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oh man. that vid. as usual I am unwell about everyone yunmeng affiliated. And I have always enjoyed Zhancheng, and been a hatesex enthusiast. this changed me. I'm breaking out a conspiracy board. I went back to episode 47 to see if Lan Wangji really looked at him like that right after he got stabbed and

my head is in my hands what do i do now.

#clown shoes clown shoes #time to go reread lise's fic i think

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Vid Rec

Silent All These Years, by sisabet (Jiang Cheng-centric)

This vid focuses on JC holding it together during WWX’s absence, the sacrifice that JC made, and in some ways, the love he lost.

If, like me, you grew up with the song this vid is set to, you’re used to applying Tori Amos’s “Silent All These Years” to different situations, despite the very specific lyrics. The song is about the suffocation of holding your feelings inside and the dream that you are in fact magically stronger than that and can one day be heard (and the knowledge you also aren't because mermaids can't wear jeans). Obviously universal feelings, right? Obviously applies to everyone right? NEVER MIND!!! IT WAS NOT OBVIOUS TO ME!!! WHO KNEW THAT THIS COULD BE JC’S ANTHEM; I CERTAINLY DID NOT. Just, the way that sisabet made this song apply to JC is mind-blowing.

A lot of vids use music with a clear message to illustrate a message that is also clearly in the text. Eg, the song is “I love you” and all the images are LWJ looking at WWX. This is a fine way to vid! And a vidder in that school of vidding would probably look at “Silent All These Years” and think about how quiet LWJ is and make a vid about LWJ’s years of silent pining, then mourning. But other vidders take a text, then take a song, and say, “How do I make these media comment on one another?" That’s what this vid does. It’s a rare vid that does it successfully (without being too opaque for my brain) and this one is a treasure among them.

Note, please, who got “saved by the garbage truck” and who is the garbage truck

Note, please, who is “the girl who thinks really deep thoughts”

THEN think about what the “jeans of your with her name still on it” are and honestly you’ll be living in a Jiang Cheng Tori Amos renaissance and also you might be tempted to go find all the LWJ/JC hate!fucking and grief!fucking you can find. Though you might just sit there and cry about JC like you do every damn day.

#can i just say: wow #also op if you haven't watched the runs in the family vid #i think you would enjoy it #i love all these recs! i #but this really got me #right in the feelings. all the feeling but whoa #zhancheng was real this whole time #unfortunately i can't focus on that bcs. yanli. yanli???

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you know how every time you watch titanic (1997 dir james cameron) and they first see the iceberg you hope every time that they won't hit it even though you know it will? that's me with claudia's death

#literally literally #i'm out here like #they've changed so much! #i see the ghost theories but that's not delusional enough for me #amcwtv

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you say change religions, now i spend sundays with you

(youtube)

#oh this is so good #once again I am reminded that i love vids. they're so good. every vidder who sits down with a vision and video editing software is my hero #this one in particular is great #amcwtv

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can't stop thinking about that one tweet that says "there's starbucks in egypt?" in response to the news of egypt's success in boycotting starbucks

#there is a starbucks almost everywhere. there are starbucks in places there aren't mcdonalds. tho i'm sure the reverse is also true #the exception is like. italy. although i think they caved and let them in eventually #like in general there are places with are so many better options for a latte they face stiff competition and coffee snobs #and there are places like south africa which does not have much of a coffee culture and last i heard #while it's still sticking around it's not going well for them #but otherwise. starbucks. starbucks everywhere #it's like an american aqueduct

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Songs I like from TTPT, having had a break.

Fortnight. I felt absolutely nothing for this the first time I heard it but it's a slow burn. I cannot recommend listening to it the four or five times it took to really hit for me, but I love you and it's ruining my life did get stuck in my head on a loop.

The Bolter. I think this one suffers from overwriting but honestly I am a sucker for a good story about emotionally unavailable women making predictable choices

Florida!!! I had fun with this one but it doesn't really stick with me. I do enjoy yelling floRIDAAA though.

So Long, London. imo this is just a solid breakup song. I feel for the singer, who is conveying the specifics of her grief in terms relatable enough for me to project onto it. It does suck when someone who used to make your day by walking into the room is increasingly emotionally unavailable in lieu of pulling the trigger themselves and you have to do it for them.

I Can do it with a Broken Heart. A bop! I think this one will stand the test of time and stick around in the same lowkey way Bruno Mars' lazy song did because it's good to have a song for spackling manic cheerfulness over the void in much the same way it is good to have a song for being a wastrel.

Anyway all this to say I think Taylor Swift should do a Henry the Eighth themed music video where she casts herself as Henry and actors who are obviously meant to represent her exes as his assorted wives and mistresses and just go to town on depictions of herself feasting and jousting and fighting with the Pope.

