#new year's gala

[fouryearsofshades]

山河诗长安, 2024 CCTV New Year's Gala from Xi'an.

[rongzhi]

A bench lantern dragon (板凳龙) being coiled in Huangzhaizhen, Pujiang county, Jinhua, Zhejiang province, China, as part of Chinese New Year festivities.

song: Children of the Dark - MONO INC.

English added by me :)

[xiaolanhua]

CHANG HUASEN Guerlain Chinese New Year gala dinner

[throwbackgaylor]

april 23, 2019 | five years ago today

while performing ‘new year’s day’, taylor changed the lyrics twice:

“i want her midnights, but i’ll be cleaning up bottles with you on new year’s day”

[zhanglinghez]

Zhao Lusi for Hunan TV’s New Year’s Eve Gala 2024

[aimasup]

WHY WAS TONY THE TALKING CLOCK DHMIS IN THE 春节联欢晚会2024 CCTV NEW YEARS GALA

JUMPSCARED BY THE BLUE ROUND FUCK ON INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION 😭😭😭

[cnladies]

ZHAO LUSI 赵露思 in dunhuang photoshoot 『 LOOK2 』 | 2024 NYE Gala — Hunan TV

Zhao Lusi: more photos here 2024 NYE Gala: more photos here dunhuang photoshoot: more photos here

[anotherdescentintomadness]

The Duality of Wang YiBo

Just a post to honor the duality of this man —

— a street dancer and rapper, who did an interpretive modern dance to a song he sang about missing his long-distance lover who dreamed a long dream:

Source: Dunkelhammer // Fluoxetine // YBO

[radiance1]

Hey ya'll! Another au I thought up lol.

So this is gonna be another Half King au with immortal Danny and Vlad lol.

Danny got the Crown of Fire, which changed to more icey blue cool flames than green and Vlad got the Ring of Rage.

ANYWHO.

Danny and Vlad split the zone into two part (not literally), with Danny ruling over one half and Vlad the other. Because they have equal power, they can also make decisions regarding the others territory but they have an agreement to not mess with each other's shit unless its actually important.

Then Vlad gets summoned to a different dimension for whatever who summoned him wanted, to which he then decides to stay because what the summoner wanted would take a few years.

To which he then decided to take a vacation and tell no one about it.

So Danny, after a couple hundred years of Vlad's mysterious disappearance. He's told by Clockwork that now he has to go find him, to which Danny asked why since he didn't need to go looking hundreds of years earlier.

To which Clockwork smiles, points him in the direction, and tells him to go looking.

Danny grumbles, but he goes.

But for whatever reason he himself cannot enter the portal, he doesn't know why, but something is blocking him from entering.

The ghosts are a different matter.

So, using the far back knowledge from when he stilled visited earth, he came up with a plan to bypass whatever is blocking him and walk the planet on the other side.

What better than a cult?

So he sends a few ghosts through to discreetly plant some 'tomes' about the Ghost King, specifically the one who wears the crown, and now he just has to wait.

Meanwhile, Vlad:

Honestly, he's been enjoying his vacation a whole lot, he left the world he was originally summoned too after he was done and kinda floated aimlessly around in space before coming upon earth and decided why not.

So now here he is 450 years later, firmly cemented in the business world with a company with 450 years of rich history past down to each heir of the family who, funnily enough, were each named a variation of Vlad.

Vladmir, Vladicus, Vladalia, etc.

Obviously just him in different looks but eh no one knows.

Anywho, now he's attending a Gala held by one Lex Luthor and honestly, he was just pretty bored.

He doesn't need to really attend, and he has his money bet on Luthor not wanting him to attend, but he does get a kick outta annoying the hell out of that baldie any day of the week.

Meanwhile Danny, a few months earlier:

So his planned worked, because of course it would. TV tropes always work.

There he was, clothed in his kingly garments, his crown made sure to be the very cool and powerful looking version of his ice flames and his face stony and cold.

He did all of this expecting that he had to set a powerful image for the cultists so they would actually listen to him properly and not question him when he got to the other side.

Only to be met with a ridiculous sight.

What he thinks were the cultists getting their asses handed to them by.... very brightly dressed individuals in spandex and...

Is that a British guy smoking while flinging about magic?

Now, he doesn't judge, especially when he's already lived for more than a hundred years.

But what the absolute ever loving fruitloop.

He may or not may not have stood there with his arms crossed under his chest, his cold expression turned deadpan while he watched the people he was going to give an introduction to get their asses beat for a good few minutes.

A pity, he worked on that introduction in case he ever got summoned too.

When what were obviously superheroes finished up and turned to greet him, he maaaaay have floated up to have the height advantage on them.

Look, its not his fault he has the body of a teenager and honestly they should really shorten themselves down and stop being so tall already.

