#chu's friends

[shy-lee-chu]

🙌TODAY IS YOUR DAY!!🎉🍰

well damn i expected from myself to give a text that will overwhelm you but the circumstances are not on my side so here's the appreciation in a rush: dear already big chu, with all my heart i want to congratulate you on your survival till this meaningful day. i really hope that today will bring you a lot of happiness and will not make you sigh even slightly. may your life be enriched with bright colors, so that study proceeds easier and pleasantly, and in everything else there will be harmony and hapiness. at the same time, i wish you a lot of strength to overcome any life challanges, with many of which you have already dealed like a berserker without blinking an eye. we haven't talked much but you're a very comfortable person to talk to and i always feel calm and smiley when we chat :)) may there be as many bright people like you as possible in your life, so that your sweet ass never feels lonely under any circumstances

🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈 asked the big bro iida to visit you and pass from me the warmest hugs. nobody knows how the princess looks like so don't judge ✌️

STEAL KILL RAPE LIVE LONG LIFE BE YOURSELF LOVE YOURSELF STAY CHU

OH MY GOD ISN'T THIS THE SWEETEST AND THE MOST TALENTED ARTIST I HAVE EVER SEEN?

Thank you so much precious 🥺 I am really happy to hear that our feelings about eachother are mutual, I know we haven't been talking for a long time, we rather met recently but I must say you're amazing and one of the bestest online people I have ever met, your funny adorable personality and you kindness really made me fall for you as a person. KFLWKDEO you're literally so sweet idfk what to say!!! How dare you make me speechless like this >:/ I just hope I'll survive more, bc life and troubles never end but as long as I have a friend like you whom I know that supports me and loves me, than I can overcome any hardships I'll face! AND OMG YOUR BIRTHDAY GIFT VAL!!! THERE IS NO NEED FOR SUCH THINGS YOU DUMMY OMG EKDKSKDWLDM IS THAT MY NII NII. OMG HI IIDA FKWNDKSDKEOD Am so touched val. Thank you so much I'm gonna smile at it for the next 96 hours non stop 🥺🥺🥺 (It's also quite accurate thank you very much foensowsn)

*Hugs back iida*

*squeeze*

*SQUEEZE*

"NII-NII 💙"

[sojutrait]

happy birthday luca!! my sweet dense baby

[tacit-semantics]

It’s done!! Chu chu from these scans posted by @empty-movement. I’ve never really done any sewing before so there are some DEFINITE mistakes here and there but it was a lot of fun I liked it :)

[chuluoyi]

i’m chatting with 4 guys at the same time is it my very own otome era

[amica00]

I wish

[beyourselfchulanmaria]

Top business experts in the real estate industry~She's a friend younger than me 9 years old. lol (I am too old with anybody easily. hahaha) 😂😎 We had a very long talking that she and her boy-friend traveled to Tibet on last month (August)… I envy them very much for being able to travel to Tibet. and I hope she can have a beautiful ending with her current boyfriend. 😁 ha~*

(I met this girl at a wine tasting party about 7 years ago and we became good friends.)

還有，最近一直不停地吃吃吃+喝喝喝=真的怕肥死我 LOL 回到工作室趕緊練武功 XD (年紀大了最怕胖。:D)

Lan~*

[peekychu]

PRIDE WAS SO FUN 2DAY

[sweetybaty]

Did you based Flaky and Flippy on any specific species of bear and porcupine?

