#growing list

[preciousqiqi]

Favorite danmei (random order/not in order of preference)

Heaven Official’s Blessings 天官赐福

Thousand Autumns 千秋

Peerless 无双

The Dumb Husky and His White Cat Shizun 二哈和他的白猫师尊

Jofyul Reunion 相见欢 (P.S. I reread this few times)

A Sword of Frost 一剑霜寒

This Venerable One Really Didn’t Abandon My Familiar 本座真的没有弃养灵宠

Cherry Blossoms Upon a Wintry Sword 寒剑栖桃花

Peach 含桃

Living to Suffer 活受罪 | Till Death Do Us Part 長相守 (sequel) (P.S. So angsty but so good, I reread this few times)

Tyrant Pampering Wife Diary 暴君宠婚日常

The Disabled Tyrant’s Beloved Pet Fish 残疾暴君的掌心鱼宠[穿书]

Little Ger, Slow Life in Another World 小哥儿异世慢生活 (P.S. Simple and sweet, I occasionally reread few chapters)

My Favorite Manly Husband 恶霸的娇夫郎

After Being Forced to Marry the Evil Star General 被迫嫁给煞星将军后

Power Couple

love team makes a great team, strong couple should scheme together, yay!

Ballad of Sword and Wine 将进酒 (P.S. Me and Ce’an are the same, we both love Shen Lanzhou, I reread this few times)

Married Thrice to Salted Fish 三嫁咸鱼 (P.S. omg, talking about gong mc, this is my favorite! I reread this often! So cute, so sweet, so funny, witty shou ml, I love love love this sm!)

I’m The Vicious Cannon Fodder In The Book 我是穿书文里的恶毒炮灰

After the Disabled God of War Became My Concubine 残疾战神嫁我为妾后

After a Flash Marriage With the Disabled Tyrant 和残疾巨佬闪婚后

My Old Gong Has Amnesia 我家老宫失忆了[娱乐圈] (P.S. WTF this is so good! I'm glad I didn't skip on this after reading title!)

The Vicious Male Supporting Character Married The Disabled Villain 恶毒男配嫁给残疾反派后 (P.S. Honestly don't know where to categorize this into but you can still say they're a power couple. Well, they're literally so OP. It's my first outer space/interstellar-world danmei and it's so fun to read! The feeling is kinda similar to reading Mr. Dior (instead of amnesia, the husband has multiple personalities). Sweetness, laughter, and heart-touching lines are guaranteed.)

I Really Am a Slag Shou 我真的是渣受 (P.S. honestly don't know which category to put this into but, well, we can say they're power couple)

High school/campus romance

Back to My Youth 复刻少年期

The Daily Life of Being the Campus Idol’s Fake Boyfriend 给校草当假男友的日子

Fake Slackers 伪装学渣 (P.S. I reread this few times because they're so amusing)

An Accident in Broad Daylight 白日事故 (P.S. So freaking good at tearing my heart, I love them sm)

Lovely Allergen 可爱过敏

Hope You’ve Been Well 别来无恙

This Omega is Sweet and Wild 这个omega甜又野

Wait For Me After School 放学等我

Pay Attention to Me 理我一下

Bite Your Fingertips 咬上你指尖

My Deskmate Distracts Me From My Studies 同桌令我无心学习 (P.S. Angst so good it's got me crying my heart out)

My favorite kind of “I know you’re strong; you can lean on me when you’re tired and I will always protect you no matter what” or you can also call it “I cherish this yearning of you in my heart, steadily walk towards you”

Four O’Clock Flower 草茉莉

The Moon is Coming to Me 月亮奔我而来

Eternities Still Unsaid Till You Love Me 欲言难止

Imprisoned in Eternal Night 囚于永夜

The Daily Life of the Reborn Adopted Son of a Wealthy Family 豪门养子重生日常

(P.S. everything in this list: sweet, romantic, poetic-kind of love story that will tug at your heartstring. I'm melting at their love story.)

