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Happy Hanguang-June

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Legend of Zang Hai | Episode 5 & 14

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I am writing this for the benefit of any non-Chinese speakers watching Zang Hai Zhuan who may not have realised just how fucking annoying the Head Eunuch is. because I have need for many people to know this, the annoyance burns bright in my soul.

THIS GUY uses the phrase "咱家" to refer to himself. Literally, this phrase means "our family/house", but it's probably more like "this self". And the closest equivalent in English is prob referring to onself as "one" and "onself" ALL THE TIME. He uses it ALL THE TIME!!! The subtitles use "I" and "me", but urghhh...this pretentious prick.. "One believes---" "One is hurt that---" "One had no choice but to--" "One must see what one needs to---"

I HOPE YOU DIE a horrible and tragic death.

PS I'm only at episode 26 so please don't tell me if he does indeed die a horrible and tragic death

Also, really nice to see someone play a eunuch without going over board with the high-pitched voice and feminization.

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wyd when you're a character trapped inside your nightmare with the demon that killed your family and the editors decide to add some 🌈rainbow effects where he makes you stab him and the target audience for the show is some unhinged set of gay people?

thats right. happy pride month to these two specifically 💗

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Decoding Chinese names of the team, my translation is really freeform

赵远舟 - Zhao YuanZhou - swim far away on a boat, with no return

卓翼宸 - Zhuo YiChen - outstanding mansion flank

文潇 - Wen Xiao - deep (knowledge) of literature

And my favourite

离仑 - Li Lun - leave all logic behind.

(! 朱厌 - Zhu Yan - fed up with vermillion colour)

I am laughing like crazy

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大梦归离 fangs of fortune names + titles masterpost

brought to you by @mengyan and @renshengs <3

*note: this is only for what we consider as main characters, or recurring side characters! if you need clarification for a character that isn't here, send either of us an ask!

common terminology:

daren 大人 (suffix) — gender-neutral honorific often translated as Mr. or Ms. (e.g. Pei-daren = Ms. Pei)

xiao 小 (prefix) — little (e.g. Xiao-Jiu = Little Jiu)

jie/jiejie 姐姐 (suffix) — older sister (e.g. Wen-jiejie)

ge/gege 哥哥 (suffix) — older brother (e.g. Xiao-Zhuo-ge)

didi 弟弟 (suffix) — younger brother (e.g. Bai Jiu-didi) 

“A-” 阿 (prefix) — added before a single character of someone’s name/address, to indicate affection, familiarity, closeness etc (e.g. A-Heng, A-jie)

“er” 儿 (suffix) — added after a single character of someone’s name & is an affectionate term used by someone (often older) whose relationship to them involves some kind of caregiving; can be romantic or platonic (e.g. Wen Xiao’s foster father calling her Xiao’er)

common mistakes:

referring to someone with only one character—in chinese this is generally considered odd (e.g. Zhuo Yichen as “Zhuo”) and is not recommended unless done in-story (e.g. 蜚 Fei’s name just being Fei).

referring to a character by only their surname (e.g. Pei Sijing as “Pei”). chinese names put surnames before given names. (to call her by just her given name, use “Sijing”.)

referring to a character with a 2-character name by only their given name (e.g. Bai Jiu as “Jiu”). since his given name is only 1 character, it can’t be used on its own. using just the given name generally only works with 3-character names (e.g. Zhao Yuanzhou can be referred to as just “Yuanzhou”).

NOTE 1: calling a character by their given name usually implies closeness and informality. generally it is more common among chinese-speakers to use each other’s full names or their surnames combined with a title.

