#super rotten famous

[tender-rosiey]

pretty babies – gojo satoru x f!reader

a/n: idk about yall but I love me some drunk gojo

satoru never drinks, but when he does, ohoho, you’re in for quite the ride.

today was one of the days when he was less of a chaotic handful but more of an emotional mess who apparently can’t even remember his own wife. you sip on your drink, ignoring the drunk satoru leaning on the bar.

he slurs his words as he tries to flirt, “you’re sooo pretty, y’know that?”

you nod with a hum and give him no further reaction. in situations like these, you figured out that letting him go all out until he is tired and sleepy is the best solution. it really is like treating a baby.

thankfully, after many years of being in the presence of one gojo satoru, you’ve built up some patience.

he rests his head on the counter and he looks up at you, eyes wide and in awe, “I bet,” he hiccups and it is followed by a silly little giggle, “we’d make superrrr cute babies! like all round and chubby and we’d much on their cheeks like…mochi! yes! mochi…now I am hungry.”

a smirk makes an appearance on your face as you glance at satoru who is blabbering about building a family with you and spoiling you rotten.

a little teasing won’t harm anyone. so you quip, “you know,” and his attention is already on you, “you already gave me three super cute babies.”

his mouth is wide open in disbelief as he sits up, “no way!”

“yup! and they’re waiting at home for us.”

his eyes crinkle because of his wide grin, “really?!” he pulls you into a bone-crushing hug, “you got photos?! please tell me that you do!” and he switches to a pout so quickly, it gives you whiplash.

however, you gladly pull out your phone and show him the multitude of photos you have.

ones ranging from him being in a crib to help the youngest one sleep to ones with two of the three kids ganging up on him and him desperately calling for your help. satoru goes through every single photo, head on your shoulder and cheek squished.

he is silent throughout it all and when he is done, he looks up at you, “so that means that you’re my wife?”

you nod and your fingers, naturally, find their place on his head. he feels a little shiver of satisfaction before he smiles, one lovesick and silly smile, “I really hit the jackpot.”

you laugh, pressing a kiss to the top of his head, “I guess you did.”

so you take him back home where the kids are already asleep. satoru crashes on the bed right away, steady breaths filling the room. slowly, you take your place beside him and you feel his arms wrap around you.

he pulls you closer and buries his face in your hair. and you close your eyes, letting yourself be lulled to the land of dreams.

when you do wake up, you’re greeted by satoru literally on top of you and deep in sleep. you would like to let him sleep more especially since he looks so comfortable, but you’re going to suffocate at this rate. so you pat his back lightly, “satoru, honey, wake up.”

he groans and buries his face in the crook of your neck, grumbling something along the lines of ‘five more minutes’.

not budging? then fine, you decide. you take as deep of a breath as you can then call for your kids, “who will help mama?!”

it’s quiet and you can feel satoru smirking against your skin. it looks like he won, but then a bunch of footsteps are heard and it’s your turn to smirk.

your husband lifts his head to glare at you—of course, not without sporting one of his famous pouts.

the door is then slammed open and your eldest son is there, “WHO DARES HURT OUR MAMA?!”

he gasps, very dramatically like a certain someone, and points at his dad, “PAPA?! you’re suffocating mama!”

“again?!” your daughter pops up from behind her brother, staring at her dad in disbelief.

they both stand beside your bed glaring at him and he glares back, the three of them forgetting why you called for your kids in the first place. so you do them a favor and remind them, “satoru…I AM GOING TO DIE LIKE THIS!”

satoru is pulled  back by his shirt and your kids take turns in—trying—to beat him up. you get up, greedily breathing air till you’re satisfied. you ignore the screams of your husband until you’re done with your morning routine.

luckily enough, when you got out of the bathroom, you found no one except your husband.

laying on the ground.

presumably dead.

with a bunch of drawings on his face and his hair contained with multiple hair bands.

you snap a picture of him very quickly then you sit on the ground next to his corpse. you poke his butt and he groans, making you giggle, “what happened to the strongest sorcerer?”

he turns towards you with a small frown, “his pretty wife didn’t kiss him good morning so he had no energy to fight,” his head snaps towards the two tiny figures giggling behind the door, “these monsters.”

they squeal and run away once again before he catches them.

you gently take the hair bands off, “you’re lucky that our youngest devil is still asleep,” you then smooth down his hair and pat his head, “I love the smiley faces on your cheeks.”

he whines and rests his head on your shoulder, “stop bullying me!”

you hum and stroke his hair, “you know, you did something pretty cute yesterday.”

“I am always cute; what’re you talking about?”

“you flirted with me, your wife, and said we would make ‘super cute!’ babies,” you reveal and satoru seems unbothered. in fact, he seems proud and very happy with himself so you continue, “so I had to remind you of our three little devils and then I showed you pictures.”

he stands up, posing all confidently, “what can I say? I excel at everything even being cute—“

“then you cried like a little baby when I showed you my picture post labor and kept apologizing.”

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[mr888sworld]

The sun through natal house’s (1-12) where do you shine?

The sun in astrology can symbolize our Ego, our sense of identity. Where we shine! Our conscious mind 🧠

The sun can also show up as our authoritative figures/ our father/male friends etc

The sun can also show up as our conscious confidence, our vitality, creativity

THE SUN IN THE 1st 🏠👀

Your identity is heavily tied to your looks/physical body! Openly confident/they shine brightly when they are allowing themselves to be who they are! Unapologetically

Extremely outgoing, might have a lot of friends

Your father might be a huge influence on your physical appearance. Or he could be a controlling father

You could have really good skin. Especially if your sun is in a trine/conjunction aspect to Jupiter 🙏🏾

Depending on your aspects to mars/pluto, you could potentially have authority constantly trying to change or control you

Huge potential for modeling ⭐️

You could have a good physique or amazing physical health.

Sun in the 2nd house 🏠💰

Your identity can be attached to your possessions, & How much you own.

You could push yourself constantly, especially if you aren’t working or hustling

Strong desire for stability!

Your father could spoil you rotten or he could potentially manipulate you with resources.

You could tie your identity into your values

Usually rich early in life/has a lot of resources

Could end up potentially gaining wealth through a father figure.

The sun in the 3rd house 🏠 🧠

Your sense of identity is heavily tied into how much you know 🧠/ logical mindset/ You might actually have lots of friendly neighbors

You could have been the teacher’s favorite

Very analytical mind/lots of school friends

You were The favorite classmate

Your father could be a teacher/or he has taught you lessons growing up

You are most likely a researcher

You have the ability to see through bullshit 😂.

SUN IN THE 4th house 🏠🌊

Your sense of identity is heavily tied into your family home/maternal energy

Your father could be well known & highly favored in the family. Or he could be resented & rejected by the family.

You are a natural empath/very intuitive.

Could be into tarot or energy readings.

You could be the star child in the family.

Your mother could be well known/famous or highly respected.

Could live with an overly aggressive dominant male personality.

Listen to your intuition.

SUN IN THE FIFTH HOUSE 🏠⭐️

Your identity is heavily tied into your creativity/confidence & star quality.

Highly creative

The sun is in domicile in the fifth house/ruled by Leo. Strong sense of who you are!

Huge potential for acting 🎭

Father might already be in the industry ⭐️

Children could love you

You are highly seductive.

You are passionate about the art you create

Highly confident

Fiercely loyal

You could potentially become a mother early.

Highly sought after

Sun in the sixth house 🏠🏥

Your identity is heavily influenced by your health/routine

You could be a germaphobe

You are a super organized individual!

Analytical mindset

Your father could be a doctor or into the medical/health field.

You are the star in the work field

Confident in the way you handle your work

Others could be jealous of you at work

You get alot of attention at work

Your pets can be stars as well

Active pets as well

You could be judgmental at times.

You are most likely the best nurse or doctor in your field 🙏🏾

Sun in the seventh house 🏠 💍

Your sense of self is heavily influenced by / your lovers/contracts &. Legal rights

You could gain wealth through a famous partner

Legal actions against you always work out in your favor

Could potentially marry young

Heavily sought after

Balanced personality

Exceptional communication skills

You are super flirty

A happy marriage could bring you a sense of fulfillment

Could gain notoriety through a partner ⭐️

Sun in the eighth house 🏠 🪦

Your identity is heavily influenced by the occult/mystical arts/death & rebirth

You could be into anything deep/esoteric

You could be a famous tarot reader/astrologer

You read energy like no other 😂

You shine when you are chasing after the desire for the mystical truth

You are a truthful individual

Your father could have been spiritual or you could have grown up in a religious family

You have seen ghosts before 👀. No denying it

You are a phoenix

You go through stagnation sometimes to force transition & transformation

Very curious individual

Others could be jealous of how much you know

Very intuitive individual

Sun in the ninth house 🏠 ☯️

Your sense of self is heavily tied into your luck/spirituality/truth & religion

You are heavily passionate about what you believe in

Attracted to different cultures & philosophy

A natural born traveler

You could be a philosopher or maybe your father is.

Your father could be a preacher

You are a lucky individual

Open minded & optimistic

Can be stubborn at times

Your faith will get you far

Can gain notoriety through travel/foreign land

You could be an expert in foreign language

You shine when you are doing or learning something new.

Sun in the tenth house 🏠 🌎

Your sense of identity is heavily tied into your status/fame/reputation.

Your father could be the boss/ or he could help you become successful easier than most. You are the hardest worker

Boss-mentality

You gain attention everywhere you go

The world will see you shine

Everyone likes you

Popular individual

Could gain fame in the workplace

Others are jealous of your business mentality

You could be an entrepreneur

Your reputation could be tied into how you act publicly

Very analytical individual

Well-informed

Well-respected

Most likely to work from home.

Could gain alot ofwealth/power worldwide.

Karma could work in your favor often

Sun in the eleventh house 🏠 🕹️

Your sense of self is heavily influenced by your wishes/friendships/ & humanitarianism

You are the most liked friend

Your manifestations come quicker than most

You are attracted to helping the collective consciousness

You thrive in social groups

You shine brightly on social media

Could potentially be a famous YouTuber

You could own a lot of electronics in the house

Your father could be your best friend/ or he could be a huge part of your upcoming fame on social media or he could be rejected by you

Could have friends from every background

Super analytical

Loner at times

Very rebellious

Sun in the twelfth house 🏠 🧙‍♀️

Your identity is tied into endings/beginnings/karma/old age & the after life

Very intuitive individual

You could have a tumultuous relationship with your father or a very spiritual one

You are heavily spiritual

You could potentially be a shaman

You likely have psychic dreams very often

You are attracted to the occult or after life

You are a daydreamer

You read people easily

Human lie detector

Genuine individual

Easily hurt/taken advantage of

Can be delusional at times

Highly creative/ potential to be a famous painter.

Very powerful empath 🕉️

That’s all folks 🙏🏾 if anything resonates please feel free to dm me for questions or a reading.

My sun in the tenth 🤧. Where is your sun located? Should I do more? Lmk. 🕉️🧿

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[ouchlord-vivaldi]

My Top Ten Fungi In Caelid:

As inspired by this fact post, I've decided to make the second one an actual thing, because there are some cool fungi about. The Mushroom People from Dark Souls aside, here are some of Fromsoft's lowest to highest coolest mycological moments:

10- This rotten bastard right here:

I wanted to make this walking fungal infection famous and it spammed me with poison attacks. Fuck this guy. Last place.

9- Common Caelid Flat Fungus

It's fine. The occasional bumps and squinching sounds it makes are neat. But still the least interesting of the Caelid fungi.

8- Oyster Barkshrooms

These are likely the only thing in Caelid that even looks vaguely edible. Pretty neat.

7- Caelidine Cupclusterfungus

These Pezizaceae looking, almost lichenesque clumps are neat, I like when they grow as burls on the the roots. They also sound squinchy.

6- Malenia's Aeonian Sporeblobs

I only wish we saw these puff out some clouds of spores. I have no idea why my camera picked up blue in the middle, sorry.

5- Outback Rothouse Bloomin' Flat Fungus

These are pretty cool, they grow from the flatshrooms and look like one of my drawings. Almost coral-like.

4- Doomskull of Mycelium

Though some of this ancient massive skull has fine cup fungi, other parts have a more mycelium like texture. Also, skull.

3- Branching Fruiting Stumpfungus

These things are awesome. Super cordycepsy. We call them "Caelid Cacti" back home. I mean we don't but whatever.

2- Decaying Ekzykes

I'm not big on dragons in general but a decaying scarlet-rot breathing one? That's pretty awesome. Also I like saying "Ekzykes." Ekzykes.

1- Tomb Mold

Bloodborne item cameo FTW!!! Time for chalice dungeons. Not really. Please don't let the DLC have chalice dungeons.

#elden ring #caelid #mycology #from software #gaming

[libraincarnate]

astrology notes: 13 🌅

quick note: i'm absolutely not an astrologer. these are just a collection of some observations, thoughts, theories, and personal experiences. above all this is just for fun. lastly, these may or may not apply to you but you might find something to be true about your friends, family, or lover. enjoy!

🌞 the sign/water sign that’s labeled as the most emotional is cancer but pisces are also so emotional that they can compete with cancer for 1st place.

anyway, pisces can be super lovey dovey, the type to look at their partner like everything good & beautiful in this world is found within them. pisces feel emotions deeply and it can weigh so heavily on them that it feels overwhelming to the point they wish it would just stop. it reminds me of how stefan salvatore described what it’s like being a vampire to elena gilbert in tvd, how everything is heightened & they feel both the highs and the lows strongly and for this reason many vampires choose to turn off their humanity/emotions.

🌞 having your sun & north node in the 5th or 12th house can indicate musical talent that you are known for but this doesn’t particularly mean fame on a massive scale. you might play multiple instruments, you might be a self-taught musician, if you’re taught by someone else you’re a fast learner and you can connect the dots or notice patterns that take you further in your musical abilities & musical intelligence. and instead of being a famous musician/singer you may play in a band, an orchestra, or at a church but you’re very well known for your talents locally or on a smaller scale.

🌞 libras are the type to ask you which outfit or lip gloss to wear just to choose something else or ask someone else. sometimes asking for another opinion is enough & other times it only makes them more indecisive.

🌞 the face of a gemini rising is so interesting. they definitely look younger than they really are & probably get mistaken for a much younger age. there are people who have drastic glow ups & some who look the same pretty much throughout their whole life. but with gemini risings, if you compare like 10 different pictures of them from childhood to present day it looks like 10 different people that look related but not the same, it looks like they could be sisters or brothers but it doesn’t look like the same person.

🌞 aries in the 11th house: even after getting to know you, your friends may still find you intimidating. may have a lot of male friends or you did growing up, because of this it’s possible that getting attention from men doesn’t faze you. doesn’t give in to peer pressure, may like to play fight or play sports with your friends, but they could think you’re a bit aggressive at times. the competitive friend, “last one to the car is a rotten egg!”

🌞 uranus in the 8th house: you might have an enthusiastic fascination with 8th house related themes. initially this may come as a surprise to you since a lot of these themes are considered dark or forbidden. if you share this side of you with others, they're also surprised cause it's something hidden & no one would have guessed it. you might listen to heavy metal, practice witchcraft, always talk about astrology, or death because the mystery surrounding it intrigues you. people may also think you’re weird for liking these things or they may try to discourage you from doing them .. but that doesn’t stop you.

🌞 retrograde planets like pluto, mars, or mercury in the 1st house, chart ruler in the 8th or 12th house, or having many planets including your chart ruler in retrograde: you may feel doomed, cursed, or scared to live because you’re so familiar with the difficulties and the challenging side of life. you’ve faced obstacle after obstacle & it feels relentless, or you’ve experienced great suffering & trauma that has taken such a toll on you that you’re paranoid of suffering in the future. you almost expect it and you can have a very pessimistic perspective of life. here’s an extra heart for you guys, ♥. life can feel extra hard so remember to be extra nice to yourselves!

