#character: lin wan er

[movielosophy]

Joy of Life 2 | the granted marriage pairs

[da-man-si]

Saw some comments saying wan er is boring and weak and that they prefer Fan Xian to be with Duoduo…so here is a Lin Wan er appreciation post and why those comments are wrong.

Wan er is not boring or weak. People find her boring because they compare her to Duoduo who is an accomplished martial artist and has a much more bold personality and unfortunately nowadays Internet tends to hate gentle women.

Wan er is not a fighter, physically, but she has a backbone and knows to stand up for herself. She is resolute, smart and gritty. When she suspects Fan Xian to be her brother’s killer, she directly questions him with a knife in her hand ready to kill herself if he really killed him, because her love for her brother is just as much true as her love for Fan Xian. She confronts her mother for attempting to murder Fan Xian. Her mother tells her that being with Fan Xian is dangerous but she doesn’t waver. she offers to run away with Fan Xian, which would be going against the emperor, when she comes to know that he is going to beiqi so that he can marry her.

I think she is the shore much needed and wanted by Fan Xian’s turbulent waves. When she refuses to meet him in second season, it’s because Fan Xian needs space and focus right now. She understands he’s seen so much and been through so much. And the 12th episode of second season serves as a testament to why she is perfectly compatible with Fan Xian. When he sees her for the first time after a long time, his face instantly looks so serene, his mind calm, for the few minutes that he looks at her.

And her telling off Chengze for trying to sow discord between her and Fan Xian was the cherry on top. Her back straight, head held high and firm voice, she tells him that she is not going to doubt Fan Xian and no one can stop her from marrying him.

So, if you think Wan er is weak/boring/shouldn’t be with fan xian, you are wrong. You may not like her for whatever reason or prefer Duoduo, that’s fine, but do not slander the girl by making up things that are not true of her character.

PS: I love Duoduo as well, she is awesome and watching her kick everyone’s ass is so fun but I do not see her as Fan Xian’s love interest at all. Accomplice, friend, frenemy? not love interest. these things can be mutually exclusive despite all the tropes out there.

[atamascolily]

Thunderbolt Fantasy: In Which I Yap About Swords

(What can I say? Guilty as charged.)

Thunderbolt Fantasy is about a lot of things, actually, but it's first and foremost a story about swords. So many swords. Magic swords, ordinary swords, demonic swords, holy swords, swords that look like swords but are actually something else, things that look like something else but are actually swords... the list goes on and on.

Thunderbolt Fantasy also has many themes, but I would argue that a major one is that swords are tools first and foremost; whether they are good or bad depends less on the sword itself and more on how it's used.

In the wrong hands, even a holy sword created to fight demons with the purest of intentions can be misused; in the right hands, a demonic sword can save the day, as evidenced by Shang Bu Huan's and Lin Xue Ya's clever team-up using Night of Mourning.

But it gets complicated because swords aren't just tools--or at least not all the time. Season 2 introduces us to Seven Blasphemous Deaths, who blurs the established boundaries--she is a person who is also a sword. Then we have Lang Wu Yao in Bewitching Melody of the West, a person who is explicitly compared to a sword; the climax of the movie hinges on Lang's decision to take full agency for his actions instead of letting unscrupulous people manipulate him.

Bewitching Melody of the West ends with Ling Ya--another character who blurs the line between person and object, and who is sometimes, but not always, a sword--teasing Shang that the Sorcerous Sword Index itself might one day gain sentience. "Any object imbued with strong enough sentiment in time grows a heart of its own! Not that all of them are chatty like me! ... You keep dragging that batch of magic swords around and sooner or later it [the Index] might start talking, too!"

Shang is incredibly flustered by this: "Shut the hell up! Don't jinx me!" He's learned to accept both Lang and Ling Ya as friends and comrades, but the idea of anything more than that scares him. Then he catches himself, "Er, I mean..."

"Mean what?"

And for a moment it seems like Shang is going to tell him, and then he pivots to thanking Ling Y for his assistance earlier and changing the subject. Which is too bad, because I really want to know what he's thinking here. Would it really be so bad if the Index and/or the swords within it was no longer a tool, but a person in their own right? If they could make decisions about how they wanted to be used?

Okay, so maybe it would be bad, given that swords are weapons--they can protect people, yes, but they can also kill them, or turn them into puppets, or generate massive earthquakes. It's only natural they would want to perform the functions they were made for, and some of those functions are terrible. Even holy swords are dangerous, as evidenced by Wan Jun Po being burned alive from the inside out from wielding one of the Three Holy Relics. Good is not soft, to say the least!

Given everything we know so far, it would not surprise me if Shang can "hear" the swords in the Index, and has a sense of their personalities and desires. His restraint in using the Index is entirely justified because these swords are dangerous, even though he has the skills to use them (and this restraint is one reason he can wield them). My personal headcanon is that one reason Lin Xue Ya is such a natural at using Night of Mourning is that he is also incredibly skilled at manipulating people and thus their desires align; he might have more difficulty with a sword that makes other demands of its wielder.

But as we've established, a major theme of Thunderbolt Fantasy as a whole is that even villains can grow and change (cf. Xie Ying Luo's arc in S2) and that people aren't bound by fate--they can and should be able to make their own choices. So why not extend that to the Index as well, especially considering how many people are trying to control it?

And would a sentient Index really be so terrible if it was embued with Shang's feelings? The man who is the moral center of Thunderbolt Fantasy, whom Lin Xue Ya (a master thief) says is the safest place he can imagine? I think an Index that grew out of Shang carrying it for so long would inherit that strong moral center--and I think it would be fitting, given how much carrying it has transformed his life.

One way or another, Shang can't rest until the Index is dealt with. One possibility is that Thunderbolt Fantasy punts the final ending, by having him keep wandering with the Index, but somehow I doubt it--Shang may well continue to journey on, but if he does, I think it will be because he genuinely wants to, or has some other task he wants to do, not because he's still carrying out the same old one forever.

In order for Shang to give up the Index, he has to trust it will be safe from people who will misuse it. We saw how that went at Xian Zhen fortress; even an institution dedicated to preserving the world couldn't keep the Index safe for less than a day, and most of them are worse.

The Index could be hidden, perhaps, or chucked away into the void, but the reason Shang hasn't already done it himself is because the swords are humanity's one hedge against another demon invasion. The swords were created to fight the demons, and they will continue to exist as long as that threat remains. So peace with the demons has to happen first. This is likely for other reasons--see Lang Wu Yao's whole arc--so I feel pretty confident about this. Maybe the swords, most of which originally came from another world, will end up returning there in the end--and like I said, the void of space seems to be a favorite place for chucking stuff you never want to see again (eldritch horrors, Lou Zhen Jie, etc). So it's definitely a possibility.

We also know as of S3 that the swords came from another world, and it's possible that they'd lose their powers if they were returned to their home and be ordinary swords again. So that's also an option.

But given all of the hints and established themes, I'm rooting for a secret third thing: to neither hold on to the Index or to throw it away, but to let it grow up and come into its own. Maybe the Index would decide to leave of its own accord; after all, the swords inside it came from another world and maybe they'd be happier to return there after all. Maybe it'd stick around under the auspices of Dan Fei, Juan Can Yun, and the Hu Yin Shi, who are going to need something to do with their lives once the war with the demons is over for good. I don't know. But I want the Index to have the same freedom as any other character. I want it to be able to choose.

How exactly this would work, I don't know. Maybe the Index is a single entity, or maybe it's a collective intelligence composed of all the swords inside it. Given that Huo Shi Ming Huang's theme centers around this kind of "swarm", and that he seeks the Index, I can't help wondering if the two are connected. But if the Index has to choose between Shang and Huo Shi Ming Huang, I think Shang's influence will ultimately carry the day in the end, though it might get pretty dicey before the end. After all, he's the one who carried it for so long!

(Look, I am but a simple soul--all I want is to see all of the swords flying out of the Index all at once in the climactic battle, preferably under their own accord. Yes, I know that technically already happened in the S2 opening, and it was great, but can we have that as the centerpiece of the final movie instead of 10-15 seconds?? Bonus if that severed arm is still in there and smacks someone across the face.)

All of this is to say, I fully expect that this is going to be a major theme going forward, and I have "the swords unionize" on my personal bingo card.

[wangsejabin]

Chapter 90

Because of this incident, Pan'er and Yue Wangfei had inexplicably gained an extra level of intimacy.

As they walked that way, Yue Wangfei said quietly, " Prince Chu and our prince are not very close, but I didn't expect him to greet me today."

Pan'er had a different thought in mind, probably because of her keen sensibilities, but she felt that Prince Chu's sudden stop was because of her. But Prince Chu did not do anything other than glance at her and ask her a question knowingly.

   However, it was not easy to say such things to Yue Wangfei, so she could only say shyly, "I stay within the Eastern Palace and rarely see outsiders, especially men, so I am a bit flustered by the sudden sight of them."

Yue Wangfei smiled understandingly and felt that Su Liang Di was a frank and honest person, and had long since cast away any prejudice she had against her.

By this time, the two of them had already reached the children, and as they were talking to them, Pan'er looked back.

Prince Chu and the Seventh Prince were no longer there, and she was instantly relieved.

"Okay, all sweaty from playing, there's many bodies of water in this Western Garden, you can't leave your lackeys behind when you go for walks, you have to bring them along with you before you can come out, tell Mother in advance before you go anywhere, got it?" Pan'er's words were deliberately addressed to Wanyin and Zong Lin, she was not worried about Zong Yue, the boy had always known what was proper.

   "Understood Mother."

The Yue Wangfei also felt that Pan Er's words made sense and told Zong Zhi and Shu Li to listen and to do the same in the future.

   Both children answered in the affirmative, and seeing that it was getting late, they turned their heads and walked back.

In front of the Pavilion of the Lotus Wind and the Hui Lu, Pan'er and Yue Wangfei made an appointment to go out for a walk next time, and the children of the two families also agreed to play with each other, and then went their separate ways.

Pan'er had not walked so much for a long time, and her legs were a little sore, so Xiang Pu kneaded her legs, while Zong Yue and Wan Yin went to the study to practise their writing. Before they went out, they had agreed that they would each write two big words when they returned from playing.

   The child did not follow Pan'er in anything, except for her reluctance to do embroidery and practice calligraphy, and her writing truly was atrocious. However, at her age, there was no need to worry too much, but Pan'er thought to herself that her daughter would have to be better than herself.

   When dinner was about to be served, the Prince came back.

After having dinner together, Pan'er forgot to tell the Prince about the encounter with Prince Chu today because of the children's interruptions.

   Pan'er thought that Yue Wangfei had probably said something out of the ordinary because she was so desperate for help, and given her character, she would not mention it again if she missed it this time. At this point, she was a little glad that Prince Chu and the Seventh Prince had appeared and interrupted the conversation, otherwise she would have had a headache thinking about how to answer the other party.

   What Pan'er hadn't expected though was that the Yue Wangfei apparently didn't give up so easily.

   It was also when she was leading the two children back to Juren Hall that she happened to meet Side Consort Guo, who made a couple of barbed remarks, and Yue Wangfei was defeated by her mouth and suffered a lot of anger. She originally thought she would just remain calm, but Shu Li was still young and although she was usually shy and reserved, she did not want her mother to suffer such anger, so she complained to the Prince of Yue.

   The couple inevitably had a big fight, and when she returned, she was so angry that she became dizzy and wept.

   So she came uninvited the next day to find Pan'er.

   Pan'er was a little surprised by her sudden visit, but seeing her face even worse than yesterday, and the look in her eyes, she already had some idea of her intention.

After the palace maids had served tea, she dismissed everyone and passed the tea in front of Yue Wangfei , saying, "Wangfei, have some tea first."

Yue Wangfei drank the tea, taking the time to calm herself down, but the moment she opened her mouth, she still let her intention wash away the feigned calmness.

   She gave a brief account of what had happened last night, and then mocked herself, "I'm not afraid that you will laugh at me, Su Liangdi, but at first my Prince and I were in love for a while. ...

   "...... When my mother in law took a fancy to her and wanted to choose her to give to my prince, I had a bad feeling in my heart,we were both from the capital, although she was of high rank and my family was of low rank, I had heard a few rumors about her. You can say I'm not confident, say I'm small-minded, I remember when you were pregnant with Zong Yue and Wan Yin, we also met twice in the Kunning Palace, at that time I really didn’t want to let her enter the door. Unfortunately, I couldn't resist the 'rules' of the palace and the 'filial piety' ......

   "...... When she entered the house, it was true that there was less and less room for me to stand in the house. I hate my own lack of courage, and thought it would be just as well to live like this, just enduring it, but the children are getting older, I sometimes see my children put up with it in front of her children, I want to slap myself. I also know that I have come abruptly today and asked abruptly, but I don't want to worry my parents there at my maternal home, and there is no one around to say these things ......"

The princess of Yue said, while dropping tears.

   Pan'er sat by the side, not knowing what to say.

In fact, she felt that Yue Wangfei was making things difficult for herself and as a woman of the royal family, if she couldn't even manage to think it through herself, Pan’er was afraid that the life would be unbearable for her. Inevitably, she was reminded of when she was waiting for the crown prince's other children to be born, and she had been pretending that nothing was wrong, but she was still a little uncomfortable in her heart after all.

She had been reluctant to know the Prince's movements in the backyard because she didn't want to face it directly, and she was also putting her head in the sand, but he did come to her most often, especially since the birth of the third child, and he came almost every day, sometimes not, so she just assumed...

She just pretended he was busy in his study.

But when the truth came out, she couldn't continue pretending.

Was it difficult? Of course it was, but not as hard as she thought it would be. On the contrary, she felt relieved, as if some things were still going the way they had in her previous life, which gave her a sense of security.

The days still had to pass, and after two minor tantrums with the prince, which seemed to be genuine, he seemed to understand a bit where her anger lay. He talked about how jealous she was, how she didn't tolerate people, how others knew about it, and how he still came more often to her place.

   Was she happy? She seemed a little happy, but not as happy as she thought she would be, and why not, she didn't know. She just didn't want to explore the issue too much, she always felt that if she thought about something too much, her convictions would collapse.

   So how could she instruct others on something she didn't even understand?

   But looking at the teary-eyed Yue Wangfei, Pan'er also had mixed feelings, not only because of the other party, but also because of herself, because of the Crown Princess, because of this situation where wives and concubines are destined to be on opposite sides.

   Just now, when Yue Wangfei cried to her, she wondered if she was like this in the Crown Princess's heart, too.