NOTE 2: to call a character by their surname or 1-character given name, you add on a prefix or suffix (e.g. Xiao-Zhuo or Xiao-Chen with Zhuo Yichen, Wen-jiejie or Xiao-jie with Wen Xiao)

NOTE 3: jiejie, gege, didi, (+meimei, what Wen Xiao called E’shou) are not just addresses exclusive to those of blood/familial relation! they can be used to address anyone younger/older than you and also be used in a flirtatious manner (e.g. Wen Xiao’s “Pei-jiejie” is very different from Bai Jiu’s “Pei-jiejie”)!

characters!

name: Zhu Yan | Zhao Yuanzhou [朱厌 | 赵远舟]

abbreviation: ZYZ

nicknames/titles: Great Demon (大妖 -> Da Yao), Stinky Brat (臭小子 -> Chou Xiaozi)

who uses what:

Wen Xiao: Zhao Yuanzhou, Da Yao, Zhu Yan (early on), gege (once)

Zhuo Yichen, Li Lun, some minor characters: Zhao Yuanzhou, Zhu Yan

Pei Sijing: Zhao Yuanzhou, Da Yao

Bai Jiu, Ying Lei: Zhao Yuanzhou

Ying Zhao: Chou Xiaozi

name: Wen Xiao [文潇]

abbreviation: WX

nicknames/titles: Baize Goddess (白泽神女 -> Baize Shennü), Wen Xiao-xiaojie, Wen-daren, Shennü-daren, Wen-jiejie, Xiao-jie, Xiao’er, Archivist Wen (文典藏 -> Wen-diancang)

who uses what:

Zhao Yuanzhou: Wen Xiao, Wen Xiao-xiaojie (early on)

Zhuo Yichen, Pei Sijing: Wen Xiao

Bai Jiu: Wen-jiejie, Xiao-jie

Ying Lei, Ying Zhao, Zhu Yin: Shennü-daren

Fan Ying: Xiao’er

minor characters (often people who aren’t close/are lower in position): Wen-daren, Wen-diancang

name: Zhuo Yichen [卓翼宸]

abbreviation: ZYC

nicknames/titles: Xiao-Zhuo, Xiao-Zhuo-daren, Zhuo Yichen-daren, Xiao-Zhuo-ge, Zhuo-daren, Xiao-Chen, Zhuo Xiao-Chen, Commander Zhuo (卓统领 -> Zhuo-tongling)

who uses what:

Zhao Yuanzhou: Zhuo Yichen, Xiao-Zhuo, Xiao-Zhuo-daren, Zhuo-daren, Zhuo Xiao-Chen (once), Zhuo Yichen-daren (once)

Wen Xiao: Zhuo Yichen, Xiao-Zhuo, Xiao-Zhuo-daren (rare)

Pei Sijing: Zhuo-daren, Xiao-Zhuo (very rarely), Zhuo-tongling, Zhuo Yichen (once)

Bai Jiu: Xiao-Zhuo-ge, Xiao-Zhuo-daren, Zhuo-daren (once)

Ying Lei: Xiao-Zhuo-daren

Li Lun: Zhuo Yichen

Zhuo Yixuan (ZYC’s brother): Xiao-Chen

Fan Ying: Zhuo-tongling, Xiao-Zhuo

Tiandu citizens: Zhuo-tongling

minor characters: Zhuo Yichen, Xiao-Zhuo-daren, Zhuo Yichen-daren

name: Pei Sijing [裴思婧]

abbreviation: PSJ

nicknames/titles: Pei-daren, Pei Sijing-daren, Pei-jiejie, A-jie, jiejie, Pei-jie

who uses what:

Zhao Yuanzhou, Zhuo Yichen: Pei Sijing, Pei-daren

Wen Xiao: Pei Sijing (once), Pei-daren, Pei-jiejie, Pei Sijing-daren (once), jiejie (once)

Pei Siheng: A-jie, jiejie (occasionally)

Bai Jiu: Pei-jiejie

Ying Lei: Pei-jie

minor characters: Pei-daren

name: Bai Jiu [白玖] / implied to originally be named Situ Jiu [司徒玖], after his father’s surname, and took the name Bai Jiu after his mother, Bai Yan

abbreviation: BJ

nicknames/titles: Xiao-Jiu, Little White Bunny (小白兔 -> Xiao Baitu), Bai Jiu-didi, Bai-daren, Bai Jiu-daren, Xiao Bai Jiu, Tu’er (Disciple)

who uses what:

