#gotd

[justplaggin]

show so unserious they kept the blooper in

[movielosophy]

Guardians of The Dafeng | How to coax your daddy.

[add1ctedt0you]

"What happened?" "You know the answer. Yang Yan has been ignoring me lately. It's all because of Xu Qi'an." "Oh, so you leaked the A+ thing."

Guardians of the Dafeng (2024) | Episode 13

[crisisaegyl]

Ahhh and the chronic second-hand embarrassment strikes again. It is taking me this entire day to get through ep12 of Lbfad cause I can only watch like. 30 seconds at a time. On another note I finished Guardians of the Dafeng yesterday!

My soul is empty! My heart is hurt!

Me explaining DotD to my brother yesterday as a man is tortured on TV in our living room: It was a silly fun show I started to take a breather from all my trauma shows! You tricked me Dafeng. I love it. But you tricked me.

[pixlime]

The ol summer sale got me good, so today's game is Beacon Pines

and I'm ngl I'm kind of blown away at how beautiful it is. Most of the characters get fully-rendered portraits when dialogue happens. I'm only a few minutes in and I'm having a great time.

[guppiesareamazing]

rain world gif of the day

[anubishoarmurath]

GOTD rewatch - spoilers

feel free to block the “anubis rewatches gotd” tag Episodes 2 & 3

Eep oop

oh no poor Xu Qi'an, he is so oppressed. being told to go to work! the quotidian life except you're in fantasy China and magic is real XD And someone literally got shot in the literal ass by a literal fantasy gun I love this show haha (this was after the mom nearly took our MC's head off, hehe) our man is learning about Guardians !!! the tower is cool I like it fugging hell I forget Xu Qi'an gets his ass slapped in this one yes I am not shitting you that is a real thing that happens because this is a normal show :D :D :D here is a dude with an actual frog tongue and it is never explained what ??? how did I forget that my amazing OT3s meeting is literally "wait this dipshit is getting beaten to death" and then said dipshit making anime eyes about these dudes who saved him (and Yuchun-dage of course :D :D :D) Guangxiao is still so pretty it's unreal howwwwwwww and Tingfeng is very handsome I like him and clearly Xu Qi'an likes them too he literally goes all * _ * about itttt (pls join me in threesome hell it's pretty great, you can help me come up with a good name for it wink wink) Ep 3

it is very adhd of Xu Qi'an to be super effective when the situation is new and then TO BE PUNISHED WITH MORE WORK - I feel it in my soul (fine it's a headcanon but !!! I like it) ALSO PUPPY again, the county office keeps a puppy for some reason!!!! Why is it his weird manager who gets to touch him like this - cheek fondling come on also Xu Qi'an you are really the most dramatic little bastard to ever drama aren't you

I counted and in 10 days these dudes go to the club (sorry brothel) to drink and dance like...7 times??? they are insane. I would die. gotta go sleepy so see you next time! PS. if anyone has hints where I could acquire show so I can make gifs, hit me up. ;) I watched on Viki but I don't know how to...acquire things from streaming.

[incandescentlysomething]

Everyone Must Choose

Explain why in the comments (or ask box for anon)

[priafey]

I wanted to let you know that your detailed critique of Gwilin fics has inspired me to give better criticism and that your love for Gwilin has been transferred to me - I’m feral for him now

NO WAYYY SOMEONE IS ASS-DEEP IN MY BLOG READING THOSE THANGS??? 😭😭 You honor me...

I'm glad you've gotten something out of them!! I wrote them with a lot of love and care. I feel that sometimes fanfic authors want their work to be treated with the same esteem as more traditional works of literature, but are quick to shy away or outright reject the opportunity to receive and respond to structured, systematic criticism. Which, y'know, there's no rule that says you have to entertain such criticism, but, when you do, you have a greater chance of perfecting your craft, which is all anyone can hope to do with their art. Not for money or so you can achieve some standard, personal or societal or otherwise, of what an 'improved' version of your art would look like, but so you can better convey what it is you hope to convey. Goodness knows some people can get really out of pocket with the things they say in response to art, though, so the apprehension is understandable.

That being said, there are few more satisfying feelings than knowing you're getting better at being able to transmit your vision to others. That doesn't mean others won't misunderstand or misinterpret your art, just that you'll achieve an ever-greater understanding of what effect you can create in an audience through it. Best way to do that is through self-revision and, yes, engagement with criticism.

(As a bonus, if you don't take yourself too darn seriously, you can even find artistic gratification in how your work is misconstrued xD lol)

I kept a light touch for a lot of the reviews for that very reason. Sometimes I fear people conflate honest, well-intentioned feedback with someone attacking their work or their vision for their art, and this can be especially true if the art was a means for them to work through some personal issue they have (like traumas or insecurities) or present their viewpoint of the world–or both. And I get it! I do that in my own fics, as well (as do basically all writers, regardless of medium). But art is not sacred. And 'each artist knows themself best, and has the best conception of what social function their art embodies' is not a useful, or even truthful, viewpoint. When artistic purity is enshrined as an unknowable ideal towards which to strive, everyone suffers, and a great richness and nuance is lost in our creation and understanding of art, how it develops, and how its function changes over time.

Suffice to say, art has become collaboration. The artist is no longer in the spotlight, which may sound harsh to some, but to me it means they need not bear the brunt of their 'performance' on their lonesome any longer. They are not to be put on a pedestal, nor to be trampled. Instead, they should invite a few folks from the audience to come up and tell a story with them. After all, they already do, whether they mean to or not.

[justastupidlittlelesbian]

Look what's there not to understand, I'm just a girl thaz is a boy that is also a girl

[just-a-multi-fandom-mess]

gender of the day: increasingly confused and concerned

[movielosophy]

Guardians of The Dafeng | hahahah his face

[vivitsaya-blog]

Alexsander A Shashin vs Viktor Korchnoi (1973) Music and Shashin were Always the Fashion

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1082235&m=34

Daily chess puzzle Feb , 19.

White to move and win.

A fantastic game.

[fiftysevenacademics]

I'm also worried about the whole Xu family. They are so chaotic but close-knit and I love them.

Oh my god that kiss was so satisfying but she said I'll wait for you to come back I got a bad feeling.

[guppiesareamazing]

rain world gif of the day

[anubishoarmurath]

GOTD rewatch (spoilers)

Eps 17 & 18

All right all right It's a bit hard to enjoy these knowing that so soon we will lose the xiongdis but Xu Qi'an: oh good more hitting stuff time tee hee It's always funny to me when the ministers fight, they're so bitchy but it's funny bc they're middle aged dudes in funny hats and nice robes Not Yang Yan going "haha yes he is good and I have him hehe" but tbh Qianrou fucked herself by trying to sexy menace Qi'an into picking her (or idk what they thought that whole thing back in the beginning was) Ep 18 I s2g every time someone says "wizard" my brain plays this

WIZARDS aww not some physical contact I am loving it ladies. they are a lesbian and a bisexual your honor thank you. but yes. ladies.

GDI I know the song is not meant to be romantic but like come on Xu Qi'an's crying in "public" about Master Wei helping him, and then Master Wei going all "it's okay, I also stay away from people who have ordered my death" I want to chew gravel about it gngngngngngngn (anyway since I started watching Under the Skin season 2 I am gonna post this for now and see when I come back to it haha)