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His best role.

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Evergreen

i thought of this photo and the fact that hatari got reprimanded for it every time someone on the jury sent their heart out to ukraine and then gave 12 points to israel.

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Yang Yang 杨洋 | Tsingtao event [2025.04.26]

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yang yang as yu tu

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You were my new dream.

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my piece for a discord fic/art exchange! the prompt was neotrin enjoying their old age together in io <3

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this man is so so so pretty

you are my glory: 😍

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XU KAI as LI NI Wonderland of Love 乐游原 (2023) – Ep. 1

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Wonderland of Love - done

It was a delightful drama - visually stunning, great chemistry. I am incredibly fond of Xu Kai, and it's proof of how much that I still remained fond of him after his recent string of shudder-inducing choices (Court Lady, Royal Feast, the gaming thing, that modern with YM, Snow Eagle Lord.) But what a pleasure to watch a Xu Kai drama I genuinely enjoy and not suffer through.

You can tell that censorship had FWSC hemmed tighter than that second in command was clutching his evil boss' urn - we all know if she had her druthers, the stupid emperor would have been taken out in a coup by Li Ni (who would have actually got to kill one of his brothers) and there would have been a lot more of ambition and murder (the secondary girl? would have so been murdered!) But on the upside, we also got a blissful OTP ending and a ML who is probably the sole drama ML this year that I actually would want to be married to in RL.

Anyway, this was so delicious for my not-so-inner angst junkie:

Yes, our ML has kept the corpse of his wife around, slept by it, changed it etc. However wholesome, this is still a FWSC tale. And now he's giving the corpse a sword and taking her coffin in battle. I...I...I...this is feeding me!!!

I enjoyed him plain text telling evil secondary girl he will never have another wife, whether CL is alive or not, and to leave or he will kill her. He cuts off her jewelry and I think the lady is lucky this wasn't made a decade ago, or she'd be shorter by a head.

Have you ever considered invading the palace with the coffin of your wife by your side? No? Then don't even talk to me! PEAK GOTH METAL!!!

Li Ni's reaction to this royal order is an arrow to the throat. God, how I wish the narrative let him go all GMP insane!

"Hi Dad, so I come to visit you with a giant sword and a dead body of my spouse in an elaborate coffin. How you doin'?" I wish wish wish they let him go all Lee Bang Won/Li Shimin but alas (someone pointed out this is a fantasy wholesoming/whitewashing of Li Shimin and I can't unsee!)

Sadly, he's there for the prime minister and evil jieshuo people. Why can't we have nice things? But the best part is that FL finally comes back to life, in the middle of the battle, and her first move is to leap out of the coffin with that sword he left her in hand and kill the bad dude in unison with her husband. Battle Couple indeed.

This whole sequence was unbearably lovely but this was my favorite bit:

You guys are incorrigible and I LOVE YOU MANIACS SOOOOO!!!

The ending with him becoming an emperor for ten years and then passing the throne to his cousin and peacing out to live on the border with her and their kids as he wanted was lovely (even if realistically, it's just causing trouble for next generation - you bet his children/grandchildren and the new emperor's kids will end up in some battle) but my favorite part was when he was still emperor of them with their newborn son.

Anyway, this was a lovely lovely lovely chemistry-filled delight and one of my faves of the year!

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We love a couple having a happening sex life! Those smirks!!!

Also, the Jing Tian domme to Xu Kai's sub vibes continue:

I mean...get on with your kinky selves, darlings!

Her response killed me dead:

He is not unhappy either omg:

I mean, they bring the abacus thing back in the middle of the angsty "OMG he is breaking down by her dead body" scene ahahah sorry I am in awe.

Yup, a FWSC hero alright:

But it's the fluffiest FWSC in forever so no, she is not permanently dead. Hope you enjoy your tubs and abaci for years and years to come.

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Their Chemistry was so steamy (pun intended)

Wonderland of Love 乐游原 (2023) Dir. Steve Cheng – Ep. 5

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When Philippe gives Diana the blood vow, the way Matthew blinks in astonishment, and then immediately stands up straighter is just so telling. It adds gravity to the moment, tells the audience, who can guess that this is a big deal, that this is a massive deal and a very solemn occasion. Everything he communicates with those background details: the surprise, the gravity and solemnity, the happiness that his father fully accepts his mate and makes her officially part of their family separately from any connection she has with Matthew. That Philippe offers Diana his acceptance, paternal love, and protection.

Matthew Goode is such an A+ actor. I love all the little details and touches he and Teresa Palmer bring to these characters. The whole cast is phenomenal.

Also love that Ysabeau and Philippe separately fall so hard for Diana. They're both like, ok, I have an extra daughter now, excellent choice Matthew, no take backs. When Diana and Matthew leave to track down the book of life, Philippe is trying not to cry as he says goodbye to her.

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The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, but just the memes

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Siwon

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Inktober day 2: discover … had to do A Discovery of Witches

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LMAO Tumblr is at it again...