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Here is Xiao Zhan’s airport fashion timeline !!! 

As those pictures were shared on Twitter, I also wanted to post this. I know that I’ve posted a lot of xiao zhan’s airport fashion here that’s why this picture will let you have an idea of when it was taken

I ALSO WANT TO REMIND YOU THIS :

As of 24/10/19 xiao zhan’s studio has released an official statement to stop spreading any airport related photos and videos. Please abide by the rules and stop reposting any of thm onto any social media platform. This is for all the new fans who are unaware of this. 

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ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ𖥻 𝒌𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒎𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒃𝒐𝒂𝒓𝒅! ♡

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You have feelings about the mask? I want to know your feelings about the mask.

oh god

someone’s poor gifset has an essay of my tags underneath it but i just really loved the creative choice of mask because mask

first, the fact that they choose to make it silver, which in traditional chinese opera would usually represent a demon, a ghost, or a spirit, which is very fitting for wei wuxian in the beginning because you could technically say he has been all three (plus gold and silver mainly symbolize mystery, so from the very start of the drama, we are explicitly being given told that wei wuxian has a dark past™)

then, it’s the fact that wei wuxian is wearing a mask

somewhere in my meta tag there is an entire essay about the ambiguity of wei wuxian’s position in the cultivation world, a top disciple who will never lead his own sect, sometimes jiang fengmian’s adopted son, sometimes a son of a servant, jiang yanli’s brother to some people, a possible romantic attachment to others, always shifting and fluid, who he is and what he is always depending on other people’s perspective of him

wei wuxian plays a thousand and one roles, from an adopted brother who was never adopted, to the evil yiling patriarch who grows radishes out of piles of corpses, so his entire life prior to his death is just a continuous swapping of figurative masks 

when you watch all the flashbacks and then return to the beginning, the mask suddenly means so much more, because this time it’s physical, and this time, the first time in his life, wei wuxian is just himself 

he is open with lan wangji, he is honest with jiang cheng, he is affectionate with jin ling and blunt with the juniors, he is done playing roles

i mean, people always laugh about that mask because it shouldn’t have actually prevented anyone from recognizing him, but it did, because only a very small, small number of people actually knew wei wuxian without a mask (so the creative choice of lan wangji being the first to recognize him is made all the more significant)

and on a light note, I just think that the whimsical design of it, slightly grotesque from some angles and kind of cute and mischievous from others, is a perfect reflection of wei wuxian’s personality 

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i love that whenever wei wuxian gets accused of a crime his default defense is “i didnt do it because if i did i would have a done a better job”

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can we PLEASE talk about something that’s been weighing on me since day one that I started watching the untamed

HOW ON EARTH can wang yibo make lwj look simultaneously fifteen years old and aged five decades in the span of barely two out of immeasurable grief and the sheer willpower to overcome it

like this guy??

HE IS BABY. gentle and soft, yes this boy is fifteen years old and reeling from his first crush. just let him be Happy.

THIS guy??

terrifying, ancient, unknowable. am I scared or do I want him to step on me?? UNCLEAR. either way I’ll steer clear because this guy is here to play his guqin and fuck shit up, and he’s just finished playing his guqin.

THIS FUCKING GUY??

exasperated but endlessly fond husband and an excellent father. late thirties. nothing matters to him in the world beyond making sure his spouse is protected and well fed. WILL fight a dog if it means wei wuxian is safe. 

BUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT PISSES ME OFF THE MOST

the guy who plays him is just

NONE OF THOSE THINGS but he sure as hell IS an acting CHAMELEON and I HATE HIM

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do you ever look at people’s urls and whisper “you don’t deserve it.”

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The Untamed + ladies being badass

for @mdzswomen appreciation week 3: More than meets the eye

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namjoon waiting for you at the bar ♡

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im like 2% cute and 98% single

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im getting a haircut today

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love yourself // intros

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Me, knowing full well that Super Junior are 15 years older than me:

They’re my babies.

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donghae around girls

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