way possible but well making sense of his action is kinda useless and his good grandson image irritates me. Sorry, I just can't. Every time he appear it just ruined everything for me. Yes, he's handsome but I'm talking about what the production did to his character okay. It's not about him but his character. I wish they did what WOH did to Ghost Valley Master Wen Kexing. Don't reveal him early and slowly introduce him. I think I will love him more that way even if he's less questionable. Its like they don't know how to introduce this cool character... He kill people but the camera angle and lighting are not helping at all to persuade the viewers he's the villain. I actually feel bad for Deng Wei.

The supporting characters are okay but not that outstanding either. Love the Ran siblings dynamic but I hated how they made Jyuusanhime a lovestruck girl. Seiran also felt stiff to me maybe because they don't have Ensei to pull out his different side. Kouyuu is kinda what do you call this a pushover but he do get angry to Shuuei sometimes. I like what they did to Ko Kijin. Kou Shouka appearance is a suprise. He still love his wife and bad at household chores. They sadly combined Korin and Shusui's character. That's not surprising at all since WOH did combined Wen Kexing and Jiuxiao's character hence the way Zhou Zishu interact with him changes too. It seem they made Sa Enjun the bad guy... Like how Helian Yi became Prince Jin in Word of Honor. And yeah, they deleted the xianxia elements(the 8 immortals) because it won't work out with 9 noble families. It should be 8 so yeah.

[herpsandbirds]

Cloven-feathered Dove (Drepanoptila holosericea), family Columbidae, endemic to New Caledonia

photograph by Lev Frid

[michaelnordeman]

Eurasian chaffinch/Fringilla coelebs/bofink. Värmland, Sweden (13 July 2024).

[herpsandbirds]

Azure Tit (Cyanistes cyanus), family Paridae, order Passeriformes, Russia

photograph by Anna Golubeva 

[mrokat]

✨Florence And The Machine at the Opener Festival '26 ✨taken by me

[dovebuffy92]

[wibblyrlin]

Florence Welch at NOS Alive Festival (2026)

[myheadisfullofpoison]

Florence + The Machine's Everybody Scream tour

[dovebuffy92]

[wibblyrlin]

Florence Welch at I-Days Milano (2026)

[wibblyrlin]

Florence Welch at NOS Alive Festival (2026)

[lenarosali]

Omg somebody commented on an old story?!

It's a bot.

[mournfulroses]

Emily Brontë, from The Collected Works & Poetry of Emily Brontë; “Wuthering Heights,”

[namhuns]

“In-ho wanted to save Gi-hun!”

so, let’s recognize that this is the same hwang in-ho that didn’t care if gi-hun died the first round of games, the same in-ho that shot his brother with no problem, the same in-ho that did nothing when the VIPs deemed a newborn baby a player, the same in-ho did nothing when his guards were mutilating and selling organs of deceased players to the Korean black market, the same in-ho who is a voyeur to these horrific events and even encourages them, and the SAME in-ho that watched gi-hun threaten and then moments after kill himself.

no, hwang in-ho did not want to save seong gi-hun, no one ever wanted to save gi-hun and that is what’s tragic.

he could have saved him had he felt inclined to, he would, and he didn’t.

[station18908]

The small voice in your head that says: "I don't need to write down every small detail of this plot idea, I love it so much, I'll remember this."

That's the devil speaking.