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[hawnks]

30+ year old women are the backbone of this website

[drbased]

reblog if you're literally 30+

[illinicoise]

“But if you forget to reblog Madame Zeroni, you and your family will be cursed for always and eternity.”

[spn-fandom-breathing-heavily]

not even risking that shit

scrolled past this, re-evaluated my life, then SCROOOLLLED back up and hit the damn reblog button. 

[tumblgang]

She ain’t no games in real life so I take her serious all the time

Anyone with a name that starts with a “Z”, ends with an “i”, and isn’t some kind of Italian pasta, IS SERIOUS

I’m not climbing no mountain with a pig on my back, 🙅🏽🙅🏾🙅🏿 Negative.

[skuubasally]

Nope. I know better, have your reblog Madame Zeroni.

[luckytaters]

who the fuck is Madame Zeroni

Look at these stupid children who don’t know who Madame Zeroni is

☝🏾😂

Man lissen if you don’t know you better ask somebody AFTER you hit the reblog button

Idk who she is but I have an exam today so I’ll reblog her

idk who she is but i have an exam today so i’ll reblog her

^Haiku^bot^0.4. Sometimes I do stupid things (but I have improved with syllables!). Beep-boop!

[jacobmick]

Because wise, I am.

[seymonecristina]

Oh fucks no she’s back lmao must reblog. I’m sorry guys

[silverslipstream]

Reblogging Madame Zeroni because I would hate for my great-great grandson to get hit in the head by running shoes

[thenightmaregrrl]

I ain’t digging no holes. Reblogging so I don’t have to dig holes.

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[djdangerlove]

“You’re Not a Good Writer.”

I once received a DM comprised of just that sentence. Nothing else. No constructive criticism or any reason as to why this person clearly agreed with my own view of myself.

For someone who has never told anyone in their real life that they write anything, reading something like this from an anonymous user only solidified in my mind the fact that this person was right.

I’m not a good writer.

After an embarrassing amount of minutes passed, in which I thought about deleting every story I ever posted, I decided to delete the message instead. Unfortunately, that didn’t mean I could delete the feelings it caused or change the fact that I’m not a good writer.

Two weeks went by and I didn’t write anything, let alone post. Then I received a comment on a story I had posted three years prior, one I’d written after a death in our family. The comment read, “Thank you for sharing this heartfelt story. I really needed this. I just lost my mom and this really got me today.”

I stopped thinking about being a good writer after that. I thought instead, “what if I had deleted my stories and that one person three years later hadn’t read it that day?”

Here’s what I realized: no one is a good writer.

Good means to be approved of, but stories aren’t created from approval. They’re built from life experiences, feelings, and emotions Therefore, the impact of anyone’s story isn’t good or bad. It’s a million other things.

Heartfelt.

Sad.

Funny.

Inspiring.

Romantic.

So to all the story writers out there, hold your head up, write what is in your heart, and never doubt that there isn’t at least one person out there that needs to read your story.

So, no.

We’re not good writers, but why would we want to be?

[blake-belladonna-defence-force]

Holy shit did I need to read this today

[teatops]

Never doubt that there isn’t at least one person out there that needs to read your story.

[ferret-not-microwave]

This here is something I needed to read today. THANK YOU, OP. And for anyone and everyone who gets the power of critiquing a work in their hands:

please do not abuse it. The end goal of criticism is widening the author's perspective, and trying to make a piece of writing better. Please understand that you should give logical reasons why you do not like a certain story/essay/piece of writing. That such feedback genuinely helps the writers. They get to know more about the world and themselves. You've actually made a contribution there.

Making a writer feel small using undue sarcasm, ad hominem attacks or sweeping statements like "you do not write well" is not only a sure way of chipping at their self-esteem, but is also a demonstration of your own failure at using the power of criticism well. You did not make anything better, you just dumped your cruelty on the writer, and this shows how little your own range of communication and logical acumen is.

[ruiconteur]

i don't think non-chinese people understand how jarring and devastating it is that shang-chi had so many people die on qingming festival. i can't decide whether i find it rude or whether i find it devastating or whether it's both.

i think, also, hands down, that's also why one of the things i straight up can't forgive xu wenwu for is that he intended to burn down ta lo on qingming festival. that's the day we offer our respects to our dead. that's when we sweep their tombs and burn offerings, that's the day we gift them things we think they would appreciate in the afterlife. and xu wenwu wanted to kill more people on this day.

and the fact that shang-chi had a scene where xu wenwu stopped at the ancestral shrine to to burn a joss stick for ying li! the fact that even through this show of cruelty, he still acknowledges the significance of this day, still takes a moment to stand in respect before ying li's memorial. what the fuck.

