#wudan

[hustlingcrypto]

TATESHINKAI

Twice a year myself and Master Po would travel to a haunted field.

A field of broken dirt. Shallow graves. This place was reserved for those warriors which did not deserve rest. Murderers, cowards. Those, who killed without honor.

Eternal peace was stolen from them, and their spirits suffered the eternal damnation of consciousness - upon a muddy field, precisely 1000 footsteps from the Gates of Wudan.

They could not leave. They could not die. They could only live. Mortals did not visit this place. The spirits knew nothing but war their entire lives, they would engage instantly.

They aimed to kill you. Upon haunted ground. To force you to endure their fate alongside them.

However - twice a year, myself and Master Po would walk the 1000 steps and engage in combat. Lethal sparring, with eternal consequences.

They would not die. So the aim was simply to disable them, render them combat ineffective. Leave them in the cold to heal.

Ready for the next massacre. Master Po would disable them at will, abolishing hundreds with fast strikes and unorthodox technique.

I could hold my own against one or two, but my skills had not yet matured.

In the middle of combat, I grew frustrated and how difficult it was for me. Too many close calls. Too many mistakes. It simply took me too long for each victory.

I needed more power.

Hurriedly, as I ripped the throat from a spirit - I shouted: "Master!! Please. I need power. Show me the most devastating move you know!"

Po, while crushing the skull of a downed opponent, replied: "You could never execute it. You’re weak."

This bothered me. I did not want my Master to think I was weak. As I continued to battle I attempted to show Master that I was strong. That I COULD execute any move he taught me.

Through anger, my Kagi Tsuki grew wild and inaccurate, my Kiai rushed. Suddenly, a Dragon kick knocked me to the ground. I spun and raised my hands to protect my face.

I saw the sword raised, my decapitation imminent. I froze. Master’s flawlessly Shuto Uchi ripped the spirit’s arms from his body before he could take my life.

Armless, the spirit screamed. Feeling real pain. Then Po’s fingers ripped his eyes from his skull. Blind and in agony, yet unable to die, he ran screaming into the darkness.

At this, I was dragged to my feet, and we fled the field. Leaving a trail of destruction behind us. The ghosts were in pieces.

The battle was over. The walk back to Wudan was embarrassing. I was adept number 1.

And yet, I failed. I died. And he saved me. To be saved by Po was an honor, he had a habit of simply letting people die for their mistakes, but I didn’t feel honor. I felt shame.

I expected more of myself. I was disappointed. I needed to learn more.

I asked: "Master, if I can not execute your most powerful move, will you at least show it to me?" Staring straight ahead.

He whispered... "I’ve shown you already. Using only my tongue, I broke your Zen."

Such is the Way of Wudan.

#Wudan #Master

[newstownusa]

#wudan

[enigmatic-prismatic]

Artsyle kinda died in those tiny sketches

More "human" witches, part of the same AU as my human gretchen

They look kinda weird but meh, think it would kinda make sense

#madoka magica au #madoka magica witch #puella magi madoka magica #madoka magica #pmmm au #madoka au #pmmm witch #pmmm kyoko #pmmm sayaka #sayaka miki #madoka magica sayaka #madoka magica kyoko #kyoko #kyoko sakura #oktavia von seckendorff #ophelia the wudan witch

[goji-pilled]

Over the course of 12 episodes and 1 movie these two really said "You own my heart and soul and I love you with everything I am" and tbh? Good for them.

#felix does art #pmmm #puella magi madoka magica #miki sayaka #sakura kyoko #kyosaya #yeah. #oktavia von seckendorff #ophelia the wudan witch #ended up taking somewhere around 12 hours lol #thats one long and big timelapse btw lmaooooo #those two man. #anyways im never drawing ophelia in full colour again #fuck that #and considering i drew this on my fucking phone im quite proud too

[abyranss]

That's right, I can draw horses sort of.

Ophelia's steed is really noisy to look at in the original art style and it's also kind of tricky to make sense of in 3D space but that's just witches for you. Also, the ears make it look a bit like a donkey. It's actually kind of cute.

Ophelia's very short description tells us, "She can no longer remember what the horse that always accompanies her was."

Did you know that in Japan, horse meat is called sakura meat?

