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“Staying with someone or not. Being in a relationship or not. Any of the above is a personal choice, but no matter which way you go, you should like the self who made the choice.”

— Fujisaki Nozomi

especially

doodlegirll

This is one of the funniest holiday cards I have ever seen.

laughconfetti

this has been in my queue for an entire year

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mxlabradorite

I will reblog this every Christmas season I’m on tumblr.

drunkygoesonadventures

It’s beginning to look a lot like shit scram

rasec-wizzlbang-blog

*wakes up in a cold sweat*

r.. reverse medusa…

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simply-brandon

Turns stones into humans

(Genuinely wondering if it’s too late to translate this.... it has been more than a month...)

This is Jake’s movie recommendations from his very first solo podcast on Wave! I was contemplating translating every podcast but honestly, Jake talks a lot, he’s super random at times and it’s 1 hour long.... His first episode was on movies and TV shows tho! Since he posted this list, I thought I’d just translate this. And frankly speaking, these are all great films/shows that can be additional sustenance for your social isolation days. Don’t mind me if I add some of my own commentary haha.

He starts off by thanking the fans that noted down all the films he mentioned. These are the films and shows he would most like to recommend after looking over the notes.

Favourite Movie: Boyhood (2014, dir. Richard Linklater)

I can see why this is Jake’s favourite movie. Took 12 years to film.

Favourite director: Hirokazu Koreeda

Studio Ghibli film recs: Porco Rosso (1992, dir. Hayao Miyazaki), My Neighbor Totoro (1988, dir. Hayao Miyazaki)

I would also like to recommend Princess Mononoke haha

Recommended English Shows: Sex Education (2019), Modern Family (2009)

Most anticipated film from this year’s Golden Horse Fantastic Film Festival: 刻在你心底的名字/Your Name Engraved Herein (2020, dir. 柳广辉 Liu Guang Hui), Raging Bull (1980, dir. Martin Scorsese)

I really want to catch Your Name Engraved Herein. The internets be calling it a BL film. It’s a love story for sure. Will probably be heartbroken after watching this lol. Since the film festival got cancelled because of Covid19, I believe the festival made some arrangements with a streaming service so everyone can join a virtual cinema and watch their offerings together haha. Check it out if y’all are interested.

Jake was also a guest for a livestream with the festival (last week). The ongoing joke is that Jake buys so many tickets every year that he might as well be an investor for the festival hah I... please invite me...I wanna go...)

Favourite Jim Carrey films: (first choice) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004, dir. Michel Gondry), (second choice) The Truman Show (1998, dir. Peter Weir)

Oh my god, I love Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Definitely in my top 10, so please watch it HAHA. The Truman Show is also a great recommendation! (I have written about both in essays before, this might be an obsession.)

Favourite Animations: Up (2009, dir. Pete Docter), How to Train Your Dragon (2010, dir. Chris Sanders/Dean DeBlois), Ratatouille (2007, dir. Brad Bird), Coco (2017, dir. Lee Unkrich), Inside Out (2015, dir. Pete Docter), I Lost My Body (2019, dir. Jérémy Clapin), (special recommendation) Anomalisa (2015, dir. Charlie Kaufman/Duke Johnson)

Nuff said about all the Pixar titles here lol. The entire HTTYD series is amazing in my books. Dreamworks dares to do certain things that Disney doesn’t (I will refrain from getting too much into this). The last two titles are pretty weird but pretty dang good. Anomalisa is written by Charlie Kaufman, who also wrote Eternal Sunshine. Very thought-invoking and definitely not as family friendly.

Documentary he would most like to watch: Honeyland (2019, dir. Tamara Kotevska/Ljubomir Stefanov)

Macedonian documentary film about the life of a beekeeper. Definitely worth a watch if you are into documentaries and/or environmental topics.

Taiwan Documentary: 未來無恙/Turning 18 (2018, dir. 賀照緹 Chao-Ti Ho)

Another crazy film that took 7 years to make. It’s about two girls from low income family, and their growth from 15 to 18.

Special Recommendations: Films by Denis Villeneuve, for example, Blade Runner 2049 (2017) and Arrival (2016).

Other films that will enshroud you with a sense of loneliness: Drive (2011, dir. Nicolas Winding Refn), Paris, Texas (1984, dir. Wim Wenders)

Other special mentions: Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019, dir. Céline Sciamma), Little Women (2019, dir. Greta Gerwig), Marriage Story (2019, dir. Noah Baumbach), 叔·叔/Suk Suk (2019, dir. 杨曜恺 Ray Yeung), Call Me by Your Name (2017, dir. Luca Guadagnino)

At the end of his list, Jake says many of these films are not easy to watch, so if he had to chose just one title to recommend to every one, it would be...

Modern Family

(He mentioned in his next insta story. I didn’t screenshot it haha.)