"In fact, this matter, I really don't know how to go about it with the Crown Princess, after all, the situation is different, the status is different, my words might not be useful. Just like you are the main consort, the person you are opposite of is a side consort, a concubine. I am also a concubine, my position is obviously different from that of the main wife."

   "No, you misunderstand," Yue Wangfei panicked a little, wiping her tears as she said hastily, "I'm not trying to get you to speak for me or anything, I just want to learn from you, learn how to please men, I think my prince favours her because I'm not as pleasing as she is ...... I see that you are so pleasing to the prince, so I ...... I don't really mean anything else, I just ......"

   I know you don't mean anything else, but you've already embarrassed me a bit.

   Pan'er sighed in her heart, suppressing some messy thoughts, and instead looked squarely at the Yue Wangfei once more.

She must have loved Prince Yue very much, otherwise why would she have degraded herself, reduced herself to ask a concubine and condescended to such a level, there must have been some firm conviction that drove her to do so.

If one looks at it this way, it seems that she did not love the crown prince as much as she thought she did. As soon as this thought surfaced, it was immediately dismissed by Pan'er, who felt that she had to stop Yue Wanfei's tears now, otherwise she might be drowned in them.

   It was the first time Pan'er had ever seen someone so good at crying. This was not meant to be derogatory, after all, she had seen all kinds of tears in her previous life, including her own, and none of them had been so genuine.

   "It's actually quite simple to please someone, whatever he likes, you do."

   "Whatever he likes, I'll do it?" Sure enough these words interrupted the tears of Princess Yue, she murmured, seemingly a little confused, "That's all?"

   Pan'er nodded, that was all.

   She tried to imagine herself in the position of the Crown Princess and added, "For example, if he doesn't like you to be jealous, you shouldn't be jealous, jealous women are sometimes ugly and make themselves look hideous and aggressive, men are bound to dislike them."

   "A jealous woman is ugly, with a hideous face?" Yue Wangfei went to touch her own face, she had been jealous a lot, and she knew she must have looked ugly then, and he had said she was becoming less and less herself, but she was herself, who else could she be?

   "But jealousy can still be controlled?"

   "Naturally, it's not easy to control, but slowly and consciously, I think it can get better. For example, whenever I feel jealous and want to act out, I just think about how I have nothing to complain about if even the Crown Princess is not jealous."

Obviously Pan'er's teasing tone made it very difficult for Yue Wangfei to accept. She even wondered a little if it was a deliberate perfunctory remark, but when she saw the bitter smile that didn't show at the corner of Pan'er's mouth, she didn't think so again and hesitated.

"When you're not jealous anymore, you can calm down, take time to think about what he likes about you and what you should do to make him like you."

"Make him feel guilty, make him miss you, make him believe what you say, make him gradually be swayed by you, make him ......" Pan'er felt that she was no different from that Guo side consort of the Yue Mansion, the difference being that that person was too arrogant and she was not.

So what qualifications did she have to judge people, what qualifications did she have to instruct the Yue Wangfei, who is the main wife?

   In fact, there was another sentence that was most pertinent, but Pan'er did not want to say it. Because this sentence is too out of the dangerous a concept to say, just don't fall in love.

As long as you don't love him, you can be good at everything you need to be good at to uphold your status, you can calmly fight for favour and use tricks to make him like you more because of how understanding and how thoughtful you are.

Something roared in her ears, it was the last words that Empress Chen had said before she was imprisoned in the cold palace in her previous life--

   "...... Do you think he really favours you? You are wrong, he only has his kingdom and his nation in his heart, he is doting on you for the sake of his kingdom and nation, you think you have really won? You're wrong! I will wait, I will see you lose like I did ......"

   "...... You think that bitch really loves you? No, she doesn't love you, I'm the only one who loves you the most ......"

   ......

   Outside the door, the Crown Prince stood there with his hands behind his back, surrounded by minions cowering with their heads hanging.

   Only Fu Lu stood a little closer, but hearing how Su Liang Di was pointing out the Yue Wang Fei inside, he was also in a cold sweat. You have nothing to do with the affairs of the House of Yue, why are you getting involved?

   As he watched the Prince's face grow darker and darker until he turned to leave, his heart thumped and he knew something big was about to happen.

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How To Name Your Chinese Characters: 

1) LAST NAMES: 

I’ve pasted the Top 100 common last names in alphabetical order, and bolded the ones that appear in CQL:   

B: 白 Bai C: 蔡 Cai ; 曹 Cao ;  常 Chang ; 曾 Ceng ;  陈 Chen ;  程 Cheng ;  崔 Cui ; D: 戴 Dai ; 邓 Deng ; 丁 Ding ; 董 Dong ; 杜 Du ; F: 范 Fan ; 方 Fang ; 冯 Feng ; 付 Fu ; G: 高 Gao ;  葛 Ge  ; 龚 Gong ; 顾 Gu ; 郭 Guo ; H: 韩 Han ; 何 He ; 贺 He 洪 Hong ; 侯 Hou ; 黄 Hua ; 胡 Hu ; J: 贾 Jia ; 蒋 Jiang ; 姜 Jiang ; 江 Jiang ; 金 Jin ; K: 康 Kang ; L:  赖 Lai ; 李 Li ;  黎 Li ; 廖 Liao ; 梁 Liang ; 林 Lin ; 刘 Liu ; 陆 Lu ; 卢 Lu ; 路 Lu ; 吕 Lü ; 罗 Luo ; M: 马 Ma ; 麦 Mai ; 毛 Mao ; 孟 Meng ; N:  倪 Ni  ;  牛 Niu ; P: 潘 Pan ; 彭 Peng ; Q: 钱 Qian ; 秦 Qin ; 邱 Qiu ; R:任 Ren ; S: 邵 Shao ; 沈 Sheng ; 史 Shi ; 石 Shi ; 施 Shi ; 宋 Song ; 苏 Su ; 孙 Sun ; T: 陶 Tao ; 谭 Tan ; 唐 Tang ; 田 Tian ; W: 万 Wan ; 王 Wang ;  汪 Wang ; 魏 Wei ; 吴 Wu ; X: 邢 Xing ; 夏 Xia ;  蕭 Xiao ; 谢 Xie ; 徐 Xu ; 许 Xu ; 薛 Xue ; Y: 阎 Yan ; 严 Yan ; 杨 Yang ; 姚 Yao ; 叶 Ye ;  余 Yu ; 于 Yu ; 袁 Yuan ; Z: 张 Zhang ;  赵 Zhao ; 郑 Zheng ; 钟 Zhong ; 周 Zhou ;  朱 Zhu ;  庄 Zhuang ;  邹 Zou ;

Above are all single character last names, but there are some double character Chinese last names, seen below (list not exhaustive): 

独孤 Du’Gu ;  公孙 Gong’Sun ; 南宫 Nan’Gong    欧阳 Ou’Yang ;  司马 Si’Ma ; 上官 Shang’Guan ; 宇文 Yu’Wen ; 长孙 Zhang’Sun ; 诸葛 Zhu’GE ; 

2) GIVEN NAMES/COURTESY NAMES

《Elements》: 

Light*： 光 (guāng) - light，  亮 liàng - bright / shine， 明 (míng) - bright， 曦 (xī) - early dawn， 昀 (yún) - daylight， 昭 (zhāo) - light, clear，照 (zhào) - to shine upon，

Fire: 焰 (yàn) - flames， 烟 (yān) - smoke，炎 (yán) - heat/burn， 烨 (yè) - dazzling light，  

Water: also see “weather” OR “bodies of water” under nature; note the words below while are related to water have meanings that mean some kind of virtue: 清 (qīng) - clarity / purity， 澄 (chéng) - clarity/quiet， 澈 (chè) - clear/penetrating， 涟 (lián) - ripple， 漪 (yī) - ripple， 泓 (hóng) - vast water， 湛 (zhàn) - clear/crystal， 露 (lù) - dew， 泠 (líng) - cool, cold, 涛 (tāo) - big wave，泽 (zé)，浩 hào - grand/vast (water)，涵 (han) - deep submergence / tolerance / educated

Weather: 雨 (yǔ) - rain， 霖 (lín) - downpouring rain， 冰 (bīng) - ice， 雪 (xuě) - snow，  霜 (shuāng) - frost 

Wind: 风 (fēng) - wind

* some “Light” words overlap in meaning with words that mean “sun/day”

《Nature》:

Season: 春 (chūn) - spring， 夏 (xià) - summer， 秋 (qíu) - aumtum， 冬 (dōng) - winter

Time of Day: 朝 (zhāo) - early morning / toward， 晨 (chén) - morning / dawn， 晓 (xiǎo) - morning， 旭 (xù) - dawn/rising sun，昼 (zhòu) - day，皖 (wǎn) - late evening，夜 (yè) - night 

Star/Sky/Space: 云 (yún) - cloud，天 (tiān) - sky/ heaven，霞 (xiá) - afterglow of a rising or setting sun，月 (yuè) - moon，日 (ri) - day / sun，阳 (yáng) - sun，宇 (yǔ) - space，星 (xīng) - star

Birds: 燕 (yàn) - sparrow， 雁 (yàn) - loon， 莺 (yīng) - oriole， 鸢 (yuān) - kite bird (family Accipitridae)，羽 (yǔ) - feather

Creatures: 龙 (lóng) - dragon/imperial

Plants/Flowers:* 兰 (lán) - orchids，  竹 (zhú) - bamboo， 筠 (yún) - tough exterior of bamboos， 萱 (xuān) - day-lily， 松 (sōng) - pine， 叶 (yè) - leaf， 枫 (fēng) - maple， 柏 bó/bǎi - cedar/cypress， 梅 (méi) - plum， 丹 (dān) - peony

Mountains: 山 (shān)， 峰 (fēng) - summit， 峥 (zhēng)，

Bodies of water: 江 (jiāng) - large river/straits， 河 (hé) - river， 湖 (hú) - lake， 海 (hǎi) - sea， 溪 (xī) - stream， 池 (chí) - pond， 潭 (tán) - larger pond， 洋 (yáng) - ocean

* I didn’t include a lot of flower names because it’s very easy to name a character with flowers that heavily implies she’s a prostitute. 

《Virtues》: 

Astuteness: 睿 ruì - astute / foresight， 智 (zhi)， 慧 (hui)， 哲 (zhé) - wise/philosophy, 

Educated:  博 (bó) - extensively educated， 墨 (mo) - ink， 诗 (shi) - poetry / literature， 文 (wén) - language / gentle / literary， 学 (xue) - study， 彦 (yàn) - accomplished / knowledgeable, 知 (zhi) - to know， 斌 (bīn) - refined， 赋 (fù) - to be endowed with knowledge

Loyalty: 忠 (zhōng) - loyal， 真 (zhēn) - true 

Bravery: 勇 (yǒng) - brave， 杰 (jié) - outstanding, hero

Determination/Perseverance: 毅 (yì) - resolute / brave， 恒 (héng) - everlasting， 衡 (héng) - across, to judge/evaluate，成 (chéng) - to succeed， 志 (zhì) - aspiration / the will

Goodness/Kindness: 嘉 (jiā) - excellent / auspicious，磊 (lěi) - rock / open & honest， 正 (zhèng) - straight / upright / principle，

Elegance: 雅 (yǎ) - elegant， 庄 (zhuāng) - respectful/formal/solemn， 彬 (bīn) - refined / polite， 

Handsome: 俊 jùn - handsome/talented 

Peace: 宁 (níng) - quietness/to pacify, 安 （ān) - peace, safety

Grandness/Excellence：宏 (hóng) - grand，豪 (háo) - grand, heroic，昊 (hào) - limitless / the vast sky，华 (huá) - magnificent， 赫 (hè) - red/famous/great， 隆 (lóng) - magnificent， 伟 (wěi) - greatness / large，轩 (xuān) - pavilion with a view/high，卓 (zhuó) - outstanding

Female Descriptor/Virtues/Beauty: 婉 (wǎn)，惠 (huì)， 妮 (nī)， 娇 (jiāo)， 娥 (é)， 婵 (chán) (I didn’t include specific translations for these because they’re all adjectives for women meaning beauty or virtue) 

《Descriptors》:

Adverbs: 如 (rú) - as，若 (ruò) - as, alike，宛 (wǎn) - like / as though，

Verbs: 飞 (fēi) - to fly，  顾 （gù) - to think/consider， 怀 (huái) - to miss, to possess， 落(luò) - to fall, to leave behind，梦 (mèng) - to dream， 思 (sī) - to consider / to miss (someone)，忆 (yì) - memory， 希 (xī) - yearn / admire

Colours: 红 (hóng) - red， 赤 (chì) - crimson， 黄 (huàng) - yellow， 碧 (bì) - green，青(qīng) - azure，蓝 (lán) - blue， 紫 (zǐ) - violet ，玄 (xuán) - black， 白 (baí) - white

Number：一 (yī), 二 (er) - two, 三 (san) - three,  四 (si) - four,  五 (wu) - five, 六 (liu) - six, 七(qi) - seven, 八 (ba) - eight,  九 (jiu) - nine, 十 (shi) - ten

Direction: 东 (dōng) - east， 西 (xi) - west， 南 (nan) - south， 北 (bei) - north，

Other: 子 (zǐ) - child, 然 (rán) - correct / thusly

《Jade》: *there are SO MANY words that generally mean some kind of jade, bc when ppl put jade in their children’s name they don’t literally mean the rock, it’s used to symbolize purity, goodness, kindness, beauty, virtue etc*  琛 (chen), 瑶 (yao),  玥 (yue),  琪 (qi),  琳 (lin)

《Spirituality》

凡 (fan) - mortality 

色 (se) - colour, beauty. In buddhism, “se” symbolizes everything secular

了 (liao) - finished, done, letting go 

尘 (chen) - dust, I’m not… versed in buddhism enough to explain “chen”, it’s similar to “se”

悟 (wu) - knowing? Cognition? To understand a higher meaning

无 (wu) - nothing, the void, also part of like “letting go” 

戒 (jie) - to “quit”, but not in a bad way. In buddhism, monks are supposed to “quit” their earthly desires.

极 (ji) - greatness, also related to the state of nirvana (? I think?) 

[huaschengs]

❃ Eastern and Southeastern Asians Facecast Help❃

Note: :D hi,  I’m tired of people casting the wrong facecast for characters in creations. So, I made a list. 

Please stop interchanging East Asians and Southeast Asians (whether between the two or within).

Even with this list and other sources, please be sure to double-check every faceclaim you use in your creations/works, thank you.

List posted 10/6/2020

Updated 12/25/2020

Disclaimer: 

Please let me know if there are any errors. 

