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𝕊𝕠𝕗𝕥 𝕝𝕒𝕦𝕟𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕣𝕖𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕡 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕋𝕣𝕒𝕧𝕚𝕤 𝕠𝕟 𝕀𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕒 <𝟛

(!𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘈𝘜)

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yrgirlharp nationals ✅ best weekend ever i luv the oregon coast 🫶🏻

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ass.natsc if only we won smh

yrgirlharp @/ass.natsc hey i will take 2nd place any day. your just a sore loser

ass.natsc @/yrgirlharp am not. i will say i still havent taken those braids out from the last slide yet 😭

jakjaktaylor when did you take that first pic! send that to me pls!!

yrgirlharp @/jakjaktaylor lol it was right after warmups, and ofc ❤️

palmermyvan yr so sexy 😘

taissa.turner @/palmermyvan girl are you cheating on me?!?

yrgirlharp @/taissa.tirner uh, im going to stay out of this...

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yrgirlharp

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yrgirlharp fell over, killed the arcade, night out with the girls, lifes good 💗

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travmartinez cant believe you posted that

yrgirlharp @/travmartinez oops 🤭

lottiesdiary super fun night ♥️

jakjaktaylor since when do u and Travis hangout?

yrgirlharp @/jakjaktaylor since YOUR MOM

alliesoccergirl @/yrgirlharp very mature...

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yrgirlharp sigh... love you all

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lauralovesjesus aw love you too!

ass.natsc you had a bug in your hair

yrgirlharp @/ass.natsc your like the mother monkey picking bugs out of her childrens furr

lottiesdiary ⚽��⚽️⚽️ also whats with you posting Travis?

yrgirlharp @/lottiesdairy ⚽️⚽️⚽️ to you too. js posting my friends :)

lottiesdiary @/yrgirlharp ok...

travmartinez where are you getting these pictures of me 💀

yrgirlharp @/travmartinez my camera roll duh!

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yrgirlharp the vibes 🌹🪩 (ft nat flipping me off)

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ibarra_mari lookin like a snack 😝

jakjaktaylor girl whos on the first slide?? 🤨

shaunashipwreck @/jakjaktaylor IKR shes rlly out here with some man and not telling us??

palmermyvan girl are you with a BOY?!? have i taught you nothing...

yrgirlharp @/palmermyvan i have free will

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yrgirlharp 🤫🤫🤫 (ft Van flipping me off this time)

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crystalwithak SLEEPOVER!! 🥳🥳

taissa.turner k wtf mind explaining who tf is GROPING you in these pics?

yrgirlharp @/taissa.turner only if you ask nicly

taissa.turner @/yrgirlharp please????

yrgirlharp @/taissa.turner nope :)

palmermyvan 🖕this is for you letting a man touch your tits

jakjaktaylor @/palmermyvan 😂😂 seriously though? who is that?

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yrgirlharp to the boy who captured my heart 💞

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travmartinez love you harper 🌹

taissa.turner @/travmartinez WHAT no fucking way

ibarramari @/taissa.turner im SHOOK!!

shaunashipwreck @/taissa.turner NEVER wouldve thought

yrgirlharp @/shaunashipwreck suprise!

palmermyvan holy shit

ass.natsc @/palmermyvan holy shit indeed

crystalwithak congrats you guys!!

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yrgirlharp so grateful for each one of you- yes even you @/benjaminscott

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jakjaktaylor rip bra-cho-chip jackie 😓

taissa.turner yw for stealing yr phone and taking that beautiful pic

yrgirlharp @/taissa.turner i didnt even notice you took it till i looked at my camera roll planning this post 😭😭

lottiesdiary aw you guys are so cute. happy for you!

travismartinez @/lottiesdiary thank you! couldnt be happier 🙂

assnat.sc i would barf. but you guys are pretty cute.

yrgirlharp @/ass.natsc thanks? i guess?