#pmmm #puella magi madoka magica #mahou shoujo madoka magika #sakura kyouko #kyouko sakura #sakura kyoko #kyoko sakura #ophelia the wudan witch #art #fan art #my art #On Kyouko's MagiReco doppel #there is a tuft of pink hair that resembles the way her sister's was styled #it's attached to the horse part #In retrospect. Ophelia's horse is actually a chubby short-legged horse #and her legs may be more mechanical than what I drew #rather than just having wheels attached #Looking at it now the tail might be similarly mechanical #It's hard to tell

[tianshiisdead]

Not truly online btw just logging on quickly to toss out this thought that's bothering me before going back to studying as soon as I hit post

disney really took a story about a girl who's very much 'like the other girls' (starting the ballad sighing at her loom) braving battle for the sake of her father, and aside from discarding that theme, also directly spits on the face of that theme by making the most important scene in the movie one where she needlessly chops off her hair, desecrating the body her parents gave her and destroying something deeply culturally important that's directly related to loyalty to parents lol

#diary #mulan #disney mulan #hope everyone is doing well mwah #people LOVE fawning over that mess like i get it . i liked it too as a kid . but sorry we gotta admit it sucks #like i dont care how much love and care the animators put into it when it spits on the original story and does everything in its power #to say no the values arent good enough we are discarding them and fully changing them into american ones #if u want powerful and cool warrior women in chinese stories and history literally just pick any wudan btw mulan is #SO AGGRESSIVELY not the only one

[rongzhi]

A wudan (武旦; martial female character) sword juggling in Wu opera.

Enlgish added by me :)

#douyin #video #tiktok #chinese opera

[sadpearljhonny]

I'm sorry for posting so late....

Well with this would finish the designs of Madoka x Pokemon, I would like to know how you liked it and if you would like in the future that I make similar designs with the record magic pains.

Anyway, here I present the last line inspired by Kyoko Sakura:

Rosseo the Pokémon Spear.

They tend to be unreliable Pokémon, because they usually be very selfish and lonely, but if a trainer manages to form a great bond with these pokemon then they will gratefully defend and help them for the rest of their lives.

Viperspear, The Wudan Pokémon

It uses its spear-like tail to attack and defend itself from its rivals. They are pokemons that like to fight, so much so that they are capable of turning their bodies into flames in order to give a final blow

Wuperilance the Wudan Pokémon.

It is said that once a viperseaper is committed to battles forgetting everything else evolved to Wuperilance. It uses its flames and radiant colors to mesmerize its opponents, then attacks it with great ferocity with its tail.

#artists on tumblr #digital art #drawdrawdraw #drawing #pokemon #fakemon #my art #tumblr draw #pokemon art #art #puella magi magia record #puella magi madoka magica #magia record #madoka pokemon #mahou shoujo madoka magica #madoka rebellion #madoka magica #madoka magica homura #kyoko sakura #sakura #ophelia

[jarenka]

Sudden guest post under my music tag.

My friend @erlenwein recently introduced her students to the different styles of Chinese opera. She also showed a video of these styles to me with some commentaries and I asked her to translate them into English (these commentaries very much expanded in the process).

Fragments of 2024 Lunar New Year Gala from CCTV-1 (main TV channel in Mainland China)

Here are @erlenwein 's commentaries:

1:33 Beijing opera 京剧 presented by two laodan 老旦，the role of older women. The play they're presenting is called ”杨门女将“ ("The female generals of the Yang family"), one of many plots based on the fictionalized story of the military Yang family (Song dynasty period). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Generals_of_the_Yang_Family

2:36 Yuju 豫剧 (Henan opera)， Kunqu 昆剧 (around Shanghai, one of the oldest forms of Chinese opera), presented by wenchou 文丑 (comical role, in this case literati). The name of the piece ( “话梨园” ) can be translated as "Talking about the Pear garden" (Pear garden being the metaphorical name for the opera world), but I couldn't find any specifics, and I frankly couldn't be arsed to read the subtitles, sorry. Fun fact: the white patch on their faces is called 'a piece of tofu'.

3:15 Chuanju 川剧 (Sichuan) presented by a huadan 花旦. The play is ”别洞观景“ ("Looking from a different side of the cave"? Seems like it). The main character singing is 白鳝仙 (Immortal White Eel?) who came to the world of mortals. Check out her use of pheasant feathers! Usually the most known thing about Sichuan opera is their technique of 变脸, changing the masks really fast, but they decided to showcase a different role here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ayy7wcfeHU - Face-changing performance.

3:57 Chaozhou (Teochew) opera 潮剧 (Chaoshan region, southern Fujian and eastern Guangdong), presented by xiaosheng 小生 (young man, usually a romantic character) and huadan 花旦 (young woman in a romance plot). The play is “苏六娘” ("Su Liuniang").

