Whymsy Days

Small Joys, Big Imagination

[vee-dmsr]

im starting a collection

[janeykath318]

A Splendid Match appreciation post.

[electricsoul-rpg]

DONG SICHENG (董思成) / WINWIN as Ye Xian

A Splendid Match 良陈美锦 (2026)

[justherefortheasianshows]

OH MY GOOOOD YANYUN IS UPPING HIS GAME 🔥

YOU SMOOTH MOTHERFUCKER

Getting her all hot and flustered YEASSSSS

OMG THE WAY HE JUST SHAMELESSLY STARES AT HER MOUTH DAMMIT

[ronandhermy]

The thing is while Gu Jin Zhao is not an ideal daughter of her time, she is ironically displaying all the characteristics of some of the best statesmen's wives. She's decisive, smart, devoted to those she cares about, is willing to take risks and accept the danger that comes with it, and even when she's operating from a disadvantage she can ensure she doesn't end up at a loss. Which is what makes her total catnip for Chen Yan Yun because he doesn't want a docile doll, he wants a woman who can match his freak (both in and out of the sheets).

[sqewed]

I need another season of "A Splendid Match", or at least maybe 4 or 5 special episodes that show Chen Yanyun's back story. I'm very much intrigued by a few things about him:

1) His family's connection with the Ji family - from the looks of it, the Jis treat him as their master. They obey his orders. Is the Ji family some sort of vassal clan to the Chens? Do the Chens - or Yanyun personally - have considerable investment in the Ji family businesses? Did the Chens' investment actually helped the Jis become the wealthy family that they are now? What are their connections politically? Why does Chen Yanyun seem to hold sway over them?

2) Yanyun was described as a scholar; he was the top of his batch of examinees. He's considered as one of the most brilliant members of the Secretariat and the Senior Grand Secretary's best pupil. He is also the head of the Crown Prince's household.

Yanyun is a career court official and a political strategist, so why does he have excellent fighting skills? He's an expert horseman and archer and has the skills of a seasoned battlefield commander.

His sister mentioned something about him once serving at the yamen but a yamen post doesn't seem to require archery skills from its senior officials.

Of course, I would want a separate 2nd season that would show him and Jinzhao further dealing with the emerging crisis in the empire, and Yanyun becoming the young Emperor's support and most trusted ally. I want to see him rise to Prime Minister and Jinzhao becoming an influential imperial lady who is her husband's strength and heart.

I want Ci Sha and Ren Min back on my screens, d@mm!t.

[kingslayerstew]

a witch's life in mongol is not about genghis khans sons its about their wives and their respective political agendas and the girl that takes turns playing evil scheming advisor to all of them in an attempt to singlehandedly tear down the mongol empire

[weberina]

Hmmmm is it only me? But I'm getting very strong polycule vibes 😆 mainly among the trio: Zang Hai, Zhuang Zhi Xing and Miss Xiang (but also with occasional Mr. Eight involvement)

Hear me out, hear me out.

Exhibit A: Their first meeting as kids, most assuredly not just between Zang Hai and Miss Xiang. Coz it also included ZZX getting kidnapped by ZH for the weirdest reason ever.

Exhibit B: ZH has seen BOTH of them having a bath, need i say more. AND he only got into the bath with one (1) of them (not Miss Xiang)

Exhibit C: ZH manages to alienate BOTH of them within the same episode (ep 19), almost back-to-back. i.e. not waiting for Miss Xiang at Zhen Tower, and then catching ZZX leaving the army and basically telling him I'm only your friend if you come with benefits. In very quick succession. Almost like if I'm gonna break up the polycule, everyone's gotta go.

Exhibit D: And then in the same episode (ep 19), there's a romantic background song (complete with lyrics on the side), where ZH and Miss Xiang are kinda walking around missing each other and gazing longingly at the sky. BUT at the same time, we also get ZZX sprinkled in the middle, rolling around in mud and trying to survive army training, throughout the entire song.

Baffling, if interpreted within the context of a mono-cis-het ship (why is this third and also fourth person always there). Intriguing, if we accept a polycule a la Mina Harker that includes ZH, ZH's husband ZZX, ZH's wife Miss Xiang and Miss Xiang's wife Mr Eight.

Don't pop my bubble. let me live in my dream.

PS: Ha....i forgot. Mr Eight also saves ZH that one time. because, y'know, he's my wife's husband, what can you do

[sookja]

they are IN LOVE!!!

[chaussettecanape]

I can't stop thinking about The Safekeep by Yael Van der Wouden... It was so sad and obsessive and doomed from the start. I had no idea there was a love story in it (i picked it up knowing nothing about it except that it won the Women's prize for fiction last year) and i'm glad i didn't expect a beautiful love story, as some reviews can make you think. It is beautiful, don't get me wrong, but it is tangled with heartbreak and distrust.

(spoilers under the cut I NEED to talk about it)

That bittersweet ending oh my god it's gonna haunt me i think. How can they build a good life in that house ? Isabel cannot right that wrong that is not quite hers but also her litteral inheritance, and i don't see Eva letting go of her past. Will the house help them heal ? Or will it make impossible ? Aaaaaaaah

(I love that cover, it goes perfectly with the claustrophobic tension of the book.)

[crehador]

"my grandson is so sickly umu i must pray to our god and ask that he be sent two divine spirit boyfriends who will serve and accompany him for the rest of his life" ok wow based fujoshi grandpa alert?

[inblueroom]

[pururin]

remember when translation groups used to translate the credits too, those were the real goats of the anime community back then

[yixiaosuige]

Fated Hearts || Feng Suige & Fu Yixiao [unequal triangles template / hexagon template / squiggle paint overlay]

(also huge thanks to @duckyskull for helping with the translation of Suige's name 💗💗)

[haohaode]

Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace 《如懿传》 (2018) · Ep. 81 Ula-Nara Qingying Ru Yi and Prince Hongli Emperor Qianlong Article: The Empress Who Cut Her Hair

[jessicaailinn]

TAEMIN WANT COACHELLA 2026

[fake-married-my-dead-fiance]

Legend of Zang Hai

The Double

Love of the Divine Tree

Everyone goes to school here