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[fairytwles]

sophie thatcher core

[glitchcryptid]

congratulations travis yellowjackets for finally getting her hands on that wilderness estrogen

[nicomoon69]

tiktok getting fucking destroyed rn so i’m considering going back to insta but i genuinely hate that platform sm,,, i only use it to repost shitty memes on my close friends

[her-canine-teeth]

sometimes it's important to get a reality check. for example, i get violently interested in basically anything and ill ask my friend 'lots, is yellowjackets popular' and shell be like 'what the fuck is yellowjackets' and ill be like 'thanks great talking to you' and then. many a time later i discover it actually is popular and more ppl than my 3 beloved mutuals know abt it. but such is the life

[worstsequence]

oomf just sent me STATALIE

[i-suc-at-art]

OKAY SO

I saw this old tiktok from like 5ish months ago about tim drake and saying that they hate him and like his fanon version. And i as a TIM FAN i am on tumblr now to defend the fandom (Im not going to link the video bc if this blows up i DO NOT want the person getting blasted bc these are takes they had in like june of 2024) Also in all fairness this person is talking about the “crazy” tim drake fans (some might even reach to say stans) Im just yapping my opinions as (in my personal opinion) a very reasonable tim fan

Also this is very long so buckle up 🫡

Their first point (stated as 1. (i will be stating their points as “#.” and my response as “-“)) Also i refer to op as “they” and “their” bc i didnt wanna put them on blast, sorry if it’s confusing. I put (op) next to references to them that might be confusing

1. Tim drake is mis-characterized by the fandom which leads to it becoming canon

- They are not wrong with this, HOWEVER please note that a lot of fans who like batman (SPECIFICALLY bat family are reading fanfics or WFA) meaning that their knowledge of what is cannon and what isn’t is misconstrued. (reminder that WFA isn’t cannon to the main DCU (i’m like 90% sure) While i do disagree with some of ppls headcannons (coffee addiction Tim DrakeTM i’m looking at you) I don’t see issue in writers making headcannons cannon. it could mean a lot to the fans AND MEANS THAT THE WRITERS ARE LISTENING TO THE FANS

2. Tim drake fans bringing him up every chance they get (ie: bringing him up with the fact he might have been at the flying graysons routine where they died)

- Yeahhhh i got nothing to say about this.. Tbh ppl just like their fave, i feel like SOME tim drake fans get a victim complex with him (or whatever you’d classify it as) and like feel the need to relate him to every single character

3. The “Timdrakeafication” of every single robin

- THE TEEN TITANS ROBIN LOOKS LIKE TIM IM SORRY SOMEONE HAD TO SAY IT SO DOES THE ROBIN IN YOUNG JUSTICE 🗣️🗣️🗣️

NOW here’s my evidence, also i made an insta story abt this. 1) Tim is THE robin (especially in his first comics) to have changed up the robin suit design

exhibit a-f:

All of tim’s suits (unused and used) were KNOWN for changing up Robins look (Id say that they were making him look more “adult”) (also he’s known (especially IN THE COMICS) for being the robin with the pants. Is it unreasonable for Tim fans to think that hes the robin in the shows?? (ALSO it’s a very fair assumption for tim to be the Robin in YJ bc THATS HIS FUCKING TEAM??? HE WAS THE ROBIN WHO LED THEM!!! TEEN TITANS IS DICKS TEAM)

Please Dc bring back young justice 🙏🙏🙏

also tim is explicitly shown using a bow staff in the first ‘Robin’ issue. He specifically picks out a collapsible reed staff from Lady Shivas friend’s collection (which i find hilarious)

exhibit g:

Robin (vol 1) part 4/5 (april 91)

So when first seeing Robin in Teen Titans (and Teen Titans Go) It’s not unreasonable to assume he’s Tim (Now to be fair i haven’t seen all of Teen Titans (fake fan ik 😔) So take my opinion on this with a grain of salt)

Though, ppl still getting them confused about who is who is on them especially bc they’ve had multiple instances where it is confirmed (in both season 1 yj and teen titans) who is who (Tim is literally in season 2 (and kinda 3) of yj

ALSO they bring up the fact that Damian is starting to look like tim and i have nothing to say to that bc im not a super huge damian fan (other than WFA which imo does justice to his character) and I couldn’t tell you shit about it BAHAHA

4. Tim being ‘underrated’ in the fandom

-Tim is not underated in the fandom. HOWEVER because rn it is Damian’s turn to be robin it is difficult to find main stream comics with Tim (Batman: Failsafe my love) And i believe that in a lot of Tiktok’s and fandom media about the birds and bats skip out on Tim bc he is seen as overrated so they just skip over him (which bruh what???) Nightwing literally has a comic series currently still releasing. Damian had the batman and son comics, and his own robin comics.(im pretty sureee) Tim (and dick) both have a compendium out (i love my Tim Drake Compendium 🫶🫶) Jason has the death in the family book, and other red hood comics (however his character tends to get boiled down to just the angry robin, and he doesn’t have a currently airing comic series). None of the 4 boys robins are technically under rated.

