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So I paid Andrew Wincott to narrate Haarlep's Epilogue Letter, complete with extra voices for the "Yelp Reviews"

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If I had a nickel for every time a danmei had a good white/light green character with an “evil” dark color/red character as their husband, I would have— a lot of damn nickels. Why does this keep happening??

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最好的师尊

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Bulk post of my weekly illustrations from the past 10 weeks!

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"Sleep, Wanning. I'll hold you. You don't like the cold so I'll keep you warm."

📖 2ha | ranwan

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Binghe: Yeah, so this one time an evil dimensional version of myself came, he was an asshole

Mo Ran: Damn, you too?

Binghe: Yes, but he left and haven't seen him since

Mo Ran: YOURS LEFT?!

Taxian-Jun is very offended in the background

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Shen Qinqiu: So... Thoughts on dying?

Chu Wanning:... Would rather not do it again.

Shen Qinqiu: Yeah, no, same, although...

Chu Wanning: You are not considering this, are you?

Shen Qinqiu: I mean, if it was necessary and i had another plant body-

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Has anyone talked about the translation of "Mo Ran, hell is too cold, I'm here to die with you?" Even when reading this part I thought about how difficult it must be to translate it, specifically because the Chinese verb for "to die with," 殉 (xun), has layers of implications and doesn't really have an equivalent in English.

殉 means "to be buried alive with the dead" or "to die for the cause of/to be a martyr for." The original meaning of 殉 is human sacrifice, which was practiced in ancient China by monarchs and noblemen, who bury their concubines and servants with them to accompany them in afterlife. When 殉 takes place without the concubines' consent, it's a very cruel and barbaric practice, but I think Meatbun used this term partially for its implication of ownership - the concubines are buried with the monarch because they belong to the monarch; Chu Wanning used 殉 because he belongs to and belongs with Mo Ran. In the rare historical cases where the concubines are voluntary, 殉 is carried out to express grief and loyalty.

A more modern and common usage of 殉 is in the phrase 殉情, which means "to die for love." 殉情 is often used in cases where lovers who couldn't be together either because of their families' disapproval, or their relationship being frowned upon by society, or some other insurmountable obstacles, choose to commit suicide together. If they can't be together in life, at least they can reunite in death. Chu Wanning, too, chose to martyr himself for love.

So you see how 殉 conveys so much emotion and subtext in the space of a single word - love, grief, devotion, loyalty, belonging, self-sacrifice, Chu Wanning's desperate resolution, and the cruel circumstances that drove his action.

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i finally finished it 🥹

i wanna draw more of them but bc of my full time job i can't do it :(

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POV: You have a pulse and looked at Mo Ran

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💕 RanWan | Pls do not re-upload or use my art

💕 HD 4k files for Print + NՏFᎳ 👉 Boosty.to/ereyz

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idiot disciple hallucinates his dead wife in the middle of a breakdown

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for you, wanning

[i finally made a instagram account :,) ]

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Vacation was so short 呵呵 But I brought you CatDog (anyone else remember that cartoon??) Anyway, yes, ladies and gentlemen, I present to you this! I'd love to chat with you guys, so feel free to ask questions or share what novels you love or maybe favorite danmei pairings?

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erha as shitposts vol. 1

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"Shizun, I can carry you all the way to the infirmary" =)

"…To my horse will be enough. Stop."

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💙⋆.ೃ࿔*:･🩷

2.0 ranwan lives rent free in my soul.

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