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inoreuct · 3 months

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been thinking about asura zoro lately.

possibly a prince sanji au where sora’s kicked her shitstain of an ex-husband out of the kingdom and his siblings are going through behavioural therapy,,,

at any rate, sanji’s wandering across the grounds one afternoon and he sees someone sitting beneath his favourite apple tree in the middle of the field. he thinks it’s yonji at first, but no— the hair’s too short and the wrong shade of green. less neon than his brother’s electric lime and more like… moss.

the man has one leg propped up with his arm resting on his knee, an apple clutched loosely in his hand. he turns as the grass rustles with sanji’s steps and sanji notes the vertical scar over his left eye that cuts through his brow and down his cheek. “you’re in my spot.”

“hm,” the man says, completely unbothered. he lifts the apple to take a bite and his open robe shifts with the wind, the hilts of the three swords tucked into his sash knocking gently against each other.

sanji narrows his eyes. “move.”

a slow, lazy grin. “no.”

“you—!” the prince is just about ready to boot this guy in the ass. “you do realise who i am, don’t you?”

“no,” the man repeats, shrugging a shoulder and peering down at his apple before taking another bite.

that gives sanji pause. everybody knows who he is. it’s inescapable— queen sora’s kindest son, with the golden hair and a heart to match. ocean eyes and the hands of a chef and legs steadier than any sailor’s. he has a duty to fulfil and an image to uphold, and it’s—

well. it’s just that sometimes, he thinks that he wasn’t made for this life at all— that he was meant to be out there, on the ocean, skipping over the waves with the wind in his hair and the sun on his brow, feeling the grit of sand between his teeth. he has satisfied himself with the comforts of royal life, with the orchards and the kitchens, but something pulls at him still. it tugs his heart towards the coast and whispers for him to shed the courtly graces he wears as tangibly as the cloak over his shoulders.

sanji is quiet as he reaches up, swallowing over the soft click of the clasp before red velvet falls into his hand. he drops it to the grass and lets it pool, puts one palm on the ground before settling against worn, rough bark and letting the pattern press into the skin of his spine.

“it’s peaceful here.” the man’s voice is low, slipping beneath the soft sigh of wind. “quiet.”

“it hadn’t always been,” sanji says, before he can stop himself. he has no reason to be doing this— to be saying anything at all, much less sitting down. he should be yelling for the guards and then taking this guy out himself. he’s a stranger who’d somehow made it onto royal grounds, through the extensive defences they had; one with three swords and scars, sanji reminds himself as he eyes the gnarly line of pearly tissue running diagonally down the man’s chest. he’s, by all definitions, a threat.

and yet, sanji hasn’t felt anything at all. no hostility, no fear— just… stillness, if he had to put a word to it. a sort of calm.

“the king… he was cruel,” he continues softly. “he treated my siblings and i like lab rats to be used. my mother was nothing more than a pretty thing to fill a space beside him. this palace, this kingdom used to be filled with war and pain and noise.” sanji chances a glance up to find the man already looking at him, and he quickly looks away. “sometimes, he’d come back from war stinking of blood and death. even worse was when he’d bring my siblings with him. he forced them to fight, see— didn’t even give them a choice, because of his experiments.”

the words are bitter as he spits them out, and sanji feels his hair bunch when he tilts his head back against the tree and blows out a breath. “i was always the failure.” the grass is damp with dew as he rubs a few blades between his fingers. “the weak one. the useless one. and i was the one who dragged him outside the city gates and told him that if i ever saw him again i’d take his head.”

he’s no longer as angry about it, he thinks. sanji has spent enough of his life being angry. the thought just carries a muted tone now, satisfied and a little victorious but also resigned— sometimes he looks at fathers in the squares and the markets, carrying their children on their shoulders and indulging them in the smallest of things, overpriced candy and tag on the dusty cobblestones, and his eyes burn. he should have had that. he never did, and he never will.

sanji lets his eyebrows flash up, swallowing against the tightness in his chest. “i don’t know why i’m telling you all this, anyway,” he says with a light, forced laugh. “i don’t even know who the hell you are.”