Real underrated batfamily members: Duke Thomas, Stephenie Brown, Cass Caine. (i swear if anyone says Duke was a robin it’s on sight/lh)

5. Dick threatening to send Tim to Arkham bc he thought bruce was alive

-NO DICK NEVER IN CANNON THREATENED THIS. This was a fic, meant for tim drake angst. Their (op) argument that Bruce (i’m going off the failsafe cannon idk if their is another instance where bruce gets lost in the time stream/ multiverse) was buried and gone (they don’t have a funeral for him girl (gender neutral) what?? Also no one argued that Bruce wasn’t alive, Tim didn’t even go to the league with this one he talks to Jon, Dick (dick actually believes that Bruce is alive) And Mister Tarrific (Michael Holt)

Exhibit h and i:

Batman vol 2: the bat-man of gotham 2023, The Toy Box: part 1

Dick believes that Bruce is alive BUT doesn’t think they can do anything about it. Dick isn’t stupid, there’s very little chance that he’d actually think Bruce is dead. HOWEVER where is your whimsy?? Where is your want for angst?? Tim being thrown in arkham came from a fic (im pretty sure) it wanted to push the idea of everyone thinking tim was crazy like he said in exhibit h, top right frame: “I’m tired of everyone looking at me like i’m crazy.” The point of fandom and fanfiction is to take your own idea and make it into a story about characters that already exist. Tim haters using this au (we’ll call it) as an excuse to hate on tim “🤓☝️bc it’s not cannon that Dick threw him in Arkham” boils my blood (not literally i try and be a passive guy)

6: Tim fans “villainizing” other hero characters (ie: Dick Grayson)

- One of their points is that Tim fans villainize Dick for choosing Damian as his robin. All i have to say to this is: If your older sibling who you explicitly looked up to chose your younger sibling who is know to be a brat (not saying that Damian is actually a brat BUT (and maybe i’m projecting) Tim would probably see him as a brat bc that kid tried to kill him before, because he thought that tim wasn’t fit to hold the role of Robin) you’d probably be hurt, and pissed. SO ppl “villainizing” Dick aren’t really, they are showing (in my experience at least) that, that is how Tim views Dick at that moment bc he’s pissed off at his brother.

7. They (op) says that they’ll get so much hate for their tim drake takes, but literally all the comments agree with them. As a closing thought they said that they wouldn’t be making this video but it’s so prevalent now (in the fandom ig??) and that it’s (tim drake’s character??) so hard to ignore that they had to rant a make the video

- I have one thing to say: WHERE IS YOUR WHIMSY???

In conclusion, I wish no ill will on this person, they seem chill, and like a good fan. However they talk very condescendingly (Someone pls lmk if i sound the same lol) and ignore the fact that it is called FANNON for a reason. It is the fans cannon and we can add what ever head cannons we want. It is very easy to ignore a characters fandom, block the tags on tumblr, click ‘not interested’ on tiktok like- girl (gn) you just need to do the work and your life quality will be so much better PLEASEEEE. Well I agree with some of their points (like tim not actually being underrated) it is hard to ignore that there seemed to be very little research done for this (It’s a tiktok so it not that big of a deal lmao) but when taking about the cannon and fannon i believe that you need to take into account the cannon comics, and make a distinction between fannon and cannon. I do not like the commment about Bruce being dead, and saying that they watched him get buried. He was technically incinerated by Failsafe, they (atleast in the failsafe and the bat-man of Gotham) didnt hold a funeral.

Chip Zdarsky and Jorge Jiménez i love you, pls read the fail safe and the bat-man of Gotham comics they are beautiful and very well written imo.

Have a good night/morning/day🫶

[therealantlerqueen]

GO FOLLOW MY NEW YJ INSTA FOR MORE, LOOKING FOR MORE MOOTS THERE!

[malizanu]

STFUUUUUUUU

yes, yellowjackets official insta acc noticed me

no, I won't shut up about that

[exclusivegrain]

ig its time for me to produce content for yj and show the world my capacity lol

ONE YELLOWJACKET—ONE HEADCANON

• Lottie Matthews

she has a small treehouse in the backyard, which was her gift for her 13 birthday. she keeps there her plush toys, books, old and unnecessary stuff and sometimes her partner, who can’t show up at the matthews mansion for some reason… (which is a great idea of a fic btw)

• Jackie Taylor

if she had something like snapchat or instagram, all her posts would be lousy with her selfies with that dog ears and nose mask and photos of herself with friends or partners. jackie would be oh so much of insta girl

• Shauna Shipman

she has matching pfps with jackie. always and everywhere. sometimes it’s not like really matching pictures with some sort of characters. mostly its just the photo of them together cut on 2 halves (if u know what i mean) and they put of on their pfps. just as a reminder that they’re still besties

• Vanessa Palmer

they get super warm when they sleep. van sometimes doesn’t even need a blanket during their sleep as their body provides them with amount of warmth enough to defrost antarctica in no time.