 The creator of this list doesn’t have that much knowledge of South Asian celebrities and models. Please refer to other lists, thank you.

I didn’t include people from all Southeast Asian countries.

Thai:

Baifern aka Pimchanok Luevisadpaibul (พิมพ์ชนก ลือวิเศษไพบูลย์)

Bass aka Suradet PiniwatSuradet Piniwat (สุรเดช พินิวัตร์) 

Ben aka Benjamin Brasier (เบญจมินทร์ เบรเซียร์)

Bright aka Vachirawit Chiva-aree (วชิรวิชญ์ ชีวอารี)

Captain aka Kongyingyong Chonlathorn (ชลธร คงยิ่งยง)

Copter aka  Panuwat Kerdthongtavee (ภานุวัฒน์ เกิดทองทวี)

Diary (ไดอารี่)

From RedSpin

Dome aka Woranart Ratthanaphast ( วรนาถ รัตธนภาส)

FahProud (ฟ้าพราวด์) 

From RedSpin

First aka Nattapat Kapilkarn (ณัฐภัท กปิลกาญจน์)

Frung aka Narikun Ketprapakorn (นรีกุล เกตุประภากร)

Gulf aka Kanawut Traipipattanapong (คณาวุฒิ ไตรพิพัฒนพงษ์)

Gun aka Napat Na Ranong (ณภัทร ณ ระนอง)

Jackie aka Jackrin Kungwankiatichai (จักริน กังวานเกียรติชัย)

Jam aka Charattha Imraporn (ชรัฐฐา อิมราพร)

James aka Teeradon Supapunpinyo (ธีรดนย์ ศุภพันธุ์ภิญโญ)

Jaylerr aka Kritsanapoom Pibulsonggram (กฤษณภูมิ พิบูลสงคราม)

Joong [or Chen] aka Archen Aydin Winphakun (อาเชน วิรภากุล)

Kaownah aka Kittipat Kaewcharoen (กิตติภัทร แก้วเจริญ)

Kayavine aka Kay Lertsittichai (เค เลิศสิทธิชัย)

Kim or Kimmon aka Varodom Khemmonta (วโรดม เข็มมณฑา)

Lay aka  Talay Sanguandikul (ทะเลสงวนดีกุล)

Lisa aka Lalisa Manoban (ลลิษา มโนบาล)

Birth name: Pranpriya Manoban (ปราณปริยา มโนบาล)

Lotte aka Thakorn Promsatitkul (ฐกร พรหมสถิตกุล)

Mark Prin aka Prin Suparat (ปริญ สุภารัตน์)  

Mew aka Suppasit Jongcheveevat (ศุภศิษฏ์ จงชีวีวัฒน์)

Minnie aka Nicha Yontararak (ณิชา ยนตรรักษ์)

Namfah aka Thunyaphat Phatrathinchaicherin (ธัญญภัสร์ ภัทรธีรชัยเจริญ)

Natty aka Ahnatchaya Suputhipong (อานัชญา สุพุทธิพงศ์)

Nine aka Kornchid Boonsathitpakdee (กรชิต บุญสถิต์ภักดี)

Noey aka Warattha Imraporn (วรัฐฐา อิมราพร)

Paris aka Paris Inthonkomansut (พาริส อินทรโกมาลย์สุต)

Pavel aka Naret Promphaopun (นเรศ พร้อมเผ่าพันธ์) 

PearPunch (แพร)

From RedSpin

Pepe (เปเป้)

From RedSpin

Perth aka Tanapon Sukhumpantanasan (ธนพนธ์ สุขุมพันธนาสาร)

Peter aka Cholapatr Jeepetch (ชลพัชร จี้เพชร)

Piglet aka Charada Imraporn (ชาราฎา อิมราพร)

Pimmy (พิมมี่)

From RedSpin

Plan aka Rathavit Kijworaluk (รัฐวิทย์ กิจวรลักษณ์)

Porsche aka Sivakorn Adulsuttikul (ศิวกร อดุลสุทธิกุล)

Porsche aka Nishapang Suksawatnachok (ณิชชาพัณณ์ สุขสวัสดิ์นำโชค)

From RedSpin

Praew aka Narupornkamol Chaisang (ฤภรกมล ฉายแสง)

Ryu aka Vachirawich Aranthanawong (วชิรวิชญ์ อรัญธนวงศ์)

Sorn aka Chonnasorn Sajakul (ชลนสร สัจจกุล)

Tae aka Darvid Kreepolrerk (ดาวิชญ์ กรีพลฤกษ์)

Taew aka Natapohn Tameeruks (ณฐพร เตมีรักษ์)

Tee aka Thanapon Jarujittranon (ธนพล จารุจิตรานนท์)

Third aka Lapat Ngamchaweng (ลภัส งามเชวง)

Title aka Kirati Puangmalee (กีรติ พวงมาลี)

Tor aka Thanapob Leeratanakajorn (ธนภพ ลีรัตนขจร)

Toto aka Thanadech Ophatthanyakorn (ธนเดช โอภาสธัญกร)

Vietnamese:

Amee (Trần Huyền My)

Annie (Nguyễn Thị Thu Thủy)

Bảo Anh (Nguyễn Hoài Bảo Anh) 

Bích Phương (Bùi Thị Bích Phương)

Chi Pu (Nguyễn Thùy Chi)

Cody (Võ Đình Nam)

Duc Ung (Ứng Văn Đức)

Erik (Lê Trung Thàn)

Grey-D (Đoàn Thế Lân)

Hoàng Yến Chibi

Hong Phu (Huýnh Hồng Phú )

Ivone (Bui Diệu Linh)

J (Phạm Tiến Đạt)

Key (Võ Trần Thái Trung)

Kha Ngan

Khoi My (Trần Khởi My)

K.O. (Nguyễn Thái Sơn)

Lana Condor (Trần Đông Lan)

Liz (Ngụy Thùy Linh)

Lục Huy (Lục Quang Huy)

Min (Nguyễn Minh Hằng)

Minh Hằng (Lê Ngọc Minh Hằng)

Minh Hoang (Nguyễn Minh Hoàng)

Miu Lê (Lê Ánh Nhật)

Nicky (Trần Phong Hào)

Phuong Ly (Phương Ly)

Quang Huy (An Quang Huy)

Rosy (Mai Huyền My)

Sơn Tùng M-TP (Nguyễn Thanh Tùng)

Soobin Huangshan (Nguyen Hoang Son)

Thanh Hằng (Phạm Thị Thanh Hằng)

Tóc Tiên (Nguyễn Khoa Tóc Tiên)

Toof.P (Nguyễn Lâm Hoàng Phúc)

Tùng Maru (Hồ Lê Thanh Tùng)

Yori (Lê Võ Huỳnh Nga)

Zino (Ngô Nguyên Bình)

Korean:

Ahn Hyo-seop (안효섭)

English name: Paul Ahn

Arden Cho

Bae Ju-hyun aka Irene (배주현)

Bae Suzy [or Suzy] aka Bae Su-ji (배수지)

Byun Baek-hyun aka Baekhyun (변백현)

Cho Mi Yeon aka Miyeon (조미연)

Cho Seo Young aka Ireh (조서영)

Choi Choong Hyup aka Baron (최충협)

Claudia Kim

Han Eunji aka Mia (한은지)

Han Sung Min (한성민)

Heo Yoorim aka Aisha (허유림)

Jamie Chung

Jang Eun Seong aka Dosie (장은성)

Jang Woo-young aka Ace (장우영) 

Jeon Ji-woo aka Jiwoo (전지우)

Jeon Jung-kook aka Jungkook (전정국)

Jeon So-min aka Somin (전소민)

Jeon So-yeon aka Soyeon (전소연) 

Jo Serim aka Onda (조세림) 

Jung Jae-hyun aka Jaehyun

Legal name: Jung Yoon Oh (정윤오)

Jung Ho-seok aka J-Hope (정호석)

Jung Sung Chan aka Sungchan (정성찬)

Kang Seul-gi aka Seulgi (강슬기)

Ki Hong Lee

Kim Dong-young aka Doyoung (김동영‬)

Kim Gun Hak aka Leedo (김건학)

Kim Ho-sung aka Lou (김호성)

Kim Jennie aka Jennie (김제니)

Kim Ji Soo aka Jisoo (김지수)

Kim Jin Seok (김진석) / Kim Woo Jin (김우진) aka BM

English name: Matthew Kim  

Kim Jong-in aka Kai (김종인)

Kim Jung-woo aka Jungwoo (김정우) 

Kim Nam-joon aka RM (김남준)

Kim Seok-jin aka Jin (김석진)

Kim Sihyeon aka Sihyeon (김시현)

Kim So-hyun (김소현)

Kim Soo-hyun (김수현)

Kim Tae-hyung aka V (김태형)

From BTS

Kim Tae-hyung aka J.Seph (김태형)

From K.A.R.D

Kim Tae-yeon aka Taeyeon (김태연)

Kim Ye-rim aka Yeri (김예림)

Kim Yoo-jung (김유정)

Kim Young Jo aka Ravn (김영조)

Kwon Bo-ah aka BoA (권보아)

Lee Chae-young aka Chaein (이채영) 

Lee Dong-hyuck aka Haechan (이동혁)

Lee Gun Min (이건민) aka Seoho

Legal name: Lee Seo Ho (이서호)

Lee Ji-eun aka IU (이지은 )

Lee Je-no aka Jeno (이제노)

Lee Keon Hee aka Keonhee (이건희)

Lee Min Hyung aka Mark (이민형)

English name: Mark Lee

Lee Sun-bin (이선빈)

Lee Sung-kyung (이성경 )

Lee Tae-min aka Taemin (이태민)

Lee Tae-yong aka Taeyong (이태용)

Min Yoon-gi aka Suga (민윤기)

Moon Chae-won (문채원)

Moon Geun-young (문근영)

Moon Tae-il aka Taeil (문태일)

Na Jae-min aka Jaemin (나재민)

Na Go Eun (나고은)

Noh Yoon Ho aka Ayno (노윤호)

Park Chae Young aka Rosé (박채영)

Park Hee Jun aka Ziu (박희준)

Park Ji Eun (박지은) 

Park Ji Min aka Jimin (박지민)   

Park Ji-sung aka Jisung (박지성) 

Park Jiwon aka E:U (박지원)

Park Shin-hye (박신혜)

Park So-dam (박소담)

Park Soo-young aka Joy (박수영)

Park Su-jin aka Swan (박수진)

Pony or Pony Park aka Park Hye-min

Seo Su Jin aka Soojin (서수진)

Seo Ye-ji (서예지)

Seo Young Ho aka Johnny (서영호)

English Name: John Suh 

Son Dong Ju aka Xion (손동주)

Son Seung Wan aka Wendy (손승완) 

Yeo Hwan Woong aka Hwanwoong (여환웅)

Chinese:

Bai Jingting (白敬亭)

满族

Bai Lu (白鹿)

汉族 

Cai Xukun (蔡徐坤)

汉族  

Cai Zhuo Yi aka Joey Chua (蔡卓宜)

Cao Lu (曹璐)

苗族

Cheng Mengchen aka Shen Mengchen (沈梦辰)

土家族

Curly G (希林娜依·高)

维吾尔族 

Deng Lun aka Allen Deng (邓伦)

汉族 

Dilraba Dilmurat (دىلرەبا دىلمۇرات)

Mandarin Chinese: 迪丽热巴/ 迪力木拉提

维吾尔族  

Dong Sicheng aka WinWin (董思成)

汉族 

Gulinazhaer Baihetiyaer aka Gulnazar (古力娜扎) (گۈلنەزەر بەختىيار)

Mandarin Chinese: Gulinazha/Guli Nazha (古力那扎尔·拜合提亚尔)

维吾尔族  

Fan Bingbing (范冰冰)  

汉族

Fan Chengcheng  (范丞丞)

汉族

Fernanda Ly (利献灵)

Gao Yuanyuan (高圆圆)

汉族 

Guan Xiaotong (关晓彤)

满族 

Huang Guanheng aka Hendery (黄冠亨)

汉族 

Huang Renjun aka Renjun (黄仁俊)

朝鲜族 

Jia Fu aka Fingal (付嘉)

汉族

Jia Nailiang aka Jerry Jia (贾乃亮)

汉族

Jike JuanyiJike Junyi aka Summer (吉克隽逸)

Other name:  王隽逸   

彝族

Jing Tian (景甜)

汉族 

Li Bingbing (李冰冰)

汉族 

Li Qin (李沁) 

汉族 

Li Xiaolu aka Jacqueline Li (李小璐)

汉族 

Lin Xinru aka Ruby Lin (林心如)

汉族

Liu Shishi aka Cecilia Liu (刘诗诗)

回族

Liu Yangyang aka Yangyang (刘扬扬)

汉族 

Liu Ying (刘颖) aka Ying Er (颖儿)

汉族 

Lu Han (鹿晗)

汉族 

Luo Yunxi aka Leo Luo (罗云熙)

汉族 

Ma Sichun aka Sandra Ma (马思纯)

回族 

Madina Memet (مادىنا مەمەت )

Mandarin Chinese: 麦迪娜 or 麦迪娜·买买提/ 买地娜·买买提

维吾尔族

Meng Ziyi aka Zoey (孟子义)

汉族

Merxat (米热夏提▪亚里坤)

维吾尔族

Ni Ni (倪妮)

汉族 

Ouyang Nana (欧阳娜娜)

汉族 

Qian Kun aka Kun (钱锟)

汉族 

Song Yuqi aka Yuqi (宋雨琦)

汉族 

Song Weilong (宋威龙)

汉族 

Song Zuer aka Lareina Song (宋祖儿)

汉族 

Sun Li (孙俪)

汉族 

Sun Bohao (孙博豪)

Tang Yan aka Tiffany Tang (唐嫣)

汉族 

Tang Wei (汤唯)

汉族 

Ten aka Chittaphon Leechaiyapornkul (เตนล์ ชิตพล ลี้ชัยพรกุล)

Li Yong Qin (李永钦)

Ethnically Chinese 

Tian Yitong (田依桐)

Tong Liya (佟丽娅)

锡伯族 

Father: Tong Jisheng (佟吉生) of Xibe ethnicity from Xinjiang 

Mother: Mao Haiying (毛海英) of Han ethnicity from Gansu

Wang Chuanyi aka Kingone Wang (王传一)

Wang Jiaer aka Jackson Wang (王嘉尔)

Wang Likun aka Claudia Wang (王丽坤)

满族

Wang Yibo aka Yibo (王一博)

汉族 

Wang Yifei aka Faye (王一菲)