“nobody important,” the man hums. “not yet. but one day i’ll be the greatest swordsman in the world.”

the prince believes it. he feels something now, at least— a presence of sorts, like pressure from all sides, present but not pushing. just there. “i think… i want to get out of here.”

again, he doesn’t know why he says it. he has the urge to slap a hand over his mouth as soon as he does, in fact. because everything’s fine now, everything’s finally going well; judge is gone, his siblings are safe, his mother is safe, and he should be happy. he is happy. he gets to cook all he wants and he’s—

he’s not. he’s not happy. he wants to go, wants to— to grab a boat and disappear, sail to the edge of the horizon and then beyond. it aches in his chest like someone’s squeezing his heart, fingertips digging into tough muscle, and he rubs the heel of his hand through the fine weave of his shirt.

the man bites into his apple again, and the crisp crunch cuts through the still air. sanji lets his eyes slip shut.

“where do you want to go?” the man asks.

sanji laughs, a soundless exhale. “the all blue. it’s an ocean with every kind of fish you could imagine and then some. i want to open a restaurant. a place of my own where nobody will ever go hungry.”

a pause, and then the man turns to look at him. “do you know why i’m here?”

“no.” sanji cracks an eye open, sighing impatiently. “why?”

“the change. all this place has known for years was turmoil and war and chaos. and then suddenly… it all went silent.” he eyes sanji unreadably. “somebody took notice.”

somebody, huh? if sanji’s dealing with a religious nutcase, he might just burst into laughter. or knock this guy out. maybe both. “you believe in god, then?”

“no,” the man says flatly. “and even if one did exist, they didn’t help you then. they won’t help you now.”

the blonds’s eyes narrow as he sits up straight and slowly raises an eyebrow. “if that’s supposed to be a threat, mosshead, i’m not scared of you.”

“mosshead?!” the other splutters, the first sign of real human emotion sanji’s seen on him, and sanji laughs.

“it fits!”

“it’s—”

“blasphemous? disrespectful?” sanji teases, somehow more at ease than he’s felt in ages. he doesn’t know who this man is, and who he is doesn’t matter— he’s free to run his mouth, and he damn well will.

“you should be scared of me, you know,” the man says, voice gritty, and sanji smirks.

“why so?”

and— oh.

that presence from before increases exponentially, until he feels sweat bead beneath his collar. dirt gathers beneath his fingernails as he scrabbles backwards, instinctive, throat bobbing as he counts three, four, six arms, and three heads, and three grey eyes glinting like watered steel. wind whips through the clearing, shaking the branches of the tree— sanji reminds himself to close his mouth as he sits beneath the rustling, as black tendrils of shadow snake through the air, swelling around the man’s silhouette, silky and molten. it’s not just that overwhelming, omnipresent aura; he’s got to be two heads taller than a normal man at least.

sanji’s breath is stuck in his throat. and then he looks down; that half-eaten apple is still there, shiny and red. the man’s swords — nine of them, now — clatter gently by his hips, and his earrings jingle with something that almost sounds like gentle laughter, and his hair is still impossibly green.

“…is this supposed to be intimidating?” he offers, climbing to his feet with a bored cock of his hip. “i mean, it’s impressive and all, mossy, don’t get me wrong, but—”

the man’s form snaps back to normal in an instant, leaving him with an almost comical look of disbelief on his face. “you’re fuckin’ crazy.”

“i’m traumatised,” sanji corrects, cackling. “after my bastard of a sperm donor, i doubt i could be scared of much else. besides, you haven’t done anything but talk to me. that’s a lot more kindness than most people can say they’ve shown.”

he watches the emotions flash across the man’s face like a play-by-play until his strong features finally settle on something not dissimilar to determination. “we’re going.”

“huh?” the sudden subject change throws him. “where?”

“the all blue,” is the impatient answer as the stranger crosses his arms. “didn’t you say you wanted to go?”

“yes, but—” sanji makes a series of exasperated noises as he tries to find his words. “i can’t just— go! i have responsibilities, i need to—”

“you need to be free,” the man grunts, and sanji stops short. “can’t keep a bird caged and expect it to be happy.”

the prince bites his lip, heart pounding. this is crazy. this is insane, it’s how kidnappings happen, he shouldn’t even he considering this. “…if, even if we were to go— how would we get there? how would we even find it?”

