#li jia

[dreadwolfshenangians]

2023/10/09 Happy 26th Birthday to Actor Zeng ShunXi aka Joseph Zeng!

[yichens]

if you thought ultimate note wu xie, played by zeng shunxi, looked soft then please meet li jia! he’s from zeng shunxi’s other drama called the journey across the night which i love very, very much and would recommend everyone to watch! ♥

this is my second time watching jatn and i just keep being absolutely obsessed with the way they dress li jia (tbh am obsessed with the styling of this whole show. everyone’s outfits are on point and i would like the stylists, especially a-cheng’s, to come dress me for life tyvm) 

his long jacket + soft turtle neck + sweaterpaws -combo is phenomenal and makes me want to cuddle him to death

softest baby bean

adopting him as we speak

would like yall to know that he is the best boy and the kindest soul i’ve ever seen. like chacha (cherry ngan) so eloquently puts it, “he’s the most annoying out of us all. he’s kind, noble and righteous.” his heart bleeds to every broken soul he meets. watching him being like that hurts bc he has his own burdens too and he cares so little about them in front of everyone else’s pain. he legit gets knocked out and almost dies in like,,, the second episode of the drama? and all he thinks about that is that it’s a bit weird. no wonder his two friends keep freaking out for him 

idk what it is that zsx does with his eyes in this but he manages to look like a confused puppy 90% of the time. you thought wu xie was a puppy? think again. li jia is that times hundred. times thousand maybe. i love him so much. 

i have no idea why am making this post or where am going with this but:

if anyone is watching jatn and would like someone to share that with them or wants to yell about something or have like,,, a random convo about some tiny detail in that show, my dms and inbox are open! this drama just lives in my head rent free. it has one of the best friendship dynamics i’ve seen in a while ;; it has mystery! and some tiny horror elements! and a lot of contemplation about life and mental health and how we can affect that. it’s healing but also painful. it’s cool too! i think it’s quite perfect to be only 26 episodes long. 

you can find all the episodes with subs from youtube. also zsx sings the opening theme for the drama and you can find it here (the translation for the lyrics is in the drama episodes tho i think you can also just google it? idk how good the translation is but well, hits me hard like this already).

(tagging @humanlighthouse who is the only person out there i know is interested in this? also tagging @ashenlights and @i-am-just-a-kiddo​ for funsies bc you both always listen to me blabber ♥)

[itsallinm3]

[yichens]

hahaha ok so it’s jatn appreciation hours again and now that i’ve actually even changed my url to match this insanity, am going to yell about this LOUDER. and maybe yall will listen or not which is also fine but hear me out: this drama is actually just so very amazing and i would like to commit crimes for it 

look at this baby bean. receiving the rose he deserves. this is one of the reasons for my url btw (also yes just bros being bros) 

idk how much i said last time but i also want yall to see my best girl chacha, she’s so pretty and just a delight:

i love her so much. it’s been a while since i’ve liked a female character this much but she just manages to be everything ♥ her whole story is just so good. her characterization is on point. and am just. all of their stories are so good and li jia manages to hit me the strongest but wow, chacha. my dear chacha. she’s so strong and so kind and just full of light ♥ she deserves the world

that being said, if anyone wonders what jatn is about? i don’t think that any summaries really do it justice. but it’s about friendship and about mental health and about kindness and struggles and the reasons life is worth living. it’s about sharing pain with others and about not giving up and facing life with all of its pains and joys. it’s about walking through the darkness bc it’s worth it in the end. it’s about mysteries and normal ppl suffering in silence and about understanding and unconditional love and most of all, hope. 

idk how else to summarize. it really is a journey, pun intended. it manages to slap you in the face and punch you into gut and hug you and comfort you in so many ways. just take a cup of hot tea and a package of tissues with you and enjoy.

li jia deserves all the happiness in this world, he’s given so much away for everyone else it’s unfair ;;

he’s just a puppy (tho i gotta say that his hairstyle in this drama just throws me off sometimes lol what a nerd (affectionate) ♥)

just look at him ;; also wow i actually bought some clothes just to copy this style haha

also no one can ever stop me from loving this trio?? they are just SO GOOD. they are so fun to watch and they are so supportive and understanding of each other and their struggles and they have so much love in between them. i just want them to make a big puppy pile and cuddle the heck out of each other. i have so many ideas for writing. i have 11 pages of notes from the drama bc of this. i will probably never get into it but IMAGINE

his smiles are a treasure to be cherished and i wish he got more of those instead of only pain and tears ;; but fortunately there are happy tears too!! just go watch, it’s worth it 

one more puppy for yall. also i wish i could explain the meaning of my url here but i don’t want to spoil anything to anyone. just let me tell you that i love the chapter “don’t want to say goodbye”. it punches me every time and leaves me breathless. i love it that zeng shunxi actually remembers that and asked about the rose/rosette nebula during this one show where they went star gazing. i appreciate him carrying this show around at least a lil bit. 

did this post have a point? not really. this is just me screaming into the void. i love this drama so much. i love the main trio even more. i love li jia and would like to just hug him to my chest and tell him he’s doing amazing. 

pls give jatn a chance if you like some sweet but not overwhelming romance, mystery, tiny bits of horror/supernatural elements, mental health topics, friendship/found family stuff, some soft humor and shenanigans, and if you just want to feel warm all over. it’s a dark drama but full of hope and understanding towards humane pain. also it’s cool. would like to see more of it. (am afraid how badly they would ruin that but in my dreams it would be amazing) 

(once again just annoyingly tagging @humanlighthouse​ as well as @ashenlights​ and @i-am-just-a-kiddo​ ♥ sorry and thank you, i love you guys ♥)

[qilingxiong]

love when a character who's known nothing but sharp edges and bare survival all their life is gently emotionally broken by another character like waves crashing against a rock except that rock is a steadfast insistence on being kind in this world

[qilingxiong]

most unrealistic part of journey across the night so far is li jia having the time to run around and do all of this while being a psychology first-year

[qilingxiong]

fellas is it gay to pass out on top of your boybestie and half hugging him after you both got tasered and locked in a morgue together

fellas is it gay to rip off your shirt to use it as a paper bag to try and calm your boybestie down from a panic attack