#definitely softer with less bickering- zbj's actor isnt an ass like zbj is and swk's actor is p stoic off set

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This anon was right in that I wasn't planning on doing any more stuff for the JTTW Actors AU but they were also spot on in identifying old married Chinese MLMs as my weakness

#my art #journey to the west #jttw #xiyouji #sun wukong #monkey king #zhu bajie #zhuhou #actor au #Oh my god... Please... As a Chinese mlm #the idea of any gay Chinese actors being this unapologetic is making me cry /pos #LET ALONE THE IDEA OF THEM BEING OPENLY MARRIED #the edited interview meme is from wang yibo on the set of the untamed lmao #also yeah. adaptations that cast skinny actors and put them in a fat suit for bajie? fucking clowns i dont respect #adaptations that just have cuilan's actor for disguised swk instead of swk's actor doing drag? cowards. #'oh but swk is supposed to look exactly like cuilan!' make original cuilan just swk's actor too. make zbj have an extremely specific type. #also for anyone unaware- gay marriage is legal in taiwan #also also bc these are actors and not the actual characters i imagine they have a bit of a different dynamic than swk and zbj #definitely softer with less bickering- zbj's actor isnt an ass like zbj is and swk's actor is p stoic off set #also yes zbj's actor is wearing a yuanlianpao <3 modern hanfu #translations: 撒娇 is really hard to define gfdsjk #its like. being whiny and acting cute and baby-ish and maybe a bit annoying on purpose. #and its understood as a valid and popular form of flirtation #内功 is like the internal strength/energy/power you gain through self-cultivation