Ignite the Stars

she/they | 🇨🇳 | multi-fandom | 18+ | my edits

[windwardash]

Hi all! I just wanted to do a little informational post, since I'm dragging this blog out of hibernation kicking and screaming.

A Little About Me

I use she/they pronouns and am currently entering my third year of university, where I'm studying Chinese and graphic design. I'm also interested in studying international relations and political science. My other interests include Chinese novels/dramas, Studio Ghibli movies, Star Wars, and the ASOIAF book series. I love traveling and exploring new places! I took the picture above at a beach in Kending, Taiwan.

What I'm Doing

Reading: Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien, The Secret History, Donna Tart

Watching: Empress in the Palace , Marry My Husband

My Blogs

windwardash My primary blog, and is generally somewhat of a trainwreck and pile of chaos. All good vibes here, though :)

gusustudies My study blog! I’m posting pretty sporadically as of right now because uni is kicking my ass, but I post a variety of things here, from desk inspo, study tips, days of productivity, etc. I also reblog stuff about Chinese language and culture! Currently obsessed with the Qing dynasty.

[devinellekurtz]

My Neighbor Demon-Tiger

[ziseviolet]

Do you have any shop recommendations for hair accessories? I’ve looked at your posts but there didn’t seem to be anything specific for hair stuff. Thanks!

Hi, thanks for the question! (image via)

I have a post with some shop recommendations for traditional Chinese hair accessories for hanfu here, and you can also check out my hair ornaments tag for all my posts related to hair accessories. I also have a hair accessory recommendations tag. With that said, here’s a more comprehensive list of my recommendations for Chinese hair accessories shops on Taobao (click name for link to Taobao page):

1) Xun Zan Ji/寻簪记 - A large variety of elegant designs that make heavy use of floral themes and pearls:

2) Shui Mo Jiang Hu/水墨江湖 - Light, ethereal designs in gradated colors (my personal favorite!):

3) Feng Xue Chu Qing/风雪初晴 - Airy, feminine designs bursting with delicate details:

4) Jing Chen Xuan/静尘轩 - Traditional designs for a more formal and/or mature look. Has a gorgeous collection of gold filigree pieces, including lotus crowns:

5) Qing He Ji Yi/青荷记忆 - A wide assortment of classic styles showcasing traditional motifs (the ornaments in the top image of this post are from this shop). Notable collections include graceful crowns (guan) and lovely silk flowers:

6) Hua Yue Sha/花月砂 - Beautifully crafted designs mainly in gold and silver, including filigree, with gems providing pops of color: 

7) Chai Dian Fang/钗钿坊 - This shop specializes in Chan Hua/缠花 (wrapped flowers), a traditional Chinese craft of making floral hairpins with fine textiles:

8) Yangzhou Feiyi Ronghua/扬州非遗绒花 - This shop specializes in Rong Hua/绒花 (velvet flowers), a traditional Chinese craft of making floral hairpins from fine silk on twisted wire frames:

9) Xi Qing/喜晴 - This shop has a gorgeous collection of crowns suitable for weddings, including phoenix crowns (fengguan/凤冠), among its treasures:

10) Hui Shou Zuo/翙手作 - This shop’s intricate pieces are truly works of art:

Of course there are a lot more great Chinese hair accessories shops out there, but hopefully this gives you a place to start ^^ 

Finally, I’ll leave you with this self-deprecating meme image (“Ladies who wear hairpins will never admit defeat!”) that pokes fun at how hanfu lovers can get addicted to buying the many different types of Chinese hair ornaments :P

Hope this helps, and have fun! 

[johnwickfucker]

howling

[fjeldmouse]

reblogging bc the notes are killing me

[letsby]

The Weimaraner guy I just spit out my coffee

[cocoamoonmalfoy]

Actively wheezing 😂😂

[biteofcherry]

[zsww-moved-to-pillowfort-deacti]

Liu Haikuan just made a weibo post, showing his support for Xiao Zhan’s movie Legend of the Condor Heroes. (He did the same two years ago for Yibo and the release of Hidden Blade.)

[architectureandmorality]

Arthur in charcoal.

