Xin Liu in Gaurav Gupta for the Elle China Style Awards
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I can't, for the life of me, pay for that terrible Y*uku app and now I just have to live with the fact that I can't watch SDC 5 because there are no subtitles anywhere.
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Xin Liu for Dior Rose des Vents collection 2023, photographed by Tyler Mitchell
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The "cool girl" Liu Yuxin
I emerged from a haze of doctors' appointments (seeing medical specialists every 5.3 days for the last 2 months and yes I looked at my calendar and then used a calculator to figure that out STOP LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT)--to watch the first episode of SDC season 5!
I'm using the method of watching the non-subbed full episode and the subbed talking-only bits simultaneously, switching back and forth between them on my computer. Which sucks, yes, but the Youku app didn't work for me. The talking-only portion isn't actually all of the talking, which sucks further. I'll rewatch when the full subbed episode is available.
I cracked up when Liu Yuxin talked about being apparently "cold" and unreactive.
Just like Yibo has been accused of in the past, lol! A bland smile, or no expression at all, that's her default. She's very calm and level about things. I like that about her a lot.
Of course, being told you're not emotive lands very differently for a woman* than for a man. Luckily, they don't make a big/gendered deal of it, just some light ribbing from the interviewer/editing team--no different than we've seen Yibo get for his same lack of effusion.
*I'm using woman and she/her for her because that's what she goes by in entertainment circles. In her personal life, she may be an androgynous woman or she may identify as nonbinary, I don't know. But that's the thing: I don't know. I don't want to make assumptions of queerness (although maybe we ought, since we make assumptions of straightness and cisness all the time).
Just like Yibo, of course, she has her moments of surprising emotion. When she sees a particularly awesome move, for example. She's very cool and I'm a little in love with her.
I'm so glad Yuxin is here, and a captain, and accepted as herself. I love that there's finally a non-male captain, and I really love that it's her, someone who doesn't fit the usual bounds of femininity.
My nonbinary heart is rooting for Team Xin Liu and there aren't even teams yet...
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The gorgeous Liu Yuxin 🌧️💙🌧️
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Xin Liu (via GCircuit Songkran) aznmen2see.tumblr.com/archive
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