Modern, work-life, slice of life, and the likes

Breaking Through the Clouds 破云

The Chief Conductor’s Strange Lover 指挥长的陌生爱人

His Honey 他的蜜

Extra Concentrated Pheromone 特浓信息素

Accidentally Married A Man Full of Vinegar 不小心和醋精结婚了

The Foolish Gong was Reborn 沙雕攻他重生了

Pastel Colours 淡彩

It Is Said that I Give Out Sugar Everyday 据说每天都发糖

Reborn in the Eighties to Raise Cubs 重生八十年 养崽崽 (P.S. Shou and his baby is so sweet and cute and lovely and adorable and I just want to give them the world!)

Guide to Making a Parenting Reality Show Go Viral 娃综爆火指南 (P.S. Super cute and romantic! If you’re looking for something simple, fluffy, and full of childcare moments with a kid, try this!)

My Mister and My Love Records 我与先生的恋爱记录 (P.S. fuccckkkk this is short but will totally drown you in tearssss)

Show biz

Rebirth of a Movie Star 重生之朗朗星空 (P.S. The story's so good I ended up rereading it many times)

Fanservice Paradox 营业悖论 (P.S. I read this few times because of *cough* it's *cough cough*)

Mr. Dior 迪奥先生

Asteroid 小行星

Not sure if I can call this a favorite, but it was quite an enjoyable read. also, adding some random comments below this list.

This Husband is Frail and Weak 为夫体弱多病

Accidental Mark 意外标记

Long Summer, Late Awakening 长夏醒迟

All-Round Mid Laner 全能中单

The Prince Can Always Hear The Secret Servant Chanting The Qingxin Mantra Before Going To Bed 王爷睡前总能听见暗侍在念清心咒 (P.S I almost miss out on this good story because of the summary and the title, the summary didn't summarize shtz and it's actually quite a light reading with comedic undertone and a pinch of angst which quickly resolved)

Limited Possession 限时占有 (P.S. It's a quick read but the mix of sweetness and angst really tugs at your heart the whole time)

Cannon Fodder Fake Master Was Stunned After Being Reborn 炮灰假少爷重生后惊呆了

My Husband in Another World 夫郎在异世

Zhe zhi 折枝

The Tyrant’s Beloved Empress 暴君的宠后[重生]

Must Spend the Villain’s Money Before He Goes Bankrupt 必须在反派破产前花光他的钱[穿书] (P.S. almost quit in the beginning, lol, but I think the author’s writing skill gradually improve as you read the novel. istg some authors really, truly can have suspiciously ridiculous titles, but then they actually write surprisingly well. i’m concerned and impressed.)

Iam a Salted Fish in Ancient Times 我在古代当咸鱼

Scattered comments incoming..........

241016

i’ve actually reread mttsf a lot of times. like… a lot… sometimes i start from a random chapter, sometimes from the beginning. i truly enjoy rereading it. i love them so much.

241020

after only reading the first two chapters of back to my youth, i instantly added it to this list. dang, so good it got me smiling and bawling my eyes out.

241035

the moon is coming to me & an accident in broad daylight had me bawling. they squeezed my heart in pain.

241027

i cried until my throat felt sore reading around chapter 25 of four o’clock flower.

241101

i must say… four o’clock flower is so captivating.

241104

i really like 稚楚’s works. never fully realized it before, but apparently i’m a slow burn person lol.

241107

oh i’m actually so mad at the elders from gu zhouyan’s side. they intentionally and unintentionally made zhuang fanxin suffer. true love endures wind and rain.

250103

eternities unsaid and the moon is coming to me feel like they carry the same vibes for me.

250104

eternities unsaid has the angst tag, but somehow it still caught me off guard. the subtle but painful angst in chapter 70 hit hard.

250107

imprisoned in eternal night left me feeling DEVASTATED. but also genuinely happy for the characters.