汉族 

Wang Yiren aka Yiren (王怡人)

Wang Ziyi (王子异)

Wang Zhuocheng (汪卓成)

汉族

Wu Qian aka Janice Wu (吴倩)

汉族 

Wu Tianming aka Constance Wu (吴恬敏)

Wu Xize aka Caesar Wu (吴希泽) 

汉族 

Xiao Dejun aka Xiao Jun (肖俊)

汉族 

Xiao Zhan aka Sean Xiao (肖战)

汉族 

Xu Ke (徐可)

徐可 

Yang Mi (杨幂)

汉族 

Yang Wei Ling Hua (杨魏玲花)

蒙古族

Yang Zhiying aka Katherine Yang (杨之楹)

Yang Zi aka Andy Yang (杨紫)

汉族 

Ye Shuhua aka Shuhua (叶舒华)

Yu Shuxin aka Esther Yu (虞书欣)

汉族 

Zhao Liying (赵丽颖)

汉族 

Zhang Liyin (张力尹)

彝族

Zhang Xinyuan (张辛苑)

汉族 

Zhang Yixing aka Lay/Lay Zhang (张艺兴)

汉族

Zheng Shuang (郑爽)

汉族 

Zhou Dongyu (周冬雨)

汉族 

Zhong Chenle aka Chenle (钟辰乐)

汉族 

Zhou Jieqiong aka Kyulkyung (周洁琼)

汉族

Zhu Zhengting (朱正廷)

Japanese:

Abe Haruno aka Haru (阿部春野)

Adachi Yuto aka Yuto (足立湯と)

Alice Hirose- Hirose Arisu (広瀬 アリス)

Aragaki Yui (新垣 結衣)

Hamada Asahi aka Asahi (浜田朝光)

Hirai Momo aka Momo (平井 もも)

Hirokawa Mao aka May (廣川茉音) 

Honda Hitomi aka Hitomi (本田仁美) (ほんだ ひとみ)

Ishigami Kuniko (石神 国子)

Kanemoto Yoshinori aka Yoshi (金本芳典)

Katsuno Rise aka Remi (勝野莉世) 

Kiritani Mirei (桐谷 美玲)

Birth name: Sayasa Matsuoka (松岡さや紗)

Komatsu Nana (小松 菜奈)

Lyrica Okano

Minatozaki Sana aka Sana (湊崎 紗夏)

Miyawaki Sakura aka Sakura (宮脇咲良)

Mori Koyuki aka Yuki (もうりこゆき)

Myoui Mina aka Mina (名井 南)

English name: Sharon Myoui

Nakagawa Taishi (中川大志)

Nakamoto Yuta aka Yuta (中本悠太)

Okamoto Tao (岡本 多緒)

Osaki Shotaro aka Shotaro (大崎将太郎)

Sasaki Nozomi (佐々木 希)

Satoh Takeru (佐藤 健)

Shimabukuro Satsuki  (島袋 さつき) aka Meisa Kuroki (黒木 メイサ)

Takahashi Juri aka Juri (高橋朱里) (たかはし じゅり)

Takata Mashiho aka Mashiho (高田ましほ)

Takei Emi (武井 咲) 

Watanabe Haruto aka Haruto (渡辺春虎)

Yabuki Nako aka Nako (矢吹奈子) 

Yamashita Tomohisa aka Yamapi (山下 智久)

Yamada Ryosuke (山田 涼介)

Filipino:

Angel Locsin

Birth name: Angelica Locsin Colmenares

Charo Ronquillo 

Coco Martin

Birth name: Rodel Pacheco Nacianceno

Daniel Padilla

Devon Seron

Gabbi Garcia

Birth name: Gabriella Louise Ortega Lopez

Janine Tugonon

Birth name: Janine Mari Raymundo Tugonon

JC de Vera

Julie Anne San Jose

Birth name: Julie Anne Peñaflorida San Jose

Manuel Jacinto

Rita Daniela

Birth name: Rita Daniela De Guzman Iringan

Sam Concepcion

Birth name: Samuel Lawrence Lopez Concepcion

Teresita Marquez  

Birth name: Teresita Ssen Lacsamana Márquez

Yūn/Yūki Mago

Birth name: Laya

Indonesian:

Jelita Septriasa aka Acha Septriasa

Maudy Mikha Maria Tambayong aka Mikha Tambayong

Muhammad Tulus aka Tulus

Nikita Purnama Willy aka Nikita Willy

Rachel Amanda Aurora

Rizky Febian Adriansyah Sutisna aka Rizky Febian  

Sherina Munaf

Shireen Sungkar

Yunita Rachman aka Yura Yunita 

Malaysian: 

Amber Chia 

Jordan Rodrigues

Yunalis binti Mat Zara'ai aka Yuna

Mixed: 

Aarif Rahman aka Li Zhiting (李治廷)

Of Arab, Malay, and Chinese descent

Awkwafina aka Nora Lum 

Of Korean & Chinese parentage

Mother: Korean, Father: Chinese

Bambam aka Kunpimook Bhuwakul (กันต์พิมุกต์ ภูวกุล) 

Of Chinese descent, one of his grandma is Chinese.

Belle aka Jin Hyeon Ju (진현주)

Of Korean and Filipino parentage

Mother: Filipina, Father: Korean

Brenda Song 

Of Thai & Hmong parentage

Chanmina aka Otomonai Mina (ちゃんみな)

Of Japanese and Korean parentage

Mother: Korean, Father: Japanese 

Elaiza Ikeda

Of Filipino and Japanese parentage

Mother: Filipino of Spanish descent, Father: Japanese

Haley Tju

Of Chinese and Indonesian descent

Hari Won  aka Lưu Esther 

Of Vietnamese and Korean parentage

Mother: Korean, Father: Vietnamese 

Hashimoto Tenka (橋本 甜歌)

Of Japanese and Chinese parentage

Mother: Chinese, Father: Japanese

Heart Evangelista aka Love Marie Payawal Ongpauco-Escudero

Filipina-Chinese

Lucas aka Lucas Wong/Huang Xuxi (黄旭熙)

Of Thai & Chinese parentage

Mother: Thai, Father: Chinese

Manika aka Manika Grace Ward

Part Filipino, Japanese, Chinese, Malaysian, and Spanish

Nichkhun aka Nichkhun Buck Horvejkul (นิชคุณ หรเวชกุล)

Mother: Chinese, Father: Thai/Chinese descent

Takahashi Yu (高橋 ユウ) 

Of Filipino and Japanese parentage

Mother: Filipino, Father: Japanese

Tomo aka Visava Thaiyanont (วิศว ไทยานนท์)

Of Thai & Japanese parentage

Mother: Japanese, Father: Thai

Yuki Anggraini Kato 

Of Japanese and Indonesian parentage

More resources: 

https://kprofiles.com/

https://mydramalist.com/

https://www.celebsfacts.com/

https://ethnicelebs.com/

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Summer Movie Preview: From Black Widow to The Suicide Squad and Beyond

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The summer movie season has returned. Finally. Once something we all just took for granted, like handshakes and indoor dining, a summertime season stuffed with pricy Hollywood blockbusters and cinematic escapism suddenly feels like a long lost friend. But, rest assured, the summer movie season is genuinely and truly here. It’s maybe a little later than normal, yet it’s still in time for Memorial Day in the States.

This is of course happy news since many of the big screen events of this year have been 12 months or more in the offing. A Quiet Place Part II was supposed to open two Marches ago, and In the Heights is opening almost an exact year to the day from its original release. They’re here now, as is an impressive assortment of new films. There are genre fans’ long lost superhero spectacles, with Black Widow and The Suicide Squad leading the pack (and Shang-Chi closing out the season unusually late in time for Labor Day weekend), and there are also horror movies like The Conjuring 3 and M. Night Shyamalan’s Old, aforementioned musicals, family adventures in Jungle Cruise, psychedelic Arthurian legends via The Green Knight, and a few legitimately original projects like Stillwater and Reminiscence. Imagine that!

So sit back, put your feet in the pool, or up by the grill pit, and toast with us the summer movie’s resurrection.

A Quiet Place Part II

May 28 (June 3 in the UK)

Fourteen months after its original release date, the first movie delayed by the pandemic is finally coming to theaters for Memorial Day weekend. And despite what some critics say (even our own), most of us would argue it’s worth the wait. As a movie about a family enduring after a global crisis that has left their lives in tatters, and marred by personal tragedy, A Quiet Place Part II hits differently in 2021 than it would have a year ago. And it’s undeniably optimistic view of humanity feels like a warm balm now.

But beyond the meta context, writer-director John Krasinski (flying solo as screenwriter this time) has engineered a series of intelligent and highly suspenseful set pieces which puts Millicent Simmonds’ Regan front and center. Also buoyed by subtle and affecting work by Emily Blunt and Cillian Murphy, here as a neighbor they knew a few years and a lifetime ago, this is one worth dipping your toe back into cinema for, especially if you liked the first movie.

Cruella

May 28

We’ll admit it, we had the same initial skepticism you’re probably feeling about a Cruella de Vil origin story set in punk rock’s 1970s London. But put your cynicism aside, Disney’s Cruella is a decadent blast and the rarest of things: a live-action Disney remake that both honors its source material and does something creative with it. Neither a soulless scene-by-scene remake of a better animated film, or a lazy Maleficent like re-imagining, Cruella more often than not rocks, thanks in large part to its lead performance by Emma Stone.

Also a producer on the picture, Stone takes on the role of Cruella de Vil like it’ll be on an awards reel and absolutely flaunts the character’s madness and devilish charm. She also finds an excellent sparring partner via Emma Thompson, young Cruella’s very own Miranda Priestly. Once these two start their verbal battle at the end of the first act, the movie is elevated into an electric period comedy (with plenty of heavy handed period music). It’s a pseudo-thriller for all ages, enjoying some very sharp elbows for a kids movie.

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

June 4 (May 26 in the UK)

The latest big-screen adventure for real-life ghostbusters Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) sees the two drawn into the unusual case of the first ever U.S. murder trial where the defendant claimed he was innocent because he was possessed by a demon. This is the eighth movie in The Conjuring expanded universe—director Michael Chaves has already made a foray into this supernatural world with The Curse of La Llorona—and as with all the main Conjuring films, the hook is that it’s (very loosely) based on a true case that the Warrens were involved with.

Peter Safran and James Wan are back on board as producers, although with this being the first time Wan isn’t directing one of the main Ed and Lorraine investigations, we’re a little cautious about this return to the haunted museum.

In the Heights

June 11 (June 18 in the UK)

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first Tony award winning musical is getting the proper big screen treatment in In the Heights. A full-fledged movie musical—as opposed to a taped series of performances, a la Disney+’s Hamilton—In the Heights is like a sweet summer drink (or Piragua) and love letter to the Latino community of New York City’s Washington Heights neighborhood.

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Closer in spirit to the feel-good summertime joy of Grease than the narratively complex Hamilton, this is perfect multiplex escapism (which will also be on HBO Max if you’re so inclined). Directed by Crazy Rich Asians’ Jon M. Chu, In the Heights has a euphoric sense of movement and dance as it transfers Miranda’s hybrid blend of freestyle rap, salsa rhythm, and Caribbean musical cues to the actual city blocks the show was written about. On one of those corners lives Usnavi (Anthony Ramos), a bodega owner with big dreams. He’s about to have the summer of his life. You might too.

Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard

June 16 (June 21 in the UK)

You know Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard is a throwback when even its trailer brings back the “trailer voice.” But then the appeal of the 2017 B-action comedy, The Hitman’s Bodyguard, was its very throwback nature: a violent, raunchy R-rated buddy comedy that starred Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds, who exchanged quips as much as bullets between some genuinely entertaining stunts.

Hopefully the sequel can also be as much lowbrow fun as it doubles down on the premise, with Reynolds’ Michael Bryce now guarding Samla Hayek’s Sonia, the wife of Jackson’s Darius. All three are on a road trip through Italy as they’re chased by Antonio Banderas in what is sure to be a series of bloody, explosive set pieces. Probably a few “motherf***ers” will be dropped too.

Luca

June 18

Pixar Studios’ hit rate is frankly incredible. With each new film seemingly comes a catchy song, an Oscar nomination, and a flood of tears from anyone with a heart—and there’s no reason to believe that its next offering will be any different. Luca is a coming-of-age tale set on the Italian Riviera about a pair of young lads who become best friends and have a terrific summer getting into adventures in the sun. The slight catch is that they’re both sea monsters.

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This is the feature directorial debut of Enrico Casarosa, who says the movie is a celebration of friendship with nods to the work of Federico Fellini and Hayao Miyazaki. The writers are Jesse Andrews and Mike Jones—Andrews is new to Pixar but has experience with coming-of-agers, having penned Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, while Jones co-wrote Soul. Jacob Tremblay and Jack Dylan Grazer voice the young boys (sea monsters)—13-year-old Luca and his older teenager friend Alberto—with Maya Rudolph as Luca’s sea monster mom. After a year of lockdown, this could be the summer movie we all need.

F9

June 25

You better start firing up the grill, because the Fast and Furious crew is finally ready to have another summer barbecue. And this time, it’s not only the folks whom Dom Toretto calls “mi familia” in attendance. The big new addition to F9 is 

John Cena as Jakob Toretto. As the long-lost little brother we didn’t know Vin Diesel’s Dom had, Jakob is revealed to be a superspy, assassin, and performance driver working for Dom’s arch-nemesis, Cypher (Charlize Theron). Everything the Family does together, Jakob does alone, as a one-man wrecking crew, and he’s coming in hot.

Fans will probably be happier, though, to see Sung Kang back as Han Seoul-Oh, the wheelman who was murdered in Fast & Furious 6, and then pretty much forgotten in The Fate of the Furious when his killer got invited to the cookout. It’s an injustice that brought veteran series director Justin Lin back to  the franchise to resurrect the dead. So it’s safe to assume he won’t be asking Cypher to bring the potato salad.

The Forever Purge

July 2 (July 16 in the UK)

We know what you’re thinking: Didn’t The Purge: Election Year end the Purge forever? That or “are they really still making these?” The answer to both questions is yes. Nevertheless, here we are with The Forever Purge, a movie which asks what happens if Purgers just, you know, committed extravagant holiday crime on the other 364 days of the year? You get what is hopefully the grand finale of this increasingly tired concept.

The Tomorrow War

July 2

Hear me out: What if it’s like The Terminator but in reverse? That had to be the pitch for this one, right? In The Tomorrow War, instead of evil cyborgs time traveling to the past to kill our future savior, soldiers from the future time travel to the past to enlist our current best warrior and take him to a world on the brink 30 years from now.

