#take us home (2023)

[the-marron]

no context, we die like fanfic writers

#take us home #chen yucheng #zheng xijue #take us home 2023

[niyana-the-ambiguous-mobian]

How I picture this conversation would go during the aftermath of the Brooklyn battle in the movie.

Context: *Mario and Luigi are sitting at the table in their families' apartment. Their mother and father listen in while Mario telling them the story, getting near the part of when the wedding took place*

M&L's father: "Wow! You guys went through so much in what, a day? I'm surprised you guys were still standing after all of that!"

Mario: "Yeah, getting that star definitely helped with our injuries. Especially with mine."

M&L's mother, putting a plate of hot food down in front of him: "Well, I'm just glad you boys are safe and sound. If I was there, I would have given that turtle man a piece of my mind for hurting you two."

Luigi: "I'm sure you would have, ma."

Mario: "No doubt about that. I feel like I'm forgetting something else that happened."

Luigi: "Oh yeah, I remember what you forgot. Mario had to put on a bear costume in order to save me."

Mario: 'blushes and coughs awkwardly while burying his head in his plate'.

M&L's Mom: "....he dressed as a bear?"

Luigi, nonchalantly while continuing to eat his food: "Yep. Looked all plush and cuddly, too."

Mario, glaring at him: "Lu..."

M&L's Father: "What? Why the heck did you have on a bear costume?"

Mario, through clenched teeth: "It was actually an animal called a tanooki, and it helped me save Luigi from certain death during the wedding."

M&L's mom: "Ooh! You guys were at a wedding? Was it lovely?"

Mario: "Well, we weren't invited per say. Luigi and the other captured prisoners were going to be sacrificed in "honor" for the wedding to commence, and I was fighting the Koopas in the kingdom below with DK. So, in order to get where they were, I had to get a power up that allowed me to fly up there just in time to save him."

Luigi, grinning smugly: "And he was this close to becoming the ring bear-er."

Mario: "Luigi, I swear..."

M&L's father: "What’s a ta-whoo-ki?"

Mario: "it's pronounced ta-noo-ki, dad, and it's a type of raccoon dog and -"

Luigi, without missing a beat: "And the only thing that he actually can live up to in his name now."

Mario: "Oh, will you SHUT IT?!?"

#i personally headcanon that Luigi would constantly tease Mario for wearing the tanooki outfit and never let him live it down #like that is some younger sibling shit he would take full advantage of it even though Mario saved his life using it #that ends up coming out more after they return home and Mario can't STAND it XD #mario movie spoilers #mario movie 2023 #mario movie #the super mario bros movie #mario #luigi #mario and luigi

[f1-birb]

oscar singing for the first time in mclaren

#us gp 2023 #austin gp 2023 #oscar piastri #lando norris #mclaren #proper mclaren karaoke when #lando singing the climb #oscar sort of singing take me home country roads

[hanarium]

Bai Yu Reviews #3 : Take Us Home (龙城) - END

Full Review: 36/36 watched

What is it about?

Family trying to figure out their way in life despite the outside and inner troubles . More slice of life than a romance, although romance does appear. Heavy focus on family and obligation to family.

Bai Yu's role?

Main, middle brother Zheng Xijue

Is it worth watching?

Yes, but it's not for everyone. Gets heavy at times. Details and minor spoilers under the cut.

After the review of the first half of the show, I was ready to be disappointed further, and yet, to my great surprise, right after episode 18 the entire drama took off.

Things got progressively worse, especially when it comes to Dongni and her issues, but pretty much everyone from the main cast got a moment to shine and at least try to tackle their problems and hang ups, while the crisises kept on coming.

The focus on parenting, on the role and responsibility of a parent when it comes to a child (and the other way round), is definitely one of the strongest points Take Us Home makes, and discusses at length. Different models of parenthood, different approaches and effects it has on kids, are coordinated well with what was shown in the first part of the show.

Here, a scene from the last two episodes comes to mind, that is the talk between Dongni and Xuebi, regarding the degree to which a parent should sacrifice for their kids and how it affects said kids. The answer is particularly resonant in modern times - an unhappy parent is very likely to make their child unhappy too, despite their best intentions. No one can grow up sane while feeling they are a burden someone has to sacrifice for, day after day.