“we’ll figure it out?” the man pins him with a look that says duh, like it’s no big deal. “i know a witch who’s a navigator, she owes me a favour. and a guy who works in a shipyard. it’ll work.” he looks like he’s about to start tapping his foot, but then his expression softens. “one day,” he says, eyes skating across sanji’s face. “we go for one day, sunrise to sundown, and if you don’t like it i’ll bring you right back.”

sanji’s chest aches. his breath trembles against his teeth. “why?”

his stranger swallows, gaze tilting down as his fingers drift to the hilt of the white sword by his side, like it’s a comfort. “you aren’t scared of me.” his eye is a flash of silver as he looks up again, bottled starlight and iron. “maybe that’s more kindness than i’m usually shown, too.”

maybe sanji’s losing his mind. maybe he’d lost it a long time ago. because he finds himself nodding slowly and breathing, “okay.”

a sharp, sure nod. “we leave tomorrow. settle your affairs and meet me down by the beach at dawn.”

“alright.”

sanji watches the man turn and amble away, in no apparent, rush, before a thought strikes him. “wait!”

green hair shifts in the sunlight as he twists back around, one scarred palm by his ear. “hah?”

“what’s your name?” sanji yells across the clearing, and the smile that’s sent his way is blinding.

“meet me and i’ll tell you, curls!” the man yells back, and then he’s gone. just— disappears, like he’d been a figment of imagination.

an apple core tips against sanji’s ankle, pale and clean.

(sora takes one look at his face when he asks and lets him go.

“you’d always been restless,” she tells him gently, as she helps him pack his things into a burlap satchel and sets his spice tins carefully into their case. she says he’d been loud even as a baby, wailing right out of the womb with eyes the blue of cornflowers and summer skies and the water, riotous and gentle and vast like his heart.

she sends him off with a kiss to his forehead, hands cupping his face as she smiles against his skin, and this time sanji welcomes the burn in his eyes.

he finds zoro by the beach like something out of a fairytale, skin bronzed in the light of a new day, glowing with the orange dancing off the waves. he has a boat waiting, barely big enough for two, wrist draped over his sword hilts as he yawns and scratches at his head, and sanji grins so hard his face hurts.

his palms on the lip of sealed wood have his heart pounding hard enough to feel it against his ribs, his shoes sinking into the sand as they push the dinghy out to sea and jump on, and he shoves his hand in the water just because he can.

“zoro,” the man says abruptly, two extra shadows framing him in the sunrise like a mirage, and sanji’s lips curl up at the edge. “that’s my name.”

“okay, mossy,” he sing-songs, and bites down a laughing scream when zoro rocks the boat so hard he nearly falls out.

he does tell zoro his name, when he decides that he’ll stay. they’re still on their little boat; it’s sunset now, and the green-haired man is taking up all the space in his other form, stretched out with his hands folded behind his head. “i’m sanji, by the way,” he offers, offhand, and watches zoro crack an eye open to grunt in acknowledgment.

he pretends not to see the soft smile that the other man flips over to hide. zoro hardly ends up using it anyway, the brute.

sanji really doesn’t mind.)

#don’t know WHERE i was going with this #like feeling around a wall in a dark room with paint on my hand #call that ABSTRACT ART 😏👍🏼#one piece #zosan #roronoa zoro #black leg sanji #zoro x sanji #sanji #one piece sanji #one piece zosan #one piece zoro #zoro #ino writes #this is an au where sanji meets zeff out there i guess… as of now the poor babygirl still thinks he’ll never get Fathered™#JUST YOU WAIT SANJI JUST YOU WAIT #mmkay goodnight yall #and happy 初二 to those who celebrate cny muakss