[dabideku-tododeku-bakudeku-2023]

Hey, who are your fav ships (can be canon or non canon) from anywhere (animanga, tv shows, books, movies, etc)? Why you love them?

My favorite ships, huh? Well, I have touched on this already, but I will tell you the reason for my big ones...

NejiNaru: This was my first Fanon ship and my first Yaoi ship. You see, the Naruto series was my first anime obsession, and even now I still think up stories for it. I loved how Naruto was able to prove Neji's philosophy wrong and change Neji for the better. Neji thought highly of Naruto after that, an example of this is during the Sasuke Retrieval Arc, when Neji said that sometimes Naruto's eyes were better than his own. It hurt me in the feels when Neji died, but in my ship obsessed mind, the fact that he died in Naruto's arms was beautiful.

TodoDeku: First MHA ship and also my first trip into the Omegaverse fanfics. The reason is the same for NejiNaru. Shoto was pretty cold and aloof until his famous fight with Izuku, where our green-haired hero allowed himself to lose the fight and get seriously hurt for the sake of helping Shoto overcome his reluctance to use the fire half of his quirk. Izuku's bright, sun-shiny nature helps Shoto to open up and bond with people.

BakuDeku: This dynamic is different from TodoDeku. They were childhood friends from way back until Katsuki awoke his quirk and Izuku was found to be quirkless. Katsuki started looking down on Izuku, giving him the insulting nickname Deku because he wanted to feel superior to Deku. In reality, he felt weaker than Deku because he had the spirit of a hero. After the two of them joined U.A., this schism really became apparent. Slowly though, Katsuki starts to come to terms with his treatment of Deku and he wants to apologize. When Deku goes rogue, Katsuki joins the rest of 1-A in tracking him down to bring him home. This culminates with everything and leads to the apology that Katsuki wants to give. Their bond starts to strengthen, to the point that Katsuki is willing to give his life to protect Izuku.

DabiDeku: This is what I consider a "crack" ship, as I know it wouldn't happen in a million years, but I am drawn to it all the same!

MadaNaru: Another "crack" ship, but like the previous ship, I am simply drawn to it. Hell, I even started writing a fanfic of the ship when I was still active on FanFiction.net. It was quite popular too.

These are my big ships but check out my first post to see a growing list of ships that I like. New ones pop up occasionally.

[dreadfutures]

hey gamers

i’m going to figure out twitch again (it’s been a while) and start streaming some stuff:

shadow of the colossus (new game+)

ghost of tsushima: legends (multiplayer)

dai (multiplayer)

hades

breath of the wild (who knows maybe i’ll even do age of calamity...sigh)

assassin’s creed: valhalla

witcher 3

portal 2

pathfinder: wrath of the righteous

pathfinder: kingmaker

legend of zelda: skyward sword switch remaster

misc other games on my switch that I can’t recall but should replay

if you have any of these multiplayer games dm me if you’d want to play (must be ok with games later than 4pm los angeles time though):

Ashen (switch, pc)

ghost of tsushima (ps4)

dai (PC, ps4)

portal 2 (pc)

[reecedarlene]

I added it to the growing list of things I never thought I would do but did anyway.

"The Impossible Knife of Memory" by Laurie Halse Anderson

[weaselbeaselpants]

My official list of NOTP and my intolerance level for them each:

JackFrostxElsa. (low. dumb tumblr teenager straightisms)

LydiaJuice (high. Every fan I've personally known who's been into the pairing only does so when Lydia is an adult, but even then I find it cringe and gross and I know there are people who don't care/hate the musical for fanning the flames and making it even creepier with a faux-self awareness song.)

Fluttercord (mid-high. Fluttershy deserves so much better and so does fandom Celestia. Have to stop before this turns into a Brony-rant tho so just know that I hate s3- Discord and the fandom's adoration of him and this pairing.