[sweetiebriar]

[spiritess]

the poppy war

[miratula]

red dead depression

rhis game made my bpd worst. thanks.

[whoslinger]

I haven't posted here in a while, but here's 2 men. Man I'm gloomy as heck

[accio-victuuri]

xiao zhan - legend of the condor heroes movie weibo update

If you want to interpret a role well, you must work hard to become the role. Guo Daxia never gives up because of difficulties! Even the most unfamiliar Mongolian language can be easily mastered by @X玖少年团肖战DAYTOY

XZ: “I feel like I m reading a heavenly book” :/ “I keep saying ‘Check’” // “It was my first time learning Mongolian, although everyone told me it could be dubbed later, I couldn’t deceive myself. I had to speak Mongolian 100% myself & engrave every note in my mind.”

[rainhadaenerys]

Daenerys Meta Masterpost

In this post are the links to all parts of my Daenerys Meta Masterpost. I’ve compiled thousands of metas about Daenerys, both about the books and the show, and I intend to constantly update the masterpost with more metas. The metas listed here will be linked to their reblogs in my blog, (since many people tend to change their usernames, and I don’t want the links to stop working in this case). Of the metas linked here, the ones that I wrote are in bold text. It’s also important to note that the metas here reflect my own opinions about the characters, I don’t claim to be listing every meta that was ever written about Daenerys.

ASOIAF MASTERPOST

PART 1, PART 1B and PART 1C:

Dany’s parallels and relationships with Arya, Bran, Jon, Sansa and Tyrion

PART 2, PART 2B, PART 2C and PART 2D:

Dany’s parallels and relationships with other characters

PART 3, PART 3B and PART 3C:

Metas against Villain Daenerys

Daenerys, heroism, and fighting for humanity

Dany’s characterization, character development, and tropes

Madness

Daenerys and home

PART 4, PART 4B and PART 4C:

Politics

Slavery

Racism, colonialism, imperialism

Gender in ASOIAF

PART 5 and PART 5B:

Historical parallels, religious parallels, parallels with fictional characters, and other parallels

Symbolism

Alchemical symbolism

PART 6, PART 6B and PART 6C:

Magic and prophecies

Daenerys and fertility

Endgame, speculation and story structure

House Targaryen

Dragons

Dothraki

Worldbuilding

PART 7 and PART 7B:

Books vs Show

“Nothing without her dragons” Discourse

Fandom

Double standards

GRRM interviews

GAME OF THRONES MASTERPOST

PART 8:

Sexism in Dany’s ending and writing

Other reasons Dany’s ending sends terrible messages, and other show criticisms

PART 9 and PART 9B:

Why Dany’s villain turn doesn’t work and it’s OOC

Endgame speculation - Was Season 8 supposed to be like this, or did D&D change everything at the last moment?

About Dany’s death

PART 10 and PART 10B:

Politics

Characterization and character development

Heroism

Symbolism

Music

Historical parallels, parallels with other fictional characters, and other parallels

PART 11 and PART 11B:

Dany’s parallels and relationships with other characters

Masterpost of only my metas: PART 1 | PART 2

[veckati]

rdr2 characters as all 22 major arcana tarot cards :) casually posting here too like i didnt share them everywhere. working on minor arcana swords rn

[platonicau]

nezha 🌙

[sad-endings-suck]

💕the father, the son, the virgin mother, and the holy spirit✨

(bottom right: art credit to polararts)

[abadslug]

(Dec 2024)

[gullahch1ld]

Sometimes it is your fault.. Sometimes you don’t listen well enough, you’re selfish, you’re rude and you aren’t always right. Sometimes you fucked it up and tbh that’s okay. It happens, learn from it, apologize and keep it moving. Just because you fucked up doesn’t mean you’re a bad person. Don’t dwell on it

[moonlitswims-deactivated2024010]

no but this is so important.. it’s so important to just accept you can fuck up you’re allowed to fuck up. you’re allowed to be wrong and it won’t be shameful, it won’t be the worst thing to happen. you’ll either let it go or learn from it and not let it happen again and that’s good.

[accio-victuuri]

xiao zhan for li ning