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mhizzberry · 3 months

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I'M OBSESSED WITH THE NEW POKEMON SHORT FILM FOR CHINESE NEW YEAR

#I WISH POKEMON WERE REALLLLLL //SLAMS MY FISTS #THIS WAS SO CUTE AND CHARMING THO......#my fav part was the girl who introduced her bf to her 3 dads (human dad. machoke. incineroar)#there's another scene that i didnt put in this photo set but it fucked me up. a sickly old man who had a togepi 🥺#BUT ALSO. ENTEI AS THE LION AND RAYQUAZA AS THE DRAGON WAS SO SMART #oh yea also ADVANCED HAPPY CNY TO THOSE CELEBRATING!! kung hei fat choy!!#Pokemon #Pokemon Dreaming of Good Times

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bkanvas-fairy · 1 year

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I didn’t have time but i had to do something for CNY and red team related !! theyre probs doing a night BBQ and only allowed caboose in

#bkanvas' art #Red vs Blue #rvb #rvb sarge #Dexter Grif #richard simmons #Franklin Delano Donut #lopez the heavy #Brick Ong #rvb oc #Michael J. Caboose #Red Team #happy cny/lunar new year to those who celebrate #im still suffering from a days long headache so hopefully it leaves soon i have exams...

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devoti · 3 months

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picture of bird and sky, if you even care

#txt's (－‸ლ)#happy cny to those who celebrate!! hope yall have an amazing time ❤️❤️

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cupidseok · 3 months

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hiii, do you think you could write about how riize would confess to their partner? the members are soo different from each other so i really wonder how it’d be for each member!

how riize would confess

AUTHOR'S NOTE happy early valentines to everyone seeing this <3 posting this early as i'll be away for cny,, happy cny to those celebrating too !

🩰 — SHOTARO invites you to his dance practice

shotaro who was over the moon when you told him that you thought he looked the coolest when he was dancing. so he decided to ask you to come watch him practice for his upcoming performance. he has never invited someone over to watch him dance before. dance was something he held so close to his heart.

he wants to impress you so badly :( but because he was nervous, he didn’t do well. you questioned him when you noticed how shotaro looked so tense and stiff. you knew shotaro was an amazing dancer, so you were concerned that he wasn’t feeling well.

“i’m nervous because someone i like is watching me.”

🗒️ — you find a post-it note on your desk from EUNSEOK

ever since you and eunseok have been assigned as seatmates, he has never stopped doodling little doraemons on the corners of your notebooks and worksheets. even when you slapped his hands away and asked him to stop ( because you actually wanted to pay attention ! why was he disturbing you >:( ) he would only softly laugh at you before proceeding to doodle on post-it notes and then passing them to you at the end of class.

one day, his doraemon looked a little different !! it had a little speech bubble that said, “i like you.” your heart almost stopped when you read it, but you knew eunseok liked to play little pranks on you, so you just ignored him.

“why are you not replying to my doraemon ? do you not like me ?”

proof that eunseok is picasso reincarnated :

📓 — SUNGCHAN has made a scrapbook for you

“for you,” sungchan mutters as he shoves a scrapbook in your hands. it definitely wasn’t the prettiest scrapbook you’ve seen; the pages were unevenly cut ( was that a coffee stain ? ), the photos were haphazardly glued and the stickers were plastered without any regard to a colour scheme.

hugging the scrapbook to your chest, you knew he probably spent weeks or even months on this, pouring his heart out on each and every page. jung sungchan was built for sports, not arts and crafts. you could tell by the remnants of glue stuck on his fingertips and specks of glitter under his left eye. but you, you were built for arts and crafts. and it touched you that he was willing to step into your world.

“if the time and effort i spent on the scrapbook isn’t enough to show my love for you, i’ll say it verbally too. i love you.”

💌 — you've received a love letter from WONBIN

heart pounding, cheeks flushed, tightly clutching his love letter, so many thoughts were rushing through wonbin’s head. was the twenty-fifth draft better ? his eyebrows furrowed as he tried to recall what he wrote on each draft. no time to think; you were here already.

you flashed him a soft smile and his cheeks flushed a deeper shade of red ( he felt like he was burning up ). “hey wonbin, why did you ask to meet m-” he swiftly pressed the now slightly crumpled love letter into your palm and quickly retreated before you could even respond. he couldn’t bear to see your reaction.

hi, this is wonbin. i like you, if it wasn’t already obvious enough. and i’m so sorry if this letter shocked you; i just needed to get it off my chest…

☀️ — SEUNGHAN brings you on a picnic

you remind seunghan of the sun. you were bright and burning like the sun at noon; your ambition was something he greatly admired. however, he wished you’d stop burning yourself away. that was his job – to keep you from shining too brightly and giving too much of yourself away. you were also soft and gentle like the sun in the morning, always willing to care for others and always so kind and forgiving to those who do not deserve it.

but when you’re seated next to him on the red and white checkered mat, he concludes that you remind him the most of the sun during the golden hour. beautiful, warm and fleeting. except he wishes to stay by your side forever.