It’s a crazy premise, and the kind of high-concept popcorn that one imagines Chris Pratt excels at. Hence Pratt’s casting as Dan, one of the best soldiers of the early 21st century who’ll go into the future to stop an alien invasion. The supporting cast, which includes Oscar winner J.K. Simmons and Yvonne Strahovski, Betty Gilpin, and Sam Richardson, is also nothing to sneeze at.

Black Widow

July 9

The idea of making a Black Widow movie has been around since long before the Marvel Cinematic Universe first lifted into the sky on Tony Stark’s repulsors. The character has been onscreen for more than a decade now, and Marvel Studios has for too long danced around making a solo Widow, at least in part due to the machinations of Marvel Entertainment chairman Ike Perlmutter.

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But the standalone Black Widow adventure is here at last, and it now serves as a sort-of coda to the story of Natasha Romanoff, since we already know her tragic fate in Avengers: Endgame. Directed by Cate Shortland (Berlin Syndrome, Lore), the movie will spell out how Natasha (Scarlett Johansson) kept herself busy between the events of Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War, primarily with a trip home to Russia to clear some of that red from her ledger.

There, she will reunite with figures from her dark past, including fellow Red Room alumnus Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), Russian would-be superhero Alexei Shostakov, aka the Red Guardian (David Harbour), and Melina Vostokoff (Rachel Weisz), another survivor of the Black Widow program and a maternal figure to Natasha and Yelena.

It’s a chance to say goodbye to Nat and see Johansson as the beloved Avengers one more time. But this being Marvel, we suspect that the studio has a few tricks up its sleeve and in this movie about the future of Phase 4.

Space Jam: A New Legacy

July 16

In the annals of synergistic branding, Space Jam: A New Legacy might be one for the record books. A sequel to an older millennials’ 1990s touchstones—the thoroughly mediocre Michael Jordan meets Bugs Bunny movie, Space Jam—this sequel sees LeBron James now trapped in Looney Tunes world… but wait, there’s more! Instead of only charmingly interacting with WB’s classic stable of cartoon characters, King James will also be in the larger “WB universe” where the studio will resurrect from the dead every property they own the copyright to, from MGM’s classic 1939 The Wizard of Oz to, uh, the murderous rapists in A Clockwork Orange.

… yay for easter eggs?

Old

July 23

Though he might be accused of being a little bit hit-and-miss in the past, the release of a new M. Night Shyamalan movie should always be cause for celebration. Especially one with such a deeply creepy premise. Based on the graphic novel Sandcastle by Pierre Oscar Levy and Frederik Peeters, Old sees a family on vacation discover that the beach they are on causes them to age extremely rapidly and live out their entire lives in a day.

This is surely perfect fodder for Shyamalan, who does high-concept horror like no one else. The cast is absolute quality, featuring Gael García Bernal, Hereditary’s Alex Wolff, Jo Jo Rabbit’s Thomasin McKenzie, Phantom Thread’s Vicky Krieps, Little Women’s Eliza Scanlen, and many more. The trailer is pleasingly disturbing too as children become teenagers, a young woman is suddenly full-term pregnant, and adults seem to be decaying in front of their own eyes. Harrowing in the best possible way.

Snake Eyes

July 23 (August 20 in the UK)

Snake Eyes will finally bring us the origin story of the G.I. Joe franchise’s most iconic and beloved member. Henry Golding (Crazy Rich Asians) stars in the title role, with Warrior’s Andrew Koji as his nemesis—conflicted baddie (and similar fan fave) Storm Shadow. Expect a tale heavy on martial arts badassery, especially with The Raid’s Iko Uwais on board as the pair’s ninja master. Samara Weaving will play G.I. Joe staple Scarlett after her breakout a few years ago in Ready or Not, while Úrsula Corberó has been cast as Cobra’s Baroness. Robert Schwentke (The Time Traveler’s Wife, Red) directs.

Jungle Cruise

July 30

Jungle Cruise director Jaume Collet-Serra is best known for making slightly dodgy actioners starring Liam Neeson (Unknown, Non-Stop, Run All Night) and half-decent horror movies (Orphan, The Shallows), so exactly which direction this family adventure based on a theme park ride will take remains to be seen.

Borrowing a page and premise from Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn in The African Queen (1951), Jungle Cruise stars the ever-charismatic Dwayne Johnson as a riverboat captain taking Emily Blunt’s scientist and her brother (Jack Whitehall) to visit the fabled Tree of Life in the early 20th century. Like the ride, the gang will have to watch out for wild animals along the way.

Unlike the ride, they’re competing with a German expedition team who are heading for the same goal. A solid supporting cast (Jesse Plemons, Édgar Ramírez, Paul Giamatti, Andy Nyman) and a script with rewrites by Michael Green (Logan, Blade Runner 2049) might mean Disney has another hit on its hands. Either way, a lovely boat trip with The Rock should be diverting at worst.

The Green Knight

July 30 (August 6 in the UK)

There have been several major Hollywood reimaginings of Arthurian legends in the 21st century. And every one of them has been thoroughly rotten for one reason or another. Luckily, David Lowery’s The Green Knight looks poised to break the trend with a trippy, but twistedly faithful, interpretation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

Dev Patel stars as Sir Gawain, a chivalrous knight in King Arthur’s court who takes up the challenge of the mysterious Green Knight (The Witch’s Ralph Ineson under mountains of makeup): He’ll swing a blow and risk receiving a returning strike in a year’s time. Gawain attempts to cheat the devil by cutting his head clean off, yet when the Green Knight lifts his severed head from Camelot’s floors, things start to get weird. As clearly one of A24’s biggest visual fever dreams to date, this is one we’re highly anticipating.

Stillwater

July 30 (August 6 in the UK)

The Oscar winning-writer director behind Spotlight, Tom McCarthy, returns to the big screen with a fictional story that feels awfully similar to real world events. In this film, Matt Damon plays Bill, a proud father who saw his daughter Allison (Abigail Breslin) go abroad to study in France. After she’s accused of murdering her roommate by local authorities, the deeply Southern and deeply Oklahoman father must travel to a foreign land to try and prove his daughter’s innocence.

It obviously has some parallels with the Amanda Knox story but it also looks like a potentially hard hitting original drama with a talented cast. Fingers crossed.

The Suicide Squad

August 6 (July 30 in the UK)

You might have seen a Suicide Squad movie in the past, but you’ve never seen James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad. With a liberating R-rating and an old school vision from the Guardians of the Galaxy director—who likens this to 1960s war capers, such as The Dirty Dozen or Where Eagles Dare—this Suicide Squad is absolutely stacked with talented actors wallowing in DC weirdness. One of the key players in this is Polka-Dot Man, another is a walking, talking Great White Shark, voiced by Sylvester Stallone. The villain is a Godzilla-sized starfish from space!

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So like it’s namesake, there’s probably a lot of characters who aren’t going to pull through this one. Even so, we can rest easy knowing that Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn will be as winsome than ever, and the likes of Idris Elba and John Cena will add some dynamic gravitas to the eccentric DC Extended Universe.

Free Guy

August 13

Perhaps pitched as The Truman Show for the video game age, Free Guy stars Ryan Reynolds as an easygoing, happy-go-lucky “Guy” who discovers… he’s a video game NPC living inside the equivalent of a Grand Theft Auto video game. This might explain why the bank he works at keeps getting robbed all the time. But as a virtual sprite who’s developed sentiency, he just might be able to win over enough gamers to not shoot him, and make love not war.

It’s an amusing premise, and hopefully director Shawn Levy can bring to it the same level of charm he achieved with the very first Night at the Museum movie.

Respect

August 13 (September 10 in the UK)

Before her passing in 2018, Aretha Franklin gave her blessing to Jennifer Hudson to play the Queen of Soul. Now that musical biopic is here with Hudson hitting the same high notes of the legend who sang such standards as “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman,” “Think,” “I Say a Little Prayer,” and of course “Respect.”

The film comes with a lot of expectation and a lot of pedigree, with Forest Whitaker and Audra McDonald in the cast. Most of all though, it comes with that rich musical library, which will surely take center stage. And if movies like Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman have taught us anything, it’s that moviegoers love when you play the hits.

Reminiscence

August 20 (August 18 in the UK)

Lisa Joy is one of the most exciting voices on television today. One-half of the creative team behind Westworld, Joy steps into her own with her directorial debut (and as the solo writer) in Reminiscence, a science fiction film with a reliably knotty premise.

Hugh Jackman plays Nick Bannister, a man who lives in a dystopian future where the oceans have risen and the cities are crumbling. In a declining Miami, he sells a risky new technology that allows you to relive your past (and possibly change it, at least fancifully?). But when he discovers the lost love of his life (Rebecca Ferguson) is cropping up in other peoples’ memories, which seem to implicate her in a murder, well… things are bound to start getting weird. We don’t know a whole lot more, but we cannot wait to find out more.

Candyman

August 27

Announced back in 2018, this spiritual sequel to Bernard Rose’s 1992 original is one of the most exciting and anticipated movies on the calendar. Produced by Jordan Peele and directed by Nia DaCosta, the film takes place in the present day and about a decade after Chicago’s Cabrini-Green housing projects have been torn down. Watchmen’s Yahya Abdul-Mateen II plays an up-and-coming visual artist who moves to the now-gentrified area with his partner and is inspired by the legend of Candyman, an apparition with a hook for a hand, to create new work about the subject. But in doing so, he risks unleashing a dark history and a new wave of violence.

Tony Todd, the star of the original movie, will also reprise his role in a reboot that aims to inspire fear for only the right reasons.

The Beatles: Get Back

August 27

Director Peter Jackson thinks folks have a poisoned idea about the Beatles in their final days. Often portrayed as divided and antagonistic toward one another during the recordings of their last albums, particularly Let It Be (which was their penultimate studio recording and final release), Jackson insists this misconception is influenced by Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s 1970 documentary named after the album.

So, after going through the reams of footage Lindsay-Hogg shot but didn’t use, Jackson has crafted this new documentary about the album’s recording which is intended to paint a fuller (and more feel-good) portrait of the band which changed the world. Plus, the music’s going to be great… 

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

September 3

The greatest fighter in Marvel history finally hits the big screen with Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Simu Liu (Kim’s Convenience) takes on the title role of a character destined for a bright future in the MCU. Marvel fans might note that the “Ten Rings” of the title is the same organization that first appeared all the way back in Iron Man, and Tony Leung will finally bring their villainous leader, The Mandarin, to life. Awkwafina of The Farewell and Crazy Rich Asians fame also stars. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton (Short Term 12), this should deliver martial arts action unlike anything we’ve seen so far in the MCU.

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Joy of Life (庆余年) Thoughts (Spoilers)

As much as I’m biased for The Untamed & Legend of Fuyao - I have to say, Joy of Life impressed me so much that it tops my cdrama rankings thus far. The political schemes that played out here is even better than Nirvana in Fire for me. 

THE INTELLIGENCE IS STELLAR - not only is Fan Xian incredibly smart, there are multiple characters that are as smart and calculating, resulting in great adversaries to pit Fan Xian against. 

FINALLY an Emperor who knows what the hell is going on with his kingdom (lol) and cannot be fooled by petty schemes

The martial arts is excellent - the concept of grandmasters and levels of martial arts is quite interesting & the fight choreography is exciting.

Wu Zhu is a badass & goodness, we don’t even know where he is by the end of season 1. We have yet to meet Ku He and the other grandmasters who had some connection with Ye Qingmei. What will be fascinating for s2 is for Ku He & Fan Xian to meet and his response when he learns that Fan Xian is Qingmei’s son.

All hail Saintess Haitang DuoDuo. Thank fuck for a badass female fighter. One of my favourite scenes was when she took Fan Xian to her home and they were able to simply and freely talk about life.

Even though he is loyal to Princess Royal, Yan Xiaoyi was downright sexy shooting those arrows 

Never forget Teng Zijing - RIP :(((

Love Interest - I adore Lin Wan-er!!! It was torture in the beginning when they kept missing each other after their first meeting and then both trying to cancel/sabotage their marriage agreement. Their scenes were the cutest & god I loved it when (1) her choosing to stick with Fan Xian no matter the dangers ahead & (2) her suggesting to Fan Xian she would be willing to run away and elope with the money she saved. 

The female characters are all amazing! Although I hated Princess Royal, you can’t help respect her villainy. Si Lili is a capable spy and RuoRuo is such a devoted sister who would do anything for Fan Xian.

Also I NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT YE QINGMEI. Literally the woman who charmed the Emperor, Chen Pingping, & Fan Jian. I just know that whoever is behind her death will be tragic af. 

Past-Future element - when I found out the twist I was jaw-drop shocked and goodness, whatever is under Taiping Courtyard & in the God Temple seems terrifying as hell. I just know Chen Pingping should never reach this temple. Nonetheless I thoroughly enjoyed this sci-fi twist of Fan Xian having a picture-perfect memory of the “past modern world”. 

Family - Fan Xian and his many dads! Also Fei Jie who would burn the world if something happened to him.

It was so nice to see Fan Xian’s ‘step-mom’ & ‘brother’ warm up to him after they realize he is helpful to their family and genuinely cares about others. 

Prime Minister Lin entrusting his family’s future to Fan Xian after seeing him treat his eldest son with genuine sincerity and vowing to help Fan Xian with whatever he needs.

I can’t wait to explore the bomb that is Fan Xian being a prince and brothers with Crown Prince & 2nd Prince. Also his relationship with his biological father - no wonder he gets away with not kneeling!

The tone is amazing - interchanging between tense drama and alleviating & audacious humour with SALSA MUSIC in the background. Also the story did not need much death (besides Teng Zijing) or a multitude of tragic events for the emotional moments to hit - Fan Xian reading his mom’s letter, Xiao En’s last moments, Dabao realizing his brother is dead, etc.

I NEED SEASON 2 - so much story to unpack!!! I am so delighted and excited for the 2nd Prince reveal. Also he just got sexier more appealing that he’s been the mastermind all this time. But also Fan Xian’s got to watch out for Chen Pingping as well as Princess Royal with Xiaoyi, Ku He, Northern Qi (damn the emperor knows about the spy network head) and Shang Shan Hu. Also who is Shadow!? Is Yan Bingyun the possible grandson of Xiao En? I can just see that it’s going to get more intricate and tragic from here on out :/ One day, someone will use Wan-er against him too. Welp, I guess I’ll have to wait until 2022. It better be in the first 3 months of 2022 and not at the end of 2022.

[sundaynightnovels]

URL Title Game

Was tagged by the wonderful @inexorableblob for this really creative game! (also my URL is heinously long what were u thinking????!)