🌞sags: integrity is something they take seriously. if you’re going to say something you better mean it and if you’re going to do something then just do it. they expect people to stay true to their words and follow through with their actions but they also strive to do the same. they put great importance on morals, it’s almost like a compass for these nomadic natives. despite how wild and carefree sags can be, they still care about their reputation. but this means being themselves, living their lives according to their rules & not caring what people think as long as they know people are seeing the true & authentic version of them.

🌞 3rd house synastry: there’s a lot of bonding and making memories together. taking road trips together may be something the two of you enjoy. this reminds me of the movie twilight when bella’s mom gifted her a quilt made of t-shirts they got and saved as souvenirs from the road trips they took. the two of you are probably always talking to each other, having late night conversations, falling asleep on the phone, really getting to know each other well both inside & out, understanding how their mind works, finishing each other’s sentences. it’s possible the two of you went to school together when you were younger. or you show them an old picture of yourself & they notice the area in the background, come to find out the two of you grew up in the same neighborhood or city even though you’ve never met before or you don’t remember meeting them.

🌞 lilith in the 11th house: these natives may dislike technology or the internet/social media for what it is/has become or the way that people use it. they may take periodic breaks from social media & may be against cancel culture. could hate the structure of society or the way the world works & may wish they could live on another planet/in another world.

🌞 venus represents beauty, pluto represents transformation, saturn represents delay & reward, and jupiter represents blessings & expansion. for these reasons i think venus making an aspect to these planets can indicate a glow up.

venus-pluto: the type to come out of the dark looking different but better than ever

venus-saturn: the one who looks better and better as they get older & aging like fine wine

venus-jupiter: this can indicate someone who was born beautiful/handsome but then they reach another point in their life where they become prettier or even more attractive.

🌞 harsh mars-moon aspects: can indicate someone irritable, someone who wrestles with their emotions, their feelings can feel burdensome, what they’re feeling can get in the way of them taking action because their emotions may feel like a disturbance or distraction. when they’re upset they may want to break things, they may be prone to expressing & releasing their emotions in a physical way.

🌞 libra, taurus, cancer, or pisces venus in the 2nd/4th house: they’re the type to look good in public and in the privacy of their home, even if they live alone. they might like wearing lounge wear & pajamas but they still look good. could have their hair done, jewelry on, etc. & it doesn’t have to be in a super elaborate way, but it can be. may like buying beautiful and good quality pajamas. the type to wear perfume/cologne to bed or scented lotion. a cute sleep mask & glamorous ear plugs like audrey hepburn in breakfast at tiffany’s.

🌞 having prominent virgo/18° placements: you may frequently find yourself in a place of servicing or helping others, even if you don’t want to. it just seems to be a theme in your life.

in the 4th house you may help out at home a lot or your mom depends on you/relies on you for assistance.

in the 6th house you may do volunteer work or you tend to stay late & help at your job.

in the 9th house perhaps you help out at church by organizing events, keeping the sanctuary clean, dedicating your time to religious service.

🌞 4th house ruler in the 8th house: paranoid at home, may feel like your family is always watching you, may feel like they go through your stuff, a lack of privacy at home, power struggles with your mom.

🌞 3rd house ruler in the 8th house: day dreaming about sex, a seductive way of communicating, perhaps not much of a presence on social media, intrusive thoughts about your past, researching the occult.

🌞 7th house ruler in the 2nd house: benefiting monetarily from your relationships, sugar baby, making great profit from business relations, a luxurious wedding, spending money on others, giving gifts as a way to show your love and appreciation, financial losses from lawsuits, possibly getting sued by someone you trusted or someone you were close to.

🌞 10th house ruler in the 7th house: using your connections to reach your goals, your relationships having an influence on your reputation, enemies sabotaging your opportunities, a pleasant relationship with your dad, committed to your work, elevating your partner’s life, potentially a spouse or relationships that comes with fame, building a career may be a bigger priority than being in a relationship.

🌞 leo moon: not the type who’s afraid to tell people how they feel, may be known as emotional, it may be easy for them to validate their feelings & see how they’ve been hurt by others but it may be hard for them to realize how they’ve hurt someone else, expressing their feelings through creative outlets such as art or music, very-family oriented, could feel an emotional attachment to their hair, the friend to turn to when in despair.

🌞 if you check your birth chart and the birth charts of your family members, you might notice some kind of pattern that reveals shared/similar experiences or recurring themes within your family.

for example, my friend, his brother, and his dad all had experiences of nearly drowning. he & his dad have a 12th house stellium with 8th house placements, his brother has an 8th house stellium with 12th house placements, and they all have neptune in their stellium. (the 8th & 12th house are ruled by water signs, and neptune is associated with water or the ocean/sea)

if there’s a pattern of issues with the women in your family, estranged mother-daughter relationships, a lack of closeness between family members, or family dysfunction you may notice a pattern of lilith or chiron in the 4th house/cancer, moon in the 8th/12th house, or an empty 4th house.

perhaps your family is really into sports, your parents & grandparents played sports professionally, or perhaps you & your siblings played sports in school. maybe you watch the super bowl every year together as tradition, frequently go to sporting events, or there’s just a pattern of sports fanatics throughout your family. if so, there could be a pattern of a 5th house stellium, mars dominant, 9th house ruler in the 5th house, aries in the 10th house, or mars-saturn aspects.

if there’s a pattern of late marriages, a lack of romantic relationships, or troublesome marriages you may notice a pattern of saturn in the 7th house, harsh venus-saturn aspects, venus in retrograde in the 7th house, harsh venus-jupiter aspects.

🌞 speaking of family, birth charts, & patterns, i just analyzed mine and my family’s charts based on appearance and i want to scream. i looked at our natal charts, along with our venus & ascendant persona charts. in those charts i focused on the ascendant & venus, including the sign they’re placed in & the degrees. & i also looked at dominant signs as well, but only in the natal chart because i was really going down a rabbit hole and had to stop myself.

i took all those things into consideration because as i said in another post, i believe there are so many factors to consider regarding appearance in astrology other than the rising sign of your birth chart.

the 4 main signs that realllly showed up and kept repeating were sag, virgo, libra, leo, and scorpio.

for example, my mom doesn’t have any prominent sag placements while my dad has a sag rising in his ascendant persona chart & sag is one of his dominant signs in his natal chart. my mom is a little above the average women’s height in my country but my siblings & i are tall like my dad.

my mom has dimples but doesn’t have any prominent libra placements or freckles. i’ve mentioned before how i’m libra/venus dominant with tons of dimples/freckles/birth marks, etc. but my dad also has a libra rising in his birth chart and he’s decorated with freckles, beauty marks, etc. just like me, minus the dimples.

leo is one of my mom’s dominant signs in her natal chart and my dad has a leo rising in his venus persona chart. i have a rising sign at 29° (leo degree) & one of the things that stand out about my appearance is my hair and people always comment on my hair as well.

these are just a few examples of the patterns i’ve noticed. but you guys, when i say it goes on & on? i mean it. i literally had to create a chart to keep track of how many times each sign showed up because it just kept on repeating and i eventually called it quits. i literally looked like the pepe silvia meme of charlie from it's always sunny in philadelphia.

i just want to end this by saying obviously doctors or scientists don’t look at a person’s appearance or genetics and say “omg your dad is a leo rising so you probably got your big hair from him.” so i’m not saying any of this is fact or evidence, but when i look at our charts and compare our appearances it’s so cool to see a relevant pattern in astrology. perhaps some of you may notice some interesting things about you & your family too.

if you read this until the end i hope you enjoyed it & thank you so much for reading. ♥︎︎♥︎︎♥︎︎, those hearts are for you.

#astrology #astrology notes #astro notes #astro observations #astrology observations #libraincarnate

[writerslittlelibrary]

Hello! I hope you are fine :)

This thought just popped into my head. So we are blackhill’s daughter (and maybe wanda’s girlfriend) and we are deaf. So all the avengers are super supportive obviously. In one party we are having a good time with everyone until we go for a drink. While ordering a guy approaches (maybe shield agent or something) and wants to hit on us but we can’t hear him so we don’t pay attention. He notices our hearing aids and thinking that they are earplugs or earphones he takes them off and starts harassing us.

One of the avengers (or Wanda, Nat or Maria) notices and they come to our aid.

No rush or anything, take your time :DD 💚

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summary: when a guy approaches you at a Stark party, you are unable to hear him. what happens when he gets offended because he thinks he is being ignored?

pairing: Blackhill x deaf daughter reader

warnings: harassment, curse words, idiot guy, his nose gets broken so all is well in the end

genre: angst, fluff

words: 1589

a/n: I loved this request so much!! It is such an original and creative idea 🥰 (sorry it's a little short)

You do not have my permission to repost, copy or translate my work

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You inability to hear had never been a problem. Your moms were blessed with you when you were two years old. You have been deaf since birth. Apparently it was too difficult for your biological parents to raise a deaf child, so they give you up for adoption. That, however, had never been easy.

There weren’t a lot of people that were ready for the responsibility of caring for a deaf child. However, after two years of foster care, Natasha and Maria finally came along. 

It had been their dream for many years to adopt a little baby girl to add to their family. 

You grew up in an incredibly loving home. Natasha already knew some sign language because of Clint, but after adopting you her and Maria, and all the other Avengers, started learning sign language. Everyone was eager to be able to communicate with you.

Everyone on the team simply adored you, and everyone spoiled you rotten. 

Tony had insisted on sending you to some prestigious, expensive private school to ensure you would be able to learn to the best of your abilities. He claimed that your lack of hearing should never get in the way of living up to your potential. 

And so, the class you went too was small, and the teachers all signed while they spoke. Only when you turned 9 did you realise you were different when you noticed some people stared when you signed instead of spoke. 

In the end, you couldn’t have a more loving and supportive family.

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Tonight was one of Tony’s famous parties, and after a long talk with your parents, and lots of convincing and helping out around the apartment, you were finally allowed to go.

Natasha and Maria were hesitant with letting you go to these kind of parties. They knew there probably wasn’t a safer place to be, but they always preferred one of them stay home with you as the other made an appearance. It wasn’t personal, they just didn’t like to leave you alone. 

However, you were now 17. You were older and stronger, and even if anything were to happen Maria and Natasha trusted that your girlfriend, Wanda, would 100 percent be able to protect you. 

And so you got dressed. You had picked out your favourite dress and Wanda had helped you put on some light make-up.

Together with your moms and Wanda you had gone to the Stark party, quickly finding the other Avengers and catching up with them. It had been a few days since you had been in the tower. Sure, that might not sound like a lot, but you were used to seeing the other Avengers almost every day, so missing a few days made a bigger impact than others might think. 

After an hour or two, you had gotten quite thirsty. 

‘I’m getting a drink,’ you signed towards your moms and you got up. Natasha smiled and spoke as she signed. “Can you get me my favourite?” she asked, and you smiled as you nodded, turning around to head to the bar. 

When you arrived at the bar you smiled as you saw your favourite bartender. Tony was a man who preferred to have a selected group of trusted staff, and so, at every party, event or gathering the same bartenders, security and servers could be found. 

John smiled at you as he spoke and signed, asking you what you would like to drink.

That was an other thing Tony paid a lot of attention to. People were lined up for miles to join his staff, yet Tony had quite a list of requirements they all had to meet. One of those were that they had to know sign language. He wanted every Avenger to be able to communicate with his staff, even the small Avenger. 

You gave John your order as you went to sit down on a barstool, sighing as you leaned your elbows on the bar, resting your head in your hands.

Because of your position you were unable to see a guy approaching you from your left. 

“Hello there beautiful. What’s a pretty little girl like you doing alone at a party like this?” he asked. You, of course, ignored him, unable to hear what he was saying. You didn’t even realise there was someone standing next to you.

“Hey! I’m talking to you!” he spoke as he raised his voice. Again, you didn’t reply. 

The man took a step closer, taking a good look at your face before he noticed the hearing aids that were stuck in your ears. You didn’t use them often. Tony had made them for you when you were 14 because you wanted to know what it was like to hear, but to be honest, you didn’t like all the noise from the world in the slightest. 

You were wearing your hearing aids tonight but you hadn’t even thought about turning them on. People always communicated with you through sign anyway. 

John was busy making you and your moms’ drink while the guy was contemplating what to do.

After a second his frustration got the best of him and he reached towards you, ripping the hearing aid from your ear and throwing it on the ground, crushing it with his boot.

You, startled from the sudden movement and force you felt on your left ear, stumbled from the barstool, standing up to face the man. 

“What the hell are you for spoiled brat! You think it’s okay to come to a party like this with earplugs?! Hey! I’m talking to you!” 

You knew he was yelling. You could notice it from the vibrations the guy’s voice left as he stood across from you. The people around you starting to look was also a dead give away. 

Your eyes filled with fear as the raging man took a step closer to you, reaching his hands out to try and grab you. 

You took a step backwards quickly, ready to turn around and run to find your moms.

However, you didn’t have to do anything of the sorts as you spotted a metal hand grabbing the guy’s shoulder, spinning him around. The man was so taken off guard that he didn’t notice what was going on until a flesh hand collided with his left cheek. 

The force of the punch was so big it made the man lose his balance. He stumbled into the bar as he grabbed his face, mumbling something before he slumped down to the floor. 

“She’s deaf, asshole!” Bucky yelled at him before moving towards you, gently cupping your face in his large hands and directing your gaze towards him, away from the guy on the floor. 

“Are you okay?” he asked as he signed. 

It took you a moment before responding, softly nodding as Bucky laid his hand on your back, turning you around and leading you towards the couches. 

Natasha had a concerned look on her face when she noticed you and Bucky coming back to join them. You had a disorientated and confused look, and besides, once of your hearing aids was missing. 

“Are you okay, Malysh?” she hurriedly asked as she signed, walking towards you quickly and running her hand over your hair. 

“There was some asshole at the bar. I took care of it,” Bucky explained. He leaned towards you to plant a kiss on the top of your head before he took off, leaving you and Natasha alone, figuring you wouldn’t want to be with anyone but your moms right now.

Natasha pulled you into a hug, softly stroking your back as realisation finally dawned upon you. 

It didn’t take more than a few seconds before the tears started coming. You sobbed into Natasha’s shoulder, crying out all the confusion and shock from the prior situation. 

After a minute or two Natasha pulled away, cupping your face in her hands and wiping your tears with her thumbs.

‘What happened?’ Natasha signed.

‘I don’t know what I did wrong! I didn’t notice him there, I swear. And all of a sudden he ripped my hearing aid off and threw it on the ground. Then he just started yelling!’ You signed quickly, you signing a bit messy with the way you were breathing so heavily. 

‘It’s okay. You did nothing wrong, I promise,’ Natasha signed back, reassuring you. 

You hesitantly nodded, your tears finally stopping as you made your was back towards the other Avengers. 

Natasha got Maria’s attention, signing as she spoke, “let’s go home.” 

Maria immediately agreed after seeing your disorientated face, putting her drink down and excusing herself. Wanda noticed you as well, yet she figured she should just stay put. She figured you wouldn’t want to be with anyone but your moms right now.

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After arriving home you had immediately taken off your remaining hearing aid, putting it on its charger and letting yourself drop on the couch. 

You moms, however, had other plans. Natasha went to pick you up, carrying you to their bedroom like you were a small child, settling you on their big bed as Natasha crawled under the covers beside you.

Maria soon joined. She carried all your favourite snacks and drinks, setting it all on her nightstand and joining you two in the bed, settling herself on the other side of you. 

Natasha turned on your favourite show. It didn’t take long before your eyes started to fall close, your head falling onto Natasha’s shoulder as you fell into a deep, peaceful sleep.