So, I kinda decided them to be like a combination of two species!! Flaky is a cross between North American Porcupine and the Africa one. Flippy is a cross between Grizzly and Black bear. Flaky is heavily more on the spectrum of the North America one, just some of her quills don't have barbs and are different sizes, and she is smaller than avarage. Flippy is heavily more on the Grizzly side, they more agressive so- JAJAJAJ can climb better bcuz of the black bear genes, but he's a bit smaller than a Grizzly. Choose to lean into Grizzly and North American more because those two habitate the forest together jejeje

[renaoriflamme]

Anna

actually hospital doodle that i turned to rendered work haha. it was watercolor on paper and then digital retouches. i also use new brand of watercolor (reviews in tags)

also chu yao goofy doodle (he ballin)

[shy-lee-chu]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

THANK YOU OMG CLSKKZSK

[sojutrait]

live fast die young bad girls go to jail

[yumemiruuuu]

Chu Wanning: You are driving a car and all of a sudden, there is an elderly woman and a young child crossing the road. What do you hit?

Mo Ran: (in deep thought)

Mo Ran: The elderly, because she already had her fill of life but the young child has barely experienced life yet so it would be a shame if he got killed.

Chu Wanning: …

Mo Ran: Or you can hit them both if you want to be a little silly

Chu Wanning: The BRAKES, Mo Weiyu. YOU HIT THE BRAKES.

[movielosophy]

Blossoms In Adversity

[hy-chu]

Coming out of a psychotic break with a proper support system is like crawling out of hell and seeing your friends and family all waiting for you, still loving you

I hope everyone within the means to do so is checking in on friends that are suddenly withdrawing or quick to upset when they were unbothered before

Sometimes just checking in, even if they don’t respond like they normally do, can help

Just remind them that they are so loved because sometimes you need a reminder when you can’t remember who you are

[beyourselfchulanmaria]

Her daughter married a Chinese boy and she went to help was taking care of her grandson for 3 years. She was a customer of my old store, but later became a friend. Finally I was chatting with who is 2 years older than me. It is a miracle that I can meet someone older than me, hahaha! 😆😅😁 This made me so moved that I shed "2 drops tear"… :D because recently everyone I met talking to all younger than me, even the ants on the road are younger than me. XD I’m so old that I want to make a leather mask for myself and wear it on my face to hide my age… I feel shy. (Angel, Thank you so much for you're older than me 2 yrs.) LOL 🤣🙃

Lan~*

[mukuharakazui]

Yesterday, I met Amy Chu, a comic writer who played a major hand in adapting Turning Red into a graphic novel (among plenty of other things). My friend spotted her and headed over to talk to her. I went along, met her, and also talked to her for a while. In that, I found out an interesting piece of information about the film.

Domee Shi has had plenty of interviews on Turning Red and its production, but one thing Chu let us in on was how Pixar "Disney-ified" the ending. Initially, Shi hadn't written a scene where Ming hugged Mei and apologized to her. Test audiences and editors noted that the story's ending didn't have closure as far as Ming and Mei's relationship went, and many regarded Ming as an abusive mother when asked about their impressions.

This struck me because I remember when Turning Red first came out. A big joke among me and my Asian friends as well as generally among Asian Canadians and Americans on Twitter was, "Turning Red was so real. The only unrealistic part was when Ming hugged and verbally apologized to Mei." Knowing now from an insider that Ming didn't originally have that scene with Mei and that the turn of their relationship was initially very implicit and reflective of a more plausible real experience gives me even more respect for Domee Shi—which I didn't think would be possible at this point.

Of course, I understand why Pixar heavily modified the scene. Even with the way Turning Red ultimately released, audiences who weren't Asian still held great disdain towards Ming as both a character and a mother. Plus, for diasporic Asian families, it gives us the ability to see a depiction of ourselves indulging in a sort of affection that we may regard as unnatural or taboo when applied to ourselves. In the end, though, I'm glad to know of another way in which Domee Shi prioritized telling a version of her own story that girls, people around her age, and Asian Canadians and Americans, could relate to (above pandering to audiences that may find the story boring or tasteless). She's certainly aware that she'd never be able to please everyone, especially with a film like that.

We also found out that Turning Red has a very steady balance of young girls and boys of all sorts of visible ethnicities who are still diehard fans of the movie! After noting upon some odd backlash from adults, Chu phrased this phenomenon as, "The kids are alright."