Rules: Spell out your URL with song titles, and then tag 10 people

I hope you don't mean to spell out with all English songs, because my URL is hellishly long and I don't have that many English songs on my playlist right now (I'm Chinese trash remember?)

I'm gonna do a compromise by answering in alternately english and Chinese songs! Buckle up for a long ride!

S - 说散就散（shuo san jiu san) by JC

It's a huge hit right now and it's bound to turn into a classic. All that feels!!! The duet version is also really good!

U - under the water by the pretty reckless

There was a time when I was really into this song. It just brings out so much FeeeeeeEEEEEELLLS clawing out of your chest and then the drums come in and...

N - 那些你很冒险的梦 (na xie ni hen mao xian de meng) by JJ Lin

One of the JJ lin classics. If you listen to Chinese music, you should know this!

D - don't threaten me with a good time by p!atd

The title so aptly describes my social life. You want me to go out??? You think that I'll have fun??! I'll regret if I don't??? Please. Don't threaten me with a good time.

A - 安静 (an jing) by Jay chou

Another Chinese classic. I have a short story about this one. The song title literally just means silence. one day my playlist was on shuffle and I waited so long for the next song to play, but I couldn't hear anything. So I kept raising the volume and then I chanced a glance at the title of the song playing and it was this one. I mean, I guess it's not wrong... It's a silent song...

Y - young blood by 5sos

Just because when I was on internship, someone kept playing this song in the bg. It's a good song though.

N - 你给我听好 (ni gei wo ting hao) by eason chan

I've mentioned this on another tag / post before, but I absolutely absolutely love this song!!! And it's one of the songs in jun's not-yet-created character playlist too. It is beautiful. Listen to it!

I - in case by demi lovato

That entire album was a gem, and this was one of my favourites from it.

G - 光年之外 (guang nian zhi wai) by g.e.m.

It's the Chinese ost for the Hollywood film passengers. I was never interested in the film (it looks like a mess tbh), but at least they got a great song out of it from the Chinese version.

H - high hopes by kodaline

I've mentioned it once & I'll mention it again because it's stuck in my head right now! This song is actually meant to be one of the songs in teng's currently-nonexistent playlist haha.

T - 体面 (ti mian) by Kelly Yu

It's a beautiful song for a drama I think? I'm not sure, I didn't watch it. There's hankyung (if u know kpop or suju) in the drama apparently because he makes an appearance in the mv, so...

N - night changes by 1d

Slightly cringey (but creative) mv aside, I really like this song. It's just such a pleasant song to listen to

O - 我们的爱 (wo men de ai) by FIR

Tbh there's not many Chinese characters that begins with 'o' (except for like... Vocables kinda things, like exclamations...) so wo is closest alternative.

This song is another huge classic in the 2000s, and just watching the mv gives me all the feels. I love this band and their music!!

V - versace on the floor by Bruno mars

The first song I could think of, and also... Its a pity how versace has been bought over by Michael kors. The song doesn't have the same ring to it if he sang about MK instead.

E - 耳朵 (er duo) by li rong hao

I don't actually listen to this song much, but there aren't many Chinese words that start with an E. Also, I love this singer-songwriter. Apparently he plays all of the instruments and (of course) sings all of the lines in all of his songs! & produces and writes everything as well. That's incredible!!

L - last hope by paramore

This song is salvation. Its so poignant and the lyrics are so relatable, I love it.

S - 十万毫升泪水 (shi wan hao sheng lei shui) by Tanya Chua

This song is so heartbreaking. And of course its a great song!

Phew, I feel like that took a thousand years to do. Right now I'm going to tag the longest freaking urls I see in my mutual list so be warned!!

@incandescent-creativity @writingwordsanddrawingpictures @things-waiting-to-be-written @lady-redshield-writes @pens-swords-stuff @cookiecuttercritter @elaynab-writing @gettingitwrite @katywritesbooks @leave-her-a-tome

[movielosophy]

Joy of Life 2 | Wedding day.

[informedinterest]

Season 2

(Season two

took a

little

 bit longer

Due to al

most all the characters being

t

ox

WAR:

          hev IMPLICIT/EXPLICT

                   DEP

                   TIONS

        OF

      ABUSE

Note;

D!Jesse p

(Or

Default

 Jesse

  Prodigy/

  Protege

  e

   are

  used

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    n

   issue

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  th

  e

 char

  act

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  s

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  D!Petra

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  d

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   e

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  p

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    s

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   in

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  w

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  cters

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  ship

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  cters

   nam

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convenience

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g

e

s,

Authority

Abu

s

e

Jac

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m

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initiative

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    r

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  an

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   le

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          m

          e,

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 it

fo

 r

 ,”

“Don’t

know,

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     the old

            d

  a

  y

  s

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   s

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 quest giving

  amulet

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 n

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   does

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     t

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       n

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      e

      ro

       o

         m,

          a

         blu

          e

         on

          e,

       “Sweet,

         I was

          won

         de

         r

          ing why we didn’t have one of those

         l

          i

           k

            e

         ever

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          one

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           l

           s

e

I

       Ca

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   And we can get it

cleaned up in time for the

  fes

   t

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     l

   Sai

    d

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   p

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  ly,

 The festival

The day they would be officially made the big seven’s

   protegee

       D!Petra

        al

        ready getting

        bother

          e

         d by

        Radar

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              swimmingly,

         Star

           tin

           g in the

         Blu

          e

       Distinc

         t

      When things

    went

       wrong

       When

        D!Gil

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    touched

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      t

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       t

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       tric

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      ‘t

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         e

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         t

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        for

        The

      disconcerted

       procession

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            to

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 all

  of them had been marked,

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  l

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 g,

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 s

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  r

  th

  e

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  e

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D!Luk

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 s

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d

 in

 g,

The

protégés

following

  with

  them

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    be

     a

   go

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       e

       fo

         r

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        m,

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        in

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         e

        e

        d

         g

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         e

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     world

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      e

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      n

     yo

      u

     thin

      k,”

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    hip exposing

   extra edges

     to the

       map,

       Joini

        the

       gr

      ou

       p

      on the

     journey to the

     ol

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   tem

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   le

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       sed

      w

      i

     t

     h

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    e

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     r

    journey

    eventual

      ly

   lead

     in

     g

   th

   e

  m

  to  

   a

  fight with a

 Bi

 g

 ger

 than

 e

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 pect

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 talkin

 g

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 t

 Spe

 c

 ial

Interes

  t

bein

 g

pai

 d

 t

 o

            D!Gil

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 ed

 present

Dis

mis

i

n

g

D!Luk

a

s,

Ho

w

           ev

            e

            r

            it

          wa

          s

         over

          T

           h

           e

        Gauntlets

        stop ped

      whispering

       an

       d

      glowing

       But

      remain

        e

        d    

      Resistant

       ,

      Hop

       e

       fu

        l

         ly

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         wa

          s

          ove

           r

           ,

           T

            h

            e

          Next

          Day,

          The

          robot

          came

          b

           a

           c

            k,

           Des

            tro

            y

             ed

             a good par

  t of the

 tow

 n

 Insist

 in

on speaking to

D!Gi

 l

 l,

Despite

 D!Lukas

(Deliver

   in

   g)

  th

   e

         finish

  in

 g

bl

o

w,

No

 t,

going

 a

da

 y,

Wit

 ou

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   n

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    t

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   n

  t

  h

  e

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 e

Bio

m

 e,

Hav

  i

 n

 g

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   up

est

a

blishing

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 ion

cit

y

th

e

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b

rat

ion

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in

g

i

n

s

n

o

w,

Th

e

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 left

be

hin

d

in

tow

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th

e

Ad

min

C

a

m

e

a

knockin

tha

 t

da

 y

tra

 p

Puz

D!Aiden

  +

Jack

D!Petra

   +

D!Jess

   e

  The

  four

D!Gil

l

was

lock

e

d

o

u

t

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    arat

     e

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    ec

     t

     ion

     s

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    t

  bur

   n

   e

    d

  th

  r

  ou

  g

  h

 t

 h

 e

 i

c

e

D!Jess

 e

 +

D!Petra

           “So when

         we

           re

            you

            going to tell

             me,

            That

            you’r

             e

            mov

 in

 g

 t

 o

           champion

           (s)  go

            ld

          ci

           t

           y,

           I mean

             you,

            Stella’s

              pe

               t

             Miss

              ad

              ven

               tur

                 e

                fin

                 al

      ly

     se

      t

       t

       lin

        g

      down,”

       “Well

            I-argh

            I don’t want to

talk

about

  th

   i

   s

 an

  y

  mo

   r

  e

   ,

   ,”

D!Petra

Stomp

   e

   d

 Of

  f

 “W

  ha

    t?”

 D!Jess

 e

 baffled,

       “Wait

                  Incredulous

“hold on you were the one that was all about adventure

             and how me

                         and D!Lucas

     friends

     don’t spend enough

     time

adventuring

     with

     you

    but now that i

         find out

  you’re

   retiring

        you don’t want to talk

             “ hm, i-“ rock

                “ I just -

      wish                                      

      to  

       know

    what

     where

       your

       minds

         a

          t

          ,”

                   Quiet

       Sil

          en

           c

           e

          al  

         l

         th

         e

      way

      th

       er

       e

       The

       four

       Solv

        in

        g

       al

       l

       th

       e

      puz

      zle

        s

        in

      brea

       k

       nec

         k

        tim

         e

          ,

       Settlin

        The

        Clock,

         D!Aidan

          Mak

in

g

            i

            t

          th

           e

          Same

           Tim

            e

            a

             s

 t

  h

   e

  fou

   r,

  Th

  e

  Aut

             Emerging from

            one

             of

            hi

             s

          ma

           n

           y

         Hid

            ey

          hole

          s,

          to

       Behind

          D!Aid

          en,

         Scar -

           ing

           him,

           “No

            no,

            no,

           You were supposed to use your

              brain

                an

              smarts

     to

   def

     ea

       t

      t

      h

       e

       m,”

        Red

        jew

          el

          s

        decorated

          hi

           s

         fi

         gur

        ��  e

Don’t

 you

want

   to prove

    that

   you’re

   better

     than

     them,”

     “Power,”

      Aut

      cut

      of

       f

     D!Aiden’s

      Swift

       ‘no,

         ’

      And

      yo

       u

     cheated

       Stil

l

        los

         in

        g

        to

      go

     ld,

D!Aiden

 not

Allow

 ed to

interject

tha

 t

the

 y

wer

 e

team

 m

at

 e

 s

“D!Petra

how

 ever

 that’s

    a

 worthy

  team

       ma

         t

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  Warden

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[wangsejabin]

Chapter 94

The children of the Eastern Palace also had birthday gifts to give.

The First and Second County Princesses and the Third County Princess all gave embroidery, as they were old enough to do so, and although their work was not as good as that of the Needle and Thread Bureau, as they had said before, it was the thought that counted. The Fourth Mistress Wan Pui-yin gave her a Buddhist scripture, which she said she had copied by hand, and although her handwriting was not good, it was the thought that counted.

   Zong Duo gave her a jade pendant, of fine sheep's-fat white jade carved with a longevity bat, which was unremarkable, but Empress Fu seemed to like it, holding it up and looking at it, and smiling and praising Zong Duo a few times.

   Zong Yue, on the other hand, gave a jade ornament, of an ordinary kind, neither too eye-catching nor too over-the-top, quite in keeping with his age and status.

As for Wan Yin Long, originally Pan Er gave her the idea to send her shoes and purses, she didn't need to make them herself anyway, the palace maids made them and she sewed on a few stitches, Empress Fu also knew Wan Yin's character and would not be offended.

However, she did not agree, and went back to the cabinet to find some bead strings that she had shattered when she was a little girl and brought them to her to play with.

   Among them were pearls, tourmaline, cat's eye stones, turquoise, tortoiseshell stones and a bunch of other messy little stones, and she primped and picked out some suitable ones and strung them together to make a string of beads that could be worn on her wrist.

When it was done, Pan'er took a look at it, Wan Yin's seemingly big-hearted, but actually quite good at matching colours, this colour scheme at first glance is suitable for Empress Fu usually wear, no true reds and no purple as it was too fancy. Afterwards, Wan Yin found a box for the gift, and a birthday gift was made.

Empress Fu really liked it after she got it, and heard that it was made by Wan Yin's own hands, and even said she was thoughtful. This was the only one of the girls that Empress Fu had praised, and of the boys, it was Zong Duo who got the praise.

Unfortunately, his sister's thunder was soon stolen by Zong Lin, who had also prepared a birthday gift for Empress Fu.

This gift was unknown to anyone but the eunuchs and palace maids around Zong Lin, who, probably seeing how secretive Wan Yin was, also followed suit. Pan'er thought he was a small boy, so he couldn't give anything away anyway, maybe just some of his little wooden swords and horses, so she didn't mind him.

   It was also a brocade box, but it was much bigger than Wan Yin's.

Empress Fu was surprised to see that he was also giving her a birthday gift, but Zong Lin didn't care about that, he told Empress Fu to sit down, and he also went to the bottom and stood up, kowtowed to Empress Fu respectfully, and said a toast.

   Empress Fu was amazed by this and said to those around her that such a small child was doing a good job.

Pan'er was surrounded by a bunch of strange eyes, and instead of being pleased, she was a little embarrassed, mentally saying that she didn't know what the boy had given as a gift. If he had given them a small wooden horse or something that would not have made such a big splash, people would have said that mother and son were making a fool of themselves.

Soon it was time to reveal the birthday gift, and Zong Lin led Feng Hai, who was holding the gift, to Empress Fu.

   He was small and short, and his strength was no match for an adult, so he let Feng Hai crouch halfway while he uncovered the lid of the box.

   As soon as the lid was opened, the walls of the box automatically fell down to reveal a large bowl of blue and white flowers. The blue and white flowers on the bowl were all in the shape of the word longevity, and at the bottom of the bowl were a few pebbles with translucent water and two small fish swimming inside.

It was the same small fish that Zong Lin had caught with his own hands earlier.

   "My grandson just caught a few of them and gave two to Imperial Grandmother." As he said this, he was still quite reluctant to give them away, clearly saying that he was giving them away, but his eyes kept looking at them.

   Empress Fu took a questioning stance, and it was time for the mother to come out and speak.

Pan'er said, "He caught this fish himself, he treasures it like nothing else, and has been looking at it every day on his bedside for the past few days. Originally he was making a fuss about sending a birthday gift to the Empress, and I thought he was just fooling around, but I didn't expect to send this to him."