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[floatingcatacombs]

Go Nagai was insane for this one

12 Days of Aniblogging 2023, Day 8

I like to always have manga of dubious quality on tap for when I’m having trouble sleeping. Ideally, reading a few chapters will distract me, but I won’t want to stay up late shotgunning volumes. Devilman Lady was the ideal manga for this, and this is maybe the last time anyone will ever describe Devilman Lady as "ideal".

An extremely brief introduction is in order. If Osamu Tezuka is the godfather of manga, then Go Nagai is manga’s weird horny uncle. He’s arguably just as influential, the two of them just moved in different circles, each reifying entire genres. Nagai is more or less responsible for magical girls, super robot, and ecchi, and also spent a lot of time in the sphere of supernatural and post-apocalyptic manga. These are fundamentally genres of extremity and ridiculousness, and Nagai dials every one of his works up to 11 by the end, one way or another. Devilman is probably his most famous work over here, and it’s a stone-cold classic for a reason. Nagai has kept revisiting it over the years, with side stories, alternate universes, manga cameos, and even entirely new series that function as stealth sequels such as Violence Jack. But his most notable attempt is Devilman Lady, which is far more than a simple gender-swap of the original.

Devilman Lady is about swimming deep in filth. It’s easily the most disgust-provoking manga I’ve read, with pretty much every content warning under the sun applicable. This is a truly rotten and conspiratorial world that Nagai is depicting. Societal decay manifests in countless forms, including rape, child abuse, homophobia, militarism, and hatred towards immigrants. Anything that could be potentially understood as fanservice is placed right next to or directly within the atrocities at hand, and it's genuinely unclear how much Nagai intended that as commentary. His intentions throughout this whole manga are a bit of an enigma, but what's clear that he is firing on all cylinders.

This is an extremely zeitgeisty 90’s work, with intelligent design debates, the mapping of the human genome, new age paranoia, religious zealotry, and anxiety over pollution all playing out on the pages. Where it breaks from many of its contemporaries is a decisive rejection of the end of history. This is the kind of thing you write when you’re still reeling from the subway sarin gas attacks and your country's role in the Gulf War and subsequent militarization. It’s the perfect manga for capturing a time period when ten to twenty percent of Japan’s population were estimated to have belonged to a new religious movement.

The punchline to all of this is that he doesn’t know how to draw women.

By the back half of Devilman Lady, Nagai’s depictions of hellscapes and grotesque monsters reach near-Berserk levels of detail and technical competency. And yet his female protagonists are still drawn in a drastically simpler 70's style, only now with giant spheres grafted to their chests. Either humans and the infernal are two completely different skillsets, or this was a deliberate artistic decision, and both are difficult to swallow. Either way, we just have to accept the juxtapositions.

one of my favorite pages to show people devoid of context

The finale is just nuts. Go Nagai makes textual the homoeroticism and gender deviance of the original Devilman manga, as the world burns in both nuclear warfare and demonic hellfire. The story starts accelerating at an unfathomable pace, the most inscrutable double mobius reacharound yaoiyuri occurs, and the universe resets once or twice. It makes the endings of Jojo Part 6 and 7 look tame by comparison. There is no way to parse this like a normal manga with a plot and narrative. It is raw id.

This has been a year where I’ve tried to deliberately broaden my comfort zone by engaging with more potentially upsetting works if I think they'll have something interesting to say. This was like jumping into the deep end. Devilman Lady may very well be Go Nagai’s magnum opus. It’s not nearly as tight as the original manga, but it’s a glorious mess, just as radical to its own time as Devilman must have been in the 70s. It made for spectacular insomnia reading. And there’s no way in hell I can ever recommend it.

At age 19, Nagai went through a bout of diarrhea so bad that he convinced himself it was colon cancer, and that he was at death's door. He vowed to leave something behind for the world to remember him by, and began laboring away on manga. And for the last 60 years of his career, he’s written and drawn with the fervor of a man who’s about to shit himself to death. Maybe that’s the real secret.

#12 days of anime #devilman #devilman lady

[dreamerwitches]

So! After enjoying redoing the holy sextet doppels, I thought I’d give a shot at the original series witches! They were all super fun but not without difficulty. Okay let’s gooo!

I did two sets for each witch after finishing the first goes and not being satisfied. They felt like they weren’t witch enough and was too much of the magi. I took a round two but Im still torn on some of them.

I like both of Gertrud’s but I feel like the second would be better as a doppel. I think maybe a third go could make a best of both worlds outcome. I really like the lil Anthony heads holding up the skirt. I opted to have lil cotton ball Anthony heads on the second but I think these heads could be added. I was adamant on Gertrud’s head cause that’s really her most famous part.

Definitely happiest with the first Suleika try. I only really did the second just so I had two for each. I just think making the doppel a big spider is a total ‘duh! Of course!’. She’s simple, but that suits the witch. The second kinda borrowed from my rotten witch Suleika and the spikes are meant to be the jungle gym from her labyrinth.

Im torn on the two Ellys. I like both aaaaa. It features Elly’s main image - the tv - the orange goop and her wings are now more angelic. A) they look cooler and b) it fits in with daniyyel and jennifer being angels. Go one has her teapot as a gatling gun which she uses in the video games like portable. I thought that would be a nice deep cut. The second go was kinda because I was sad about not using her doll form. She’s kinda the star instead of the magi and I think that works well.

Once again torn on Albertine aaa. I was almost completely happy with the first but like others, I didn't feel like it was enough of the witch. I think the Jack in the box idea suited her and the eyes are a reference to the ones in her labyrinth. I think the second try is super fun as Albertine is shown to be huge in both of her appearances buuut the only problem is that it's just her. The magi is in her pocket and it still includes the Anja but theres no change from her usual appearance so it can feel a little lazy. Im torn, perhaps I'll try adding the first go's aspects to the second.

#madoka magica #puella magi madoka magica #pmmm #witch #madoka magica witch #my art #gertrud #anthony #suleika #elly #hn elly #h.n. elly #kirsten #albertine #madoka magica familiar #familiar #anja #doppel #magia record

[tulipanthousa]

Jan and Remus deserve to fucking spoil each other to their "rotten" (read sappy) hearts desires ❤️

Love this story so much. Also did the paps get a picture? Did anyone find them?

okay hear me out aksjhakjdh ive had this idea for a while that because of Janus's preference for a vulva during public sex at least one person has caught an eyeful r posted a pic and someone walked away thinking that Janus is trans. i dont know if it was this time in particular but i imagine a fan cornering him and rambling nervously about how cool it is to see such a famous trans super and janus is so cool and should be considered a hero etc etc

and then janus is like "oh you lovely thing, thank you. im not trans tho" [pats their head and walks away]

#ask #Anonymous #ping ask

[lostcauses-noregrets]

I just joined the fandom and am very excited for the Eruri fanfic. Until I read a fanfic with the tag Eruri quite famous, but downplaying Erwin just to promote their favorite character, turning Erwin into a cold-blooded person who only thinks about the immediate plan and doesn't care others, even nearly 20 chapters and hundreds of thousands of words, between Erwin and Levi there is only coldness and hatred. I appreciate the author's creativity, but creative to change the nature of Erwin in a fanfic about Eruri? As Eren said: "I don't want that".

Hello Anon, welcome to the fandom! I can understand your frustration, because I don't want that either! My preference is for fics that stick very closely to canon characterisation, even when the characters are transposed to alternative universes. Sometimes I feel out of step with the fandom, when tropes I'm not fond of become fandom staples. Having said that, Erwin and Levi are both such compelling characters that I can understand why authors have the urge to push them to their limits, or even change their characterisation altogether. It's not for me, but I know a lot of people enjoy reading and writing this kind of stuff. Every fanfic is a transformative work, there's no right or wrong way to do it.

If you're interested, I answered a couple of asks recently about the popularity of Marleyan Erwin and fandom tastes that covers this issue in more detail.

The good news is that we have been blessed by so many amazing writers over the years, that there's gorgeous fic to suit almost every taste. I've got loads of rec lists of canonverse fics on my Eruri Fic Recs page that you might enjoy exploring. A few fics I've read recently where I've really enjoyed the characterisation are

The Blue by bowowline

When in doubt, use violence by no_tengo_porque 

The Flap of a Butterfly’s Wings by DrButtons / @drbuttonsss

The Captain and the Courtesan by Dragona /

The Rotten Streak in Me by welcometoyourworld

Almost Heaven by levislattes / @levislattes

I hope your experience won't discourage you from interacting with the fandom, as well as being super talented, in my experience, Eruri fans are the sweetest people on the planet ♡

#Asks #eruri #fic rec #snk

[alexglitches]

I'm not part of the LGBTQIA+ community, but an idea just came to mind when I remembered a comment mentioning the biker twins' parent as a super famous fashionist and fashion reference in the pokemon world who loves canine pokemon… For some reason I see this Yuusona being part of the LGBTQIA+ community always slaying with their works precisely because it is a reference of respect and inclusion which makes them loved precisely for that reason. Not to mention their designs, such as some pieces based on Pokémon, some on Legendaries such as Suicune, Entei and Raiko (which, interestingly, the divine dog trio are Yuusona's Pokémon and are spoiled rotten like all of Yuu's other Pokémon) that drove crowds crazy.

no matter what this yuu will always slay

I can kinda see them as, like, the Gordon Ramsay of the fashion world, the biggest designer in the Pokemon world

always slaying 😌💅✨

THEY’RE THE ONE WHO MAKES CLOTHES FOR ALL THE AESTHETIC FAMILYYYYYYYYYY

#twisted wonderland #twst #twst wonderland #aesthetic designer yuu #designer trainer yuu #pokemon #twst x pokemon #pokemon x twisted wonderland #pokemon x twst

[v-anrouge]

Which of the twst cast are “Dog Dads TM”

Cater DEFINITELY has his dog spoiled, and also his dog has their own magicam account. His dog gets only the best of the best, gourmet meals, silk or velvet beds and blankets, ect. Trey is his dog’s personal chef, and poor Riddle is having to fight over tarts from a dog!

Leona’s dog is his princess (he’s a girls dad, fight me) his dog is a lot like the Finnish presidents dog,comes over during meetings or interviews and is like “pet me!” (Look up videos! It’s so cute!) his dog is spoiled rotten! Anyone who speaks badly of his baby gets a stern talking too, and usually gets a demotion. (Ruggie teases Leona about being whipped)

Azul loves his dog more like a baby than a dog, so they’re also spoiled rotten. Any whimper, and they get whatever they’re little puppy heart desires! Usually it’s cuddles or food. His dog definitely gets a bit chubby cause who can say no to those puppy dog eyes! (Jade can, Azul’s dog HATES Jade)

Is anyone surprised about Kalim? No. His dog has gold EVERYTHING, his dog is the worst behaved of the bunch, cause Kalim can’t train a dog to save his life. Any training is done by Jamil, who is the strict parent to Kalim’s fun parent.

Vil is a lowkey dog dad, he is strict, keeps his dog on their schedule, but his dog gets the best of the best as well. Has their own doggy dietician, doggy spa days, doggy gym membership, they’re famous for a reason! Vil said he wouldn’t spoil his dog when he first adopted them, but a week later and he’s wrapped around their little paw.

Sebek and Malleus are both dog dads in they give everything they can to their dogs. Both are strict like Vil but still give the best of the best. Sebek is more of a push over than he likes to think though! Sebek trains hard, but loves harder! His dog, no matter if they’re a lap dog or giant, ends up on his lap while Sebek does any paperwork. Malleus’s dog would be a laid back cuddle monster, demanding to be carried by the king of Briar Valley or throws a puppy fit. Only their master’s lap is good enough for them!

Ashton Vargas is another dog dad, where he Carrie’s his pooch on his back when they get tired. I think Vargas would have an older dog that he basically uses as a weight during workouts. The dog clambers onto his back for push-ups, gets a piggy back ride during runs, lays across his lap during sit ups. A lazy but special pup who has been with him for years and he is NOT prepared for them to pass. (Probably offers extra credit to anyone who can make a potion to lengthen his dog’s life, Crewel secretly helps with the potion)

THIS IS SO CANON GOD cater being a dad dog is so real they probably saved cater's life more times than they realize

leona would SUPER have a dog and cal her princess AZULS DOG HATING JAD EIS SO FUNNY TO ME PLEASS i can imagine jade getting them their favorites treat and smirking as they can't refuse the treat but growl at him as they take it they are the worst enemies poor jamil ended up being the second owner :( VIL DAD DOG AGENDA IS ALIVE AND STRONG SO SO STRONG

SBEK AND MALLEUS OLEASE I keep imagining malleus is a small little shaky dog that thinks they own the world (they do) and like were probably found in the streets and unlike the other animals when malleus approached they didn't cower they growled and barked at him and malleus was SO amazed

#✎ ⇣‧₊˚ 【asks #ৎ୭ ⇣‧₊˚ 【stinks #♡ᭂ ⇣‧₊˚ 【 reblogger

[gaytotaldrama]

[Prompt] In which the other contestants sometimes forget Leshawna and Tyler spent a lot of time together across several months of different reality shows.

leshawna and tyler are some of my faves so this was super fun to write :) thanks for requesting!

also on my ao3

1. 

Celebrity Manhunt is a gossip-hounding show for gossip-hounding idiots. Everyone knows that, and everyone thinks it, but apparently, Blaineley and Josh didn't get the memo.

If they wanted to hear about the newly-reunited Drama Brothers, Harold would be just fine. But all they want to ask about is how the cast feels now that they've been locked out of the Gemmy awards, and what is it like to not be famous anymore?

Harold's still famous. He's definitely still famous, have you seen the groupies the Drama Brothers attract?

And his fair Leshawna is currently talking to Tyler, not him. It's not that Tyler's a bad guy, per se. But he for sure doesn't have the wicked smarts and skills that Harold does, so why Leshawna would pay attention to him over Harold is anyone's guess. The pair are slumped against the outside wall of the building, engrossed in conversation. They both look a tad glum about the prospect of not being celebrities any longer. Leshawna's makeup is smudged, which she would never let happen normally.

So Harold saunters over, intent on comforting his babe and making it clear to Tyler that she's not available, dude, back off before I karate chop you!

Leshawna's face does seem to brighten when she spots Harold coming toward them, which helps to put a further spring in his step. "Harold, baby!" she says, patting the spot on the concrete next to her. "Come on and sit down with us."

Harold sits. Tyler shoots him a grin that he does not return.

"What are you guys talking about?"

Leshawna sighs. "Oh, just tossin' ideas around on what to do now that Chris has dropped us like a bad ex-boyfriend. Tyler says there's a new season of Rotten Egg Regatta that we could try out for."

"I love that show!" Harold exclaims. "If you really want a stalwart and loyal teammate to help man the egg cannons, then I'm your guy."

"Aw, thanks, sugar-baby." Leshawna smiles. "But Tyler and I have kind of cracked the code on working together when it comes to reality TV."

"Yeah!" Tyler holds his arms in an (in Harold's expert opinion, weak) imitation of Usain Bolt's victory pose. "Leshawna and I totally got this in the bag!"

Harold hadn't loved all the time they spent together in between seasons before, but back then he'd been too focused on his music to care about anything else. Ultimately, he forgot about it. Seeing Leshawna here tonight for the first time in person in a long while, however, reminds him how much he's missed her. How strong his feelings for her really are. And Tyler is proving to be the tracksuited wrench in Harold's otherwise flawless plans to woo back his lady love.

"Don't you have your own girlfriend?" he asks Tyler loudly. "Why don't you do the challenges with her?"

And at this, Tyler slumps. "Lindsay doesn't even remember my name, man," he says dejectedly. "I don't think it would really work out."

"Besides," says Leshawna, shooting Harold a sharp glance from the corner of her eye as she pats Tyler comfortingly on the shoulder. "Tyler and I are just friends. We've starred on, what, a dozen shows together? And we've come so close to winning, like, five different times."