4:34 Pingju 评剧 (Hebei opera), presented by huadan 花旦. The play is “花为媒” (“Matchmaking flowers").

5:07 Yueju 越剧 (Shaoxing opera, from Zhejiang), presented by xiaosheng 小生 and huadan 花旦. Both performers are women — it's typical for Yue opera, since the art form switched to primarily female troupes in 1930s. The play presented is “梁山伯与祝英台” ("Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai"), a very popular story often referred to as "Chinese Romeo and Juliet". You might've seen it also being called "Butterfly Lovers".

6:31 This part is just called 武戏, "military opera". It starts with a wuchou 武丑, comical military role, then wusheng 武生 (military male role) and wudan 武旦 (military female role) come out to present their fighting, juggling, and acrobatic skills. The flags behind their backs show their status as generals/officers. I can't imagine the skill needed to do this all so seemingly effortlessly. *I've seen mentions that the flags 靠旗 represent an army under the command of the character wearing them, but I can't find any info on it again to back up my claims. If you know something about it, please let me know! The piece is titled “杨威奋勇” (I'm not quite sure how to translate it, but it seems to refer to the Yang family again).

8:32 And back to 京剧 with laosheng 老生 (older men, also known as bearded sheng 须生). The play is “龙凤呈祥” ("Dragon and phoenix bringing prosperity").

#music

[miscellaneousjay]

I watched “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” yesterday for the first time in a long time and, watching as an adult and truly paying attention to what’s being said, really following the plot and not just the fight scenes, I realized that this entire movie is low-key messy and the core of all of the main characters’ conflicts is lack of communication and being dishonest with yourself. The male and female leads Li Mu Bai and Shu Lien (played by Michelle Yeoh) have been pining for each other for about 20 years, but because she was initially engaged to his brother who died in battle right before the beginning of said 20 years, they just stayed friends even though they both wanted more. Tradition was like “no.”

Then, Li Mu Bai’s deceased brother’s killer Jade Fox, a notorious female thief and assassin who specializes in poison, took on an apprentice through becoming a governess in a noble household. This apprentice is none other than Jen, the daughter of the nobles.

However, Jen is actually quite the martial arts prodigy and had surpassed Jade in skill for quite some time. Out of anger and jealousy, Jade resigns as Jen’s governess and leaves the estate. Naturally talented and easily bored, Jen seeks council and friendship from Shu Lien while concealing her other identity as Jade Fox’s (former) apprentice and quietly rebelling against the arranged marriage her parents set up for her. Enter Lo, aka Dark Cloud, the handsome thief who had robbed Jen and her mother’s caravan some time earlier.😏😝💕

She returns home of her own free will thinking that she could just fall back into her every day life like she and Lo never happened and go through with the arranged marriage. But that doesn’t happen either. She runs from her groom and Lo and goes to the Wudan Temple on her own to fine tune her skills…and her self by figuring out what she wants to do with her life. Li Mu Bai offers to take her on as a disciple to continue her training at Wudan after they fight (again) and he spared her (again), but she wanted to find her own way…only to get snatched up by Jade Fox, who, during her time away, had made up her mind to kill her old charge! But Li Mu Bai decided to save Jen yet again and ended up getting himself killed. Shu Lien stayed by his side while Jen went back to Wudan for the antidote. She didn’t make it back in time. But Li Mu Bai did manage to tell Shu Lien that he had always loved her.😒

That blew me soooo bad!!!! Like, y’all had 20 years! Everyone knew about them digging on each other and was just waiting for one of them to buck up and make the first move!😭 I wouldn’t be surprised if there had been bets placed! But she was bound to her deceased fiancé. So because he died, Shu Lien’s love life had to die too? They hadn’t even wed yet! Next, you had Jen out here being a brat starting fights with people, some of whom actually wanted the best for her and could’ve helped her ease her way out and/or around tradition, but out of pride and arrogance, chose to stab these people in the back and even got one killed.😒😒 Like, she and Lo could’ve been warrior boos training at Wudan Temple together. I’d like to say that if she stood her ground against her parents, she would’ve been fine and they would’ve accepted her life choices; but given the time period, and how traditional her parents were (and society was as a whole), I don’t think so. Then, you had Jade on the side being a hater because Jen was a natural at martial arts while she struggled to teach herself for years. So instead of being proud of the person she helped raise surpassing her in skill, she drugged her and tried to kill her because she knew she couldn’t take her on fairly. Like, this movie is so messy but in the best way!!!! Lastly, the end was always kind of murky for me: when Jen jumped, did she fly or did she die? I wanna believe she flew and was finally able to enjoy her freedom. But given that she jumped from the top of a mountain, that doesn’t seem likely. For the sake of optimism, let’s just go with the former.☺️

P.S. While all of Jen’s fight scenes were bomb, my favorites were anytime she fought Shu Lien!🥰 Especially when they fought at Wudan Temple and Shu Lien showcased her skill by showing out with like seven different weapons!!!!