   "Good, very good, a child's heart." Empress Fu laughed, and asked Zong Lin, "You are willing to give your precious treasure to your imperial grandmother?"

Zong Lin was indeed reluctant to do so, but he said, "Father taught us that we should know filial piety as descendants, and although Lin was very reluctant to do so, it was only right to give my own treasures to my imperial grandmother for her birthday, and that was all I had." And so he gave half to his imperial grandmother.

   The rest of what he said, though he did not say it, was understood by Empress Fu and understood by all those below.

The First Lady of the Duke of Jin's House laughed, "The Third Duke is really filial."

" Not at all."

   "My little grandson, who is about the same age as the Third Prince, knows nothing of this, worthy of being a child of His Highness the Crown Prince's family."

In a flash, the crowd of titled ladies standing below were all praising him.

   Empress Fu smiled, stroked his head and said, "Well, Lin'er has filial piety, Imperial Grandmother will certainly take good care of your precious little fish."

   The whole birthday celebration had been very uneventful, except for the birthday gift from the Crown Princess, which had raised a few eyebrows, but now all the limelight had been stolen by a three-year-old child. What could a child of that age know? He must have been taught by his mother. But she had taught him well, and he had won the Queen's favour, so no one could say anything.

The Prince Consort stood there smiling, showing no signs of happiness or anger, while Hu Liangdi's eyes darted back and forth between Pan'er and the Prince Consort, wondering what she was thinking.

   As for the children in the Eastern Palace, although they were all forcibly calm, they were not too old and inevitably showed their envy. While Zong Yue's emotions did not show, Wan Yin was looking as if she had a share in the glory, her big eyes shining brightly, which if it weren't for the crowd, Pan Er guessed she would have to praise Zong Lin for a job well done.

But then Pan'er knew that the fish delivery must have been Zong Lin's own idea, but he couldn't have done it with such care, and the words he said.

She set her gaze on Feng Hai, her face smiling but the smile not reaching the eyes.

   The women of the Eastern Palace did not take up much of the drama at the birthday banquet today.

After all, there are many concubines and even relatives from the imperial family in the West Court, and since today is the Empress's birthday, it is only logical that there should be external ladies present, so there are many other ladies who have come to celebrate the birthday today.

   In the middle of the day, Pan'er said she would go to the purification room, and besides bringing Xiang Pu, she also called Feng Hai out.

   Feng Hai knew what was going on and knelt down as soon as he entered the purification room.

   "How old he is, and you are teaching him to fight for favour, you seem to have a big heart. Originally, I trusted you and thought that since Lin was so young, I was afraid that he would be led astray, so I placed you by his side, but look at this good thing you did!"

Feng Hai prostrated himself on the ground and spoke in a low voice, "Master, it was Little Prince himself who proposed to send the fish, the servant just helped him prepare the brocade box and bowl."

"Still trying to argue, you didn't teach him those words he said?"

   "Indeed, it was my servant who taught him. The minion just thought that you had asked someone to inquire what the eldest prince would send before preparing such a birthday gift for the second prince, and even the county princess's birthday gift you did not bother with, leaving the county princess to make her own arrangements. The minions actually understand what you mean, you just don't want to compete with that side, but don't you think about the feelings of the second prince and the fifth county princess?

   "If this becomes a habit, not of you but of the Second Prince, how will he be able to hold his head up in front of the Eldest Prince?"

   These words were like a thunderbolt, and Xiang Pu immediately scolded, "Feng Hai, you really have the audacity to say such things in front of your master!"

   Saying that, she turned to Pan'er and begged for mercy, "Master, please spare Feng Hai this time, he has followed the two princes for these years, and he has done hard work without merit, he must have been possessed, you should ask the second prince to punish him later, punish him severely."

   "Are you thinking the same thing?" Pan'er suddenly asked.

After a while, she said hesitantly, "I think you are always reluctant to compete with the Crown Princess' side. The Crown Princess is very concerned about the eldest son's homework, but you rarely ask the second son about his homework."

   After coming to the palace for these years, Xiang Pu has also long been not the Xiang Pu of the beginning and has learned to be much wiser.

   In fact, a few years down the line, many people have changed to a greater or lesser extent, only she is still the same old step, always thinking about the world peace.

Pan'er couldn't help but think of her previous life, how Yue'er had yielded to Zong Duo in front of and behind people, yes, in a new life, why did she always have to yield, could she avoid the inevitable disputes in the future by yielding? No, because the interests are there and sooner or later the conflict will be triggered.

   Feng Hai's idea was to let Lin'er take the lead, so as to raise the eyebrows of the East House, and at the same time to give Zong Yue a hint that you could not take the lead because of your circumstances and status, but your younger brother did not have such worries, he was still young after all, and taking the lead would not be too scandalous.

   Indeed, he had a heart. And even the Crown Princess could not fault the words that Zong Lin said today, she feared. Even a three-year-old child could be so filial, and the East Palace must be acting upwards and downwards for such a young child to behave like that. Even if there was an element of drama, no one would be insensitive enough to poke holes in it, so the flaw would be good for the Eastern Palace and indeed the entire Central Palace lineage.

Pan'er sighed and gave Feng Hai, who was lying on the ground, a somewhat complicated look, "Don't take any more liberties in the future, report anything, I'm not the kind of master who can't listen to advice."

   Feng Hai's heart was pleased, he immediately kowtowed and said, "I understand, my servant will definitely follow my master's orders."

   After that Feng Hai retreated and Pan Er used the purification room, the whole time she was thoughtful, but Xiang Pu did not dare to interject any more.

   --

   The palace banquet was set up from noon and continued into the evening.

Even though Empress Fu had repeatedly said that there was a disaster in the region of Shaanxi and Gansu, and that everything should be kept simple, the arrangements made by the House of Internal Affairs were still very rich.

   Before the evening banquet had even begun, fireworks were set off to the north of the island.

   Beneath the inky blue sky, the crowd gathered to watch the fireworks from the best viewpoint. The vast expanse of the sky and the splendour of the fireworks, which lasted for more than a quarter of an hour, were truly breathtaking. Even Pan'er, who had seen a lot of big scenes in her previous life, couldn't help but marvel at the ingenuity of the Home Office.

   After watching the fireworks, it was time to move on to the banquet, which was set up in the water pavilions of the curved corridor, divided into several places. There was a brightly lit area some distance away, dotted with candlelight, and if you looked at it from afar, the inky night sky, the quiet water and the long strings of luminous pearls strung on it, it was as beautiful as a painting.

   As the male and female guests were not in the same place, Wan Yin was with Pan'er at the dinner.

   The atmosphere was naturally much more relaxed as it was not in the palace, and from time to time a lady came forward to toast and speak with the Crown Princess, who was the most important person in the palace, as the banquet for the concubines was not here.

   The Crown Princess was placed next to Pan'er, and Wan Yin was already talking to Shu Yi across the table, and Pan'er also had some small talk with the Crown Princess.

   But she didn't ask Princess Yue how she was after that time, and she didn't mention it either, as if that day had never happened, but Pan'er did see that Princess Yue was looking better.

   Perhaps it was because the scenery in the Western Garden was really pleasant, and when people were in a good mood, they naturally looked better.

Fu Qiu suddenly came up behind Pan'er and whispered, " Greetings Liangdi, the Crown Prince has ordered someone to say that the third son has been naughty and has fought with the fifth son of Qi Wang's residence again, so you should go and bring the third son back."

   Pan'er was stunned to hear this, and had a bit of a headache, why was this boy hitting again? And some thin annoyance, thinking blame the Prince you did not say Zong Lin so do it right, now you know the headache.

She didn't think much about it, and told Wan Yin that she should stay by herself for a while, and also asked Yue Wang Fei to help look after her daughter, and left Bai Jue behind, and went away with Fu Qiu.

   When they went outside the water pavilion, it wasn't Fu Lu, it was a eunuch who looked somewhat familiar.

Although Pan'er couldn't name him, she knew he was a waiter at the Yu Qing Palace, so she didn't think much of it and took Xiang Pu with her to go with him.

It was dark, but the corridors were decorated with palace lamps, so it was not dim.

   The curved corridor is entirely in the style of the gardens of the south of the Yangtze River, built against the rocks, which are dotted with all kinds of strange stones and rocky hills, sometimes ascending and sometimes descending.

The eunuch leading the way seemed to notice that her pace was slowing down and turned to say, " Mistress Su, it's just a little further to go."

   Pan'er continued to follow, and after walking for a while, a sudden gust of wind blew, and as she was distracted, the eunuch in front of her back flashed, and the person disappeared.

   She was startled and stopped instantly.

She was about to turn around when a man turned out from behind the rockery at the side, none other than Prince Chu, dressed in blue brocade robes.

[throwingideasatthewall]

Clone Wars    Kidnapped

Also, yeah how do you   follow up an episode like that?

    Also isn’t this like the     second kidnapped episode?

Oh

You know we actually needed the levity so that I am completely OK with the saving a   thing plot,

  Gives time to breathe-

Ho-nest,      This place looks pretty     neat,

[Though they still knowingly enabled     Tox be    hav-ior]

This is the equivalent of someone ditch    -ing productivity,      And att      -em       pt       Ing          To     Go     Straight         To     creat-iv-ity        Before      anything’s       set up,]

And I should really be careful   not   to get distracted by the pretty lights,

Wa-     rr    ior-

Well least      tox

  Whe         lp,       In-        Sti        gators       ,    Fe      ck,      -      Oh hey that   war we enabl     -ed

 Whelp

Okay, seriously who is that guy?         (Normally I wouldn’t be so nervous        (but the last few episodes                 Not Krell          The under water                   One)       Introduced a guy of a   random species that we have never heard or seen of    and he died before we ever did,

            So,

             I’m                   a                  Little                Nervous                    ,     (I like different   species,)

His design       seems      nice          ...    Neu       tral.

Yet we won’t assume the amount of   accoun-   tability necessary to     enforce it       Don’t get      me wrong;     I don’t want an  infinity war

  But if you enable, be prepared for the consequences and/or to push it back, (what      ever        You       Left,)         Whenever        it comes for your life,         For the rest of it,  (Or until you snap and       hold it accountable,)

      Pro-tection

Usual spiel    but it works.

You know that would’ve worked really well with overinvolved     positivity,

  Though at this point it’s pretty clear they are going for the clear-cut        Jedi- are      Posit         Ive          Ly         Over-          Involv        e               -d-            (Sith - negative)

  And more so         general   “everyone is a     shithead,”         Kinda         Vibe.

   Which is perfectly fine,

    Why?

   That’s a lot

 [also never mind with the     - warning - or get into lines,]

  Obi-Wan looks really young-er      in the scene for some reason

     -His face

         -it’s too smooth

           - and are his eyes a bit bigger?

  10

  Also yeah they specifically told us not to get involved and that they were going to do it on their own       I-n.       Ia        tiv        e

   But screw that

  “Let’s   escalate the situation!”

   Despite that being literally what the dude       fears and probably        his nightmares

                              [screw respecting other adult’(s) initia     tive]

    I know Dooku is implied to be really feckin tox also

   But talk means nothing

   Dude has to have the actions       Attempt it on himself and decide what to do for        himself,

     He’s decided to enable,          Ain’t nothing       that can be done         about that,

[What    was that look?

   [also did Obi-Wan not ask what happened               down there?]

               Great

                Time for   warfare

                 For the Jedi that can’t take a   “no,”             For an   an   -swer

 Gr      -e         a-t        -       ?       Voice    -act         -ing       -       People        Shield             -               What,          I’ve-         Watch          -ed             The     Watton           Boar         -         Arc-           -      -Battle

   Yeah but it’s      -also      pretty     bullshit          - (when have the separatist ever respected the Gen       eva convention?)

    Rex-        Has a           Feck’in            Point

   I

(Also that doesn’t tell them anything this could be    basic    clankers    when no   in fact they are commando droids              )

Ana       Kin’s         Voice      De-eper?

Com       -man                  do-

       [I have a feeling they’re really trying to contest           the we have no fig           -h-ters)

         Lin                  e-             -             A-g                  ain-

        O-h                           Sir,           Oh,           ,           Also, how?

     But also         ok that            guy,

               Surprisingly,     calm        ly      spoken-

    So this could make a great scene    contrasting Obi- won’s I believe   moral nature,       With another strategist that seems to be believing some kind of     chivalry

   [Also, OH SHIT,   is that where they’re keeping the     pris    oners,

  Whelp

   Anakin is a         dick to        holograms,

Seriously      you could’ve      just turned it off,

     [if you had news       or opinion to share        ?)- 

Ok, where the    fuck?

    [Don’t, get me wrong I know Anakin,         was an ex slave,           Everything else             is new..  .  

 Including his    rage towards it,

      Me,

 Hey, they’re being smart    about this,         -                        Up-   s-   et-

Yes,   thank you,   did I miss     something?

P-ast

Doesn’t     justify any of this     bullshit. .

I     mean,

Literally no one     is smarter   than anyone else

 So       Ana        Kin,      ,      OK but that’s a whole different species     and/or a group - -           this is not “past”    this is I just hate feck     -ing    sl-av        er s              -                       And possibly un-vented            anger at trauma-         -                          Either way pretty damn           va                 -lid                  -                         Dis-              trust                 -              Whe-  

Oka-y         ,          I don’t- 

  Also is that an animal or     sentient?            - A game      I find myself playing           to no         One         ‘s      Cha        -grin-         -,         Oh

    Arro         gan      -c-          e

    Ah- tak        e?          ,            Also he has a    non-evil       pet           -            That’s kinda          cute

       But also kinda sad,            Hint,ing          at the fact              Dude was probably intended to be some kind of   animal      focus        (Someone who works around or just generally likes animals - special             ity)

       Before he went     corrupt

            (Showing some    interest in keeping them out of the battlefield,                    And                  Fond-ness)

       Or this could just be a short han     d-e        d symbolism                 For              slavery          and   grooming          -          Both    -work           -             Do        -Tell           -          [oh yeah         dude totally gave away his plan,]

     Despite Obi-Wan almost clearly not being          in earshot

     Nice interaction         * introduction

   Also     ,doesn’t he         already know,            Holo-gra       -m    -         Formal     in-         tro         duc-          tions            -                Are           Nice,             -              Er-

    Seriously what is up with         these two            people?

     Also why did dude           growl?

    For people that look like cats      they sure act like dogs              (Bor- d       -er)        (Nothing wrong with that-        just-         curious-             “      -i

    How?

    Also they’re just really shout-ing their      plans out here      aren’t they?