"Oh, yeah, bro," says Tyler, eyes suddenly wide. "Leshawna's just my good buddy! Nothing more, I promise!"

Harold scrutinizes them both with narrowed eyes...

"I trust you," he says, winking at Leshawna (she smiles and shakes her head), and then he grins. "Tyler, do you know the Eggs Benedict Arnold gunning technique? Statistically speaking, eight out of ten teams on the Regatta that use it make it to the final four..."

2. 

It's the first night of play in the new season, the end of the Egypt challenge and (hopefully) of any lingering scarabs. Team Victory just had to boot Zeke out first...again...for losing the divining rod Chris had given them. It was a step up from his innocent misogyny back in Island, but it still really sucked. Wherever they end up next, Bridgette can only hope her team will do better.

It also really isn't helping that the Amazons won, because it means she's forced to share economy class with Team Chris Is Really, Really, Really, Really Hot. Most of them she can stand, but Alejandro is something else entirely. Even thinking of him now, Bridgette gets shudders, and not the creepy kind.

Geoff! Geoff, you have to think of Geoff. Your boyfriend, back home, who will definitely SEE IT if you cheat on him on international television. Geoff is waiting for you. Geoff is rooting for you. Get your head in the game. And stop thinking about Alejandro's hair. Dark, silky, sexy hair - NO!

Desperately, Bridgette searches for a distraction. She'll even talk to Izzy about the long, graphically-detailed practice of mummification, so long as it'll keep her from losing her mind. 

Across the way, Leshawna's joined the other side of benches, chatting animatedly to Tyler. Which...is not a pairing Bridgette would have expected. They run in pretty much completely different social circles, and anyway - Bridgette hasn't really interacted with Tyler since his brief stint on the Killer Bass. But Leshawna is always nice to talk to. She hopes she isn't interrupting a private conversation as she shuffles over and takes Leshawna's other side. 

"Hey, guys," she greets, offering Tyler a small nod. "How's it going?"

"Hey, Bridge." Leshawna beams at her. "Tyler and I are just debriefing the challenge and all. It's been a long time since we've fought on opposing reality TV teams."

"Oh, that's right!" Bridgette says, a little loudly in her sudden remembrance. "You guys did all those shows together after Total Drama Action!"

"Yup!" says Tyler. "Those were always pretty fun."

"What brings you over here, girl?" Leshawna asks. "Feelin' lonely?"

Despite herself, Bridgette starts to flush. "I needed a distraction from Alejandro," she says in an undertone, knowing Leshawna will understand. "It kinda drives me crazy how he even sits in cruddy economy class hotly."

Leshawna's eyes grow big as dinner plates. "Oh, I know! Did you see the way he balanced his whole team on that goat? I was fanning myself!"

"I know right - "

"Hey, wait, aren't you with Geoff?" Tyler suddenly asks her. "And Leshawna, I know you care about Harold a lot." He indicates Alejandro behind him with a jerk of his thumb over his shoulder. The man in question is resting with his arms crossed behind his head, eyes shut. "I get that the guy's suave, but I don't want anyone to get hurt. Including you guys."

Despite the hot guilt coiling in her stomach at having been called out, Bridgette raises her eyebrows at Tyler's genuineness. From his tone of voice, she gets the sense that this isn't the first time he and Leshawna have talked about relationship stuff. Again, Bridgette feels surprised at the connection between the two.

"Oooooh, I know, Tyler," Leshawna says. "We're just checking out the eye candy, that's all. Lindsay's been doing it, too."

He sighs. "Yeah. I guess I'm just lookin' out for you guys."

Well, now Bridgette just feels kinda touched. "We appreciate it, Tyler," she says, smiling. "Don't worry about us, seriously."

"Besides," Leshawna says, a sly grin spreading across her face. "I heard you on the tarmac before. Any reason you had to assure Alejandro you like girls?"

Tyler's shoulders hunch. "Because I do! Like girls! So what if Alejandro's really handsome? And has great athletic form. And doesn't wear an undershirt. That doesn't mean anything!"

Bridgette and Leshawna look at each other, and just start to giggle.

3. 

"Hurry up, Leshawna, you're in my way!"

Leshawna growls, sliding the bathroom door shut behind her. "Oh, so asking nicely is completely out of the question, huh?"

Heather rolls her eyes. "I've been waiting to use the confessional for, like, ever. It's not my fault you're so obsessed with Alejandro that you need to hog it to wax poetic about his butt, or whatever."

"For your information, I am with Harold," Leshawna seethes. "It's not my fault you're jealous Alejandro doesn't want you!"

Heather scoffs. "Me? Want him? As if. Though I'm sure any guy would prefer me over the girl who had a fart baby on national television."

"And I'm sure any guy would prefer me over the girl who ate jam out of Owen's belly button!" Leshawna retorts. "That's right, none of us have forgotten that! No one wants to kiss those jelly lips."

"Oh, that is it," Heather growls. Leshawna is infuriating enough on a good day, but right now, she's driving Heather absolutely bananas - even more than Sierra, which speaks volumes."If you don't get your big-butted, tacky-clothes-wearing, geek-loving self out of my way - "

"Hey!" Someone behind her says. "Lay off of Leshawna, Heather!"

With a curl of her lip, Heather turns to face Tyler. "I'm sorry, I hadn't realized this was any of your business."

"It's my business if you're messin' with my friend," Tyler declares, standing at full height (which is still an inch or two shorter than Heather). "Now back off, or I'm gonna have to thumb-wrestle you."

Heather only arches an eyebrow. "Thumb-wrestling? I bet you couldn't even beat me at that, let alone any other sport that requires actual talent!"

"Tyler is plenty talented!" Leshawna interjects, and great, now they're both nagging on her about their weird (apparent) friendship. "I know you can't bend your twig-skinny body into freaky, unnerving shapes the way he can!"

"Since when are you two friends, anyway?" Heather demands. "It's not like you would have even talked to each other in high school."

"Why does no one ever remember," Tyler starts angrily. "That Leshawna and I have filmed, like, twelve TV shows together?!"

"Oh," drawls Heather. "Right. Forgot about those. Because you guys never actually won any of them, did you?" She smirks. "Just like in this game."

Leshawna and Tyler glance each other's way. 

"You thinkin' what I'm thinkin'?" Tyler asks.

"Honey, I'm already there," Leshawna replies, and with a grin, she grabs Heather by the shoulders, spins her around, and shoves her into the confessional so hard, Heather's hand lands in the toilet bowl trying to break her fall.

"Ugh! What do you think you're doing?!" Heather demands, and the last thing she sees before Tyler slams the door on her forcefully enough to make it stick is him and Leshawna exchanging a fist bump.

"Chris," Heather says, after scrubbing her hand clean, staring straight ahead at the camera. "Don't you dare use that footage."

One has to wonder why she would even bother to ask.

#my writing #td #td fanfic #td leshawna #td tyler #harold mcgrady #td bridgette #td heather

[yuzuna123]

Jamilah

“Oh, Aladdin my love,” Jasmine said, sounding tired as she held her newborn daughter. “Look at her, she’s beautiful!”

It was a week since Jasmine gave birth to a healthy baby girl and Aladdin and Jasmine were so much in love with her.

“I know,” Aladdin smiled before planting a soft kiss on Jasmine’s cheek. “And I have a perfect name for her.”

“Oh? What is it?”

“Jamilah.”

“Jamilah…” Jasmine tested the name for a moment before there was a smile tugging on her lips. “I love it! It’s a lovely name for our sweet little girl.”

Aladdin laughed. “I know you would.”

As soon as Jamilah was born, Aziz was instantly attached to her, to which his parents found it adorable. This kind of bonding between Aziz and Jamilah was similar to Jasmine’s best friend, Mulan with her two babies.

…..

As a toddler, everyone in the Agrabah palace loved Jamilah as she was the only girl in the family and a big sweetheart; always wanting to help despite being tiny. Her baby brother, Emir, was a year younger than her and he was a ray of sunshine.

Around this time, Jamilah had a close relationship with Jordan, Genie’s daughter as she thought of the girl as her sister. Same with Aziz and Emir.

When Jamilah started kindergarten, she immediately became best friends with Nina, the daughter of Tiana and Naveen, Tyrone’s twin sister, then, Ruby, Lonnie and Emilie, Esmeralda’s daughter.

During her time in kindergarten, Jamilah met a boy named Li’l Shang, Mulan’s son and at first, she thought his name was funny but he was actually kind to her. He even gave her a chocolate chip cookie that his mother made for him and his sister.

For a short while, Jamilah and Shang were friends or preferably acquaintances until they drifted apart as Jamilah saw Li’l Shang as a friend.

….

As Jamilah grows older, she was super girly, as most girls in Auradon were, but she always loved adventure and a hint of mischief, something that was uncommon with girls. Maybe she got those traits from her parents and she was proud of it.

By the time Jamilah was around 14 years old(she’ll be turning 15 in mid December), she was one of the most beautiful girls in Auradon and Auradon Prep. One could mistake her as a famous model or an actress but she was just a regular high school girl, minus her Royal status.

At the same time, she was dating the infamous and extremely handsome Chad Charming, whom she thought was a kind and sweet fellow from the outside, but rotten on the inside.

The two started dating in mid January and for the next 7 months, their relationship was going on smoothly but what Jamilah didn’t know was Chad was using her all this time while dating her. He was actively cheating on her by texting other girls and seeing them without Jamilah’s knowledge.

One such girl Chad was dating in the past was Nina bad for a short while, their relationship was going on great until Nina found out that Chad was cheating on her with some of the girls on the cheer team. And with that, she broke up with him.

In addition, Chad treated Nina poorly during their 3 month relationship.

That’s when he started dating Jamilah.

But what she didn’t know was that Nina used to date Chad but Chad changed his appearance so that the girls he was dating couldn’t recognize him.

That doesn’t matter, Nina warned Jamilah about him because she loved and cared about her friend very much.

Jamilah appreciated what Nina was doing for her but sometimes she can’t help feel like Nina was getting a bit nosy in her love life.

Because of Jamilah didn’t take heed to Nina’s warning, she kind of fell off in her classes, especially chemistry where she got C’s. Mr. Deley noticed this and told Jamilah was she was and is a good student but she needed to focus more on her studies so that she could ace her classes with A’s.

And with that, Mr. Deley assigned a tutor to help Jamilah with her chemistry studies and that tutor was none other than Li’l Shang.

At first, Jamilah was shocked at the name of the tutor, but originally, the tutor was supposed to be Sleepy Jr, but he sleeps way too much so Jamilah dodged a bullet right there.

For the next few weeks, Shang was tutoring and helping Jamilah with her Chemistry work every day for 30 minutes in the library after school or during the free periods..

At first glance, Jamilah thought that Shang was a stern, stoic and poker faced guy which if Jamilah was honest, his persona scared her. Due to the fact that she barely knew him and she only knew him as the kind boy who gave her a cookie back in kindergarten. Sometimes if Jamilah lose focus, Shang would lightly use his pen and tap on Jamilah’s head and tell her to focus or he would be blunt with her.

“You need to focus, Jamilah or else you’ll continue to get C’s. It’s that what you want?”

“No..”

“Good.”

“But you to loosen up a little…”

Shang gave Jamilah a look and she gulped. Maybe she shouldn’t said that.

Because of Shang scaring Jamilah, she complained to his sister Lonnie.

“Your brother scares me, Lonnie.”

As Lonnie heard this, she laughed. “Really?”

“Yeah and why are you laughing?”

“Because Shang is not that type. Not even Dad acts like this. Trust me, Shang is completely nice!”

Jamilah scoffed. “Nice and Shang don’t belong in the same sentence.”

“Trust me when I say my brother is a genuinely a nice guy. He’s even the biggest idiot and a complete softie! He just use that poker face because that’s his way of being serious.”

Jamilah looked skeptical.

“Trust me. The reason he acts like this it’s because you don’t know very well him like I do. Believe me Jamie, he’s really sweet.”

“Erm okay, if you say so.”

“I know so.”

And Lonnie was right, for the next few weeks, Jamilah was starting to warm up with Shang and saw him as not only her tutor but a friend. And Shang did the same.

And when Jamilah redo her test as Mr. Deley promised, she got an A and she was ecstatic.

“Hey Shang! Look, I got an A!”

“That’s great, Jamilah! I’m very proud of you.”

“Thank you! I’m very proud of me too!”

“Because of your achievement, you receive this,” Shang went into his bag and took out a star sticker pad and took off a golden star sticker and placed it on Jamilah’s nose which made Jamilah looked surprised.

“Huh?”

“That’s what you get for being a good student.”

Jamilah stared at the boy and noticed that he had a genuine smile on his face, almost like a golden retriever.

Jamilah smiled softly. In this moment, she finally realized that Shang was genuinely a nice guy.

What do you think? Which part is your fave? And I’m coming up with part two later.

Aww this is so sweet! 😍😍🥰🥰 I love it! my favorite part was definitely the second part! the part where you describe her childhood! i bet she and Shang were besties!

#descendants #disney descendants

[bear-cubs-art-things]

SOME PHOTOS FROM MY TRIP!!!

More under cut ahdhdhsjdbf

So, the first half of our trip was getting to Yellowstone- a lot of driving and I kinda slept half the time XDD but lemme tell you the drive up there once we got into Wyoming (where Yellowstone is) was BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

The first day we were in Yellowstone we went to see the geysers, such as Old Faithful!! When we first got there, Old Faithful was due to erupt later, so we walked around and saw other geysers! Lot of them were bubbling and sorta erupting, such as Beehive, Grand, and more geysers!! I think my favorite geyser I saw was Grotto- it was big!! (And mind you all these geysers spewed sulphuric games, so the whole place smelled like rotten eggs 💀 even more so when I had to pass through a cloud of hot, sulfur-y steam, yuck!!). We then came back up the trail just in time to see Old Faithful erupt!! It was cool!!

The next day we drove through Yellowstone to Grand Teton Nat'l Park, which is right there next to Yellowstone Nat'l Park!! On the drive, we saw Gibbon Falls, geothermal features such as the Black Dragon Mudpot, and pretty views of the park!!

Not to mention we saw lots of elk and bison on our trip! No bears, sadly, which I was looking forward to 😭

when we got to Grand Teton after setting up our camp, we went to drive around a bit, going to the visitor center to get our stamps! (We've been collecting these our whole trip in our nat'l park passport!) There was a little general store, and we got huckleberry ice cream and Wyoming root beer!! Both were very yummy!! (Not to mention I kept getting huckleberry chocolate bars every chance I got- the one I got at this store in particular was the best chocolate I've ever had!!). The Tetons were in the background, too, so we had wonderful views of the mountains that make this Park famous!! They're so pretty!!!

Other things I didn't mention previously: we visited villages within the national parks, got souvenirs there. They're cute little touristy spots! I forget the names of said villages, but they're cool! Also, on our way to Yellowstone, we passed through Jackson Hole, and I believe that's where the Elk Reserve is! You can't miss it, it has arches of Elk Antlers!! It's super cool!!

I had a ton of fun, and it was a great trip! Definitely would recommend going to visit either of these parks if you haven't already!

#bear rambles #long text post #oopsies #But yes I had a ton of fun!! #yellowstone national park #grand teton national park

[harryglass]

Catch 22!

1 You’d like to read some verse? Please do! Our story starts inside a zoo Where animals from Africa Arrive in North America. It’s here the hero of this tale Is brought – the zoo’s new holy grail, The ‘King of Kings’, a mighty lion! (At least, that’s what HE thinks) – meet Brian.

2 You may feel sympathy (“Boo hoo!”) For this lion locked inside this zoo But DON’T – young Brian roamed his cage Like pompous actors strut the stage; Visitors would point and stare As Brian pranced about his lair And grinned, and shook his shaggy mane: “My fans! They love me! Global fame!”