(and then they fight in the ancestral shrine and i proceed to slam my hand over my mouth before i can start shrieking in fury and get kicked out of the cinema but whatever.)

i just. the fact that so many people died on qingming festival. they died on a day they were supposed to pay respects and remember to their dead family. instead they joined them in death.

(also if marvel dares to say that they were cremated i will fucking riot. how dare you disrespect them like that. return their bodies to the earth to be with their families in the proper way. ta lo doesn't have to worry about land space, so there's no reason to violate our funerary customs like that.)

[thevibraniumveterans]

Names mean a lot in Asian culture. Chinese culture is no different.

As such, I feel that it is important to get the most important names in “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” right.

Our main guy Shaun.

His name is 徐尚氣, romanized as Xu Shang-qi. (Where Xu pronounced a little like “she” but less open, and qi is pronounced as chi.)

徐 is a word that is used for Shang-qi’s surname. It means “slowly, quietly, calmly, composed, dignified”.

尚 is the middle word in Shaun’s three-character Chinese name. It means “still, yet; even; fairly, rather”. Please don’t call him Shang. Shang is not a full name. Call him Shang-qi, or Shang-Chi, if you must. If you can pronounce Dostoevsky or even Benedict Cumberbatch, there’s no way you can butcher Shang-qi.

氣 is the last word in Shaun’s three-character Chinese name. It has a number of definitions: “gas; smell; air; weather; to make/get angry; to annoy; vital energy; breath; spirit; moral force; tone; atmosphere; manner; type; steam; vapor; spirit; situation; electricity”.

Those of you who have seen the film can probably combine some of these definitions to form a better picture of who Shang-qi is as a person and who he chooses to become as a result of the circumstances that surrounded him.

Shaun’s dad.

His name is 徐文武, romanized as Xu Wenwu.

徐 is his surname. See Shang-qi’s name bio above.

文 is the middle word in Xu Wenwu’s three-character Chinese name. It is defined mostly as “literature, culture, writing”. Sometimes even “formal, refined, gentle”.

武 is the last word in Xu Wenwu’s three-character Chinese name. It is defined as “military; martial, warlike”. Even “autocratic, powerful, soldier, successor, dance”.

For those who have watched the film, you can see why this is relevant.

Shaun’s sister.

Her name is 徐夏靈, romanized as Xu Xialing. (Xia can be pronounced “shia”, like, y’know, Shia LeBeouf.)

徐 is her surname. Check Wenwu’s and Shaun’s name bios above.

夏 is the middle word in Xialing’s three-character Chinese name. It is defined as “summer”, and also, “great, grand, big”. It is an archaic term for China. It is also the name of the Xia Dynasty, circa 2000BC.

靈 is the last word in Xialing’s three-character Chinese name. It is defined as “quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true”, sometimes even “departed soul, spiritual world/power, spiritual”. It can also be defined as “agile, clever, intelligent”.

If you’ve seen the film, these are pretty good descriptors for Xialing. You’ll know what I mean.

Shaun’s mother.

Her name was 映麗, romanized as Ying Li. (She was the guardian of Ta Lo.)

(I don’t actually know if Ying is her surname, but usually in marriage, the woman ‘inherits’ her husband’s surname, and as such, if her surname is not Ying, she would be known as Xu Ying Li. In which case the definition of Xu as a surname would still apply to her. But let’s just assume that Ying is her surname, the one she inherited at birth, as that is most likely the case, and stick with that.)

映 is the first word in Ying Li’s two-character Chinese name. It is defined as “project; reflect light; to shine; to show; mirror”.

麗 is the second word in Ying Li’s two-character Chinese name. It is defined as “beautiful; magnificent; elegant”.

If you’ve watched the movie, these descriptors are certainly applicable to Ying Li.

Shaun’s maternal aunt.

Her name is 映南, romanized as Ying Nan. (She is Ying Li’s only surviving younger sister, and assumed Ta Lo’s guardianship duties in her sibling’s absence.)

映 is the first word in Ying Li’s two-character Chinese name. See Ying Li’s name bio above.

南 is the second word in Ying Li’s two-character Chinese name. It is defined as “south; southern part; southward”. Perhaps it could mean that her assumed role was passed south, downward, to her by her older sister Ying Li.

Shaun’s best friend.

Her name is 陳瑞雯, romanized as Chen Ruiwen. Her English name is Katy.

陳 is the first word in Katy’s three-character Chinese name. It is defined as “to lay out, to exhibit, to display, to narrate, to state, to explain, to tell”. Which is hilarious, because she kind of takes on a pseudo-narrator role in the movie (“A guy with a freaking machete for an arm just chopped our bus in half!”). The surname Chen is also a very, very common surname.