Stolitz (low-mid. One of the many cases of a purposfully unhealthy dynamic getting retroactively written to be cute = makes my kind of shipper actively icked out. No, don't do that. Commit to your awful people)

Charlostar (low. Considering the potential leak it makes all too much sense why Viv herself doesn't like it, but I also lowkey always kinda disliked it.)

HorsexRider (mid. She's a talking horse and I don't blame people for seeing it as gay especially since it stands opposite a destructive romantic couple in canon. But nah, sorry I just really dislike their sister vibe, owner/pet dynamic being interruptec. bleh)

Frosmerelda (high. no.)

Zutarra (low. If you think they could have had more chemistry and Katanng did not have as much romantic chemistry; that's alright, just find your own coping mechanism)

GordonxHuman Kimberly. (mid, but only because it could have so easily been written to not be creepy. Literally my go-to example of "I don't have to ship it just cuz it's canon." Wtf Catscratch??)

Pairings that will get you on a DNI list if I see you support, especially with enthusiasm.

Elsanna

Any incest ship, really. No characters who knew eachother as children//automated characters who were created = incest. Use your head.

Canonical petxowner porn where the pet doesn't talk. You know who you are.

[summernightopenwindow2006]

no cares had

no nerves considered

no propriety observed

no thoughts regarded

[tinyseekerdev]

Dev’s pets: (thus far):

Nim: Cyber Raven mech, with dark sapphire blue optics, biolights and feather-tipping all on a black frame.

Ver: Cyber Raven femme, with violet optics, biolights, and feather-tipping on an all black frame.

Feo: Cyber Raven femme, with scarlet optics, biolights, and feather-tipping on an all black frame.

Nim is the most aloof of the trio of cyber ravens. He’s also kind of the leader. Feo is the most finicky and rebellious of the trio. Ver is the most friendly and most likely to engage with strangers.

Regallis: a femme Cyber Eagle. She’s Golden-red and bronze color, basically like a Golden Eagle of earth. She has a very regal and somewhat haughty attitude but she’s loyal to Dev and devoted to him. Her optics are ruby red, and she has ruby biolights and ruby-tipped feathering.

Chompie Sharkitron: The Sharkicon pup, he’s young and goofy, playful and friendly at this stage, and varying shades of gray. Gift from Unicron.

Boo: an all-white Turbo fox, might bring to mind an arctic fox. Young kit, very playful, friendly but easily distracted. He gets along with Chompie well.

[investmart007]

YOKOHAMA, Japan | Osaka's US Open win re-opens cultural discussion in Japan

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YOKOHAMA, Japan | Osaka's US Open win re-opens cultural discussion in Japan

YOKOHAMA, Japan — Naomi Osaka’s victory in the U.S. Open has added her to a growing list of athletes, Nobel Prize winners, and beauty pageant contestants who have raised the issue of what it means to be Japanese.

The daughter of a Japanese mother and a Haitian father, Osaka was born in Japan but raised in the United States. But she is being lauded in Japan as the first from the country to win a Grand Slam singles tennis title, which has upstaged most questions about her mixed background.

Some children from mixed race families in Japan often get bullied and demeaned, called “hafu” — from the English word “half” — and are chided that they aren’t fully Japanese.

Japan has embraced Osaka, and she — despite barely speaking Japanese — talks fondly of her affection for her adopted country. But her victory also challenges public attitudes about identity in a homogeneous culture that is being pushed to change.

“It is hard to say for sure if the extremely narrow conception, unconsciously or consciously, held by many Japanese of being Japanese, is being loosened,” Naoko Hashimoto, who researches national identify at the University of Sussex in England, wrote in an email to Associated Press.

“In my opinion, it still appears that Japanese are generally defined as those who are born from a Japanese father and a Japanese mother, who speak perfect Japanese and ‘act like Japanese’.”

Athletes and celebrities seem to fall into a different category. Osaka has lots of company in this realm with an increasing number of sports stars claiming mixed backgrounds.

For instance: — Yu Darvish, the Chicago Cubs pitcher: son on a Japanese mother and Iranian father. Born in Osaka.