Zhao Zhao's plotline is probably the most painful one, but it leads to a very mature discussion of hope and the price for it - Zheng Xijue's idealistic belief in shielding people from truth just to sustain their hope and will to live, is constrasted with Doctor Chen's pragmatism and rather realistic belief that it's foolish to waste resources on lies that do not bring any real change.

There is also the prevailing question of - do you want to save her? Or just feel better about yourself because you tried?

This arc doesn't offer any easy answers, although it seems that the script sides more with Xijue here, considering the 'ghost talks' both Xijue and Doctor Chen have at some point, explaining their reasoning and feelings to those who are long gone.

Doctor Chen is an interesting character in his own right - from an idealist and true altruist he changed into a loner, unwilling or unable to let anyone close because of the hurt he suffered. Him and Zheng Xijue are natural foils for each other and each scene with them both present is a personal favourite of mine. Again - patterns that are repeated shape who the characters are, and it's requires them to work on themselves to overcome them. Some manage to, some don't.

Although most of the attention, especially when it comes to the dramatic and hurtful events, is centred on Zheng Xijue and Dongni, Nanyin's plotline of growing into herself and her relationship is done very well too - it is a nice counterbalance to the stormy lives of her older siblings, but it's not naive or insignifcant. Nanyin, taking strength from the support and love she received from her family, is able to fight back against her in-laws and to decide for her own how her life and future will look like. In the sea of hard choices and inescapable misery, her arc is the shining, hopeful beacon, despite the troubles she faces.

And here is the main reason why this review is so positive while the previous one was less than: the balance. The second half finally shows us moments of respite, shows us the characters smiling, hanging out, having fun, without just the dire circumstances pushing them into each other. Of course, they are still supporting one another throughout all the bad luck, but the also have the time to finally just be.

Gone is also the feeling of stagnation - first things get much worse, the spiral changes into a head-dive, but it only makes watching the Zheng siblings crawl back up, one step at a time, all the more satisfying.

They actually have to put on some work to be better and I must say, it's a joy to see them put in the effort.

However.

The one who changes the least in the end, is Zheng Xijue. Instead of him learning to set some boundaries and learning to give some things and people up, it's his surroundings that come to a conclusion that he is perfect as he is and it's their job to learn how to accept him and support him in his self-sacrificial act, because they all profitted from his sacrifices and were able to be so happy exactly because he was there to be their stepping stone.

It might be a bit of a reach here, but I find it interesting that everyone is at their best when he stops being a person and starts being a concept - with Xijue in jail, his entire family adapts almost a religious 'Xijue wouldn't want you to do that, he wouldn't want you to suffer like that' approach, which benefits them ("Xijue already suffered for it, you can't waste it, so do what you want") but doesn't really address how much this state of things costs him.

Aunt Lin does say at some point that he was bound to blow up and hit someone because he got so used to bottling everything up, yet this idea doesn't come back. Even Jiang Yi, Zheng Xijue's girlfriend who from the very beginning had very good reasons to be unhappy with his choices, finally gets 'converted' into understanding that this is how it should be and that her role in life is to be there for him whenever his goodness breaks him up too much. Local Jesus spotted, everyone.

Joking aside - I am not certain whether the show wanted it that way, or if it's just my reading of it, but I believe that while the drama has a good ending overall, Zheng Xijue is the only character who actually loses in the end. He doesn't leave his pattern after all, he even gets it enforced and encouraged from the outside, and for me? That's a bad ending. I like those, so it's additional plus from me, but for those who find themselves in Xijue's circumstances and want to be inspired by watching how he overcomes them... Well, he doesn't.

Who is it for? Definitely for those who like Bai Yu's acting, he does a marvellous job here, especially in the second part where he has something more to show than sad smiles and tears. This man can suffer, let me tell you that. For the lovers of slice of life, family dramas, flawed characters trying their best to become better, and for those who like to be reminded that no matter how hard the circumstances are, there is always hope for it to get better tomorrow.

Who it isn't for? People who don't like too much suffering, and those who don't enjoy their protagonists display toxic behaviour towards their loved ones. From what I gather, the drama also loses quite a lot of the content when it comes to Longcheng itself and the problems of industrialism that are present in the novels - they are only hinted at in the drama and don't lead anywhere. Also: it's definitely not for those who dislike characters being dramatic and irrational at times - while realistic, it can get sometimes frustrating, because how naive can you get???