(and another small one bc i love van a little bit too much) they’re a cuddler. even if they’re not a person to say it out loud, they would cuddle themselves closer to you in the night and hug you from behind, becoming your softest and warmest big spoon ever.

• Natalie Scatorccio

if you’re dating natalie, nobody will find out unless they’re into stalking and looking at her phone: all her phone is basically yours. she has your date of birth on the password, your photo on the lockscreen (the photo is actually yours, but it’s that it’s faceless. it means that there’s a photo of you lying somehow near nat, preparing food in your bra and nat’s shorts or else. she would also lie saying the photo is from pinterest.) and oh please, 2 photos of you both together under her phonecase, to which she is smiling sometimes, when she thinks nobody’s watching

• Taissa Turner

i’ve been thinking about it a lot, tai has their photo with van on her lockscreen. but in difference to natalie, this photo contains both girls on the beach with van sitting on van’s shoulders and laughing, while taissa is looking at her with sparkling eyes.

• Misty Quigley

she doesn’t care if you’re clingy, foolmouthed, not in mood or rude in general. if she thinks of you as a friend, she’ll only encourage you to be as clingy as possible and spending as luch time with her as only fucking possible. misty literally knows no measure in affection and attention, so she’s always ready to be constantly by your side.

• Laura Lee

leonard has been gifted her during her visiting the church. it was just a girl good 5 years older than laura lee and just gave that teddy bear to laura lee, saying “his name is leonard” amd retired. of course, 8 yo laura lee only could smile, say a polite ‘thank you’ and accept the gift.

ugh guys writing this was pretty challenging, bc i’ve never been much into writing something like that, i’m more of a reader than writer… but actually, it’s kinda cool to share it with u!! im sorry for grammar and other mistakes, as i mentioned in my intro, i’m not a native speaker 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[qvigleys]

hi, i’m mac !!! i’m 16, i’m from canada, and i looooooove yellowjackets !! i also love other horror media, as well as music, and musical theatre

my top 3 yj characters are misty, van, and shauna !! (my honourable mentions go to tai and nat)

i spend my free time editing, drawing, watching tv/movies, playing minecraft, and singing :-)

thank u for reading !! pls pls message me/lmk if you wanna be friends !! i promise im nice <3

my tiktok is under the same username as this account, and i may start an insta page too !!

[dykehelly]

just watched liv's ep 1 & 2 recap on the yj insta and they're SO charming I need them...also calling the antler queen/leader of the wilderness girlies "the mayor" is so fucking funny

[fwoopersongs]

[Book Rec + Reaction/Thoughts] The Lantern and the Night Moths 灯与夜蛾 by Yilin Wang

An anthology of translated poems by five modern or contemporary poets and accompanying essays by the translator, @yilinwriter.

You can find the pronunciation guide and list of corrections here!

The cover art, a beautiful expression of the tone of this collection, is by Taiwanese artist Ciaoyin (check out her gorgeous insta!). I'm looking forward to the arrival of the physical book as my tab absolutely does not do it justice xD

Anyway! The official release date is 02 April 2024 though there have been some very thoughtful reviews by early readers already. Here, here, here and here.

(It was an ARC that I received too… though in the time it took to put this together, the ebooks have already gone out to readers >.< typical snail yj!) 

Instead, I’ll tell you who I think would be interested in this book or might benefit from reading it, then share things that are cool about it from the perspective of a bilingual hobbyist translator + lover of ancient poetry and lyrics.

Who should read it?

If annotations, translator’s notes and reflections spark joy for you...

If you’ve ever read poetry translations and been intensely curious about what goes on under the hood...

If you’re a translator yourself wanting to hear another voice...

Definitely check this out!

Also if you’re CN+EN bilingual and have ever read something in English that references Chinese terms and concepts etc. except ONLY in English, pinyin or wade-giles and been utterly frustrated by the ensuing guessing game (like me) Fear Not.