“the sun is setting so fast.”

“it is, isn’t it.”

“i wish the sun would never set. i don’t want our time together to come to an end.”

🐵 — SOHEE gifts you a cute memento

“monchhichi !” sohee looks up from his book at the call of his nickname. ah, you were here to disturb him again. “what are you doing ?” you peeked over his shoulder. his heart almost fell out at the close proximity. did you truly have no idea of the effect you had on him ? or were you doing this on purpose ?

“i have something for you.” sohee stuffs his hand into his backpack, digging around. he pulled a monchhichi keychain and dangled it in front of your face. “monchhichi !” you let out a gasp of surprise. “did you really buy this for me ?”

“i’m going back to my hometown for a couple of weeks. i got it in case you’ll miss me.”

how monchhichi looks like just in case anyone doesn't know :

🎧 — ANTON has sent you a mp3 file

anton <3

hi :) i made this for you. attached – mp3 file.

you sat down in front of your computer, still drying your wet hair. you had seen his message before you showered, but you felt too nervous to open it right away. heart fluttering in anticipation, you clicked on the file he sent.

folder 1 : songs i wrote for you

folder 2 : a playlist of songs that reminded me of you

folder 3 : my message to you

mouse hovering over folder 3 after you’ve listened to folders 1 and 2, you thought that anton was truly an angel sent from heaven. to love someone so deeply, to compose a song for them, to make a playlist for them.

a robotic computer voice read out, “folder 3, my message to you. now playing.”

your surroundings slowly fading as you focused on anton’s voice, “hi. you’ve probably listened to the other two folders already, right ? if you haven’t, you better listen to them first before continuing…”

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accio-victuuri · 3 months

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selfie points, custom red envelope, joint celebration rumors & AU pairings 🧧🎉🎉

happy CNY to all of you! it’s a happy day for the fandom and not even because of candies— but due to fans making so many content as new year gifts. i have personally enjoyed the photos and video edits of AU pairings. you can check this round-up for the links of those posts so you can enjoy all of it 🫶🏼

the best way to start this post is to clown over xz’s CNY selfie. this is usual for zz, posting one during this day and every year, we tend to speculate over it so this is a tradition already. lol. anyway, i wanna explain more on the caption and the exclamation he was using: 龘龘龘龘！

thank you to baidu for explaining and it makes sense now why he used it: 龘 (pronounced as dá, ㄉㄚˊ [7] ) is a Chinese character with the radical dragon, a variant of "龖" , and the meaning of the character refers to the shape of a flying dragon.

dragon fits because it’s the year of the dragon and he also used an emoji for that. his hand was also posed as the claw of a dragon. 🐲

now back to candies related to this selfie...

people are saying that this was taken using his wechat camera and in selfie mode. which, like what we usually cpn, is because he was sending it to someone else. what we got is another leftover selfie. another one is what’s drawn/reflected in his eye? if you’ve been here long enough, you may be familiar with people saying that ZZ will edit his eyes to show something else. there were examples before that were kinda believable but i personally think it’s a stretch. xz is definitely an artist who loves to hide things in his art, which includes his photos so it is probable. i just don’t know how far he will take it. what fans are comparing it to as possible reference are the two: happy camp hand stand or a photo of wyb in SDC 6.

my favorite part tho is the second photo shared. i always feel like if xz is only giving us 2 photos, then it means something. the selfie makes sense— but the other one? i actually expected him to share a photo of food that he is eating. anyway, it’s a winterberry ( one of it’s names ) and is a known means health and longevity, no illness or disaster, suitable for decorating during spring festival it is believed to bring happiness and good luck.

this is seen frequently in relation to ZZ:

One old cpn we have is that WYB gives him this in bouquets for his filming wrap up events knowing that he likes it. maybe not exactly how it looks but what it means. most popular being during OOL. He posted a different bouquet from what was given to him by the crew as per the wrap up bts video 👀 so why? what’s so important? was he trying to make someone happy? that is mostly explained in the last part of this post.

the speculation is he included that because wyb gave it to him. or that he gifted it to WYB, who took a photo of it and sent it back to him so he is sharing as well. wait… where did we get that idea? 🤔

again, another galaxy brain observation… the wall. it’s not the most unique kind of wall and it’s hard to tell in wyb’s video— but this video went on HS today as wyb’s new year greeting. so it kinda makes sense that gg will use that clue. wherever this was taken, probably wyb’s office, that’s where he placed the flowers. mister photographer wyb then took a photo and sent it to zz to show his appreciation for it.

lastly, a tiny clue from yibo-official is the emoji they used for their cny greeting. does it look familiar????

AHHHHHHH! What a coincidence!!!! 👀

to add this “emoji clue” in his photo that includes this hat. this freakin hat that launched a ton of cpn posts. interesting….

NEXT IS YBO’s custom red envelope cover for this year. They also did this last year, which we also clowned over.

black panther is something that in this fandom is widely accepted cpn was made by xz. and it’s still there. the panther looks like he has something that looks like what xz wore and drew before. also those personal connections to wyb like the 85 and skateboard, which i understand is a common yibo element and anyone can just add it. personally, i think xz did the panther on the shoulder only. 🤍

I will lightly discuss the rumor going around cpfs, especially the morning of 2/9 when cpfs have noticed that both zz and wyb have turned off their ip address locator on douyin. this usually means they don’t want people to know where they are. there are rumors that zz’s parents already arrived in Hengdian the night before 2/8 and that wyb + his parents are also going to HD so the whole joint family can spend CNY together ♥️

tho i have to say HD is a populated place, but i feel like most people will have the day off and the two are so careful so they won’t get caught. Treat this as fanfic for now. if this is true, we will clues in the next months. that’s just how turtle cpns go.

-END.

#yizhan #bjyx #there is no science here i’m just clowning like i always do #i miss doing round ups like this #cause it’s been kinda quiet #i’m gonna regret saying that lol

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calqlate · 3 months

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happy cny to those who celebrate (i think it's hilarious how these 2d men gave mc red packets when they're not even married HAHAHAHA)

#💫—qq plays #💫—qq plays lds #not that i mind hehe 🤑#i may not be able to find a sugar daddy irl but hey i hv 3 of them!! in an otome game!! (copium)#love and deep space #love and deepspace #love & deep space #love & deepspace #xavier #rafayel #zayne

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nicnsmth1 · 19 days

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happy eid! I as a muslim and malaysian, I got to draw something special for this celebration and ofc it has smth to do w assassination classroom 💀💀 I've decided to make them speak my language which is the sarawak dialect in borneo malaysia for the funniness of it🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️

translations:

"Ren, cne selipar aku oi?" - Ren, where the hell are my slippers?

"Xtauk ku dho" - I honestly don't know, man

"The chairman mok sedekah woi!" - The chairman wants to donate/give us money guys! (giving money in packets is a thing we do here, like how ppl give money during cny)

"Beraturlah!" - Line up, then!

"Cepat!" - Hurry!

"Bena x??" - Is this true??

"Kmk mok duit!" - I want money!

Duit raya - raya money (aka money packets usually the elderly/ppl who have jobs give to younger visitors to their houses)

Hari raya - Eid day (usually we say only hari raya for eid while hari raya haji for aidil adha)

yayayyayayy that's all, I hope everyone celebrates eid while also keeping our prayers to those needing it most, selamat hari raya maaf zahir dan batin :D

#art #fanart #assassination classroom #ansatsu kyoushitsu #oc stuff #akabane karma #canon x oc #asano gakushuu #shiota nagisa #asano gakuhou #happy eid #sarawak ibu pertiwiku fr