Overall, I enjoyed it a lot, even cried a bit in the right moments, so personally, I do recommend it both to Bai Yu fans and to people who enjoy the topics this drama touches upon. It's very well-acted and beautifully shot, the ost also grows on you as you watch (although some songs get repeated so often that making a drinking game out of them would kill some livers)

#bai yu reviews #take us home #take us home (2023) #bai yu

[nicoscheer]

Outfit on Point 👌🏽

NOOO he looks so soft 🫠🫠😭😭and yes fucking finally glasses on 💅

Holy shit YES

#18/12/2023 #miles taking us back home with him to his mum is so dear to my heart #also Maxie=the beast elite nickname miles #also adore Pauline Kane for taking this pic for us #love how even at his mom’s he’s got big cat print pillows #eastenders and ice cream gotta hand it to miles he knows how to relax #Instagram #I was kinda hoping for some baby miles pics on the mantlepiece #not Miles overexcited playing all the songs he recommended for us to his mom as well most likely #please let him give us a silly cooking Christmas dinner video with him and Maxie in a silly sweater and not being able to resist feeding ma #jadedheartsclub comeback #Also was he not happy with his cooking skills cause he clearly taking a food pic and he usually always proudly shares them to get applause #we know Miles loves Christmas but instead of cheerful Xmas tunes he’s listening to hiphop/rap from the early 2000s to get in the mood

[jaerie]

Woodlands Texas - July 8th, 2023 

#louis tomlinson #fitfwt woodlands #Fitfwt 2023 #im in the dallas airport on my way home #and its not the vibe #definitely going to take some mental gymnastics to go back to cosplaying a functional adult professional #this yolo way of thinking has been fun #i needed it i think #reminds me of who i used to be #but in a mature headspace #and not surrounded by toxic energy #and also flying has been nice #instead of roadtripping 17 hours to texas as the solo driver #because flights were too expensive #hahahaha #a thing ive done before #more than once #wtf is my life #why am i like this #no regrets

[when-did-this-become-difficult]

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right wing media about ceasefire protests really has my parents messed up...in the run up to one simple non disruptive (not binding ourselves to a bridge or whatnot) protest today, both of them have expressed worries about violence and antisemitism and hatred...like idk i know one of them has never been to a protest and the other only briefly, but like...right wing media really has people's minds fucked up, they think every rally is going to turn into a hate rally or something. the funny thing is, though, if you talk to people long enough, including my parents, most of them will eventually be like "okay I'd be fine with a ceasefire. as long as they return the hostages and stop launching rockets too" and it's like yeah...fine...then we agree? there should be a ceasefire? asdf;lkasdf;ladsfjdfsjsd;f like don't insult me i'm your own daughter and i've never expressed antisemitism but the moment i want to go to a ceasefire protest they're like WATCH OUT WHAT YOU MIGHT GET SUCKED INTO...okay you watch out, because in a couple years you might realize that tens of thousands were killed with your tax dollars and you did nothing to stop it???? idk? also how is calling for a ceasefire antisemitic, when in the US, Jewish people have been among the most vocal in calling for a ceasefire, second only to Palestinians themselves??????

#I am not a confident person but I know who I am and what I believe on this and I am not going to get 'sucked into' anything. Thanks. #I am going to stand up and be counted and then I am going to go home and sit down and have dinner. Thanks. #Like idk how to explain to people for whom protest is always painted as abnormal and violent and dangerous...that protest is actually a #normal part of the political process and people do it fairly frequently without incident. #Shoutout to the brand of tumblr post that's like 'to live your life you must disappoint your parents' because I need those posts to keep #rolling across my dash. I take them to heart. #I really do need to get fully used to disappointing and concerning and worrying and annoying my parents. For only good reasons. But still. #vent post #j.2023.all #the state of the union

[transboysokka]

ok like I’m sorry but I DONT get how European/North American people (and I’m only talking about people with the financial means of course, and this also usually extends to people who consider themselves avid travelers) just skip Asia?? because it’s “too far”???? like bitch we have airplanes you can get anywhere in the world in 24 hours or less find a new excuse