That will not be a problem here.

I really appreciate how Chinese words are used naturally where needed for concepts and quotes - they are also translated for those who can't read Chinese so no one is left out. It made this book of and about translation (and more) super comfortable to read! The solution is so simple, so direct, so rarely used that I am amused.

Oh, but do note that the Chinese characters are in simplified though!

The poems are organised by their writers who are listed here by order of birth year, not appearance in the book:

秋瑾 (Qiu Jin, 1875 to 1907)

废名 (Fei Ming. 1901 to 1967)

戴望舒 (Dai Wangshu, 1905 to 1950)

小西 (Xiao Xi, 1974 to _)

张巧慧 (Zhang Qiaohui, 1978 to _) 

Altogether, that covers nearly the last 150 years up to now. I’ve never really been into poetry by poets in such relatively recent times, in part because I’d been holding on to this stereotype of them spurning Classical Chinese and ancient poetry in the first half of the 20th century (not entirely true, as I came to realise xD). It made sense and was understandable, but felt sad.

Yet am I the target audience for this book?

Very much so.

In ways I didn’t think I would be too! It was so much fun to experience this both as a reader and a translator that I thought I’d share it here, where we are appreciating Chinese poetry together.

If you didn’t think you’d enjoy modern Chinese poetry, hey, give it a chance!

Oh yeah - on the way home a while back, I was talking to a friend about translation and was surprised to hear that her impression was that it ought to be a straightforward process. Like isn’t it a 1:1 conversion? At some point, ‘what’s the difference between something google translate might return, and how you would say it?’ was asked, and oh that was a delightful question to my ears! I showed her one of my comparison sheets where an original text is laid out alongside multiple translations line-by-line, briefly explaining some common and unique choices and how the people who had translated those probably arrived at the various interpretations. She was pretty amazed to see that the answer to her question was: very different. Hey, it’s a complicated process!

But there’s only so much one can explain in the space of a train ride. That’s why The Lantern and the Night Moths is a book I would also rec to someone like this friend of mine - open minded and curious but never having the chance to think about or encounter the craft of translation.

Like Yilin says, ‘the meaning of a word cannot be fully expressed in one single translation, nor through a series of translation attempts’. She then explains why with great attention to detail and some solid examples from one of the poems with word choices loaded with subtle connotations :D

What's interesting about it?

Okay, for one, Yilin shared a playlist of music that she listened to while working on this book. Here is the link to the spotify one and the one on youtube. Check them out! They sure put me in the mood to read xD (favs: 别知己, 小神仙 & 去有風的地方) Afterwards, this made so much sense like - ah! an audio moodboard.

She's also putting together these adorable mini profiles of each poet along with a cmedia and tea rec to match their vibes. Go see them on her instagram xD

Now to business...

structure

What really helped keep the reader’s focus was the way each section is organized, how the poems and accompanying essay were presented and finally the short bio of each person right at the end. 

The poets are first introduced through five or six of their poems, works well suited to this purpose. Their voices, distinct through the vision, ambition and emotion of their words, are brought across by Yilin’s sensitive, thoughtful and poetic translations into English. These translations were also creative and transformative in a way that made so much sense after reading one of her reflections on the process, how she ‘must guide it with gentle hands to ensure its spirit is kept alive and intact during this transformative, and often excruciating process’. A rebirth into another language!

Personally, I’ve come to think of reading translations as looking at a work through another’s eyes. So it’s delightful when the translator’s presence is discernible, and even more so when the reader is given insight into their intention and process via commentary. 

Yilin’s essays coupled with the poets’ bios at the end provide a means to go back and appreciate their works in context of their circumstance and inspirations. Similarly, to read the translations with a changed perspective.

I don’t know how much of a thing this is with translated poetry anthologies in English - can count the number I’ve read with both hands lol, and they’re all of the ancient chinese poetry variety - but I really like this design.

drawing on poets who came before them

Remember how we’re always recognizing traces of inspiration from ancient works (to them) in poetry of the various dynasties? 李商隐 Li Shangyin of Tang for example, was influenced by 楚辞 Verses of Chu and folklore and mythology such as that in 山海经 Classic of Mountains and Seas, 李白 Li Bai frequently references poets and history of the 魏晋 Wei-Jin era, and 王维 Wang Wei was clearly familiar with Buddhist scriptures which were translations themselves! 