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lunaetis · 1 year

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[ i'll be celebrating CNY with my family for the weekends, so my activity will be scarce. but i'll sneak in some writings whenever i could ! hope you all are having a wonderful day / evening / night on your end ! & happy CNY for those who celebrate it ! ]

#.ooc #[ it's going to be ' praying respect ' today & ' travel day ' on sun !#it's ... a chinese thing i can't explain it well in english lmao #bUT I'LL BE BACK TO WRITE SOME LANTERN RITE THREADS !! ]

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meraki-yao · 3 months

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Personal ramble 4 Feb 2024

So Chinese New Year is coming up next week. For those who don't know CNY is the biggest holiday for Chinese people, and we usually celebrate it for 16 days: from the last day of the previous lunar year to the 15th day of the new lunar year, which for this year is from 9th to 24th, although official holidays lasts for a week only,

And when I say it's the biggest holiday, it's big. There's a bunch of traditions: going to the flower market, getting flowers, getting new clothes, spring cleaning, decorating the house with couplets, visiting friends and relatives, having a big family meal, unmarried people get red packets/money etc etc. It's a happy time. And this year is the first CNY after the pandemic

Unfortunately for me, my family can't do most of the fun things this year.

My grandfather on my dad's side passed last November, and according to tradition, for a full year after an elder in the family passes, we're not really allowed to celebrate CNY. In fact, we're not allowed to decorate the house with couplets for three years. Filial piety is one of the most important values for Chinese people (which is why I have so many parental issues) and my dad is his father's only son, aka sort of the "heir" of the family, so we need to follow tradition.

And I understand and respect this tradition, I get why we have to follow it, but it's still kind of a pity that we can't join the festivities after most of the fun stuff was put on pause in 2020.

yeah just a sort of life update

#personal #techically my dad has a brother but because of money they gave him to another family to raise #so my dad's the only male bearing our family name #and if we follow the patrichary my dad has two daughter #so me and my sister kind of ended up ending the bloodline in the tradition sense?#ehhhhh whatever fuck the patrichary

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pinkglitterymartini · 1 year

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Happy Chinese new year!!

Ik its not chinese new year yet

But i'm probably gonna forget on sunday anyways.

Im half asian so cny was always one of my fave holidays but this is my first year spending it in a foreign country. Idk what im going to do but yeah wanted to wish a happy cny to those who celebrate <3

#cny #chinese new year #Taiwanese food is underrated tho #U can't find much good Taiwanese food in rural Italy :(#year of the rabbit #my grandmother is a rabbit :)

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shining-tili · 1 year

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Double post, because I got mildly obsessed with this bunny!

love him, 100% would wear irl ♡

(designed by Xiaoyu, who I swear gets cuter with every reflection. The latest one? So adorable, must protecc.)

Also, happy CNY to those who celebrate!

#shining nikki #b u n

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hieuthong · 2 months

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ENTRY 3

Gong Xi Fa Cai

Happy Chinese New Year! 🧧

Chinese New Year, one of the biggest events celebrated in Malaysia. On this very occasion many chinese will gather around with their families to eat dinner, drink, bond , gamble and most importantly for us youngsters receiving red packets. I really adore Chinese New Year, I think it’s such a wonderful celebration where all family members and relatives are gathered together as a whole after not seeing each other for some time due to the different locations we’re at. It is such a beautiful culture too, with the lion dances, lanterns, flower markets and so on.

Within my own’s family tradition we would clean up our house a week or so before the actual week of CNY. On “除夕” chinese new year’s eve my parents would wake up early in the morning to pray. They’d usually prepare some fruits, teas and biscuits, and since it’s chinese new year they’d also prepare flowers that will be offered to our god. After making the offerings, my mom would take the flowers and soaked them in a bucket water for us to shower. It is said that showering with flower water helps to cleanse out the bad luck within our body.

*ੈ✩‧₊˚ *ੈ✩‧₊˚ *ੈ✩‧₊˚ *ੈ✩‧₊˚ *ੈ✩‧₊˚ *ੈ✩‧₊˚

CHINESE NEW YEAR EVE, 除夕

Like many other families during the eve we will gather around to have a reunion dinner. My family would go to my dad’s eldest brother’s house for the reunion dinner. We usually stay there till 12 counting down towards “年初一”. While waiting, some of my older relatives will play mahjong while the kids will play with firecrackers outside. Now that i’m older I don’t really play with firecrackers instead I look after my nieces and nephews that are playing.