Okay, that’s all. I was googling throughout his podcast because I didn’t know the chinese names of the films lmao it was a thumb workout. Who knew Eternal Sunshine became just 4 characters that Google translates to “Ace Enemies”. Hope this is as interesting to everyone as it is to me! Feel free to inbox if you want other recommendations lol (of mine, I am no Jake haha). Happy watching and stay safe!!

#jake hsu #xu junhao #徐钧浩 #social media #film recommendation #this is such a good list tbh #i love that i stan someone who has the same hobby as me

mbrainspaz

I really enjoy just existing in hotels. The long identical hallways. The soulless abstract art. The weird noises the air-conditioner makes. Strange city lights in the window. Six stories off the ground. Strangers chatting in the hall. Nothing in the dresser. No past, but an infinite present.

sushinfood

Finally, Someone Understands

the-cheshire-cat-grin

fireflies by owl city feels like staying up late the night before a field trip i will not elaborate

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Lucy Keating, Dreamology

JAKE ON WAVE BROADCAST A SUMMARY (or the things that stood out to me lmao)

1. Jake decided to major in acting before deciding on becoming an actor in his second year. He was considering set design but he got injured and that scared him away lmao.

2. Most memorable character: Zi Shuo from Close Your Eyes Before It's Dark.

3. Meng Shao Fei is very different from who Jake is, which made learning the character very fun.

4. He really wanted a role with a lot of lines. And then Meng Shao Fei happened hahahhhh.

5. He wants to act as a lawyer because he likes debating lmao.

6. Most memorable class when he studied acting: Mask work because it's the most removed from what he knows as an actor. (I did a class on mask work before so i understand what Jake means.)

7. He has a list of 12 things to do when he receives his script. Okay intense DEDICATION.

8. Everyone's just begging him to sing lmao. Even a nursery rhyme but our boy would not budge..

9. Most insane thing he has done for a gig. Jake went out for a talk on diving in a skiing store in May last year. Fell in love, applied for a class, got his role as a diver soon after. The show is coming this summer~~

10. JAKE IS A CERTIFIED DIVER WHO GOT HIS LICENCE IN 2 DAYS EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A 3 DAY CLASS because the typhoon was arriving. Amazing.

11. Being an actor is fun because he gets exposed to different kinds of roles that does all kinds of things you usually wouldn't get to experience. This is also the most challenging thing.

12. He lounged on his sofa recently and watched the Irishman twice.

13. Bought the biggest tv so he can get as close as possible to a trip to the cinema. This is a man after my heart. Jk he already has it.

14. HIGHLY REQUESTED AS A DJ NOW.

15. Biggest obstacle thus far: A director went to Jake and said that he wished Jake never studied acting. Jake agrees with the notion and says what he studied does limits him so he's trying to balance his training and being open minded. (I FEEL THIS as a once actor lmao)

16. Will he try theatre? Absolutely because that's where he started his journey at.

17. His interest: Watching movies. And then he laughs and says it's his entire life. (I-)

18. He acts out scenes that he likes randomly. E.g. while waiting for his breakfast at his breakfast shop.

19. He has breakfast there everyday AND almost says where the shop is. I WANT TO KNOW.

20. No more Oscar predictions for him because he got it wrong 2 years in a row. I will personally start a petition that he makes this a yearly tradition OK.

(I wrote down all the movies he talked about hahaha........)

21. Movie that inspired him: Girlfriend Boyfriend. It was the movie that showed him movies can be about human emotions and kickstarted his fascination with movie exploration. Yep, he has my heart.

22. Jake used to have a column on film on a website!!!!!!!!! I WOULD PAY TO SEE THIS but but website is gone and I am sad and he says he won't do it again and that makes me even sadder.

23. He watched 19 films to prepare for Oscars.... I am ashamed to call myself a film buff.

24. He doesn't want to get married anymore after watching Marriage Story HAHA

25. If there were to be a sequel to Trapped, HE WILL TAKE IT because he feels that there is still a lot to Meng Shao Fei that hasn't been explored. AGREED. ABSOLUTELY.

26. Played mahjong and watched a lot of movies for Chinese New Year lol predictable

27. He recommends YET another movie: Suk Suk.

28. Dou-Hao broadcast~

29. Thanks everyone for supporting and listening to the broadcast.

30. Last refusal to sing and says maybe he'll get a role with singing and we will get to hear him then. Goddamnit.

I'M DONE. I had to summarise this because I really like what Jake says. And lmao a 30min broadcast. I have 30 points. 1 point for every minute. Great summary.

#jake hsu #history3: trapped #meng shao fei #history 3: 圈套 #i love listening to him talking about films #i watch the same kind of films as him help #xu junhao #urgh jake #i cant #ALSO YES MORE TRAPPED #MORE SHAO FEI #MORE JAKE

discofriend

Harry Potter AU in which Fred and George are in different houses and they steal and wear each others ties whilst doing stupid things in hope of the others house losing points

thatwriterchickyouknow

Finally a Fred and George AU that doesn’t make me want to set myself on fire.

lytefoot

AU where Fred and George are in different houses and they get their hands on house ties from the other two houses as well. By the end of their first year nobody knows which house either of them is in and just take points off a random house whenever they see a redhead getting up to something.