Just like the late Táng poets whom he praised for boldly deviating from the voices before them, Fei Ming used popular references and tropey shorthands ‘in contexts utterly different from the original, reimagining them anew’. Dai Wangshu, too, ‘boldly re-envisioned what modern poetry could look like by revisiting the classics’. In fact, in his very relatable ‘To Answer the Visitor with Classical Imagery’, I see Li Bai’s 春夜宴桃李园序, Qu Yuan’s 离骚 and lots of - as the title says - classical imagery, as if pulling out painting after painting to describe a feeling.

And Dai Wangshu’s faith in the translatability of poetry, that ‘poetry isn’t what is lost in translation, but rather, what survives it�� reminds me of what a friend, @xiakeponz, said that I agree with so much - because readers can ‘experience something in their own individual way through (your) shared humanity rather than language alone’.

poetic tradition and beyond

Between the lines of contemporary poets Zhang Qiaohui and Xiao Xi, I can really see the charm of plain vernacular, how it can be beautiful, incisive and clever in turns. Even as it seems to have moved further than ever from the structure and language of literary Chinese, the themes that inspired common motifs remain a part of life. Mother and divinity, homesickness, finding oneself, tributes to admirable spirits and the issues that trouble society - just in a new form and with different ways of expression.

Qiu Jin

So many FEELINGS about what Qiu Jin was doing - ‘I awaken the spirits of women, hundreds of flowers, abloom’. I would love if she could see the world now. So many things for her to rouse and fight against, but at the same time just as many to be proud of. I am so in awe of her, but now hearing her loneliness and struggle there is a soft spot in my heart for those too. 

conclusion

So so so…

Qiu Jin’s admirable fire and lonely resolve. Zhang Qiaohui’s precious ability to express beauty in the mundane and in pain. Fei Ming’s utter delight! He is having so much fun and when* I’m vibing, I feel it too. Xiao Xi’s critical eye and keen observation of the world. Dai Wangshu’s whimsical charm and passion for translation. Finally, Yilin Wang, the connecting thread wound through them all, bringing them together so that we may be acquainted. 

*Reading his poetry is like unwrapping a seamless, many layered present. A gift that keeps giving - if only you have a key 😅 Fortunately, Yilin has halved our struggle 🤣

I’ve had such a great time with them all. And if you come, I hope you will too!

[mibkid]

Wally west doodles as per an insta req

I haven't shoved any yj things in ur faces lately so here, have some wally west.

My friend requested wally west, and THIS was what happened bc of that, .... i guess i missed drawing him :')<3

[jesncin]

I'm thinking of writing up some media crit essays here (or on cohost as I've already done a few there) because story analysis and review is just what I like doing! And with the DC fixation I'm on I've been itching to write some thoughts. An impressionistic list of topics:

Ma'alefa'ak character retrospective, all his different iterations and how his character evolved in recent years. I feel his character is easily dismissed as "the messed up cultist" but it's more complicated than that! I might have to watch YJ to make this a thorough retrospective though,,,

Asian Lois Lane retrospective! A comparative study of the 3 times Lois has been asian in media (maws, american alien, girl taking over) and how effectively cultural identity is considered in each reimagining. I don't really see much Asian perspective on these takes of Lois, so I think it's valuable to share my perspective here! Asian Lois Lane means so much to me,,,

An analysis on the depiction of race in MAWS. I had a fairly thorough conclusion on my thoughts over how characters of color are handled in MAWS in my insta story review, but there are details I completely missed out on that I feel is still worthy of discussing! Especially in regards of the optics of Superman being reimagined as a redeemed colonizer. And Thanksgiving. Something about Thanksgiving.

Yeah that's my brainstorm for now! If you want a taste of how I write these things, have a sample! "Lois Lane, Power Girl, and the fear of exceptional women" is up on cohost~ I just like writing, fellas. It wakes my brain up

[planecrashjesus]

Yj filing updates!

1)

The adult timeline has officially started filming approximately two weeks after the teen timeline. Six hours after Ricci posts about Misty’s return, she posts “normalize booing in the workplace” on her story. Idk if it has anything to do with season three I just thought it was funny af I love Christina

2)

After Mya Lowe unfollowed the YJ insta, rumours started flying that Gen had died in the season two finale.

However, it seems Gen has been recast, which points towards her having a bigger role in season three! Yay!!

3)

According to Reddit user u/beerjunkie94, whose neighbour works in Vancouver on set. According to them, they’ll be filming till mid October. Take this with a grain of salt since this is here-say.