#ramblings!

[welcometoteyvat]

ga-ming/gaming/嘉明:

mr. tea drinker. escorts cargo from yilong wharf (somewhere in chenyu vale) to liyue harbor. chenyu vale is known for tea leaf growing. where are tea leaves grown irl????? see below

SOUTHERNER??? southerner confirmed????

tea drinker and dim sum enjoyer.........

wushou -> 舞兽 -> literally translated as "beast dancing" -> it's just lion dance but with a knockoff lion ig

TIL! seems that he's based off the red/black lion known as guan gong / kwan kung / 关公!

irl, they look like this (which also explains where his black/red color scheme comes from)

this specific lion is one of 3, the other two are 2 other historical figures from romance of the 3 kingdoms (liu bei and zhang fei. this one comes from guan yu)

his constellation name is Leo Expergiscens which means awakening lion. it's 醒狮 in chinese, which is another name for lion dance used in canton/guangdong !!!

NO INCOME FROM LION DANCING T_T it's his side hustle.....

your honor he's perfect please release him alr

[tiberius-spirk]

Imagine if mirror Spock instead of killing the mirror Captain decided to save him. And during a battle to the death over the ship they realize they can't kill each other, that there might be a way to save Mirror Kirk, to reverse the brainwashing he underwent in the Empire. They pick up and leave and its them against the galaxy.

If I could write I'd write that story, it sounds so romantic.

[volkswagonblues]

a few books ive read recently...lowkey in awe of jo harkin because she seems to have produced two wildly different books (historical fiction and contemporary sci-fi) in the last few years. The Pretender is the better read I think but I'll be thinking about the philosophical questions from Tell Me an Ending for weeks Also read Wild Swans which was loaned to me by a friend. I think it's a really good summary of 20th century chinese history -- not a complete encylopedia, but personal enough that the explanation of the (MANY) political machinations of the communist party gripped me throughout. So grim though, i mean no one expects the cultural revolution to be lighthearted, but when i was three-quarters through i turned to my bf and was like, I'm starting to understand why that physicist in the Three Body Problem book sent a message to the Trisolarans telling them to wipe out humanity. Because if i had to live through the cultural revolution + the denunciation meetings + the forced labour camps, i'd be sending out messages to aliens too

[clariocosmo]

LISTEN... I know this is a super niche topic but I saw the chinese period drama ethubs au from @swamp-chicken and my mind immediately started firing 1000 ideas,,,

Also: I was obsessed with chinese harem dramas for like a period of time yet I didn't understand much because my Chinese was (and is still!) horrible so I might butcher alot of historical significance, but that's okay! It's all fun and games :))))

But yes anyway: some ideas::: Etho was an assassin/mercenary that was adopted (under a guise of being a missing prince or smth) by the TIES royal family (Tango and Skizz!) to murder Emperor Bdubs so as to liberate TIES and to bring back their first prince, a certain ImpulseSV, which they had to marry off to secure their alliance with The Clockers. While originally Impulse was totally slated to be Bdubs' Empress, Empress Dowager Cleo had Impulse to be the Imperial Noble Consort (皇贵妃 Huáng guì fēi) instead so as to not be able to challenge her and thus maintain Cleo's influence. Not that Cleo is an evil stepmom or anything, but in that she knows the kingdom needs to present a united and strong front (that honestly, Bdubs can't handle now) so as to wave off internal rebellions from their court. Despite the arranged marriage however, I could totally see Impulse and Bdubs still loving each other deeply and being soulmates (platonic or wtv!)

And! assuming Etho would be of similar royal status as Impulse, I'm going to pretend he went in as a Noble Consort (贵妃 guì fēi), a level below Impulse. Or! He entered as a lower-tiered concubine and slowly rose the ranks due to Bdubs favour??? Anyway, Etho assumes that this would generate a ton of hatred from Impulse, seeing that Etho kind of took over Impulse position back home and is now the main object of Bdubs affection, but Impulse is totally chill with it and is just happy to have someone from his nation to be with him. This causes a ton of misunderstanding and shenanigans where Impulse would do something nice for Etho and Etho being immediately suspicious. Like Impulse sewing a herb pouch for Etho and Etho being like "oh dang there's probably some poisonous herbs in here" and not wearing it at all which leads to Impulse asking about it casually and Etho just PANICKING and swearing buckets.

AND oh my god I could totally see Etho falling in love with Bdubs but refusing to acknowledge it or do anything about it for the sake of the mission™. Like Bdubs does nearly get poisoned (perhaps from the bad boys or even Etho himself?) but when Etho sees Bdubs almost ingesting the poison, he gets an "Oh shit" moment and finally realising his feelings and snatches away the poison, ingesting it himself and just almost dies. Leading!??? To a recovery scene between Ethubs where they finally talk things out like mature adults and confess their real feelings towards each other. :D

Also I just needed an excuse to draw Etho in traditional Manchu clothes because if that's one thing about historical harem dramas, you know that they are serving LOOKS every episode. (attached below :] )

[pixelprofligate]

"youd do numbers on tumblr" girl i am on tumblr and the numbers? 4

[goldensunset]

idk who needs to hear this but if you have been putting something off bc it doesn't need to be done until the end of the month. we are almost done with the teens we are approaching the big numbers (the twenties). that date shall dawn upon you swiftly and without mercy before you know it. psa for everyone except me i got plany off time

[darlingofdots]

"gay or european" also goes for middle-aged women btw. that lady with short hair no makeup and sneakers isn't a lesbian she's just german

[nickmpreg]

[fleshdyk3]

easily one of my favourite tweets of all time

[welcometoteyvat]

DUDE HIS MOM????? ;-;

emotionally ruined

[graveyarrdshift]

"I'm just a girl", "girl math", "girl dinner", "divine feminine energy", "bimbocore", "clean girl", "girl's girl", "girlfriend brain" SHUT UPPP!!! SHUTT THE FUCKKKK UPPPPPP !!!!

[ryderdire]

Really interesting thing I glimpsed on rednote today

I think We- we’re developing international class consciousness 

[dragonbleps]

survived checking my bank account. i deserve a little treat

[sp1resong]

being self aware suuuucks like yeah this thought pattern/behavior is stupid and pointless and a symptom. i know this. [does it anyways

[agnesmontague]

twitter is fucking incredible

EDIT: i'm turning reblogs off on this post. it's not informative and doesn't spread anything of value. i just posted some screenshots i thought were funny and it's somehow become my #1 most annoying post so goodbye forever