The confusion runs so deep by the time Ron starts that Snape once takes points off Slytherin for Ron fighting with Malfoy.

chippish

There’s a few months in Fred and George’s second year when they successfully convince most of the school that they’re actually quadruplets, one in each house.

roseverdict

“George! Why are you wearing a Slytherin tie?”

“What? No, I’m Edward. Y'know, Slytherin’s resident Weasley?”

“Wh…huh???”

“Next you’ll be telling me you don’t know Hubert!”

“?????”

doctorgeekery

After this confusing quadruple mess, a conspiracy theory emerges that Fred and George are actually just one person, and there were never any Weasley Twins. To add fuel to this theory, Fred and George make a point to never be seen together (publicly).

When asked about this theory, Fred/George subtly insinuates that he used Polyjuice Potion so that there could be multiple versions of himself at once. This goes around the Hogwarts Rumor Mill like fire. The Weasley family says nothing to dispute it, not even Percy.

hippocrates460

Percy makes polyjuice successfully for the first time in his fifth year, when he finally has sufficient motivation. Fred, George, Edward and Hubert walk into the great hall one morning, identical but for their school ties, and the chaos is so great that nobody realizes Percy and Ron are missing.

simpleiscool

I love that Percy is in on this too HAHA

astrifurous

If I was a fictional character, how would the fandom misinterpret me?

gothiccharmschool

Okay, THIS is a brilliant question.

reliquiaen

AU where people age until they reach 18 and then stop aging until they meet their soul mate so they can grow old together.

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i’d never die

verylargetomato-deactivated2021

but imagine already being in a relationship at 18 and then at 22 you’re both sitting there looking at each other and realizing that you both haven’t aged a day

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imagine platonically moving in with ur best friend at 18 and then realizing a few years later that you’ve been aging together

sadgaywerewolf

imagine purposely never finding your soul mate so you can reign eternal

airtrafficcontroller

holy shit i think we may have stumbled upon the greatest romance/adventure concept ever

enlistedjess-deactivated2017010

What if you killed your soul mate so you’d make sure you never aged.

dissypoo

This just makes me really want a story where the main antagonist is someone who has been killing their soulmate for centuries whenever they find them, and the main protagonist is the newly re-incarnated version of their soulmate

rainyfrogs

okay but you guys dont realize the potential.

imagine meeting a handsome young man who’s seen as a player and sleeps around a lot and you notice a scar along his arm and ask where he got it. he just look down at his feet and said “i used to be a soldier in world war one”. He’s been sleeping around and hooking up so much cause he’s been trying to find his soulmate for years but hasn’t yet.

Imagine going on your first date with someone and you really hit it off and then the next day you notice a grey hair and call them on the phone excitedly screaming and they both just sit on the phone hysterically crying and laughing.

Imagine sitting in silence with your partner and having them say out of the blue “i feel so old when im around you… but… in a good way” and thats the moment you know that they love you.

imagine having a dog thats 18 in human years and it starts to get gray patches of fur because they loves you so much.

imagine noticing you look older and freaking out but then stopping and getting super confused because “im not dating anyone right now…. which of my friends is my soulmate… WHICH ONE IS IT!?!?!?” and then they hopelessly date everyone they know in order to find out which one it fucking was. it was the pizza delivery guy the whole time. they went on 27 dates that all ended in confusion and heartbreak and it was the god damn pizza delivery guy from a month ago the whole fucking time.

imagine someone dating their partner for 5 years and then having an affair. only after the affair do they start aging.

imagine nuns who start to age after they ceremoniously “marry god”

imagine people getting surgeries to look older cause they dont want people to think theyre alone.

imagine having parents who wont let you date anyone but they start to notice you aging and then you have to have a terrifying “surprise im gay and i have a boyfriend haha oops” conversation

imagine seeing couples with teenage kids and the couple both looks 18.

i could go on for hours.

the-anime-man

imagine immortal aromantics/asexuals

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outlanderalien

I love this concept because it implies that in this world ageing is celebrated and desired instead of resisted. Imagine beauty standards in this world, grey hair is proudly undyed, every new wrinkle is considered beautiful or elegant.

Imagine the romantic implications as well, that finding your soul mate and being with them, means you effectively agree to become mortal, and therefore agree to die just to be with them.

Imagine someone who has many friends, but struggles to find their soul mate, and gradually watches all of their friends grow old and die happy with their partners.

Imagine two best friends who are the same age, but find their soulmates at different times, so now one likes to pretend they’ve lived longer and are older and wiser while poking fun at their “silly naive” young friend. (e.g. “oh you younguns wouldn’t understand, it was before your time” “we are literally the same age”)