[maakomori]

i once believed that as a man i should be generous. understanding. that so long as she survived, all i wanted was for her to be safe, happy. but she’s very well. she’s a consort now, doted on by the emperor. so why does it hurt so much? qinglian, do you know what jealousy tastes like? it’s a viper, constantly feeding on my heart. the taste of it could turn anyone ugly.

[maakomori]

every word you’ve said to me every time you’ve smiled i can’t stop thinking about it

[maakomori]

海上牧云记：人物 「 t i a n q i c h e n g 」- the royal city

what is a palace? a cage. and what is kept inside a cage? the most savage of beasts.

[maakomori]

& tell me i’m a monument to more than bone and tissue?

[maakomori]

海上牧云记：人物 「 h a n z h o u 」- the northern wastes

the eight tribes of hanzhou are not simply eight different clans. they were once different branches of a single army. the long’ge were the archers, while shuofeng and helan were cavalry. kusu were infantrymen, suqin were weaponsmiths, and danyao were the keepers of secret arts. the heshu understood the horses’ speech, so they trained horses. suoda were adept at trade, and took charge of our coffers and our supplies. no one knows when we began to kill each other on sight. the blood between us now runs foul and deep.

[maakomori]

皓月流春城 华露积芳草 坐念绮窗空 翻伤清景好 清景终若斯 伤多人自老

[maakomori]

杨花飞去泪沾臆，杨花飞来意还息 || Liu Yin, birth name Yang Ai, courtesy name Rushi, among the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai

Liu Rushi was born in the late Ming Dynasty. She was sold by her family at a very young age to be a concubine, and then sold again at thirteen into a brothel. There, she became a cultivated poet, painter, and calligrapher, and eventually opened a brothel herself. Over the course of her early life, she became involved with several notable literati, but those relationships fell through, often because the men were unwilling to legitimise their relationship through marriage. At 25, she married the esteemed scholar Qian Qianyi, whom she courted through her poetry. She was fond of dressing in men’s clothing and passing herself as a man, and her habit of wearing her husband’s robes on social calls earned her the nickname “the Confucian Scholar (儒士),”  a pun on her name.

[maakomori]

c o s t u m e s : 「 episode one 」

i’ve never suffered to obey anyone’s orders. to live or to die, the choice is mine to make. 

[maakomori]

唱三两扭捏戏文 演一出假意情浓 年年岁倒错 亦施舍 三钱声色共我 video | model | director

[maakomori]

favorite sino characters [2/?] : li huizhen

you’re quite honest.

yes, that’s my best quality. all my former bosses always said that i’m very honest and i work very hard––and i’m very strong.

[maakomori]

favorite sino characters [1/?] : yu wuxin

i asked for it. asked for it? what does that mean? what it means is that i can’t bring myself to be cruel to you, that i didn’t complete my duty, and divine master lieying has no need for useless people. you must pay for your weakness, as i am right now.

[maakomori]

henceforth, you will no longer be recognised as the holy priestess of our shaman tribe.

[maakomori]

if you gave me another chance, i would never let you fall in love with me.

[maakomori]

guanguan, i want you to be my girlfriend. do you agree? you don’t need to rush to tell me. think on it first, and then respond. or don’t respond at all.

[maakomori]

if i become the emperor, then all of the w o r l d will suffer well, i’d like to see just how the world suffers

牧・云・笙

[maakomori]

i’m of the m u y u n clan when we face each other on the battlefield, do not look me in the eye

牧・云・严・霜

[maakomori]

i am the saviour of the nine kingdoms i am the m a s t e r of the world

硕・风・和・叶