#press says tswift #i think this concludes my ttpd blogging #i'm going to wind up listening to the first half again when the record arrives but i feel cleansed and also like even my most #beloved swiftie is a little done with it #actually i like i can do it with a broken heart significantly more than i like the lazy song. but some days you really don't feel like doin #anything. he was right about that. i'm big enough to admit it #shoutout to saint mela's the bends which is what i'm listening to now and has me going baby girl ;___________; #i'm just a grown woman wallowing in what this has done to my spotify algorithm #ok i lied. all of these songs are also about wwx. usually also jiang cheng

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Vid Rec: I've Got A Theory

Back when I was reccing vids I was saving the best for last and then lost steam. Just know that this vid is just as funny yet also as poignant as the original song from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Even if you know nothing about Buffy the Vampire Slayer, it's a great vid. And even if you know nothing about The Untamed--well, I feel a little sad you don't get to have that in your life but I guess it's not for some? Seems fake but okay

#this is amazing #EVERYONE GO WATCH #this is for yunmeng sib and wen sib and nie huaisang enthusiasts specifically i know you are here!

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The knowledge that Michael Sheen is once again doing theatre on the other side of the world torments me. At least the play isn't supposed to be very good.

#the terrible thing no one mentions about moving away from family #is that all your vacations become seeing family #i don't even want to go to london i want to see my mom #however. there was a time when i saw my mom regularly on weekends #so it was very easy and pleasant to simply arrange my vacations to go elsewhere #for fun

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Are you watching shogun! I’m really enjoying it so far

Yes! It's so gorgeous I spent the first three episodes mostly just admiring the sets and costumes, but episode four came in with a roundhouse kick of Mariko and Fuji feelings and it didn't let up from there. Surprise childhood bffs separated by politics and murder! I also did not expect the brothel supblot to be so moving or enjoy the priest so much. Just a great cast and some lovely camera work.

#also some genuinely stellar acting #they really want to give Hiroyuki Sanada everything. as they should! #shogun spoilers #i also did not expect it to be so tropey #arranged marriage neither party wants! #oh no we've got to visit a brothel together but we yearn for each other and the sex worker can tell #i love you enough to kill you #ft. sin eating #loreofcardigan

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#listen if we transpose miley into lotr she's absolutely a mirkwood elf. what else??? sindar? noldor? be serious #she is killing it at the haunted woods hoedown.

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Wei Wuxian songs on this album, according to me

Crybaby, obviously

Disaster Master- Can I go off the path, find a breeze/Start with nothing, start a garden/her ghost and me

Godzilla(the wangxian of it all) For what it's worth, when I'm drunk on wine/And my nose is bleeding and I'm tired/With no one to call and no neon sign/You're rooting for me even when I'm not right

Seabed- Well, you just laugh it off/And you caught me off guard, and/I was never lonely/But now I'm feeling like an only child Let me sink into you arms/You're the ocean floor/I guess I just needed that/I guess I just needed that

I miss Of Monsters and Men and I need them to come back.

#i think my favourites are crybaby and bloodclot #but it's a very well put together album especially if like me you have a weakness for sadgirl jams #and while i would not say it's omam #i think that's a compliment. she clearly had a very specific vision and mood she was aiming for #I did not actually intend to go into think album thinking about anyone but Nanna. I was simply compelled by the themes and yearning #and you know. wwx main character of all time #oh now that i think about it milk is peak wangxian at the burial mounds #disaster master is wwx back in yunmeng after the war #seabed is post canon

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SHŌGUN - Chapter Four: The Eightfold Fence

#baby girl #for real this has a very fun arranged marriage/marriage of inconvenience plot #they do not fall in love but they do meaningfully exchange weapons and she helps her aunt fuck him #and the three of them legit find some peace together in a cute little fucked up domestic arrangement until circumstances #i still don't know this dude's name and probably won't learn it but i do have to respect his chemistry game. he gave good oh i love you #it's probably irrelevant

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When all the very best of me was given to the dogs in the street

Well, I don't have a problem with crawling on fours

But I feel stupid that I've tried so hard to burn you up

Then ignite a spark if I don't have a problem with being alone

Congratulations Yunmeng Bro enthusiasts we stay winning always.

I miss Of Monsters and Men and I need them to come back.

#does it hurt you like it hurts me #can't keep it can't keep it up can't keep it up #oh but #can't give you up #10/10 i didn't even have them on my mind but i was still bodied #Youtube #i'm not tagging this youtube i'm being forcibly assigned youtube by tumblr and frankly i hate it #not enough to link spotify tho

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Nanna solo album i missed!!!!!

I miss Of Monsters and Men and I need them to come back.

#not of mice and men however. however!!! #i'm being rewarded for being a fake fan

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I miss Of Monsters and Men and I need them to come back.

#i miss their little talks! #I should listen to fever dream again tbh i didn't appreciate it enough when it dropped. #this year i will be more basic than ever before.

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lestat voice i'm a sick bitch i like freak sex

#press says iwtv #oh two lestats for the price of one #tom cruise u will always be famous for this #and other worse things

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New IWTV Season 2 commercial spot!

“Are you schizophrenic Louis?”

#press says iwtv #amcwtv #oh no oh no oh no i am going to say things that can't be unsaid about this #his little smile