3 Each morning he was brought a meal Of pork: “My favourite food!” he’d squeal. Then days would end as they began– Lazing around (he NEVER ran). But this easy life was soon forgotten When the zookeeper (who spoiled him rotten) Died, and another took his place Who took one look at Brian’s waist 4 And gave a thumbs-down sign, and booed And said: “You need some faster food!” He came back with an Ostrich (live): “Catch that!” (He knew it would survive). The Ostrich ran superbly fast– Two hours on, it still blazed past And (far behind) there’s Brian (puffing) Very nearly dead (or bluffing).

5 The Ostrich ran him round in rings! The poor, exhausted 'King of Kings' Collapsed, and held his paw up: “Truce! My…knee is hurting!” (Lame excuse). The big bird laughed and screeched to a halt. “I’m far too fast, agreed – my fault! I’m a bird, but you see, I can’t fly in the air So I’m super at running! They call me D’Anger!”

6 “I’m Brian and I’m…dying,” he puffed, “I’m hot…and quite…unfit,” he huffed. “I’ll nap ‘till two…we’ll go from there… Fan me, Ostrich, use your hair!” “They’re feathers–”.  “Whatevers! Do I look like I care? Aren’t feathers for lifting birds up in the air? If so, why don’t you ever fly? You call yourself a bird? You LIE!”

7 Just as Brian settled, though, The weather turned; large flakes of snow Spun down. The lion watched the sky. “What’s happening? The sun’s gone! WHY?” He’d never seen it snow before. He caught a snowflake on his paw: “It’s FREEZING! Agh! What is it? Ick! Ostrich! Get it off me! Quick!” 8 The Ostrich scooped a ball of snow And caked the lion’s face (good throw!). Brian snarled and shook his mane Then threw a snowball back again But Ostrich heads are like a pin– The chances of a hit were slim! Brian missed him once, then twice… The Ostrich teased: “You’re being nice!” 9 The Elephants then yelled: “Attack!” And spat out snowballs: RAT-A-TAT-TAT! With trunks like guns they blew them out Through bars at every beast about– To hit the giraffe, the brutes aimed higher And blasted anti-aircraft fire! The Elephants sang: “This snow’s a hoot! With trunks like these, we’re born to shoot!”

10 The zookeeper (who’d only just started) Was hit so hard on the bum, he farted. The visitors screamed, and ran away And the keeper fainted (what a first day!). They shot the locks off every gate– The animals could now escape! The creatures numbered 22 All running from the city zoo… 11 But what do you think Brian did? Absolutely right – he hid. He hugged the Ostrich like a teddy. When the zookeeper stood up (unsteady) He looked around, and sobbed, and said: “They’re GONE! The zoo will close! I’m DEAD!” And fainted once more – down he fell! (His first day hadn’t gone too well). 12 Brian said: “Hang on a minute– The zoo will not be closing, will it? The food in here’s spectacular And (usually) so regular… We’re famous, Ostrich – even you! We’ve got to help him save this zoo! (And maybe then he’ll treat me right And bring me hot meals every night…)” 13 The Ostrich knew this to be true. “Alright, let’s catch those 22!” The lion tried to run, but slipped. “If only birds could FLY,” he quipped, “You’d fetch them while I rested here!” A pair of Penguins then appeared: “It’s wonderful, our kingdom’s grown! We love the snow, feel right at home.”

14 “I’m Watson, yes?” “I’m Crick, no?” “Emperor Penguins, don’t you know? We’re birds, but you see, we can’t fly in the air”– Brian guffawed: “I do despair! What’s YOUR excuse? Why can’t YOU fly? You tell me you’re all birds – you LIE!” Watson and Crick waddled next to D’Anger: “But we’re super at slipping and sliding, so there!” 15 “Ostrich legs look strong,” they smiled– “Use us as skates, D’Anger, go wild!” D’Anger hopped on: “At last, some speed! I’m skating! Who needs wings? Indeed! The lion may be ‘King of Kings’ But Emperors are more useful things!” “Fine,” said Brian, “you’ll be my reindeer– Get skating, then! You pull, I’ll steer.” 16 With Penguin skates on Ostrich feet They searched down every snowy street: Four monkeys, and a crocodile, A hippo (with a goofy smile), A leopard, two lemurs, two giraffes, Three hyenas (with three loud laughs), A pair of rhinos, plus one snake, And a gorilla by the name of Blake. 17 Asked Brian: “Is that 22? Fantastic! Right! Back to the zoo! It’s feeding time, and my bottom’s sore.” D’Anger replied: “We’re missing four– Four Elephants, and there they are! You tell them, Brian – you’re the star, The famous ‘King of Kings’, the lion!” “I’m doing no such thing!” said Brian.

18 Four trunks – just like four cannon – boomed! Four snowballs – fairly large ones – zoomed! Brian was hit (chest, face and mane); His reindeer turned: “Poor you, what a shame.” The animals didn’t know what to do And soon retreated back to the zoo; They disliked this city, it was sombre and grey, And their fans acted strangely, kept running away… 19 But the Elephants stood – the ‘Awesome Foursome’! Brian threw snowballs and then tried to roar some, But snowballs bounced right off their flanks Just like marshmallows hitting tanks. Brian wiped his snowy nose. “That’s it, our cosy zoo will close.” Then, at the end of the street, they saw An enormous, chomping dinosaur!

20 The Elephants turned and rubbed their eyes– “The King of the lizards! Run for your lives!” Back they ran! Retreat at last! They trumpeted a warning blast And stumbled back through snow and ice– Back to the zoo, like frightened mice! The Ostrich, Penguins and lion went too. D’Anger declared proudly: “Now THAT’s 22!” 21 The dinosaur rose up into the sky! “Wow!” gasped Brian, “A T-Rex can FLY? The King of Kings is lost for words.” “That ‘T-Rex’ is a flock of birds,” D’Anger explained, “your brain’s a joke!” A Starling landed, bowed, and spoke: “A favour – from the family! Birds help other birds, you see.”

22 Brian hugged the Ostrich: “Why, You ARE a bird! You didn’t lie!” D’Anger looked round the city zoo: “What fun catching the 22! But I don’t want fame, nor fans – I want freedom!” “Then RUN! I’ll explain that I caught you – you’re ‘eaten’!” He winked. The keeper awoke: “Have I dozed?” “You have! Without MY help your zoo would have closed!”

[heymeowmao]

2022.10.18 - https://weibo.com/l/wblive/p/show/1022:2321324826030748861003

I’ll stream for a little while~

LYN: Hallo everybody, good evening. I am Modern Brothers’ Liu Yuning. Welcome! LYN: Good evening, good evening. This is really sudden, right? I didn’t even think this would happen, it’s so sudden.  LYN: I didn’t think I would stream today, but we ended up wrapping early today. Much earlier than usual. I didn’t think the stream the other day was very memorable, and I don’t think you would have enjoyed it very much, so I came to sit in front of my computer today to make it up to you. If you’re my fan, my policy is to make sure you’re well fed- stuffed, even. If it’s not enough, I can give you seconds. It’s like when you’re in a restaurant and you have enough dishes, but not enough rice- you can always get another serving. - /fills his wine glass with carbonated beverage/ LYN: Cheers everyone!

C: I finally caught up to a fresh one! LYN: They probably mean that they usually watch playback of my streams or video clips that people make, and have never caught up to a live show. But they’ve done it today, right? I guess you were watching rotten ones before. Watching moldy ones, is that it? Alright, let’s buy some fresh vegetables to eat. LYN: You caught up to a fresh and steaming one today.

C: Ning-ge, undo one button. LYN: Friends, I’ve only been streaming for five minutes, and this is the topic you choose to focus on? We don’t have anything more sophisticated to say? Because from a certain angle, there are a lot of people watching my stream for the first time- can we not talk about normal things? You jumped straight into undoing my buttons. That makes it seem like we’re not proper- let’s talk about more proper things, alright friends? LYN: But I really was about to undo one. This is a little tight. /undoes the top button/ Much better.

LYN: Everybody, welcome to Modern Brother’s Livestream!

LYN: I saw a comment- it seemed to be a clip from one of my streams- there was a comment about me, and it said, “I’ve seen LYN’s dramas and I’ve heard his songs, but why is it that when he starts streaming he seems so well-suited to it?” After I saw that comment I also did some self-reflection. If you say I’m a singer, I am. If you say I’m an actor, I AM acting in things. But why is it that when I stream people think that I am well-suited for the role? I thought about this the whole day and have come to a conclusion. The reason is because my equipment is too professional. Normally artists who stream don’t have such professional equipment like I do. I’m a little TOO professional. LYN: It’s strange. I see comments that say that some artist or actor is a natural-born “ancient” person- that they are suited for guzhuang style. But why is it that I saw a comment that read, “Ning-ge is a natural-born live-streamer.” I’m not very happy to hear that- are there other choices?

C: The video quality is so blurry. LYN: Are you- can you connect to some wifi? Don’t use 3G to watch my stream. Find some wifi. The video shouldn’t be too blurry right? // When you watch my streams you can choose the quality- you can choose to make it hq or super hq. It’s not blurry is it? There’s no way- I’m streaming with my computer today, and my wifi is super fast.

C: My coworker says you’re handsome. LYN: What a great coworker. I think you can continue to work in this company, if their workers have such great taste. I guarantee that within three years your company will become a Fortune 500. Do well in this company. Your coworkers are alright- very good people. C: My roommate says you’re handsome. LYN: Uh.. roommate, huh? I guess you’re in college right now. In that case I’m sure you’re in a famous school. It must be a great one. Your classmates are all intelligent and have a good eye. C: My mom says you’re handsome. LYN: Ehm.. that’s very nice. Your mom, as my senior, I am afraid to joke with her. I have to respect her. But I’m sure that Aunty was very capable when she was younger. So let’s continue to 量力而行 (assess one’s capabilities and act accordingly). There’s that idiom, right? So what I mean to say is that this person’s mother is not only “capable” but also “alright”. 

LYN: ! Someone said, “Ning-ge...” oh- they didn’t call me “Ning-ge”. They just said, “Your style is the “business of revenge/payback.” Uhm.. I guess you can say that. Because in comparison to other artists who conduct business at brand promotions, variety shows, or events- on a big stage, where there are lots of lights. But my style of business is very lowkey- which is sitting at home in front of a computer, all I need is a mic and a hat and I’m ready to go. But this is a little plain- and it used to be plainer. I used to be able to stream four or five, even six times a month. Streaming was all I did, and for even longer durations. Not just one or two hours, but at the very least four. But these days I have shortened my business, because I’ve been quite busy with other work and haven’t ben able to put the time in for my “business.” But I’m not revenge streaming, because I did use my phone to stream a couple days ago. I was uncomfortable, because then I didn’t have this /canned laughter/. This is very important. But I didn’t know then that I would be able to wrap up early today otherwise I wouldn’t have streamed at all. It’s like I’ve baited you on purpose, and I’m streaming today to make it more fulfilling. I didn’t know we would wrap early today- so I have to thank my crew. They saw that we were working hard lately so they let me off early today and then I have to get in for hair and makeup tomorrow at 7a. But it doesn’t really matter- the fact is that we were able to wrap early today, because later the schedule is more packed so I wont have time to revenge stream. Today we might be a little flat, but please don’t mind it. C: Ning-ge, you have to bait the fans a little. LYN: I disagree. That may be someone else’s method, but not with me. I already said, if you’re chasing stars or you like LYN, I’m going to make sure you’re well fed. There’s no baiting, because I don’t play that game. Streaming, to me, is a way of relaxing. That’s the truth. I’m not doing it for the business, though you could interpret it that way because the facts are that my fans are seeing me. But to me, this is a way of relaxing. Because you’ve seen how I have to present myself at work (XD)- I have to be slightly more presentable than I am now. Of course, it’s not as if I totally let myself go (unpresentable) when I stream either. I just want to say that when I stream I am more relaxed than normal. The people who are watching my stream right now and the ones that have just stopped to watch for a moment- a group of you are my fans, and you must at the very least like or admire me. Even if I don’t look very cool, they are still willing to take it in. A second group of people are those with an interest in me- they might not be my fans, but someone else’s- and they’re just here for the experience. The third group of people are the passersby- the people who have opened their weibo, saw that I was streaming, and clicked in to watch a monkey. The fourth group of people are my professional anti-fans. But overall, other than the anti-fans, the people who are watching my streams are those who don’t find me annoying. If they found me annoying and STILL watched my stream- isn’t that just making trouble for themselves? So I believe that you all don’t hate me. My anti-fans, even. On some level they love me even more than my actual fans do. Think about it. Their hatred towards me must on some level be born out of love. If you hate me or you love me, you still have an interest in me, so it’s all good. So when I sit here in this stream, I can be comfortable enough to be myself.

C: Anti-fans think of you even when they can’t see you. LYN: What do I care what they do?? / Let’s forget about them. Have a drink! What do I care?! C: Ning-ge, do you think there’s still time for me to turn from a fan into an anti? LYN: 去你的. Don’t mess around and create trouble for me.

C: (about his glass) Drain it. LYN: I still have another bottle here, do you want me to? Why would you drain a carbonated drink, to show that you have a big stomach? It’s not necessary. I was only taking a sip of my drink. C: Are you raising fish? LYN: Shush. Don’t scare me. Later there are going to be rumors that I’m drinking alcohol while I stream. It’s not necessary. This is a carbonated drink- you all saw when I poured it.

C: Ge, what have you been doing lately? LYN: This friend must not follow me very closely- they asked what I’ve been doing lately. Well see, it’s almost winter, right? So I set up a bunch of large tents near my house in my hometown. I’m going to plant some strawberries and harvest them in the winter. That’s what I’ve been busy with. I’m also planning on buying some land with a friend and raising some chickens, so we can get into the egg business later. I’m getting into farming- I think I can do it. Since I usually stream, later I can promote my home-grown strawberries here. That’s in development. C: Put up the contact info, quick. LYN: I already said that I don’t sell products in my stream. Don’t be under the impression that I stream so much in order to make a profit. I don’t sell products and I don’t accept gifts in my stream. My stream is just a benefit for my fans. My strawberry tent is for bulk trade- I’ll grow them and have someone else sell them for me. So I hope that when my strawberries are ready you all can go buy some. XD LYN: You can just listen to what I say in my streams, only. Honestly most of it is utter nonsense. Listen to it for entertainment, and please don’t think I’m being serious. If you believe what I’m saying then you’re too naive.

C: Is there anything you don’t eat? LYN: That’s a little broad of a category. I don’t much like eating stainless steel... or glassware. I’ joking. You mean foods, right? I haven’t really met anything that I won’t eat. I don’t not like eating certain foods, pretty much. I don’t dislike cilantro or mushrooms. Being from Dongbei, we’re all about the onion-garlic-ginger (strong flavors)- so there’s nothing I don’t like. I like everything, it’s all good. I’m not picky. But as for species, I eat the usual: chicken, duck, fish, goose, pork, beef, lamb. Other than those I probably wouldn’t don’t each many others. LYN: I’ve eaten things like fish mint, if it’s ordered at a restaurant. I’ll try it. It’s not inedible. I know a lot of people will say that it tastes bad, and why would people like to eat it. I can understand this sentiment- everyone has flavors they like and dislike. But for things like fish mint, I CAN eat it but at the same time I will ask myself WHY am I eating it. I don’t hate it, and if someone orders it I will try it out. C: Durian? LYN: I eat them, I actually really like durians. LYN: For people from Dongbei, we like to take some scallion, some daikon, and just dip it in a sauce made from eggs and yellow soybean paste. Raw. It’s pretty satisying. C: Have you tried douzhi (fermented mung bean dish)? LYN: I have. Your Ning-ge actually hasn’t really seen much of the world. I don’t know about you-if you’ve travelled places when you were younger? I only went to Beijing for the very first time around six years ago and hadn’t been anywhere before that, other than working in Shenzhen. After I got to Beijing, I remembered that people would often associate it with douzhi, so I bought some to try. I drank it and.. it’s potable, but I had the same feeling as before, which is: WHY do I need to drink this? It gave me the same feeling as this picked cabbage we have in the Northeast. Around winter we all get together around a big pot and each family would bring their napa cabbage and we would boil it in the water. When it’s boiled, you take the cabbage and place it into a storage jar to ferment so we can eat it in winter. The douzhi was just like the flavor of the pickled cabbage soup (the fermented juice-water). At least that’s what I think. C: Pickled Cabbage Fish. LYN: You’re probably talking about the Southern dish. It’s a little different from us up in the Northeast. Ours is pickled napa cabbage, not pickled mustard greens as is the usual. C: You can drink pickled cabbage soup? LYN: You can’t. There’s too much bacteria, you shouldn’t drink it. But when it’s cooked it’s washed, so that’s okay. But it’s the same flavor. It’s similar. C: Was it good? LYN: No.