#crouching tiger hidden dragon #classic #Michelle yeoh is that girl #the fight scenes though #zhang ziyi is also that girl #this whole cast was fabulous actually #film analysis #film critique #miscellaneous #jay #miscellaneous jay #black girls who blog #black girls of tumblr #doaom #blackgirlbloggers #blerd #throwback

[dl6incident]

whats tals story how does he fit in is he the protagonist is he friendly could he be MY friend despite me being an aweosme fire creature and would he be friends with any of my ocs .. i like his awesome water hair :3

long post incoming

tal (he/any) is the protagonist ^^ he was born and raised in a large underwater city, one of the major ones (both still remain unnamed). construction begun somewhat near the city above the water and a theater was erected. on one of the nights he was able to slip away to the surface, tal was able to view an opera being performed and fell in love with the music played on land. it was like nothing he'd ever heard before, seeing as sound waves travel very differently underwater. he was able to slip backstage after the show and he met suona (they/any), who acts somewhat as the deuteragonist. they bonded very quickly, sharing their desires for their futures (tal wishes to become a musician and suona wishes to be promoted to wudan). suona says that they'll sneak tal instruments every now and again if he can promise that he'll keep coming back to talk to them. this goes on for a number of years, and eventually suona comes to tal saying that a ship called das einhorn is looking for staffing, with an emphasis on performers. they get a plan together and are able to sign a contract with the ship's captain, nabbing 2 of the 3 available openings (tal as the musician and suona a singer and actor). THIS is where the story actually begins ^^ post-Big Event, his story is focused primarily on loss and trying to find his place in the world again.

tal is EVERYONE'S friend (except kellen)! he is a man of the people, highly charismatic, and loves to listen. he will always make an effort to try, even if his gut says otherwise.

suona is his partner and is a fire elemental so he would love to get to know you :D

i think that he would have a really nice time with ula and hesper! and cordial with everyone else (possibly minus fiacre because he's quite similar to kellen).

AND THANK YOUUUU <3 i love to draw his hair it's the best part about drawing him for me

#asks #long post #tal #rtm

[jessicafurseth]

Reading List, Disoriented edition.

"Time is the substance I am made of. Time is a river which sweeps me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger which destroys me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire which consumes me, but I am the fire." [Jorge Luis Borges]

[Image by Rita Kostrikova, via 64mag]

*

One Thing - A catalogue of authenticity

"I couldn’t stop thinking that this trial was also about something else: the value of a woman, long past middle age, who dared to claim she indeed still had value. Just how radical was it for Ms. Carroll, 80, to demand that she was worth something?" E. Jean Carroll and the Value of a Woman ‘Past Her Prime’ [Jessica Bennett, The New York Times]

"We need fewer things to work on. Starting now." It’s Time to Embrace Slow Productivity [Cal Newport, The New Yorker]

"Recently I find the task of wasting time online increasingly onerous. The websites I used to depend on have gotten worse, and it seems as if there’s nowhere else to look. Something is changing about the internet." The Year the Millennials Handed the Internet Over to Zoomers [Max Read, The New York Times]

"The [online] sprawl has become disorienting. Some of my peers in the media have written about how the internet has started to feel “placeless”  and more ephemeral, even like it is “evaporating.” Perhaps this is because, as my colleague Ian Bogost has argued, “the age of social media is ending,” and there is no clear replacement. Or maybe artificial intelligence is flooding the internet with synthetic information and killing the old web. Behind these theories is the same general perception: Understanding what is actually happening online has become harder than ever." Nobody Knows What’s Happening Online Anymore [Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic]

Why Are My Secret Spotify Songs Following Me Around? [Nate Jones, Vulture]

“But just remember that Shakespeare himself never read a single book about Shakespeare.” How to stop yourself [Sophie Heawood]

"I've never really experienced jealousy, because I’ve always thought of myself as the greatest person who ever lived. I’m joking; except I’m not." Jealousy! [Amelia Tait, The New Statesman]