So he asked them if they've seen another ghost king, you know. Blue skin, red eyes, vampiric teeth?

By the reaction he would have to say no.

He already knows that Vlad is somewhere on this planet so he just, leaves, and goes to find him.

It was only until a few days later did he think that it might've helped if he gave a name instead of Fruitloop.

Meanwhile at the gala in present time:

Vlad was having a grand old time, as always Luthor really knew what food and which drinks would be best for his parties and honestly, that's just a bonus.

What he's really here for is the subtle reactions Lex Luthor gives him when he's trying to hold himself together.

It's always fun when that happens.

He met with Brucie Wayne (who he surprisingly never met yet.), had a good laugh, maybe made a new friend. Said hi to that reporter that's at Luthor's events like half the time- Clark Kent if he remembered correctly.

Met a woman named Diana Prince, had a good conversation with her, and mingled with a few other people.

He also saw a British guy that smoked like no tomorrow, not that he judged. May or may not have sneaked him some another pack.

Isn't he just so nice today?

So there he was, enjoying his time as he usually did. Until he felt the familiar cold presence that he hasn't felt for a good while.

Damn. Guess that means his vacation is up now.

Got some pretty strong whiskey, poured himself a glass, idly drank it and waited for the show to begin.

And just as he thought, there Phantom appeared, floating over everyone as he looked down on them as if they were barely worth his attention.

They then locked eyes.

"Found you." Danny said, ignoring the confused people underneath him. To which Vlad gulped down his drink in one go, poured himself another glass, took a sip and smiled.

"Hello to you too, little badger."

[kingsandbastardz]

Xiao Shunyao with fan

Promo for BeijingTV's Spring Festival Gala

[fouryearsofshades]

年锦, 2024 CCTV New Year's Gala

[midnightsslut]

randomly thinking about taylor’s speech before new year’s day at the time 100 gala and the lover era in general and how taylor said joe ‘supported her in speaking out’ about politics and ‘your sense of belief in the good in the world, you once believed in me’:

What’s also interesting to me is the people around you who, when you did gain influence, were real enough with you to be very honest about how you should use that influence. […] You’re doing what you love, you’re doing what you’re passionate about, you’re standing up for what you wanna stand up for, but at that point, we’re all still learning, and we need people around us to be honest with us, to still be compassionate and empathetic with us, to be patient with us… We all need that. […] Sometimes, I think about life and all these wonderful moments of celebration like New Year’s Eve: the countdown, the champagne, and the glitter—there’s so much glitter! It’s amazing! But then I think about who’s actually there with you the next day to clean up the house, and I think that’s the important thing. There’s this quest where we’re trying to follow our dreams, and be who wanna be, and be remembered… But then, […] people aren’t always gonna like us, we aren’t always gonna be on great lists like this, but if you can find the people around you who, metaphorically speaking, would clean up the house the next day after the party, that’s kinda what I wrote this song about. It’s called New Year’s Day.

[xiaolanhua]

ZHAO LUSI Hunan TV’s New Year’s Eve Gala

[happyzyx]

221231 yixing studio weibo update 🖤

[sm-lucas]

191231 WayV Lucas at ZhejiangTV New Year Gala‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ © HKExpoHall do not edit, crop, or remove the watermark

[adreamareads]

Teaser Tuesday

I have a new story going up on Sunday and I'm stressing that it a.) isn't finished, b.) has no title, and c.) has no plot, just vibes

I'm not as concerned with C, because most of my stories don't have a discernable Plot, per se. They just are. Slice of life, I guess? Anyway. I'm frantically trying to get it done in time but we'll get there.

Scene: New Year's Eve 2024, last White House Trio party. They're cohosting with the President-Elect's kids, Jenna and Benjamin.

Teaser:

“Once you tried to tell us David is your assistant,” Nora points out. “But he's not invited to the party.” Henry laughs. “David, who was overwhelmed with just us this morning? He'd hide under a table and not come out until the end of the party. He'll be much happier with Leo.” “I swear I heard Leo refer to himself as ‘Grampy,’” June laughs. “He wants grandchildren so bad. Y’all better get on that,” she teases. “Wedding first,” Henry starts to say, but Alex is quicker. “We keep trying, but no baby yet,” he quips. Nora cackles, June pulls a face, and Henry blushes. For their parts, Jenna and Ben just look vaguely uncomfortable.

There's more (currently sitting at 3500 words and more to come) but I really liked this bit and wanted to share.

Tagging friends who might want to share on Teaser Tuesday (or WIP Wednesday, or whatever day it is by you): @cha-melodius @cricketnationrise @hgejfmw-hgejhsf @daisymae-12 @inexplicablymine @affectionatelyrs @gayrootvegetable