瑞 is the second word in Katy’s three-character Chinese name. It’s original definition is “token made of jade”, which is really, really interesting since that is the film’s MacGuffin, the very thing two of which Wenwu was after. It is also defined as “lucky; auspicious; propitious”.

雯 is the last word in Katy’s three-character Chinese name. It is defined as “multicolored/patterned clouds”.

[sepublic]

Ngl when they set up for that hilarious fake out at the beginning, where Shang Chi ISN’T the cool and fancy dude in the car, but a valet- I kinda expected the actual driver to be white, to establish that sort of meta of Expectations VS Reality, where the asian aspires to be more, only to be in a place of subservience like that, screwed over by racist expectations;

But on the other hand, I can see how it works? Because the movie later establishes that Shang Chi IS happy and content with being a valet, actually! That this kind of job shouldn’t be looked down upon nor pitied in the first place, kind of like those condescending stories about how you want to work hard so you don’t end up like the garbage man, which is definitely a moral you hear growing up in an asian household.

I appreciate that the film goes out of its way to defend Shang Chi and Katy’s choice of career, that it isn’t them having to settle for less when they implicitly want more; Because it allows the characters to challenge another aspect of growing up in asian households, where your parents expect you to pursue a high-end job, to make good use of your ‘potential’ and all that!

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[sandu-zidian]

Reminder to everyone that you shouldn’t shorten Shang-Chi’s name to Shang. Chinese names are not something to be shortened. Going from Xu Shangchi to Shangchi is going from formal to informal. But going from Shangchi to Shang is just cutting someone’s name in half. His anglicized name is Shaun, but it’s not the name we should call him by

[sandu-zidian]

Slight spoilers but I’m gonna point to Wenwu’s monologue about the importance of names because guys Chinese names and the characters making them up are a huge part of Chinese culture. Shangchi anglicizing his name to Shaun is in many cases, him hiding from his family and his heritage. Him reverting back to Shangchi is proof of the confidence he has regained of himself and the legacy he holds, as well as the love and affection of his parents, who probably spent forever finding the right characters for his name, as so many of our parents did. Don’t shorten his name. Don’t call him Shaun instead of Shangchi. His anglicized name is a representation of his hiding and shame. His Chinese name is a representation of his culture and heritage.

[ruiconteur]

i would say that we should also use shangqi instead of shang-chi because as i mentioned in my post here, wades-giles romanisation is a blight on the eyes. also pinyin is used for everyone else in this movie, including shangqi’s family name.

now onto some comments i saw in the notes!

@theclockworkmonk i’m going to have to ask you to read the post i linked up there for an explanation of why chinese people NEVER shorten our names to a single character when speaking in chinese. i also explain when we might do so when in the west or speaking english, but that isn’t applicable to anyone in this movie because they never introduce themselves with a single-character name.

also dude you’re playing in another culture’s sandbox. be respectful or get out. we deal with enough racism and microaggressions irl, we really don’t want to have to deal with more in fandom.

@williewaffles so shortened-name nicknames would only work if you add on another character, and i would actually call them diminutives. here are the requirements to meet in order to use a diminutive in modern society:

you have to be older than the person you’re nicknaming. we greatly esteem our elders, and age hierarchy is a Huge Thing. if you nickname your elder, be prepared to get smacked.

you have to be close to the person you’re nicknaming. you can’t be acquaintances, you have to be at the very least good friends.

the nickname can’t be homophonous with a word that means something unfortunate*, which you’re going to have to be very careful with because chinese is a highly homophonous language, and literally half the jokes we make play with homophones.

* exception: some chinese ppl do have diminutives that are somewhat unfortunate, because our sense of humour and verbal affection tends to have a very hm. affectionately mocking. i know someone whose diminutive is homophonous with ‘mosquito’, and who has literally been called mosquito before lol.

(when i say verbal affection, i mean pet names like sweetheart, darling etc. we don’t use that on children. we use 臭小子 / literally: smelly little child, 小兔崽子 (fuck. um. little brat??? idk how to translate this), etc. 宝贝 baobei / (precious) baby could hypothetically be used, but in my experience it’s incredibly greasy. other chinese ppl may feel differently.)

anyway, so let’s say you’ve met all the requirements! here are some ways diminutives could work, using xialing’s name:

阿[名] / a-(name): a-ling. this Could be written as ah ling, but only southeast asians write it that way lol. since you’re writing for mainland characters, just use a-(name).

