Star Wars’ generational epic about the drama (and trauma) across 3 generations of the Skywalkers reminds me of the generational adventures of Louis Cha’s Condor Heroes.
In both stories, you have an evil father who “dies” before his son is born. (I put dies in air quotes because Anakin didn’t really die, but Obi Wan’s Darth Vader will have you believe that he did.) The mother dies shortly as well.
The son grows up to be naive and optimistic, the exact opposite of his father (but takes after his mother), and is trained by skilled masters who once knew his father (although the masters in the Condor Heroes were more Yang Kang’s enemies than allies).
The son grows up to be skilled and righteous, but that’s pretty much were the similarities between Luke Skywalker and Yang Guo end.
Sure, it’s a common backstory for a hero, but I find the juxtaposition between a father and son who have never met each other to be interesting. The son has no idea who he father was like as a person, and yet people have prejudices and expectations of the son based on what they knew of his father, and so the son has to carve out his own identity while trying to protect and better understand who his father was.
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Zodiac: Twelve Souls — 10
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Bannu
“Meat…”
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— New translated chapter posted.
— I realized, belatedly, that my posts are not very friendly to the spoiler-adverse. As someone with a laid-back attitude towards spoilers, these things can slip my notice sometimes. Anyway, translation notes will henceforth be hidden under the cut, and I will try to be more mindful in the future.
— Next update target: June 21, 2022
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— Yamen:
From 衙门 (yá men). Indicates a governmental office. Since “yamen” is distinct enough as a concept in English to get its own Wikipedia article, I have left this term unchanged from its Pinyin romanization.
— Command token:
From 令牌 (lìng pái). Here are some of my thoughts on the token’s design.
— Please enjoy:
Pared-down version of what Yang Guo actually says, which is:
客官,请慢用
Respected guest, please take your time with your meal
— National Day:
From 国庆 (guó qìng). The National Day of the People’s Republic of China is on October 1. This is not to be confused with the National Day of the Republic of China, also known as Taiwan National Day or 双十节 (shuāng shí jié, double ten holiday), which is on October 10.
For China’s National Day, people will typically get seven days off from work, in a period called a 黄金周 (huáng jīn zhōu, golden week). This is not to be confused with Japan’s Golden Week (黄金週間, Ōgon Shūkan), which is a bunch of holidays squished together rather than a week-long break dedicated to one holiday.
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YANG MI 杨幂 in Guo Pei qipao/cheongsam 『 LOOK2 』 | 2024 Spring Festival Gala - Henan Satellite TV
Yang Mi: more photos here
2024 Spring Festival Gala: more photos here
qipao/cheongsam photoshoot: more photos here
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Watching My Journey to You really made me wanna rewatch Qing Ya Ji, they reused some sets, few same actors, used the same hair and costume styling, even the fighting style, they’re all very Guo Jingming lol
Also, a friend once asked me the difference between Boya and Hiromasa, plus between Qingming and Seimei
Should definitely ask her to watch My Journey to You, then tell her that Gong Shangjue is basically Boya and Gong Ziyu is Hiromasa
Meanwhile, Qingming is kinda like a combination of the Wufeng girls, and Seimei is more like Xue Tongzi
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