— Mashu Baker, an Olympic gold-medal winner in judo: son of a Japanese mother and American father. Born in Tokyo.

— Asuka Cambridge, Olympic silver-medal winner in the 4×100 track relay: born in Jamaica to a Japanese mother and Jamaican father, but grew up in Japan.

— Abdul Hakim Sani Brown, track and field sprinter: son of a Japanese mother and Ghanaian father. Born in Tokyo.

— Koji Murofushi, Olympic gold- and silver-medal winner in the hammer throw: son of a Romanian mother and Japanese father. Born and raised in Japan.

Murofushi said he’s always felt Japanese.

“I know that I have a mixed heritage,” he told AP. “But I always feel Japanese.” He added it’s “not something that really concerned me or anything.”

The visibility of mixed-race athletes in Japan is sure to increase as the 2020 Tokyo Olympics approach and the country hunts for competitors in sports where it has little history.

The reverse happened two years ago in the Rio de Janeiro Games, where Brazil found athletes with Japanese roots — more than 2 million Brazilians claim Japanese ancestry — to compete in non-Brazilian specialties.

One thing is clear, the 20-year-old Osaka is cashing in. The U.S. Open victory was worth $3.8 million in prize money. And on Thursday, Osaka was introduced in Japan as a “brand ambassador” for the Japanese car maker Nissan. It’s a three-year deal, though financial terms were not disclosed.

Osaka defeated Williams in Saturday’s chaotic final . Forbes magazine reports that Williams is the highest earning female athlete with income of $18.1 million, almost all from endorsements and sponsorship deals. She’s topped the list for several years.

But Osaka’s mixed-race profile, her appeal in the huge Asian market, and her links to Japan’s world-wide brands should drive her long-term earning potential.

“She seems very shy and it’s not for everyone,” Jonathan Jensen who researches sports marketing at the University of North Carolina, told AP. “But the potential is there if that’s the route she wants to take, particularly with brands based in Asia, like Nissan. Tech firms and consumer electronics would also be a natural fit.”

Jensen speculated the size of the Nissan contact with her would depend on how much of her time the company uses. And how many tournaments — and what tournaments — she wins.

Osaka has charmed Japanese audiences with her grace and gentleness off the court, and her ferocity on it. She’s talked about her fondness for Japanese food — curried rice topped with a pork cutlet is a favorite.

She’s also been a spokeswoman for two years for the Japanese cup noodle brand Nissin, which is launching a new noodle cup to commemorate her victory.

Kazuyoshi Minowa, a spokesman for Windsor Corp, which operates tennis shops in Tokyo, said customers are asking to buy the same racket that Osaka uses. He said he met her two years ago when she visited a store.

“My impression was that she was very quiet, unlike her powerful image playing the game,” he told Japanese broadcaster NHK.

Questions about race also surfaced in 2016 when Priyanka Yoshikawa was crowned Miss World Japan. Her mother is Japanese and her father in Indian and she was born in Tokyo.

This came a year after Ariana Miyamoto won the Miss Universe Japan title. She was born in Japan to a Japanese mother and African-American father.

Hashimoto, the researcher at the University of Sussex, pointed out that under Japanese law, Osaka will have to decide on her nationality before she turns 22. She’s 20 now and cannot legally hold two passports.

Hashimoto referenced three Nobel Prize winners born in Japan who eventually took other nationalities. The writer Kazuo Ishiguro holds a British passport, and scientists Yoichiro Nanbu and Shuji Nakamura both now hold American passports.

She said the strict one-passport rule “could risk leading to brain drain of great talents out of Japan.”

“While Naomi Osaka’s victory should be celebrated on its own,” Hashimoto said. “Her case provides those Japanese with a narrow conception of Japanese-ness with an excellent opportunity to rethink what it means to be Japanese.”

By STEPHEN WADE and MARI YAMAGUCHI,  Associated Press