[名]儿 / (name)‘er: ling'er. this feels more feminine and, in historical dramas, is preferentially used by the gentry over the 阿 prefix.

reduplication: lingling, which is xialing’s canon diminutive.

another difference between 阿 and 儿 is that 阿 tends to be a southern thing, while 儿 tends to be a northern thing. this is due to dialectal variations. but also, due to the changes in modern society, this regional difference isn’t as rigid as it once was.

also, for anyone looking to nickname shangqi, his name unfortunately doesn’t lend itself very well to affectionate diminutives lol.

now, if you don’t meet those requirements, what can you do? use honorifics. when we speak in chinese, we usually use honorifics all the time anyway unless the person is of the same age as us and somewhat familiar. i’ve put some honorifics in the post i linked above!

[sandu-zidian]

Hi yes I love all these additions! All I have to add is another type of diminutive I’ve seen used for younger kids is 小 [insert name/object]/ Xiao- [insert name/object]. This is what my family does a lot. The insert can either be a name, but most often is an object or animal. 小狗 (little dog)，小兔 (little rabbit)，小包 (little bun), etc. are great examples. (This is where I insert my lil headcanon that Shangqi is called 小龙- little dragon, by his mom)

Also I learned something new and that’s the Wade-Giles romanization and I hate it <333

Also go check out the post the person above linked it’s very informative :)))

[ruiconteur]

omg i can’t believe i forgot about 小 HAHA ty for that!! yes that’s a really common diminutive as well! for those of you who want to write xu wenwu/ying li, 小丽 xiao-li sounds really really pretty.

ofc, if you grew up having to write chinese essays like me, 小丽 might throw you violently back into memories of primary school lol. but that’s a southeast asian problem

[rylandsgrace]

All I ever wanted was a normal life - Melora

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

My guess as to what the story of Hawkeye will be based on what was revealed about the series:

Clint Barton is back to being retired and is trying to enjoy a life of peace and quiet. Just when he thinks he’s finally at peace, he hears rumors about a new Hawkeye running around New York City. Unbeknownst to this second Hawkeye, they are attracting Clint’s old enemies (the ones he made as both Ronin and Hawkeye). Clint leaves the farm to stop the copycat before they get hurt. 

The copycat, Kate Bishop, began calling herself Hawkeye because she’s a fan and wanted to “keep the spirit of Hawkeye alive”. So she thought she was honoring Clint, unaware she was putting herself in extreme danger. Clint meets her and, although she’s ecstatic at first, is dismayed when Clint tells her she needs to stop. 

Before they can get anywhere, the crime organizations gunning for Kate arrive, forcing Clint and Kate to go on the run. The rest of the series is then a road trip with Clint being annoyed as fuck that he was basically forced out of retirement and Kate trying to make the best of their situation. 

The main threat chasing them is Kazi (Fra Fee’s character). He’s an assassin hired by the various criminal organizations to take out the Hawkeyes. The season finale reveals that the OVERARCHING ANTAGONIST, the He Who Remains of the series, is Wilson Fisk/Kingpin (once again played by Vincent D’Onofrio). Fisk united the criminals with their mutual hatred of Hawkeye/Ronin.

And in the midst of all this, Yelena Belova is chasing Clint because of the events of “Black Widow”. 

Basically, Hawkeye is going to be about an annoyed af Clint trying to get along with chaotic, do-gooder Kate while running from all the people trying to kill them. Which is, honestly, a very Hawkeye-ish storyline. And of course, we’ll have Clint and Kate having a sort of father figure/daughter figure relationship (especially with Clint being a dad), which leads to Clint deciding that Kate truly is worthy of being the new Hawkeye.

[hailesteinfeld]

Hailee Steinfeld and Jeremy Renner on the set of ‘Hawkeye’

[larilynandcollieflowers]

Finally… Jeremy Renner is really looking like Hawkeye. The eyeroll, the annoyance, the…’okay, this looks bad’ look. Finally.

[unfortunatelym-deactivated20220]

the part in shang-chi that really got me was when he was training with his aunt and she stopped him, uncurled his fists, and had him fight with open hands instead of what his father taught him

the themes of this movie - reckoning with your violent past and choosing to be better, to be kinder, to soften yourself, and that you’ll be stronger for it - were so incredibly beautiful and well done

[rovermcfly]

when his aunt told shang-chi that he looks like his mother I almost started crying

men don't get to look like their moms enough. they either look like their dad or it's not talked about. but it was so meaningful and important that she said that to him.

it's not a threat to anyone's masculinity to be told that. I want to see this happen so much more

[tonystarkreactor]

already seen some people call shang-chi "shang" and I just ... chi isn't his middle name, yall. his name is shang-chi, you don't get to leave out half his name just bc u wanna westernize it