LYN: Let’s not talk about food, though. It can easily go to my head... because I used to be a cook. If you want to talk about food I can go on for days. I learned how to cook professionally, so I can chat about food and it’ll make me happy. But there are probably a lot of friends who don’t want to hear things like this. C: This is a Fine Dining Stream. LYN: IT’s not. My stream doesn’t really have. a fixed topic. It’s not like I come here and say, “Today I am here to promote my new album! :)” Or to promote my new drama- I just come here to talk about daily life. A few streams ago I was chatting about bath-houses with everyone. My content is usually just chatting to my fans about life and any topics that they are interested in. We play it by ear. We’re like those little old ladies that gather outside my house and chat.

C: Is the second album coming? LYN: I’m not that interested in working on my second album right now. I’m letting it wait. The song I played just now- Fall in Love- is actually a song from my second album. But why did I release it and then the rest of it never came...? Because I don’t feel like working on it right now. I’m still trying to gather songs. Once I have all ten I can pick a good time to get them all out. Right now I don’t have a lot of time, but I have OST, so you can always hear my songs. I’m not in a rush to get the album out because I want to take my time with it to release something I really like. it’s difficult.  C: Release another song from it, then. LYN: It’s not that I can’t, but I don’t think there’s any need. There’s another OST that’s going to be released in the next couple of days- why would I use a song from my album to steal the rating from one of my OSTs? LYN: The song is called 追光 (Chasing Light), the OST from the drama Light Chaser Rescue. I recorded this a while ago. It’s also one of Tan Xue-laoshi’s songs (L&R - Colored Glass). He’s given me a lot of work to do and this drama is also not bad. I know a lot of you are watching it.

LYN: I know a lot of friends said it sounded like there was KaKa (kazoo) in it. Theirs isn’t actually a kazoo, it’s a little horn. C: It (the kazoobie) changed color? LYN: !! ???? Oh, right- I remembered. It didn’t change color. I remember now, the other one was silver. I saw this one on my table earlier- my bro probably opened my package and put it on the table for me. I told you last time, right? I paid and extra 600RMB to buy one. This is the one I bought at original price and I bought it when I was still shooting for BYOL in Chengdu. They told me it would arrive in a month and a half, so I bought it and thought I would just use it when it came. If it came down to it, I would gift the new one to one of my musical friends, like Penny-jie. But I just used it. I just now realized- I thought this was the one I used last time. Oops. I cant gift it, now. LYN: Oh- the silver one is right here. Now I have two. /starts clanging them together/. I can make anything into an instrument. XD

C: Give it to me. LYN: Are you a musician? Then we’re in the same business. If we’re in the same business then we’re enemies. I can’t give it to you. You’re my enemy. I can’t give it to you. Sorry. Have you ever heard that song (小冤家): “Little Enemy, what are you doing? You look like a fool. I’m asking you, but why is it that you’re not replying?” So I can’t give it to you, sorry. C: Never heard of it. LYN: You’ve never heard of this song, 小冤家? Have you even had a good childhood? /sings it/ You’ve really never heard this song? Wow~ Your musical intake is... quite low.  LYN: In any case, this song is called Chasing Light from the Light Chaser Rescue OST. Please listen to it when you have the chance. 

C: Enemies are the ideal partner. LYN: Have you watched too many dramas? Are you trying to play out an enemies-to-lovers trope here? Are you talking about in dramas- that’s a 欢喜冤家 (quarrelsome but loving couple), I think.

C: Ning-ge, the Super Topic isn’t called “Xiao Peng Fei” (小棚妃) anymore. *[小棚妃 = Little Shed Princess; his fandom name bc he joked one day during a stream that there were so many fans there that they would need to build a shed in a field to fit them all] LYN: I think that’s okay... because I’ve been targeted pretty closely these days. Please understand. The “Mo Fan” name is what I called you, before I was famous. It’s also a good name. Why don’t I call you “peng fei” anymore? I won’t say more but please understand me- there are a lot of eyes on me right now. Even when I don’t DO anything, they still need to drag me out. So I’m trying my best not to give them anything (they can use against me). C: What did you do? LYN: Nothing- it’s just that I was doing pretty okay with second lead roles for a while, wasn’t I? Even when I was third or fourth male lead no one cared to curse me out. But now I’ve... stepped up a little... so there are people who think I don’t deserve it. What can I do? I don’t even have anything out yet, but I just want to focus quietly on my work, and not be influenced. C: So it seems like since you have male lead roles people are starting to curse at you- then why don’t you flip the script and take female lead roles? LYN: ... What nonsense it that? That’s even more terrifying.

LYN: My crew is so nice to me. My fans all know this, but maybe passersby who don’t know or even care about me could have happened to stop by the stream today... how many of you aren’t my fans, and have just happened to drop by? Type a ‘1′ into the comments. That is, you’re not my fan but were walking by and decided to take a look at me? I want to see how many of you aren’t my fans. // So many? I see a lot of you have “MD” at the front of your ID.. MD for Modern Brothers, right? You all typed ‘1′- are you not my fans? You can’t stop being my fan, just because you watched a stream! XD Our relationship is not that weak, please. I said “If you’re NOT my fan, type ‘1′” and in that moment each one of you decided to stop being my fan (so that they can type ‘1′). This is a legendary humbling moment- this moment right here. Alright, okay. It doesn’t matter. I just wanted to ask. LYN: My current crew is so warmhearted. The other time, didn’t I say that I was being cursed at online for being ugly? If you say that I am I won’t deny it- I’ve accepted it. I even say myself, that I look just average. But I think that my colleagues have seen the comments made about me online. They’re trying to comfort me. “It’s alright, Ning-ge. Honestly, you’re not handsome, but you’re not as ugly as they say.” XD “Don’t be too dispirited. You’re not the traditional handsome guy, but one with an aura. You have the mood of a handsome guy.” LYN: ??? LYN: I said, “Yes, ok. I understand. Please stop talking about it now.” But they still feel bad for me, and sometimes when I don’t feel confident on set- I didn’t used to have any doubt when I went on set. But now before the camera starts rolling I have to check how I look in a mirror. /makes funny faces/ “Alright, we’re good to go. Let’s do this.” I need to take a look at myself first, to see if I can pass my own standards. But I’m very happy in the crew right now, because people feel a little sorry for me, so now the first thing people say to me when they see me is, “Ning-ge, you’re so handsome today.” :) Its true! “Oh, Ning-ge, you’re here? No wonder I felt an air when you came in. It was your handsomeness.” They’re cheering me on every day. I can feel their warmth- they want me to be more confident, and hope that I don’t too much thought about the comments online, so they’re saying these things to me. After hearing these things though, I feel like I’ve gained happiness for no good (real) reason. I’m really thankful for my colleagues though. I feel the warmth. It’s nice to feel like you’re being cared for, in a work environment it’s rare to see.  C: “气体” is an interesting word. (气体 = air/spirit, can also mean gas/odor) LYN: “Hey, why was there an odor when Ning-ge came in?”

LYN: Alright, it doesn’t matter. I’ve thought it through. I just want to do well in filming and be a good actor, while learning something on set. That’s the most important- learning. // We’ll just see what the final product is like before passing judgement. But I can totally understand why people would think I am undeserving or unworthy, because I am. I’m sorry. But from an objective standpoint, the dramas I have been in that have aired are very few. A lot of people probably still don’t know that I am acting. They’re thinking, “That’s so strange, wasn’t he a singer- a Bodyguard of Love? Why did he quit being a bodyguard? He started being a janitor instead?” XD The truth is that there are only four dramas that I’ve been in that have aired as of now. HBY came out in 2018- no, 2019; very early. After that is UN, where I acted as Hei Yanjing; the problem with this drama is that I was wearing shades throughout and a lot of people watched the whole thing still don’t know that I was the actor. I was wearing shades throughout, so only on their second watch did people start to realize that it was me. People just don’t know me as an actor. The third drama is CGX, where I played Hao Du; this is where a small fire started. I have to thank the crew, the director, and the producer for giving this role to me as it did spark a small flame. A lot of people in my stream right now started liking me as LYN because of this role. After that is SYXSSYX, which required a lot of post-production work. I acted as BCF. You may not have watched that drama, but the fact is that I only have four dramas out, and in all of them I was in a support role. LYN: Now I’ve suddenly taken on a lead role, so of course people would be unhappy with that. But what can I do? No matter what people do, there has to be improvement/development. For example, I used to be a waiter and did that for half a year. My boss thought I did a good job and promoted me to supervisor. After some time doing that, my boss thought I was doing well so promoted me again to manager. Of course, at that time there were also people who I had started out the same rank as, who were not happy. They didn’t think I deserved to be the manager. That I didn’t deserve it, and what made me so special?? So I can understand the same type of sentiment now. Every industry has rankings. LYN: I used to be a cook. A lot of you might not know, but I learned professionally how to be a cook. I learned in school for TWO years! I learned how to cook for two straight years without doing anything else. After school, what do you do? You start off washing vegetables. I’m sure a lot of you don’t know- there are probably some who are waiters or cooks- but the first thing you do when you get out of culinary school and start a job at a restaurant is washing vegetables and cleaning fish. After a while of grunt work, if the chefs think you’re good enough you can go up a level. Things like picking wood ear fungus and shaving potato skins- that’s the type of work you’re doing at the start. Slowly, you’ll start to- C: Fry shredded potato. LYN: No. Being able to COOK a dish in a restaurant right out of culinary school is extremely hard to do. But slowly, you move on into “creating shells”- there are those dishes like fried chicken and shrimp, things that have an outer batter. You start to make the batter- starch or egg- for these types of dishes. After you’ve done this for a while, there are two paths you can take. It’s a bit like playing a game. You can choose to either “guo you” or “zan ban”. One of them is knife skills- which counts as an extra skill. “Zan Ban” entails prepping the ingredients for a dish, and handing it off to the chef to be cooked. “Guo You” is like what I said earlier, passing the fried foods through oil until they’re cooked and then plating and serving. It’s about accumulation of time/skill. After a few years you might be upgraded into cooking dishes. As a student even “zan ban” is not bad. So saying, each industry has their development. For me as an actor, I have to improve too. I started off as a supporting role and slowly progressed until I am now able to have a lead role. Of course lots of people aren’t going to be happy with that. It’s exactly the same as when I was a waiter and slowly made my way up to manager. LYN: This is why I completely understand why people can’t understand why I am able to act leading roles now. But I really hope that these people who can’t understand my forward progression, never meet someone like yourself when it comes to the point in your life that you progress. Do you get what I’m saying? C: In the end you reached ascension. LYN: LOL. LYN: That doesn’t count as a slight, right? I just mean that say you’re working in a certain position right now. There’s bound to be room for upwards movement. I hope that when you are moving up, that you don’t meet someone like yourself. I’m talking about those people who think I am undeserving or unworthy. I hope you don’t meet someone like yourself. LYN: I hope that everyone can be kind and respect others. That’s what I want.

C: Can I request a song? LYN: Am I a KTV? Don’t request any songs. Later if I feel I am up to it and am happy enough I will sing a couple. I’ll hum a couple, and sign for fun. But don't request any.

C: Remember to check in to the Super Topic, Ning-ge. LYN: Don’t worry, I still have 13 make-up cards. So let’s shoot myself in the foot today. I clearly know that I can check-in right now, but I’ll wait until it’s past 12a and then use a make-up card. Let’s shoot myself and then make use of a card. C: So many? LYN: Yeah, because they had an event and gave out 10 cards. I pretty much used up all of mine from the previous round, but last month they gave 10 more.

C: No wonder the media accounts say you’re 1.9m tall with a 1.2m “fan gu” (anti-bone??? occipital bone.) LYN: ? What’s a “fan gu”? I don’t know... I think I kind of get what it means, though. In Dongbei we call it as “jing jing de”. For example, if someone says that it’s getting cold and they tell me to put on my pants- I mean, to put on some thermals- and on the inside I will say, “I won’t. I just won’t wear them, why do I have to? I won’t wear them.” That’s what they mean by that, right? Being defiant? [unrighteous people with a rebellious spirit]  C: 1.3m tall is all defiance. // Your legs are full of defiance. LYN: /sigh/ Okay. You’re all right.

C: I’m a newcomer, could you “flip” me (respond to me)? LYN: ... >.< ... Okay, I flipped you. To make you happy. For some friends happiness is very simple. This friend is a new fan and asked me to flip them- what that means is that they are a pancake. They’re a pancake- those that you apply sauce to- and just by flipping them, will make them very happy. I flipped you. I hope you’re happy. It’s like you’re a fried egg. C: So you don’t flip the old ones. LYN: The old ones... how could you be making a fuss? “Ning-ge, I’ve been a fan for four years, but now you’re replacing the old with the new, is that it?” That’s not what I meant. Don’t try to start anything. I’m already close enough with my old fans- we’re like family now. Right, fam? :D LYN: I don’t know if you have this type of manner. That is, is the first thing you do when you get home and see your family to get on your knees and kowtow to them? MY house doesn’t have these requirements, but I don’t know about yours? Go home. “Mom, I’m home!” And then fall to your knees? I don’t do that at home. But I take you as my family, and you are already understanding and polite. You’ve liked me for four years! What else is there for me to say? Isn’t that right? C: Ning-ge, when I get home I kowtow to my mom with my head lowered. LYN: LOL. If what you’re saying is true then that means when you get home every day you knock on the door and wait for your mom to open it so that you can bow to her?  LYN: I think this is ok. If you truly respect your family members that much that you would bow to them when you get home, that’s great. It’s not a bad thing. It’s a wonderful thing, and I hope that you all can adhere to it. But in my house, we don’t need to. I just say, “Mom, I’m home” without any fanfare.

C: Holy sh*t, when did you start streaming? LYN: I just started uh..  five minutes ago. Yeah, five minutes ago. If I say that, will you not feel as disappointed?

C: Ning-ge, why is your neck so red? LYN: Oh, because I kept rubbing it. My throat hasn’t been feeling great lately. I don’t know why. But sometimes when I talk I feel like I have to press down on it. 

C: Ning-ge, why are you “jie mo” handsome? *[ 这么 = zhe me = so, but an altered tone so it sounds like 芥末= jie mo =mustard] LYN: Do you mean when we eat sausages, that type of jie mo (mustard)? “Why are you mustard handsome?”? Is garlic not handsome?

C: Ning-ge, my husband recharged our roaming data so I can watch your stream. LYN: /thumbs up/ What a good man. You husband is so generous. As a man myself, I’m going to give him a thumbs up!

C: You’re so funny. LYN: YOU’RE funny. In your eyes I’m just a joke.