    S-u        -rr          en-          der-            -           Obi- won    still playing        along..     ——           W-help            -           He       gave        him            a         chance             -         Whelp-

    O-k

  Honestly he’s acting pretty calm and      diff-erent-ly characterized,             The Kenobi we know wouldn’t raise             a hand to help even himself                   (In ani.)             Also            I’m surprised Aniken hasn’t stumbled across anything by           now,

       Thought that would be the        crutch            of the narr-ative tension in the          office,

       But          Aight           ,         Calling the chips early is completely fine I will never have an issue with chara-     ter     -(s-     acting slightly smarter than expected,

Though wish Anakin had shown some kind of      initia-       tive-

 Like the stories telling us that he’s really      pumped up   “about      the     whole      slave      thing,”          . . .         But has just found          nada when it comes down to      rescuing the slaves,         Or just finding any hints about this    oper     -ation      in general,

To summarize;     What the heck has Aniken been doing the last minute      and a half             ~              ?            No-thing

[like if everyone had told him to chill due to his       clear aggression     believe he caused some harm      in his rage,

   And sent         Ahsoka         in-stead

         That would make a lot    more sense,

  [and make up Obi- wan look like less of a              Irrational Dick        By sh(ar-ing) Anakin‘s backstory         without any permission       or reason,

    While there    he might have to explain to       Ahsoka    why he’s sending her      and not Anakin,]

  Just-        Writer       Th-       ough   -t-         -      Treat-        ment          -    “ You have broken        through my         defenses,”

   Emotionally             or            ...      physically?             . .           Never           mind-

        Would’ve              been nice      if someone actually took him up on that          offer               -              (Like some villain(/enabler) is like you know what my job sucks,    my boss sucks, I could really use an       nap...

    Sure]     ..     They were just standing there          ...      doing nothing,

     Like,      Dude literally just said       there were bombs planted all over the city,

  And, no one’s in a ru-sh            to fix that-

       Or use them to find the           kidnapped people..

[I   mean      fair       ...    but      geez.

   Colo      -nists,

     Again,      where are they?            . . .             You supposedly sent Anakin to find       - them but we haven’t seen anything           -               Also yeah the dude is totally going to give up    his only bargaining     chip         . . .           After being          out gunn        -ed-            -            Well             -           Also you have one button that only activate(s     one mine?

          Like did you, set that up just for the purpose of    in-timi     dating people

   Also congrats    you likely threw away    your only bargaining chip                 -      because from his point of view     the explosion already went off-                        -       And he doesn’t know that you had one     specific button just for that      one mine-             -      (Like it   doesn’t sound that loud but he could’ve gotten     hear-ing probl-em (s-) from the      near- by      explosions,     )

  We-         ll-

   “Col-on-ists,”

  Oh     good thing you told him after you destroy-ed the       thing-

   And he didn’t go into attack mode and you have a light saber press-ed to your throat-

   dumb

I’m sorry but that’s just so adorable

   Look         at            it;

   Man like(s soft squishy things and    he doesn’t seem to be      hurt          ing-           -it,

      Like,           How               ?

        Also, did       no one check               for               that               shit?

Like,      No-

Me-      dic

 Wh-       el        p-

  Bo-

 Several people      -just died           And he         comforts the    robot.. .

   Dick

Also, Maybe       It’s be       cause         Cody         is     Obi-Wan’s        Gen.       (Generation          or      General)            Doesn’t     make much         of a        dif-ference?            -         That          this        flies?      (I mean I can        understand him not giving       too much of a heck,       Due to this being a war      caused by this guys’             Gen,         But     seriously,)

     Also yeah            kinda          ,dick             ,          Screw         medical     attention,

      Well,

     That’s a lot of faith          for a whole              lot a          nothing,

     Also let’s go do the thing       we were supposed to be doing            this entire time,

   (I think)

  My brain started going numb and I half paid    attention            -         Oh, wait 

now we’re getting into the back      story?

 After they’re on the planet

  Without any       pre-emption?

 -Er

My brain      cells      are    asleep,        -        Al        -ive         -           Seriously, what is up with the   -bird     thing,

   (I really hope     it factors into his character)

   Or is brought up

  Frust-      trat-      Ion

“Zy,”

  Dude they’re slave traders    I really don’t think     you want to do that          (Just           a       thought)

Also maybe     suggest     trading        him some       exotic animals,

   Dude seems to have a pen      -chant

   And he seems to treat them    re-     lati       vely       well,

   (There   are some in cages but that just seems to be for      transport,                         ) -  no I thought you should ever take animals        out of a pre-         ferr              ed         Safe  climate

       But he could have one set up            abet a smaller one,

        Wha?             (The      voice acting           there           was         weird,)

       Also, really?

    That’s the     competition?

 (Is there ever a tradition..   

    That isn’t fighting?)

  Also, okay,

 but is it like some kind of style of fighting?

     (I swear he you challenges him to sword fighting.)

   Then again Zy-         ger-          Ian-       fighting-

  Dif-ferent rules   could be interesting

   Possibly establish           Obi-Wan                 as                a          well traveled              man,

                   (So long as he isn’t allowed to use his                         feck -in light saber,                             -) (Which     Anakin      hasn’t        been       doing         at all,

 Also lower      ed risks     are nice,

Again, not saying anything about     deactivating em,

Also what the fuck is with that guy’s facial   expressions,

  Like ever since that moment       it has gone     insane,       (As in I can’t for my life     read what they’re trying to express,       And that is the closest     translation;       I can come up with,

Never   mind      -   he’s an asshole      -    Even th-

  Screw         It

  (The       logic         is not on        the high setting           with this one.”

       Any way,              Per-

        That’s

         [do you know how back when I was revie-       wing the movie I thought about how the escalation one from         1 to 10 and the characterization switched on a dime?

               -Not to   insult,

    But this is starting to feel a lot like   that-

 My brain already very checked out at this   point-

Because I     really   don’t    need      it for     this-      -   W-

  Constant      Characteri-zation?!

   What-  

[Excuse me while I sit over here drinking my       ‘wtf just happened,’          juice

   You know      when I was reviewing (Earlier) scenes       like this;           I used to give it somewhat of a pass    saying;              (Some        thing       along           the          lines            of)

       Well people change on a dime,

  Which I’m starting to realize    getting further into this;        Is that you need some kind of sentiment       Or pre-       -empt         To        Connect          Those           Thoughts      -             The           eyes             need              to           narrow                 -               The             body          language            needs              to             change                 -      The     music       (perhaps)        a subtle       change in tone;         -        It can’t change on    that much of a dime        -

            I               don’t               need                   a                  lot;                 Just some kind of indication about what the      feck just happened,     -             Because otherwise it’s just    spaghetti      -         Like I’m sorry     but it’s true-              -      The expressions before were completely unreadable      and down          right-        unhuman,

      There was no word      ,cues to indicate anything

      And the music     which could’ve been a brief    Cue,        Of whether this is supposed to be        abrupt or         instigated,             Well I don’t,     think there is any,   

                        Fix scen;                                    e

                     This guy smirks, possibly chuckling, the bird leaving his           arm-, possibly pre-facing it with, “ well then,  let’s          be-gin,” or a body posture is simply leaning in before     pouncing,

      Telling me    this is part of the plan,

        And that’s Zygrians value a more wild style of fighting with the element of surprise      being      emphasiz       ed-

    Which makes sense considering what seems to be a      hunting         focus,

    With snark following up either confirming or     denying,  

    That as true           (Or          False)

     That his actions were        prec-        edent-        ed         or        not,

      As it stands,  

   There was no      Cue

    And I’m        completely          lost.              . . .           Whel            -p

                           Well that was a bunch of nothing                                                                                  .  .  .                               Which is a shame because it had a lot of good     subjects to focus on, Slavery, the difference between Wild and Order, tam-ing, groom-       Ing,      Cap-       tivity              -         The concept of an invasive species,

     Unfortunately the writing is so inconsistent,      And generally        poor,         That it can’t carry a beat for longer than a few     min-utes

        Well I’ve noticeably praised the attempt to take on a higher intensity material

         That doesn’t give an     excuse for the apparent drop in quality

          Often; i’ve said that            stupid villains are fine

        However       the thing that often irritates me         in those episodes;           Isn’t that the villain’s            Stupid   

          It’s the lack of          self-awareness             (Not in the poking            fun of one’s                 self                 way)

  Is that it isn’t        framed that way,

  (No snark,    very little realistic the consequences without drawing attention to it,        And very little change       except the     villain is now Stupider          Though it attempts to keep the same dramatic tension          and stakes)

   In sum        -mary:

    While I think this episode had a lot of interesting concepts to work with they will unfortunately             Wasted                   By the episode lack of commitment, consistency, and constant characterization,

      Most        notably;

     - Anakin’s resent             -ment                    Of          slavery             (His care of it turns off and on like a light switch and his intensity             varies)

         Functioning less like a Berzerk/.              accountability button                  (Mild               Responsibility)  

               And                 more                  like                   an                excuse            to have him             flip his lid,

             Make                   odd                 facial            expressions,  

             And generally put, shout  put emphasis In a nonsensical bordering on                  inhumane way

                What seems to be a disturbing trend (with the characters       ;)

               Specifically the                  Zygarian                     here

                 And                      Ani             

              -The                 difference               between            wild and tamed;                   Along with a constant theme of slavery,                  It’s paired with the constant imagery                 of animals in cages

             Which would be fine if it was actually presented as an               excessive detail,

             But the focus is put on it and nothing ever seems to come of it

            (Almost as if it’s expected that just by having      it there, the motif comes with it)

             Which no

             Animals in cages and...            What?

             Like, I have an idea         what they’re trying to hint at,

             But until           the story commits;

             “These animals           are very much like you,”

               Then it remains in                        limbo,

 As wasted time          And wasted     emphasis,            -

      The Zy-             Gar            Ian             (s)          backstory;           Note      this works off another point         about captivity,

        Now, from the little bits,  I could get from the conversation;

        The Republic                inter                   fer                  r                   e                  d,                   Note; this seems to be a pretty big deal

   The antagonist      esp          ecially             affec               t-                e-d

           By                  It,

  But we never learn much about it      or him        (How it affected)

    Yeah he re-peats           Some          po-ints;            But it’s never elaborate-         d on

         What exactly       hap-pened to him?

          What exactly       hap-pened with the conflict?

           How?

            To be more                  precise;                     This presents the idea of a rather fas-       cin-        at        ing      conflict about the over- involve-ment of an outside species into              a           Nother’s            Planet          -           And I don’t think it really       utilizes it

       Drop      ping it almost instantly,          For an almost emotion-    less        fi-        gh          t,        Where are dude repeats ‘they were happy,        And generally everything except “I”             (How he was affected)                 Or any authentic emotion

       Just unread         able        inhumane       expressions            . . .       Not much in the way of themes,        motifs,            Or anything of         real        sub-      stance-         -       Sub      Category;           The clones got injured in an            attack;             This is not treated with any sort of        heaviness              -             Or even note             (Nor to the status/            theme of captiv-               ity- or                Sta              Tus                In               The              Empire-)

            Or         represen-tation               of             order,

           (And is quite point blank pointless)

           Not to speak of the ending where the Anakin is         almost point-blank informed                  That the captives are being held on                    Ty-                    Ger                        ia/                        By the Ty-                       ger-ians

                Po-int being;                      This is pretty subst                  antless                          Sn                            -ack,                             That lacks any kind of consis          tence

       - And isn’t.          worth the                watch,

           (With             nothing              set up)

          (Might’ve wanted to go with an                 R2-D2/ (CpO?) episode)                   Work on that tone                first

               Before trying anything serious,                   With that robots scream of absolute terror                  upon its death..

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We had a wonderful time celebrating Angela Mao Ying’s Birthday! The Queen of Kung Fu! Thank you Sifu Richard Hopkins for putting this together. Sifu Jamal Rashad El, Sifu W. Kareem Pearson, Sifu Kenny Chin, Sifu Carl Albright, filmaker Warrington Hudlin, journalist René Carson, Dr. Jeffrey I. Kriegel, and more were in attendance.

Angela Mao (born Mao Fujing, simplified Chinese: 茅复静; traditional Chinese: 茅復靜; pinyin: Máo Fùjìng, 20 September 1950), is a Taiwanese actress and martial artist best known for appearing in many martial arts films in the 1970s. She is sometimes credited as Mao Ying or Angela Mao Ying. She is nicknamed “Lady Whirlwind” and “Lady Kung Fu” by her fans.

Mao trained in Opera for 8 years before she trained Hapkido, Wushu, Taekwondo, and other forms of martial arts during her film career to prepare for her roles. She was paid US$100 for her short role as the sister of Bruce Lee’s character in the film Enter the Dragon.

Mao married Kelly Lui in 1974 and gave birth to a baby in 1976. She retired from films in 1992 to devote herself to her family.

Filmography: he Lin family 1971, 1980 betty The Angry River (1970) – Lan Feng Thunderbolt (1970) The Invincible Eight (1971) Deadly China Doll (1972) – Hei Lu Hapkido (1972) – Yu Ying Lady Whirlwind (1972) – Miss Tien Enter the Dragon (1973) – Su Lin Back Alley Princess (1973) – Ying Sting of the Dragon Masters (1973) – Wan Ling-ching The Two Great Cavaliers (1973) The Fate of Lee Khan (1973) Naughty! Naughty! (1974) Stoner (1974) – Angela Li Shou-Hua The Invincible Kung Fu Trio (1974) The Tournament (1974) The Himalayan (1975) International Assassins (1976) – Queen of Cambodia Dance of Death (1976) Lady Karate (1976) Duel with the Devils (1977) – Chu Invincible (1976) A Queen’s Ransom (1976) The Eternal Conflict (1976) – Fei Fei Duels in the Desert (1977) Broken Oath (1977) – Lotus Lin The Damned (1978) Iron Maiden (1978) – Chin Lun Scorching Sun, Fierce Wind, Wild Fire (1978) Return of the Tiger (1978) Snake Deadly Act (1979) – Brothel Madam Flying Masters of Kung Fu (1979) Moonlight Sword and Jade Lion (1981) The Stunning Gambling (1982) Ninja, the Violent Sorcerer (1982) – Anna (uncredited) Book and Sword Chronicles (TV series) (1984) – Luo Bing Eastern Condors (1987) (extra) Devil Dynamite (1987) Ghost Bride (1992) http://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=3773&display_set=eng

Celebrating Angela Mao Ying’s Birthday! The Queen of Kung Fu We had a wonderful time celebrating Angela Mao Ying's Birthday! The Queen of Kung Fu! Thank you Sifu 

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