#ppl skip Africa too but that is for Other Reasons that merit their own post #I’ve spent $5000 US over the last five years killing the planet to see my family bc they REFUSE to come here like bitch pls #they can all afford destination weddings and immigrating to Europe or whatever but won’t come here I see u #also I’m NOT made of money lol I’m trying to finish this masters degree and get top surgery but I keep having to postpone both #bc I’m expected to visit the fam? lol nah #and yeah the travel time does suck when you only get a week or two off work and need to take 4 connecting flights to keep the price down #it took me 29 hours actually to get home summer 2023 #anyway this post is about me being pissed off at my family and annoyed about ‘cultured’ ppl who don’t even know about radish cakes lol #I am a hypocrite tho bc I refuse to visit Europe lolol #text

[coquelicoq]

things i learned today:

my stepdad doesn't like the word obituary. why? well i can't be 100% certain because i asked no follow-up questions, but based on the way he relayed this information ("i don't like to use the word [lowers voice] oBITCHuary") i have a pretty good idea.

"we have to google meet" (as in, call each other on the Google Meet app) and "we have to google 'meat'" sound identical and i will interpret it as the latter regardless of how little sense that makes in context.

some drinking glasses have a little divot at the top of the handle into which my thumb fits perfectly!!!!!!!!

apparently when you find yourself at a branch of the library that's closing in three days for renovations, you should go ahead and check out all 11 books you have an eye on, because the computer will give you a due date SEVEN MONTHS INTO THE FUTURE. even though you could return the books at any other branch! jackpot.

#besties i am soooo sleep-deprived and i tell you when she said 'we have to google meet' to me... #i was like oh yeah makes sense. because you have anemia. and she was like what. and i was like wait googling 'meat' wouldn't help #with anemia...like you already know you should eat meat...you already know what foods meat is in...okay so why are we googling 'meat'? #fully trusting her to have a totally rational reason for announcing to me that we should google 'meat' while dropping me off @ the bus stop #fully prepared to support her in this random endeavor of mysterious utility #but she showed me her phone with the google meet icon and was like 'no i'm calling my girlfriend when you get out of the car' #and then we laughed hysterically for like three straight minutes. one of those days besties <3 #fun with words #libraries #my posts #no but the library thing is so funny. these weren't even holds i just started running low on library books so i took myself to a branch #only to see all these signs like 'closing in three days!' which i had no idea was happening because it's not my usual branch #so i was like okay whatever. good thing i didn't try to come three days from now i guess! #then i checked out and it was like due date: october 1 2023. they're like please temporarily store these books for us while we renovate 🥺 #we don't have room for them 🥺because of construction 😫 will you pretty please give them a good home for all of the spring and summer 🙏 #like a of all don't mind if i do and secondly that's so fucking funny what the fuck. you guys know about other branches right #like you're aware i can put these books in any book return in the county? yeah? alright haha take it easy

[existencebringsonlypain]

ughhhhhh remind me to never ride motor vehicles ever again

#when i was little‚ i used to read books on seven hour car rides. i was practically immune to carsickness. #as i got older‚ that immunity persisted. to some extent. #as i got even older‚ i started taking meds. like‚ a LOT of meds. enough that even I couldn't take them all in one swallow. #and somewhere along the way‚ i was prescribed a pill that tended to make me slightly nauseous on occasion. #and then that immunity disappeared. #and now i get carsick. i have never gotten carsick before‚ and i do not know how to manage it. #i ALSO had not gotten seriously sick in so long that i forgot where the threshold was. #on November 17th‚ 2023‚ i threw up on my school bus for the first time ever. #(partially due to the fact that i never rode busses before that year‚ partially due to the immunity.) #i didn't know where the point was where it got to “we need to stop the bus” and i learned the hard way. #luckily there was only me‚ the bus driver‚ and his kid‚ my friend on board. so it was generally fine. but that was where i learned the signs #and todayyyyyyy i had those signs once again. and immediately panicked. #luckily we were maybe a minute from home so i just hopped off the car and ran to the bathroom #i was at the “swallowing down saliva” stage which is fun cuz the saliva tastes weird so youve got that taste in your mouth for the next hour #i did NOT throw up. i was very near it tho #this has been a memoir in my tags #and i need to take several lay downs #existenceunrelateds

[arcadequeerz]

I miss my dad.