C: I want to go to your house and steal toy figures. LYN: Stop spamming. We don’t allow spamming here, even though we don’t have a moderator if it were me from before I would have kicked you out already. Don’t spam. But you want to steal my figures? You’re already exposing your crime in my stream. You’re so cool, you’re admitting to wanting to steal in front of so many eyes- you must be a repeat offender.

LYN: Let me tell you something... /thinks about it/ Forget it, I won’t talk about it. LYN: It’s alright, I’ll tell you about it later. I’m keeping track. It hasn’t been officially announced yet, so I’ll tell you later. Let’s not rush. You’ll know eventually.

C: I want to see fans interview Ning-ge. LYN: What do you mean? Interview me? Honestly when you type in the comments I already reply to you right here. We’ll stream later today, so maybe we can have a q&a session. If you have anything you want to ask me, we can talk about it. It can be about this industry, or anything you think I might have an interest in- you can ask me about it and I might answer. Honestly no one has really come to interview me lately, anyway. I have a stomach-full of things to say. XD C: I want to see you interview the fans. LYN: That, I’ll pass.

C: Ning-ge, what scent of perfume/cologne do you use? LYN: I won’t recommend it to you, because I have a makeup collaboration soon. If I mention some other brand’s perfume, it wouldn’t look good. But I really have the personality of an old Dongbei dude... though I may not look like it- but I look manly, right? But we don’t really like using more feminine products- honestly. I never used to use perfume, because I felt like... it wasn’t BAD, but I just didn’t want to. I couldn’t accept it, myself. But later, after I got into this industry and especially when I started shooting dramas, I started to spray some every day. Because I have to act alongside other people. Sometimes Hengdian can get really hot. It’s so hot and we’re over there wearing three to four layers. Most of the time we sweat through. Sweat everywhere- back, chest, thighs. Sometimes on especially hot days you can be standing there and the back of your hand would sweat. Here I am, acting opposite an actress. I have to exchange words with her, and fight other people, and sometimes I will run by. Think about it- if you smell like sweat and you run by someone, they’re going to throw up. It’s not that it stinks, but there’s bound to be the smell of sweat. I don’t think that’s very respectful to other people. So ever since I started acting, if I think it’s going to be a hot day I’ll spray myself down. Half a bottle, gone. I’m a bit more extreme with usage, like spraying bug repellant. XD C: Sweat + perfume is not going to smell good either, though? LYN: No, I- I’m not talking about SWEATING, what do you think I’m doing, playing basketball?? Do you mean the smell I get when I go to play basketball and after I take my shoes off, or what? Did I go hiking??? There’s not THAT MUCH sweat, so there’s not that much smell. What are you thinking? I wash up every day... // I think it’s all about respecting the other actor, whether female or male.  C: But you just said that your clothes were soaked through and even the back of your hand was sweating. LYN: My hand sweat can be covered with hand cream. Sweat on my neck is covered with sunscreen. There are all sorts of smells together. Foundation has a smell. Hairspray has a smell. It’s not like using ONLY perfume to cover your whole body’s odor. There’s a mix going on. If you lift your hand it smells like hand cream; your shoulder might smell like the perfume; if you lower your head it’s going to smell like hairspray. Right? It’s all different, but they’re all mixed together. It’s not like our faces are stuck together. I think it’s enough to cover the smell to that the other party doesn’t find you disgusting, at the very least. // There are all sorts of smells. Let’s just shorten it to shi san xiang (13 fragrant spices; used to marinate meat for cooking).  C: So what perfume do you use? LYN: I use what’s considered the 13 Fragrant Spices. C: Are we marinating meat now? LYN: Yes, 13 Fragrant Spices are used to marinate meat. XD But I just meant the idea of it- because you were asking me what perfumes I used and through that topic I veered us into this place.  LYN: I don’t want you all to start doing it, but I just want to say that if you like perfume and like wearing it you can do it. When you walk by people you can leave a nice smell. I think that coworkers or classmates can enjoy the smell too and they will associate it with you. C: Under normal circumstances I don’t like spraying perfume. LYN: That means that you have not normal circumstances where you do... like when you’re going to an event or party? C: Why do I need people to enjoy associating me with a fragrance? LYN: You don’t have to. But society is just like this: one more person liking you is better than having someone hate you. If, just by spraying perfume, it can bring you some benefit, then I suggest you spray it. LYN: It hasn’t elevated to the point where I’m questioning whether you should or should not put on perfume, the base of the matter was the topic of hygiene. I put on perfume because when I am doing fight scenes, I might sweat and want to cover the smell. It’s just like how you brush your teeth every morning- it’s out of respect to those you work with. It’s normal. Otherwise why else would toothpaste be mint flavored? Why don’t you use rose flavored toothpaste? It’s the same logic.

- /reiterating that he CAN speak Standard Mandarin, likes to use his hometown accent in his streams to feel closer to the viewers, but while acting he ONLY uses Standard./ LYN: If I were to use my accent to say my lines, my costars would laugh themselves to death. - /t/n: demonstrates, but this is a lot more fun if you’re listening/ - /first scenario: you’re going on a mission to intercept the enemy and are giving out instructions to your team./ - /second scenario: classic guzhuang xianxia dramas/ LYN: Let’s say you’re an immortal. The partner is also an immortal but they’re going to jump from the tower- no, the platform- so that they can live a different life. Aren’t those stories all about the multiple worlds and multiple lives? So they’re about to jump and you run over and say, “Don’t jump! You can’t. Don’t jump, don’t jump. Listen to me. Don’t jump, you can’t. Let me explain, alright?? If you jump, I’ll jump with you. Let’s both go die, neither of us will live anymore. Ok? I can’t live my life without you.” LOL. That’s no good!! LYN: “Leave everything for me to endure. Don’t say anymore. It’s enough for me to take the burden on my own.” That won’t do, right? There’s no way. So I still use Standard Mandarin when filming. LYN: I am Dongbei Qingcang. Nice to meet you. C: If you’re Dongbei Qingcang then I am Da Lan Hua. (Big Orchid) LYN: No, we wouldn’t call her “Da Lan Hua” but probably “Da Lan-zi” (also sounds like “big basket”). “Da Lan-zi, come to my house to sit. Come, sit on my house’s kang (heated platform) and we’ll chat. Da Lan-zi.” Yeah, it’s like that. Not “Da Lan Hua”.

C: Ning-ge, use Dongbei accent to sing “Searching for You.” LYN: No, actually regional accents really mess with songs. Because there’s already a fixed melody and rhythm, so the only change would be in the pronunciation of some words. There’s not much of a difference.

C: Ning-ge, you’re Dongbei Jiu Yuan (character from the CLJ donghua) LYN: /laughs/ /recites his lines/ /says “Dongfang Qingcang” instead of “Dongbei Qingcang”/

C: Dongbei rap. LYN: It’s not possible.

C: Your neighbors aren’t fighting today? LYN: If you hadn’t mentioned it I would have forgotten.  LYN: ... Wait friends...... let me pick up a call. XD Hello? ... What? ... You’re having a BABY?!? Is it a rush? Ah.. I see. I understand. So the child has just been born and you want it to see me, so that when it grows up it will look like me, is that it? That’s what people say: the baby grows up to look like the first person it sees. You want it so see me? Um.. I’ll have to decline, because lately the comments online are all saying I’m ugly and I don’t want to influence the child. How about this, I’ll bring a poster of HZT. Is that alright? It doesn’t need to see me- what was that? You WANT your child to look like me? Alright, then I’ll make the trip down. Wait for me. I’ll be right there. /dragging it on longer XD/ LYN: Friends, you all know the situation, right? I have to make a trip downstairs, so the kid can see me. As soon as it was born, they covered it’s eyes with a towel and when I get downstairs they’ll remove the towel so it can look at me and then they’ll leave. Alright? It’ll be quick. Wait for me a bit. I’ll play you a VCR. Wait for me, don’t leave. -- bathroom break #1 LYN: Alright I’m back. On my way back I opened up weibo and did my daily check in. I said earlier that I would the day pass and use a make-up card, but I thought about it and thought I should’t waste it. 

C: You finished having the baby and came back? LYN: /I/ didn’t go have a baby, I don’t have that function. It was my friend’s baby. C: Was it a boy or a girl? LYN: WHAT’S IT TO YOU? Do you want to be the kid’s godfather or godmother? Are you going to give the kid 200RMB? C: Ning-ge, I forgot to check in, could you gift me a make-up card? LYN: When you have a baby, I’ll gift it to you as a congratulatory present. Our relationship is deep enough for that. C: When my baby is born I want it to get a look at you, too. LYN: Okay, okay.

C: Ning-ge, you rode a horse one-handed? LYN: There were pictures out a couple days ago- you all saw them? Of me riding a horse one-handed. That’s nothing to be amazed at, it was a basic technique. I used to be very afraid of horses. I’ll tell you all why. It’s because my first drama- my first guzhuang drama, my first scene- I was kicked by a horse. Do you know- to an actor shooting his first guzhuang drama, and his first scene of the whole thing- to be kicked by a horse on the very first day? Do you know how much it hurts?!? Really, I was kicked into a daze. After that I started to fear riding horses. But later, after shooting so many dramas and having to ride horses for them, I’m not as afraid anymore. I always prepare carrots, though. I know I’ll have to ride a lot for this drama, so I told my bro to go to the market and buy a sack of carrots to leave on the RV. If I have a horse scene, I’m going to feed it until it’s full. Horses love carrots. Not to say that they’re going to be obedient if I feed them tasty things, but at the very least they won’t hate me. People and horses are the same.  LYN: So, I’ve fed them no small amount of carrots. I’m sure horses have an impression- honestly these horses shoot more dramas than people do. Don’t look down on them. These horses are working every day. I’m sure the dramas they have been in are a lot more than some actors. That’s the first thing. The second thing is that these horses know a lot more actors and celebrities than you do. You could go your whole life without ever knowing/seeing more than a couple of artists, but these horses see them everyday. They’re veterans. LYN: These horses are in Hengdian all the time, it’s like they’ve been trained for the camera. When the director says, “Get ready!” they know- they stand at attention. They have better posture than I do! They know to stand at attention when the camera is rolling, and then “3, 2, 1.” You don’t even have to say anything, the horse just goes! It’s a natural instinct for them, now. They act better than some rookie actors do. LYN: Sometimes a scene will require two people to sit on their horses and exchange dialogue. After they’re done talking, they continue on the road, right? A lot of dramas are like this- you’ll be riding and you stop. The two characters decide which forward path to take. When you watch the drama it might seem like the actors rode up to the scene, but actually when it cuts the two actors are already sitting at position. You can’t have the horse ride up because there’s no way to tell a horse exactly where to stop in line with the camera frame. They’re not people or machines, there’s no way to get them to stop without a hair out of place. For example, you could have the horse walk over, but when you stop you’ll find that you’re half out of frame. That’s not good. So when we do close-ups the horse is already stabilized and we’re sitting on it, before we start rolling. Sometimes the director will do the countdown to camera rolling and at “1″- in what was supposed to be a still scene, the horse starts running. That’s a normal occurrence.  LYN: Animals are the hardest to work with when filming. They don’t listen like people do. Sometimes there will be a scene where you ride up, and then get off the horse and take the reins to lead it while you exchange dialogue. But then the horse stops in place and you can’t make it walk any further. They’re not going to listen to you, who do you think you are? It’s not as if you trained them yourself. If you want to ride up on them that’s fine. But if you want to get off and walk with them, they stop. Pull back, even. Very common. Say the director decides we get off the horse and stand in place to exchange dialogue. We’ll be exchanging lines and the horse could start to urinate (or going #2). XD There’s just no way to control that. LYN: There are a lot of surprises that can happen when shooting horse scenes.

C: Ning-ge, when the horse stops walking just sing “走马” (Walking Horse) to it. LYN: Yeah, I’ll sing to it, “After a long time I finally looked up, to see you on the other side walking A LITTLE SLOWLY.” I don’t think it’ll work. It wouldn’t understand. LYN: Horses- I’m telling you, after filming guzhuang dramas I have a keen understanding of horses, now. Don’t look at horses and think they are tall and strong. They are super timid. They’re super timid and have a very strong sense of self-defense. Why else would people always say the “horse was spooked”? If I started to sing to it and it spooked and ran away, who could I turn to for help? We don’t need that to happen. Let’s not sing to it. Some horses are very timid, and will scare and run at the smallest of things. If you’re on the horse you can be thrown off at any moment. Anything is possible.  LYN: The taller people are, the more timid they are. (talking about himself? XD)

C: Get by the horse’s ear and sing it a rap verse. LYN: Um... these horses aren’t familiar with you and even if you’re doing a drama together you would only really see and interact with it the few times. If I sang it a rap, I don’t think it would be accepting of any type of raucous music. I definitely can’t rap to it. C: Zi Wei can speak to horses. LYN: Ah, are you talking about in Princess Pearl? Zi Wei whispered in the horse’s ear and then it started to walk? It’s a drama, after all. You see in a lot of dramas that people can fly, don’t you? Even more jump town from the “Fairy Guillotine” (aka Immortal Execution Platform). Those are all dramas, you can’t take them for real life. Some individuals even blow 20 billion people away with a wave of their hand. LYN: I’ll crouch by the horse’s ear and say, “Hi, I’m Zi Wei. Can you understand what I’m saying? Alright, let’s go!” /smh/ In some dramas people get snatched up by aliens! You can’t take that stuff seriously. 

C: Suddenly I couldn’t understand what you were saying. LYN: Are you taking a shower? Can you all hear me? This friend said they suddenly couldn’t hear what I was saying?? Are you in the shower, has water gotten in your ears? Jump! Let the water fall out of your ears. I don’t think this has anything to do with me, you must have gotten water in your ears. You can try to fix it yourself.

C: I’ve been your fan for five years now and I still really like you. What’s up with that? LYN: What else can it mean? What’s wrong with that? This is what you call... having charm. Many of you might have been around for four or five years but still haven’t had enough of me, and are wondering why. Don’t wonder, many others are just like you. That’s right.

C: Ning-ge, how come your eyelashes don’t seem as long as they were before? LYN: I told you, I was putting on lash serum for a while, wasn’t I? But I haven’t been applying it lately. You might apply it, but eyelashes grow in layers. They’re like your nails- no, that’s not a good description. Just... they’re continuous. You know? When they grow to a certain extent, then the old lashes fall and new ones grow. They’re layered, so the ones I applied serum to have already finished their round. Why haven’t I been applying it lately? Because I discovered a problem- it might just be a problem with me- after I applied it my dark circles were so prominent. If it were a choice between having dark circles and having short lashes, I’d rather not have the dark circles.

C: Are Liu-ge’s streams always this funny? I can’t sleep because I’m laughing. LYN: Why are you blaming your insomnia on me? Go to sleep.

C: Will Director Li have you sing an OST for his drama? LYN: Which drama? He hasn’t contacted me about anything. I don’t know which drama you’re referring to, but if he comes to find me, I’ll sing.

C: Ning-ge, what is your rising sign (astrology)? LYN: I don’t know... I’m allergic (avoid) these types of things. I don’t believe in that stuff.

C: I just downloaded weibo so I could watch your stream. It’s my first time watching and I’m so excited. LYN: :) Really? Weibo is such a common thing and you’ve only just downloaded it? That means I’m also capable of attracting new consumers. That’s my market value. // There are new friends watching my stream tonight? If that’s the case then you can subscribe to my weibo and the next time I finish up with work early I will stream and weibo will notify you. You can come take a look. Subscribing to my weibo isn’t shameful. You won’t lose face because of it. Thank you. It could be that your subscription to my weibo is bringing the platform new customers. It’s also making me look good and have market value. Even if just a small action from you might help me be that much closer to turning the tides. You’re all good people. Please suscribe. C: I’m subscribed. LYN: Thank you.