"The corporate gig was a revelation. “I could just show up to work and do work,” Lee Tilghman said. After she was done, she could leave. She didn’t have to be a brand. There’s no comments section at an office job." Is There Is Life After Influencing? [Mattie Kahn, The New York Times]

Wine was my poison. Now it’s my sober passion [Nick Johnstone, Financial Times]

America Doesn’t Know Tofu [George Stiffman, Asterisk]

On going to the mat. Baselines [Wudan Yan]

@the_brain_doctor on Instagram

“Life has taught me that things tend to shake out, if you can be cool for two minutes and try to not freak out. Aging has taught me how to respond, not to react — and sober, intelligent responses can take weeks or even years to formulate. That’s ok. Weirdly, I feel like I have far more time now than I did when I was in my twenties, when everything was insanely urgent.” Elizabeth Gilbert Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire

#reading list

[carlyraejepsensterfbangs]

Andrew Tate has posted that he doesn’t have cancer, and will live for a thousand years. Because he “knows the secrets of Wudan”.

#???

[goji-pilled]

*insert Kyoko saying "I'll go with you Sayaka" or something here again, idk I still have no other caption for this*

As you can see I decided to redo this partially because I wanted to see it in the new and improved style and I very much prefer this version lol

#felix does art #pmmm #puella magi madoka magica #miki sayaka #sakura kyoko #kyosaya #ophelia the wudan witch #oktavia von seckendorff #ive got nothing else to say tbh

[bookofjin]

Administrative geography of Western Han (22,109) etc

Yang揚州

Yuzhang豫章郡

Gan贛

Nanye南野

Jing 荊州

Guiyang桂陽郡

Chen郴

Linwu臨武

Nanping南平

Guiyang桂陽

Yangshan陽山

Qujiang曲江

Hankuang含洭

Chengyang湞陽

Lingling零陵郡

Lingling零陵

Yingdao營道

Shi'an始安

Yingpu營浦

Lingdao泠道

Jiao交州

Nanhai南海郡

Panyu番禺

Boluo博羅

Zhongsu中宿

Longchuan龍川

Sihui四會

Yulin鬱林郡

Bushan布山

Anguang安廣

Alin阿林

Zhongliu中留

Guilin桂林

Tanzhong潭中

Cangwu蒼梧郡

Guangxin廣信

Xiemu謝沐

Gaoyao高要

Fengyang封陽

Linhe臨賀

Duanxi端溪

Fengcheng馮乘

Fuchuan富川

Lipu荔浦

Mengling猛陵

Jiao交州

Nanhai南海郡

Jieyang揭陽

Jiao交州

Hepu合浦郡

Xuwen徐聞

Hepu合浦

Yi益州

Yuesui越嶲郡

Qingling青蛉

Yizhou益州郡

Shuangbai雙柏

Xielong邪龍

Yeyu葉榆

Buwei不韋

Yunnan雲南

Suitang嶲唐

Nongdong弄棟

Yi益州

Yizhou益州郡

Dianchi滇池

Tonglao同勞

Tonglai銅瀨

Lianran連然

Yuyuan俞元

Shouma收靡

Guchang穀昌

Qinzang秦臧

Mei味

Kunze昆澤

Lügao律高

Bengu賁古

Wuzhuo毋棳

Shengxiu勝休

Jianling健伶

Zangke牂柯郡

Xunfeng鐔封

Louwo漏臥

Tongban同竝

Tanzhi談指

Yuanwen宛溫

Wulian毋斂

Yelang夜郎

Wudan毋單

Loujiang漏江

Xisui西隨

Dumeng都夢

Tangao談稿

Jinsang進桑

Quting句町

Jiao交州

Yulin鬱林郡

Guangyu廣郁

Linchen臨塵

Dingzhou定周

Zengshi增食

Lingfang領方

Yongji雍雞

County locations and ancient rivers, lakes, and shorelines from The Historical Atlas of China.

I have intentionally stuck to the Hanshu where it differs from the Historical Atlas.

#western han

[fortunate-re-fraction]

(( Really short clip but when I say Opera especially enjoys the wudan (武旦) role, this is what I’m talking about. Kind of. The entire second half of this video is a really good example of the agility and coordination needed for the combat role, especially the performer in cyan. ))

#> [ ooc ] #> dynamic harmony [ opera ] #> [ headcanon ] #(( my cellular came back !!! finally!!! so i can post this now #(( sorry for all the posts today but the car ride is still not over #(( and i am. Hella bored