#Cade.vnt #Closer it gets to Christmas the more it gets real and the more i hate it. #keep feeling like he's back on the road in his truck but i know he's Not and he's not coming home ever #N idk if its pathetic because me and him didn't get along and yada yada but i always expected him to outlive me #he was supposed to outlive me and he didn't and its Fucked Up and wasn't supposed to be like this. #old fuck was supposed to outlive all of us and he ended up dying in a hospital bed hooked up to machines and i didn't even get to say #goodbye #he didn't even eake back up #and i think thats what fucks me up the most that he didn't get to die here ay home- comfortable in his bed #or didn't get to make some stupid fucking joke that he Reall y shouldn't of said but still would make us laugh- #he left too quietly. he should of gone laughing #it isnt fair. it isn't fucking fair and i hate it and everyone keeps telling me its okay he's 'with god' now #and i dont want him to be i just want him back here. was suppoed to be a xonstant in my life and now #there's this fucking absence and i hate it so fucking much #we still dont even know what happened. #they kept throwing shit around and never said anything for certain. #anyways. my mom cut up a bunch of his shirts this evening- she sais she's gonna make a qult with them #she let me keep his pink floyd shirt though. crying and getting snot all over it rn #i just kind of need 2023 to be kinder to me. and my family. please i cant take anymore loss or pain #it feels like the universe hates me and wnts me dead.

[phoenixiancrystallist]

Month 4, day 27, decided to give Knell a Rheddig mask to see how it looks and, uh, as it turns out, I made her head too tall XD I also need to get more references for the mask, because I think I didn't a few details quite right. Namely the shape and curve of the beak and the eye motifs. But that's okay! This is a learning process, and the mask is in its own group so I can hide the whole thing without losing it lol

#the great artscapade of 2023 #art #my art #forspoken oc #the cat has been screaming at me all night every night all week and I'm so so so tired y'all =_= #yesterday at work was very stressful #today was just a bad brain day because of the stress #also shark week is approaching and that makes the bad brain juices go brrrr #so I've been tired on a physical and emotional level all week and I can't wait for the weekend #which I wish would last forever #especially since my roommate wants to use Saturday to clean the living room #he'll probably insist on doing laundry too but idk if I'll be up for laundry since we still ahve to go to the laundromat #I just want to stay home and play Forspoken and pretend reality doesn't exist for... idk... a week? #a month? #until I feel better for sure but idk how long that would take #anyway yeah #hopefully the restful nap @flyingwide and @amaperson and @silentspaces gave me with that poll kicks in 💜 #love y'all may you get the rest you need too! 💜💜💜 #and also a nice treat and/or gift as a thanks from me to you 💜💜💜

[sidras-tak]

Accessibility takes too goddamn fucking long.

My brother was paralyzed in October 2023. We got him home from the hospital (in Texas, when we live in Iowa) in a clunky old hospital chair. He hated it. He was scared and angry and in pain and his life had just changed forever and he couldn’t do anything for himself in that wheelchair. His first goal (aside from learning how to transfer) was to get a wheelchair. My family was lucky enough to afford one so we thought it would be easy enough. Nope.

We couldn’t buy him a wheelchair. He needed a prescription. For a wheelchair. A doctor had to examine him and declare him in need of a wheelchair. It wasn’t good enough that he had scans and tests showing tumors cutting off his spinal cord. He needed his primary care doctor to examine him during a physical and write a prescription. He was making 2-4 transfers a day, tops. He had no energy to get to a doctor. Home health was in and out every day. He had no time to get to a doctor. He didn’t get a prescription for almost a month. Then it had to go through insurance.

We asked if we could skip insurance and just buy a wheelchair for him. Nope. They wouldn’t sell us one, not even at full sticker price. It needed to be approved by Medicare. We ordered a wheelchair, a nice one, a good shade of green, sporty, small. It would let him move around the house. He would be able to cook, to reach drawers and get stuff from the fridge and brush his teeth and put his contacts in at a sink. We were told it would take awhile, maybe two months. Silently we all hoped he would be around to see two more months.