LYN: When you’re here please try not to mention other artists. I know that I used to mention them myself, if I feel we have a good enough relationship but now- it’s hard to say. We’ll avoid mentioning other artists for now. If I bring them up on my own, that’s my own problem. But you all should avoid mentioning other people. It makes this awkward. LYN: Sometimes people talk too much or too little. I have a good relationship with most people. But if I mention them people will start to talk and say that I am mentioning them for clout. What clout could I possibly attain? How many years has it been since I even debuted? I’m still a rookie but I’ve debuted for four years now- what do I expect to gain? People who will like LYN have started long ago and people who find him annoying have been annoyed for the past four or five years already. I can’t gain clout from mentioning anyone.  C: They must all be other peoples’ fans. LYN: It doesn’t matter- everyone who comes here is a guest. If you come to watch my stream that means that at least you don’t find me annoying, and that’s enough for me. We don’t want to segregate by who is who’s fan. It’s not like it’s impossible for someone else’s fan to also start liking LYN, right? :) In the same token, a lot of LYN’s fans have also become someone else’s fan. It doesn’t matter either way, we’re all the same. This is a public platform. The entertainment circle is like a supermarket. Today you’ll really want to drink the market’s yogurt, so you buy a yogurt to drink. Tomorrow you don’t feel like yogurt and want to eat convenience store noodles, so you go to the convenience store. There are choices. It’s not like just because you chose yogurt one day, it means that you have to drink that yogurt forever. Right? It’s the same sentiment. So it doesn’t matter who’s a fan of who; it’s just a title and doesn’t mean that we can’t all get along. 

C: My roommate says the speaking volume is low but the music volume is high. LYN: You roommate is such a good girl. Really. Try to figure out why I say so.Or.. she’s not a “good girl” but an “honest girl.” She says that the music is too loud and my speaking voice is too low- that makes her an honest girl because the music in bars is much louder than this. If you go out to club and party at night then the music in those places is much louder, you can’t even hear yourself speaking, you know? So she’s a good girl and doesn’t go out at night to play or bum around. Very honest. C: How did you guess it? LYN: I guessed right?? C: Ning-ge, I go to bars to do my homework. LYN: LOL. You’re writing an essay? Did you bring your laptop? - /talks about more things you can do in a bar, like order a coffee or practice some tai chi :p/ LYN: Going to a bar to do your homework... alright. The next time your mom asks what you’re going out for, tell her you’re going to a bar to do your homework. Let’s see if she hits you or not! She’ll kick you before anything. You’re going out in the middle of the night, to a bar, to do your homework?? To learn?! Just tell her that.

LYN: I saw a comment under my post that read “LYN is so funny. His streams are so interesting.” I saw a reply to that comment that read, “One day I watched LYN’s stream but I found it disgusting.” So the OP asked, “Why?” and they replied, “I feel like he’s really fake- he keeps doing the “bubble” sound to make himself sound cool but I think it’s gross.” Friends- every time I finish streaming I tend to self-reflect, but do I really do that? To make myself seem ~more depressing? Do I tend to use this sound a lot when I speak to you?~ ~Do you know why I speak with this “bubble” sound? Because I’m drinking carbonated water.~ I’ll “kill” you with perfection!! LYN: I don’t speak with any airs. I’m streaming for so long that if I’m putting on a voice for the whole duration of it, I’d be done for. I’d tire myself to death. But if you feel like I do have that sound when I’m talking, it has to be because of the way I ~pronounce things. That’s just how I talk. Because I want to “end” them.~ LYN: But when I stream I usually use the Northeastern dialect, so even if someone uses the “bubble” sound to speak, paired with the dialect it wouldn’t have any effect. Here, listen. “Girl, do you think of tonight’s music? If you think it’s alright, then dance along with me. Did you know... that when you walked into the room...” /laughs at himself/ Do you think that sounds too perfect? It doesn’t work, so when I stream I usually use my Dongbei dialect and if I add the “bubble” sound on top of that it would be extremely awkward. Now you’re just falsely accusing me.  C: 野狼disco [t/n: bc it’s full of pick-up lines, I’m guessing] LYN: I can’t even take it anymore myself. Hey, wha do you think of this bubble sound? Is it nice? I’ll let you hear enough of it~ - /reiterates how it’s difficult to use a different dialect to sing a song; unless that song was already crafted using a dialect./ LYN: The Dongbei dialect doesn’t much change the pronunciation of the word itself, unlike Shanghainese or Zhejiang or Minnan, which use different languages. With Dongbei dialect we’re just changing the tone used to pronounce the character, you know? It’s the same as Standard but using a different tone.  - /sings 东北民谣 (The Northeast Folk Lyrics) by Mao Buyi)/ C: Liu-ge, “kill” me. XD LYN: What do you think friends, how did Liu-ge do? // Oh? Why am I being cheesy all of a sudden? - /pauses/ LYN: Friends, it’s like this- once it hits around 11:30p I suddenly come to my senses. /laughs/ Liu-ge. “I don’t understand, but I am your Liu-ge.”

LYN: Right- so we were talking about the Dongbei dialect and the “bubble” sound. This is just what I sound like when I speak normally- it’s always been like this. If you watch my old streams, you’ll find that my voice is much more hoarse than this. But this sound you’re hearing isn’t forced, it’s just that I’m tired. I’m tired so it doesn’t sound as clear. I also wish to have a “youthful” tone. But there’s no helping it, my voice had always had this “ragged” sound to it. But I think it’s a good thing. When people age, so do their voices. Unless you’re a professional voice actor, who can change their voice- but normal people (can’t). Even me, when I got to act, I think that my voice is actually befitting of the roles I play, because I already can’t make out a teenager’s voice. This face can’t act as a teenager, either. So when I look at roles, they’re more of the... well... I CAN still pass as a “youth”. Right? If this person were on the younger side, I can lift my tone a bit, so I can sound more young. But if I am playing someone more mature/stable, then I would use a deeper voice. It’s helpful for acting. LYN: People used to say that since I am a singer, I should be able to recite my lines better. The truth is, singing has nothing to do with reciting lines, and I can’t recite them well. I’m still working on getting them right. What they meant is that since I was a singer, I should have and I NEEDED to be able to say my lines well. I think this statement is illogical. If it were “this person is an actor, they MUST be able to say their lines well”, I think this statement is okay to say. But to have a singer who MUST be able to say their lines well- that’s actually two different things. You might think that speaking and singing is the same thing but it’s not. Because actually there’s a difference in how we pronounce words when speaking vs singing. The breathing is different, too. When you sing or go to the KTV with friends you’ll notice that before you sing you always need to suck in a breath before you start. Right? /demonstrates/ I exaggerated it a bit so you can hear. But who do you know sucks in a breath before speaking?? Therefore, singing and speaking are two different things entirely. C: How can you breathe in more deeply? // Why does it feel like you can’t get enough air? LYN: That was me exaggerating the breathe. I wanted you to be able to hear it. /demonstrates again, but MORE exaggeratedly [t/n: I almost spit out my tea XD]/ LYN: I remember telling you this in a stream before, that singing and saying lines uses the opposite technique. For singing you need to breathe in, but for acting you are breathing out (”放气” = “let air” // homophonous with “放弃” = “give up”). C: What do you mean “give up”? LYN: No, you can’t “GIVE UP”, I meant that you need to “RELEASE AIR”. You’ll find that a lot of actors, when they speak, sound breathy. /demonstrates: holding breath/standard speaking/releasing breath/ Did you hear it? Releasing the breath. Because this makes it sound more “alive”. So it’s two different things. But I can’t talk about this with you in too much detail, because I don’t understand it either. LYN: When I say my lines, though I’m not too heavy on the breathing, unless I’m very excited/agitated. LYN: I’m someone who, when I find an interest in something, really likes to study/research the topic. I’ll watch other people’s material and I like to imitate it and work out how they execute. Sometimes I will work out my own tips and tricks in regards to saying my lines and acting. If I tell you I’m sure it would sound extremely unprofessional, though. // I like to observe.

C: Ning-ge, Hao Du’s voice acting was great! LYN: Actually, it wasn’t great at all. I’m not trying to put down my own works- Hao Du’s character was a successful one, but that was my first time doing voice acting. If you go back to look at it now- of course, “good” or “bad” is something for you, the viewers, to decide- but I personally am not satisfied with my performance.  C: Bai Choufei’s was good. LYN: BCF... he was alright. I can only say that every juncture, my skills are at their highest for that particular moment in time. I take the voice acting very seriously. You might consider BCF to be acceptable, but that’s because it was the best of my skill at the time. I did my best. But people are always improving, even if it’s by the smallest of increments. So BCF was the best I could do at the time, but of course even right now I’m not much better than I was then. LYN: I’m thankful for the BCF role for allowing me to train in a lot of aspects. For example, performance-wise, and ways in which to express a character that goes through many changes. Looking back on it now, of course there are going to be regrets and there are things I could have done better. But at the time it was the best I could do. BCF gave me room to perform and train my own abilities- it was a role where I could test the limits of my expressiveness. A lot of roles don’t give you that, and are very quiet roles. BCF is a role where after you have acted it, you improve in a lot of different ways. That includes his dialogue, and his way of speaking as well. It was a great role to sharpen my acting with.  LYN: Some of the lines, you come to an understanding of yourself. For example the part at the end. “Now you want to kill me! You want to kill me!” In the script it’s only the single line but when you express it on scene, you end up repeating it. They are the feelings you get when the scene is playing out, so you naturally add it in. The voice acting, too, and the sheer amount of dialogue. It was an intense role to practice and train with.

C: I’ve never had insomnia, but this is my first time because I’m watching LYN’s stream. LYN: :) What can I say... this might be fate.

C: Will you still receive villain roles? LYN: Of course. I don’t mind- I’ve said this to my fans before, too. Even though I am taking on main lead roles now, don’t be disappointed in me if I decide to go for third or fourth male lead roles later. My plan in life is to be a male actor, not a LEADING male actor. Do you get what I mean? My decisions are made based on if I like the script, the role, and the production team.  LYN: As for villain roles, I’d still receive them but I might try to avoid them for now. The role of Bai Choufei really... made too many people fall into the story. That just goes to show that the actor did a good job, because they’re already starting to put curses on me. I’m only the actor but some people wish I were hit by a car. How terrifying is that? So I’ll do my best to avoid it for now. LYN: So if I get the chance, now I really want to act as... a ~young man with deep feelings/emotions (深情 (shēnqíng)~. I think that will help turn people’s view of me. If I keep playing villains, people are going to hate me. C: 神经 (shénjīng = crazy) young man. LYN: What, “crazy”? Is my putonghua that bad?? It’s so bad that you can’t understand me when I talk now? I said “深情” young man! C: Ning-ge, you’re really suited for villain roles. LYN: Yes, I am well aware of that. That is, my aura- the aura of the person called Liu Yuning- it’s a bit villainous. You can go back to watch my variety shows. Sometimes when I watch it back I even think, “What’s wrong with me?” I went on a variety show and ended up agitated. What did I have to act like such a bad guy for?? It’s not that I’m acting that way on purpose, that’s just the air I give off. If you wanted me to act as a very good person, according to my current abilities, it’s a bit of a hard ask. XD

C: Ning-ge, didn’t you say you would stream for a little bit? How come it’s already near 12a? LYN: We count time differently here. Your “little bit” to me is “one to one hundred thousand years”. Just let me chat with you a bit longer.

C: An emotional (baby) cabbage. LYN: /sigh/ Alright. -- C: Please don’t act as a villain again. LYN: It depends on the role. If it’s a truly good role I will still take it. It doesn’t matter if the character is a villain or not. It doesn’t matter. It’s good enough that I still have work to do in this industry, let’s not be picky about it. -- LYN: Last time I wore cabbage shirt, today is a pine flower (century) egg, is that it? Wow, I really am a cook- everything I wear has something to do with food. Okay, then. What you say is right. Today I’m wearing a pine flower egg. -- LYN: I don’t care if it’s a villain or hero role, having a job is better than not. If there’s work, I’d better take it because we are all just trying 活着 (To Live). - /sings 活着 (To Live)/

C: Ning-ge, were you fake-playing the guitar? LYN: What are you saying?! - /tunes his guitar, to prove he CAN play/ LYN: What strange things are you saying? // Alright, let me show you my talent. I will play for you the only song I have learned in my life. I hope you... like it. Oh- I’m not going to sing it, but why I have I pulled up the lyrics? - /plays a few notes/ LYN: See! This is the problem with old fans- they know exactly what you’re going to play! You’ve all already typed out “南瓜马车的午夜” but not “换上童话的玻璃鞋”?? [lyrics to 拥抱 (Embrace) by Mayday] // I have to play something I’ve never played for you before. I’m going to go online to search for chords and learn a song right now. Don’t rush. I’ll search one right now. What’s hot lately? I need to show you, so you don’t laugh at me. How about... 酒醉的蝴蝶 (Drunken Butterfly)? Let me see if there are chords for it. Have you heard of this song?

- Happy New Year, it’s 12am! LYN: Happy New Year my friends, and thank you for spending the new year with me. It’s been a long time since we’v spent one together. In this new year I wish you wealth and happiness!

- /酒醉的蝴蝶 (Drunken Butterfly), acoustic ver./ LYN: Incomparable~ Friends, this is what you call ~art~. LYN: It still doesn’t seem as good as the pumpkin carriage, huh? Let’s stick with that. What are the lyrics again? Let me look them up. - /拥抱 (Embrace), acoustic ver./ LYN: Alright, that’s enough. This performance is a bit of a blow to my market value but I just needed to prove that I wasn’t faking it earlier. My guitar isn’t only here for looks. /I/ am only here for looks. LYN: I performed that way on purpose, because nowadays what people want to see in dramas and movies is a sense of... brokenness. People can say that an actor has a sense of “brokenness”- my song is the same. It was just very “broken” and I also sang very “broken” and “ragged” so when you combine the two you get the sense of “brokenness.”

LYN: Alright well, I thank you for your company. That’s about all for today. It’s already 12am! I need to be in hair and makeup tomorrow at 7, so that means I need to wake up at 6. Alright, well. I was in a better condition today and I enjoyed chatting with you all, and I hope you are happy as well. Your happiness is more important than mine, because I really don’t know the next time I will get to stream. Thank you for you company! If you haven’t yet subscribed to my weibo yet, please do so- the next time I stream we can meet here again. I hope you had a wonderful and relaxing night. It was great to have you and I hope tonight you were happy. I’ll see you the next time I stream. Good night, everyone.

LYN: Before I go I think I need to rap for you. I didn’t do well the other day. Let’s see if I can make it today. I tried singing “麒麟 (Kirin)” the other day and didn’t do well. Let me try and see if I’m a little stronger than I was then. This is like a lullaby- anyone who hears it would get really sleepy. You’re going to be so sleepy. You’ll be out like a light. /adds special effects/ What is this? This doesn’t look like a stage. /changes it/ This is good. I’m telling you- no matter who hears this song, you’re going to get sleepy. It does wonders. Let’s test it out. - /麒麟 (Kirin)/ (take 1, original speed) LYN: Wait- I want to see if I can make the lyrics not as.. short. They’re coming so fast I can’t remember them. They’re going by too fast. - /麒麟 (Kirin)/ (take 2, slower)

LYN: Good night everybody.

#Liu Yuning #lyn livestream #(2:56:58) #topics: #food preferences #enemies to lovers #his colleagues are complimenting him every day to offset the mean comments about him online :') #to wear or not to wear perfume/cologne #CLJ (Dongbei ver.) #aka Dongbei Qingcang and Da Lanzi #mechanics of horse scenes #mechanics of speaking vs singing #shows off his guitar skillz #closes out with a song that will 'make you sleepy" #(aka rapper!ning)