𖦹⊹ ࣪ ˖✮ 𖦹⊹ ࣪ ˖✮ 𖦹⊹ ࣪ ˖✮ 𖦹⊹ ࣪ ˖✮ 𖦹⊹ ࣪ ˖✮ 𖦹⊹ ࣪ ˖✮

FIRST DAY OF CHINESE NEW YEAR, 初一

The official start of chinese new year, CHOR YAT. On this day itself, my dad would wake us up really early to get ready. Every year we would pick a color theme to match, this year was red. We put on our new clothes and proceed to take pictures for HOURS. After posing for hours, we will once again go to my dad’s eldest brother’s house to gather. Usually on chor yat we are not allowed to eat meat until at least noon, thus they will cook vegetarian meals for us. When all the relatives arrive, that’s where the fun begins (angpao!/j) Each relatives will take turn giving angpao while we wish them. This year we had a newlywed, they made us dance for them in order to get the angpao. Once more, we gather around to take a “全家照” family picture.

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*ੈ✩‧₊˚ *ੈ✩‧₊˚ *ੈ✩‧₊˚ *ੈ✩‧₊˚ *ੈ✩‧₊˚ *ੈ✩‧₊˚

2ND DAY OF CHINESE NEW YEAR, 初二

JAM. I’m so glad I’m not the one driving! It’s always so jam, thank god I’m seated at the back of the car, chilling my way back to Ipoh. Ipoh is not my hometown but my grandfather’s. Every year we’d go back to Ipoh to eat dinner with our relatives. On the way to Ipoh, we would stop by a small town to pray at a temple. By the time we reach Ipoh, it would already be lunchtime. My grandmother and a few other relatives would have already prepared food for those who were arriving later in the afternoon to eat. It usually includes a variety of Hakka Cuisine, two of my favorite dishes are "Kai Choy Fan" and "Haam-Kai". If you ever have any leftovers and don't know what to do with them, make "Kai Choy Fan" however we make them fresh from scratch. This dish is quite versatile I'd say, the choice of meat can be any kind but my family usually either use roasted pork belly or duck. The other pertinent ingredients are "Kai Choy" mustard greens, dried chillies, and dried "Assam Gelugor" tamarind slices. As for "Haam-Kai" its literal translation is salty chicken. If you consider water as one of the ingredients then only 3 ingredients are needed to make this dish. All you have to do is marinate the chicken with salt for a few hours then steam it and voilà it is done. Around 3pm we would check in to our own respective hotel to rest for a bit. However, unfortunately for my dad, when we were younger, me and my sister would always ask to go swim at the hotel pool. Due to this, my dad was not able to take a rest even after the long drive from KL to Ipoh. At 7pm, everyone will gather at a restaurant to eat dinner, when finished we will go back to the "main house". Some of us would gamble, drink, play with firecrackers while others sit around chatting with each other.

*ੈ✩‧₊˚ *ੈ✩‧₊˚ *ੈ✩‧₊˚ *ੈ✩‧₊˚ *ੈ✩‧₊˚ *ੈ✩‧₊˚

3RD DAY OF CHINESE NEW YEAR, 初三

On "Chu San", we will once again jam our way back to KL. For some reason, I always feel like going back to KL took a shorter time compared to when we're going to Ipoh. But in reality, the jam for going back to KL is much much more than going to Ipoh. Nothing much really happens on this day, after unpacking all the stuff when we reach home, my parents would rest a bit before going out for dinner. If they're feeling quirky, we would visit Tian Hou Gong to walk around and pray.

From Chu Si onwards, nothing really goes on anymore. Most of the time we just go to some mall to chill and shop around or we would go to Bentong to pray. Occasionally, we would go to some of our parents' friends' house to "bai nian" and eat dinner. Other than that, we pretty much have nothing to do. That sums up how i celebrate Chinese New Year every year. Although it is not as lively and bustling as other families, I still enjoy it very much and I hope this 'tradition' carries on in future generations.

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