IDK if anyone will know the answer to this but I'm curious - in A League of Nobleman, what's the significance of the nicknames the Lan Jue and Wang Yan have for each other? What do "Peizhi" and "Mowen" actually mean?
Why would anyone want to be a pirate? It's the best thing there is. Wind in your back, the salty sea air, loyal crew by your side.
I can do this on my own. Dr. Moncton was right, this hero complex is no joke. That is not what this is about. Of course it is. You want to prove to Daddy that you’re a big success.
Endless list of my favorite bl drama couples → ♡ Prapai & Sky from Love in the Rain ♡
Before experiencing it, most people thought that the shift from black-and-white to a world with color was something that happened instantly. But the truth was that it was slow and subtle. Color started to bleed in from the peripheral vision, shades of blue and green at first before transferring to the warmer colors. It could take almost a full minute before all the gray was gone, replaced by a view that had previously been unimaginable. In a dark room, it could take even longer to become clear.
What that meant, practically speaking, was that if the eye contact with one’s soulmate was brief, one would sometimes no longer be holding that eye contact at the moment they noticed the color shift.
What that meant, practically speaking, was that by the time Prapai noticed, he had no idea who he had been looking at when the change had begun. And Sky, lost in the crowd, was already looking at somebody else.
thinking a lot about the glory and idk the way dong eun thought she was invisible to the people around her and thought she was a terrible person but continually saved and inspired people through simple acts of kindness…her realizing that just through living a person can have a ripple effect that can make people’s lives better as well as worse, getting to see all the lives she’s touched at the end, and even though the show as a whole is dark and focuses on the bad side of humanity, there ARE still people who will be on your side. idk the scene of eighteen yr old dong eun rescuing an old woman from committing suicide when she herself was planning to do it, the realization on the lady’s face and making the promise to die in the spring when the weather is nicer, her brushing dong eun’s hair to the side, a kind, tender gesture that we’ve never seen extended to dong eun, and how that lady ends up being the lady she rents an apartment from, and she chases her mother away for her and she hopes she’ll come by to see the flowers and oh my fucking god you guys
remember that time Stiles punched Jackson in the face.
nervesarewracked
No but really, why don’t we talk about this? How he socks him GOOD, not just a light punch, and Scott has to pull him back to KEEP HIM FROM DOING MORE. THIS RIGHT HERE FOLKS, this is our first view of that rage he hides behind the humor. THIS IS WHY I WRITE HIS WOLF AS SO AGGRESSIVE, because take away the sarcasm coping mechanism and you have a truly fucked up kid. A kid who holds it together for his friends and dad. A kid who had to grow up fast. A kid who saw way too much of the worst this world has to offer even before he knew werewolves were a thing.
Stiles Stilinski’s the funnyman but it’s a mask. A well worn mask, but still a mask, and this is why the Nogitsune is so dangerous in him.
AU where Xichen is feeling a little more polite and doesn’t point out Wei Wuxian’s ‘error’ while playing Song of Clarity, and obviously neither does Wangji, and the whole mystery unravels and never gets solved because of Lan musical snobbery
Keanu Reeves as Don John
in Much Ado About Nothing 1993
Dustin: There’s a demigorgon in my cellar.
Steve:
chancellor-reyes
Mike: Let’s go into the tunnels and set the vines on fire to cause a distraction
Steve:
Before experiencing it, most people thought that the shift from black-and-white to a world with color was something that happened instantly. But the truth was that it was slow and subtle. Color started to bleed in from the peripheral vision, shades of blue and green at first before transferring to the warmer colors. It could take almost a full minute before all the gray was gone, replaced by a view that had previously been unimaginable. In a dark room, it could take even longer to become clear.
What that meant, practically speaking, was that if the eye contact with one’s soulmate was brief, one would sometimes no longer be holding that eye contact at the moment they noticed the color shift.
What that meant, practically speaking, was that by the time Prapai noticed, he had no idea who he had been looking at when the change had begun. And Sky, lost in the crowd, was already looking at somebody else.
My Sky… my darling… my honey…
Stranger Things, Finally got around to finishing this
The Kinnporsche Anniversary Event Week 12 - Favourite Underrated Moments
Bonus why are they like this:
Anonymous asked:
Why didn't Su She just grab JGY and teleport out of the temple? Was his cultivation level really low? Did he need a recharge??
it's funny you should send me this ask, anon, since it does form the basic premise of a fic I am working on (kind of).
sms's cultivation level and martial arts skills are quite good! before uncovering his identity as the mystery swordsman responsible for absconding with xue yang's body and, presumably, the stygian tiger tally, wwx is impressed by his techniques and capabilities. during the second siege of the burial mounds, sms is the one who leads his moling su disciples in performing the altered song of vanquishing to seal the spiritual energies of everyone else present at the siege--and, once he is found out, he makes use of a teleportation talisman to escape (abandoning his own disciples in the process after tricking them--not a good look, minshan). he's using these talents towards a terrible purpose in this moment, of course, but this speaks to someone who does have a strong cultivation base; his own guqin isn't named in the text, but it is described as a first class spiritual tool comparable to lan wangji's. just because he isn't lan wangji, lan xichen or nie mingjue doesn't mean he isn't a strong cultivator! he's just not a cultivation prodigy.
(though, as an aside, it takes a different kind of gumption and courage to go from being exiled from your sect and branded a coward, to establishing your own sect in mdzs's jianghu.)
so, bearing in mind that he did just exert a considerable amount of that energy during the second burial mounds siege, I do think he was 'running low,' as it were, and didn't have much left in the tank. that said, I do think it's possible that minshan could have made use of a teleportation talisman for both himself and jgy, just because of how much spiritual power he pours into nanping in his final attack on nmj moments before his death. I am glad that this moment was included in the donghua and very sad it was changed in cql:
(highlighting that short paragraph up top just to indicate the short-sightedness of huaisang's revenge vision quest here. nmj's fierce corpse is a danger to everyone in this confrontation, not just jgy; moments earlier, he'd not only lunged towards both jin ling and jiang cheng, but even towards lan xichen and huaisang himself.)
I love this paragraph; I love that in this moment, minshan's martial prowess and his strong cultivation base get to shine, because he is a character who has gone through the entire novel belittled and mocked and denigrated by everyone around him because of his cowardice, his inconsistent control over his spiritual abilities, and his decades-long grudge against the gusu lan (and lan wangji specifically). all of that remains true, and in this moment, he is incandescent and capable and putting every scrap of remaining power that he has into this attempt to strike down nmj and protect jgy. it's beautifully and vividly written and demonstrates just how unwavering his devotion is to the only person in the text to consistently treat him with respect and dignity.
that said--
the moment of his death unfortunately encapsulates his achilles' heel, both as a character and as a cultivator, imo. minshan's problem isn't that he has a weak spiritual core and weak martial arts: it's that he is impulsive and prone to extremely poor judgment in the heat of the moment (case in point: he curses jin zixun for the unforgivable crime of... wounding his pride. I mean, I too think jzn is a cunt, but like, come on minshan). he pours so much dazzling spiritual power into his sword that it shatters, rendering him defenceless in the face of nmj's attack.
imo this is a pivotal moment in the final confrontation in the guanyin temple where both sms and jgy could have escaped exactly as you suggest, anon. if sms has enough spiritual power remaining to accidentally shatter his sword, he probably has enough spiritual power to activate a teleportation talisman (either while nmj is still staring at the empty coffin or after forcing him back with that initial sword thrust) and escape through it with jgy in tow. but he didn't, because that isn't the judgment call he made in the moment.
