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[ryuusea-archive]

this was previously username ryuusea and has been renamed to @ryuusea-archive. this account will now be inactive.

things have been shuffled around and @ryuusea is now main blog I’ll be using for art archiving purposes.

[krushing]

In The Mood For Love 花樣年華 (2000) dir. Wong Kar-Wai

[thatsbelievable]

[plecotusauritus]

There is always a fandom discourse about how fandom is too much about shipping and romantic love, but my beef is actually with people being too fond of the idea of a family as the purest form of love and the strongest unit.

Starting from pople tending to turn every story about siblings who are not besties into this huge tragedy instead of awknowledging that maybe, sometimes, people are not close with their siblings. Or that people are so weird about mothers.

But what irks me even more is the tendency to decide that two people who are close in canon have a "sibling coded relationship" which suddenly also means that shipping them together is wrong. Or if a character has an older person in their life whom they look up to - well that is their parent now!!!! They can't fuck their parent!!!!

There is this underlying idea that elevating characters into a familial bond is above such concepts as romantic love or sex. Which sucks because that is not what the concept found family means - it was meant to describe the queer experience of finding your people and community from outside of your blood relatives, and it was never meant to say that there can't also be romantic relationships within that community.

And it is not even always about the fact that I want to ship my blorbo with everyone who comes near him (although I absolutely do), but I think that sometimes there can be meaningful dynamics that are not about family. I want my blorbo to have friends, lovers, partners, mentors, neighbours, a trusted older person who they can call to but is not their parent.

Maybe some of this rises from the fact that family for me is something complicated and sore and not as important as my friends and community. But also the idea of a nuclear family as the pillar of society is such a conservative talking point and it is weird that people keep throwing a fit about romance and dating as societal standard but don't seem to notice this one.

[zutara]

"I promised a mysterious couple and I delivered ✨ Katara and Zuko cuz they were canon in my head when I was 12."

-Art by Paulina Klime

[nakasachi]

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[Reblogs❤️]

[xinyuehui]

# help! why is my jiejie like this?!

Love Game in Eastern Fantasy · 2024

[disconnected-from-reality]

Ding Yuxi and his micro expressions

Lately, Ding Yuxi has trended in weibo for his phenomenal acting in Love Game in Eastern Fantasy and people have started calling it "jinjiang style acting" for being able to portray the fancy and wordy description or narration jinjiang (JJWXC) novel authors use. For context, jjwxc is a chinese website for publishing novels.

Someone in weibo has created a compilation of his micro expressions and let me tell you, if you appreciate good acting, watch this.

Link to the original post here.

NOTE: All subtitles were MTL'd! I only added subtitles so that when I rewatch it I don't have to rely on my notes for the translations. It's all really for ease of watching. I apologize if there are mistranslations within the video.

FUN FACT: xiaoding's expression in yyxh was used as a lecture material in a film school in China! This also got trending in weibo.

[catmask]

i dont consider myself a 'fashion guru' by any means but one thing i will say is guys you dont need to know the specific brand an item you like is - you need to know what the item is called. very rarely does a brand matter, but knowing that pair of pants is called 'cargo' vs 'boot cut' or the names of dress styles is going to help you find clothes you like WAAAYYYY faster than brand shopping

[catmask]

this also goes for aesthetic or -core titles. 'y2k tank top' is going to get you resellers and fast fashion brands advertising to people looking to meet a current trend. 'thin strap crop tank top' is going to get you a diverse group of results and not upcharge you to hell and back

additionally, shop second hand when you can, second hand and thrift sites typically organize clothes by the cut and color. theyll be more affordable than a depop seller curating you a style to sell you

[daftpatience]

useful terminology for different kinds of clothing shapes :)

[thatsbelievable]

[kkokeiko]

[animangahive]

We, who are James Moriarty

[user-needs-new-hyperfixation]

Rambling about Sherlock, Liam, and Sex

(obviously gonna include mature subjects, but this isn’t like smutty or anything, just attempts at character analysis.)

Keep reading

[beneath-the-mask]

Durham Date - Morimyu Op3

[beneath-the-mask]

Mr "I don't care, Lestrade you take the credit" suddenly changing to "um I solved that case ACTUALLY" when Liam takes an interest

[dekheinjee]

Yuumori characters as different text posts part 5/?

In my last part someone reblogged the post and said in the hashtags that it's a crime I didn't put "gender: pretty boy" as Bonde so I did it this time because it fits so well, I have no idea how I didn't do it the first time. Whoever that was, I hope you see this!