all characters: Bai Jiu

Demon Hunting Bureau squad, Zhen Mei: Xiao-Jiu

Wen Zongyu: Xiao-Jiu, Tu'er

Zhao Yuanzhou: Xiao Baitu

Wen Xiao, Pei Siheng: Bai Jiu-didi

Bai Yan (Bai Jiu’s mother): Xiao Bai Jiu

minor characters: Bai-daren, Bai Jiu-daren

name: Ying Lei [英磊]

abbreviation: YL

nicknames/titles: Little Mountain God (小山神 -> Xiao-Shanshen), Shanshen, Shanshen-daren, Little Ying Lei, child

who uses what:

all characters: Ying Lei

Zhao Yuanzhou: Xiao-Shanshen, Shanshen (once)

Wen Xiao, Zhuo Yichen: Xiao-Shanshen, Shanshen-daren

Zhu Yin: Little Ying Lei

Ying Zhao: child

name: Li Lun [离仑]

abbreviation: LL

nicknames/titles: daren, Boss (老大 -> Lao Da)

who uses what:

almost all characters: Li Lun

Ao Yin: daren, Lao Da

the pagoda spirit: Boss/Lao Da

name: Pei Siheng [裴思恒]

abbreviation: PSH

nicknames/titles: A-Heng, didi

who uses what:

almost all characters: Pei Siheng

Pei Sijing: A-Heng, didi

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Art by Pavel Oleinik

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Bingyi and Ying Long are so king x knight coded in my eyes. Like what do you mean you gave up your BONES to forge a sword that will protect him for the rest of his life. What do you mean you want him And trust only him. To wield you in his hand. That you have such absolute faith that he will bring the world back from the brink of pure chaos so you give yourself willingly. You make yourself his weapon to make sure his enemies can't harm him. And then keep protecting his legacy for generations.

How are people not insane about these two. The devotion of making yourself an extension of someone's arm... The underlying desire to be one with him. One flesh and bones.

Do you ever think about how Cloud Light is activated by tears. And how much it must've cut up Bingyi to use it. Knowing it was the last part of his lover that he could keep close. Knowing that Ying Long singlehandedly rebuilt the sky with his gift of creation, but the world only remembers him as the monster that tore it down and betrayed his best friend. Like a weapon is all that Ying Long could be. And a weapon is all that remains of him

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It's so cute how the novel fandom has all the "How can LXC recognize NMJ's abs?" jokes and the drama fandom has all the "How does LXC know JGY's body has no curse marks?" jokes

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tfw li xiangyi pulled your son and he didn't even pull him by being li xiangyi

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The unified demonic cultivation sects when Baili Qingmiao steps onto the scene: BOO WE HATE YOUR BOYFRIEND can I kill him for you queen??

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Word of Honor & Fangs of Fortune

"Ai Ni"

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We should continue dressing up beautiful people in beautiful clothes

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Bingyi - Fangs of Fortune

Whew. This one was a beast. It took just under 24hrs to draw over the course of a week or so. It really fought me in a lot of places and I learned a lot about fabrics and textures. Reducing anything down to a limited palette is difficult but this one. Yeah. I usually work dark to light but I tried a few different techniques here. The hair ornaments I did at least 3x - twice dark to light and once light to dark shades. It was a puzzle but I had fun and I’m happy with how it turned out!

Thanks to Lilla and Mith for egging me on and watching the show! I swear I’m going to finish it soon. It’s so good. Ugh.

Enjoy!

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r.i.p. to Wenren È, you would have loved reddit. you need a council of thousands to try to decipher whatever the hell you have going on with Yin Hanjiang. "trying to subtly improve my employee's mental health, but instead he's started to act even more like a perfect, unwavering blade without thoughts or desires of his own. advice?" and then in the body of the post he would start by saying "ever since I (m330) started experiencing an intense compulsion to drink my employee's (m130) blood to increase my own power, I've been trying to put some space between us for his safety. however-" and the comments would be complete pandemonium

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I kid you not devil venerable also wants to know is about a 300+ years old overpowered demonic sect leader trying to get a dumb teenage girl to break up with her toxic boyfriend