He went on hospice care on a Saturday in March. On Monday, I was calling his friends to come see him before he died. I got a call on his phone. It was the wheelchair company. They were about to order his wheelchair, she said, but there was an issue with insurance— had he stopped being covered by Medicare? Well, yes. When he started hospice care, he got kicked off Medicare. The very nice woman I talked to told me to call her if he resumed Medicare coverage so she could order his wheelchair. He died less than 12 hours later.

We ordered that chair for him in early December. Medicare didn’t approve the order until March. He was dead before they got around to it. He wanted that fucking wheelchair so badly. The only reason he had any semblance of independence and any quality of life for the last five months of his life was because the wheelchair company lent him an old beater chair, a very used model of the chair he ordered. If I could go back and change one thing about his end-of-life, I would get him his dream wheelchair. He told me again and again he couldn’t wait to get it, so that he could feel like a person again. He made the best of what he had with that old beater chair, but it still makes me mad to this day. He was paralyzed. He needed a chair that afforded him dignity. We had the money for it. And yet, we were left waiting for five months, for a chair that wouldn’t even get ordered until the day he died.

#sparklepants #we would have done anything we could to get him that wheelchair #nudge #disability #accessibility #spoonie #ok to rb and honestly please do

[hanarium]

Take Us Home (2023) Credits

#take us home #opening credits #i really love these #take us home (2023)

[feminist-space]

World Health Organization

MEDIA ADVISORY

NEW: COVID19 variant of interest JN.1

Geneva, 19 December 2023 -- Due to its rapidly increasing spread, WHO is classifying the variant JN.1 as a separate variant of interest (VOl) from the parent lineage BA.2.86. It was previously classified as VOl as part of BA.2.86 sublineages.

WHO advises people to take measures to prevent infections and severe disease using all available tools. These include:

-Wear a mask when in crowded, enclosed, or poorly ventilated areas, and keep a safe distance from others, as feasible

-Improve ventilation

-Practise respiratory etiquette - covering coughs and sneezes

-Clean your hands regularly

-Stay up to date with vaccinations against COVID-19 and influenza, especially if you are at high risk for severe disease

-Stay home if you are sick

-Get tested if you have symptoms, or if you might have been exposed to someone with COVID-19 or influenza

For health workers and health facilities, WHO advises:

-Universal masking in health facilities, as well as appropriate masking, respirators and other PPE for health workers caring for suspected and confirmed COVID-19 patients.

-Improve ventilation in health facilities

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#WHO #health advisory #December 2023 #pandemic is not over #covid #rsv #flu #please wear a mask #wear a mask #long covid #masks #ppe #n95 masks

[fallahifag]

Israeli soldiers are conducting a series of invasive operations across the West Bank, abducting numerous Palestinians, killing and injuring civillians, and engaging in destructive raids on homes and Palestinian property.

This is what happened today (April 18) in the West Bank:

At dawn - Israeli soldiers launched a widespread operation in various parts of the occupied West Bank, breaking into homes, damaging Palestinian properties, and detaining at least 26 Palestinians, including two young women.

At day - The aggression continued as soldiers proceeded to assault Adli Rayyes and his son, Hashem, resulting in various injuries to both of them. Palestinian medics had to transport them to Jericho governmental hospital for treatment.

Afternoon - The Israeli Occupation Forces moved to the central West Bank where they entered the town Deir Ballout (west of Salfit city). There, they confiscated a telecommunications car that was being used for repair and maintenance work.

Evening - Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the Ein Al-Sultan refugee camp (north of Jericho). They stormed and ransacked homes within the camp and abducted a young man named Nayef Abu Dahouk, taking him to an unknown destination. At the same time an Israeli military jeep rammed into a young Palestinian woman in Jenin (northern West Bank). She was taken to the Jenin governmental hospital, and is currently suffering from fractures and severe bruising.

The Palestinian Detainees Committee reports that over 40 Palestinians were abducted by Israeli soldiers TODAY alone, from various parts of the West Bank, with a concentration of these abductions occurring in Nablus, followed by operations in Ramallah, Bethlehem, Jericho, Hebron, and Jerusalem.

Two homes belonging to Mohammad and Ahmad Zeidat, who have been kidnapped since January, in the town Bani Naim (near Hebron) were also demolished.

Over 8,310 Palestinians have been abducted by the Israeli Occupation Forces since October 7, 2023.

(Source: IMEMC News, International Middle East Media Center)

#palestine #west bank