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La Pluie Meta Round-up

Since many of us have decided to stop being normal about this show, I wanted to get a little more organized about tracking the great meta inspired by the episodes every week. Some of y’all are putting in work to write these amazing essays digging into the text and subtext of this show, and I want to make sure I’m not missing any of it, as well as have a central place to track my own. I thought this might also be a useful resource to others, especially anyone coming to the show late (please join us, this is the perfect moment to get into La Pluie). 

So without further ado, a round up of my favorite essays and posts to come out of the fandom on this excellent show. I will plan to update this each Saturday with the previous week’s meta as we go through the final four episodes. I tried my best to find everything but y'all know how faulty tumblr’s search and tag functions are, so if you think I missed something important, let me know!

First, the most crucial essay about La Pluie that everyone must read

We Must All Get Gayer and Louder About La Pluie Immediately (@bengiyo)

Second, a round up of some of the essays exploring the structure and intent of the story

Note: these may contain random spoilers for some episodes but are not specifically about any given episode

Four schools of thought on soulmates (@shortpplfedup)

Intentional subversion of the soulmate trope

Interrogating the romance genre (@chickenstrangers) 

La Pluie and the subversion of second lead syndrome

La Pluie and the subversion of the faen fatale

La Pluie: On the Lore 

Locations of La Pluie (@colourme-feral)

Name meanings in La Pluie (@recentadultburnout)

Narrative determinism versus genre determinism (@ginnymoonbeam)

On the subject of consent in recent bls (@williamrikers)

Romance tropes don’t work in real life (@heretherebedork) NEW

Romantic idealism in La Pluie (@ginnymoonbeam)

And finally, episode specific reactions and predictions

Note: These are spoilerific, starting at episode 4 aka when we all started really losing our minds over this show

Episode 4

Defying destiny (me and @bengiyo)

La Pluie Ep 4 And My Love Of Emotionally Available Characters (@bengiyo)

You (Yes, You!) Should be Watching La Pluie

Episode 5

La Pluie Ep 5 Stray Thoughts (aka birth of the Tai’s Dad is queer theory) (@bengiyo)

What we know about Patts (plus Shan and Ben’s vindication)

Working out the colors in La Pluie (@respectthepetty)

Episode 6

Hands in La Pluie Ep 6 (@wen-kexing-apologist)

La Pluie meets Nora Roberts (@syrena-del-mar)

On suspicion of Patts (@ginnymoonbeam)

Patts Was Going to Blow Tai. Tai Wanted It. Why That Matters. (@bengiyo)

You need to be watching La Pluie

Episode 7

Hands in La Pluie Ep 7 (@wen-kexing-apologist)

La Pluie: Maybe we will get a happy ending after all (@neuroticbookworm)

On the bed scene in Ep 7 (@ginnymoonbeam)

On the make out session in Ep 7 (@shouldiusemyname)

Episode 8

La Pluie and the Exploration of Romance, Competence, and Queerness (@bengiyo)

La Pluie: Do you still believe in soulmates?

La Pluie: The most important thing is that we really love each other

The Language of Love in La Pluie Ep 8 (@wen-kexing-apologist)

Third Child Syndrome: Birth Order Theory in La Pluie (@syrena-del-mar)

Episode 9

La Pluie and The Kind One (@sunshinechay)

Soulmate Skepticism vs Romanticism in La Pluie (@neuroticbookworm) 

the divine in me; the divine in you (@liyazaki)

The Kindness is the Point (@bengiyo)

The ultimate message of La Pluie

To love is a choice (@heretherebedork) 

What matters is CHOICE (@shortpplfedup)

Episode 10

A Jungian Perspective on La Pluie (@syrena-del-mar)

A Logical Love Doesn’t Exist (@fadelikeclouds)

break your own chains (@liyazaki)

Diving into Tai’s mind: Actions do not speak louder than words (@fadelikeclouds)

La Pluie: A Masterclass in Conflict Writing in Romance

La Pluie Breaks the Soulmate Bond

La Pluie: Not All Gays Are Great (@bengiyo)

La Pluie the Soundtrack (@shouldiusemyname)

Lomfon thoughts (@rocketturtle4)

On Tai’s isolation (@sunshinechay)

On villainising Patts (@shortpplfedup)

Pee Peerawich Can Fucking Act (@wen-kexing-apologist)

Revisiting episode 8

Similarities between Lomfon and Tai (@iguessitsjustme)

Tai and Patt’s incompatible conflict styles and Tais’ conflict avoidance (@ginnymoonbeam)

The Depths of Inner Turmoil (@syrena-del-mar)

The Soulmate Label (@indigostarfire)

Understanding the Core Four of La Pluie (@neuroticbookworm)

Episode 11

Balancing Self-Absorption and Love in La Pluie (@syrena-del-mar)

Checking in on the colors (@respectthepetty)

Connection (@wen-kexing-apologist)

Communication (@shouldiusemyname)

Even though they’ve separated it doesn’t mean they’ve failed (@chinzhilla)

It isn’t destiny- it’s freedom (@liyazaki)

La Pluie and the Aftermath

La Pluie: Thoughts on the Queer Subtext and More Patts Reflections (@bengiyo)

On Tai as a middle child of divorced parents (@slayerkitty)

On Tai’s special treatment within the family (@shortpplfedup)

Parenting in La Pluie, Episode 11 (@neuroticbookworm)

The narrative is letting Tai be unlikeable (@sunshinechay)

Here's THE masterpost of free and full adaptations, by which I mean that it's a post made by the master.

Anthony and Cleopatra: here's the BBC version

As you like it: you'll find here an outdoor stage adaptation and here the BBC version

Coriolanus: Here's a college play, here's the 1984 telefilm, here's the 2014 one with tom hiddleston

Hamlet: The Kenneth Branagh 1996 Hamlet is here, the 1964 russian version is here and the 1964 american version is here. THe 1964 Broadway production is here, the 1948 Laurence Olivier one is here. And the 1980 version is here. Here are part 1 and 2 of the 1990 BBC adaptation. Have the 2018 Almeida version here.

Henry IV: part 1 and part 2 of the BBC 1989 version. And here's part 1 of a corwall school version.

Henry V: Laurence Olivier (who would have guessed) 1944 version. The 1989 Branagh version here. The BBC version is here.

Julius Caesar: here's the 1979 BBC adaptation, here the 1970 John Gielgud one.

King Lear: Laurence Olivier once again plays in here. And Gregory Kozintsev, who was I think in charge of the russian hamlet, has a king lear here. The 1975 BBC version is here. The Royal Shakespeare Compagny's 2008 version is here. The 1974 version with James Earl Jones is here.

Macbeth: here's the 1961 one with Sean Connery. Here's the 1971 by Roman Polanski, with spanish subtitles. Here's the 1948 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljZrf_0_CcQ">here. The 1988 BBC onee with portugese subtitles and here the 2001 one). The 1969 radio one with Ian McKellen and Judi Dench is here and the 1966 BBC version is here. The Royal Shakespeare Compagny's 2008 version is here.

Measure for Measure: BBC version here.

The Merchant of Venice: here's a stage version, here's the 1980 movie, here the 1973 Lawrence Olivier movie, here's the 2004 movie.

The Merry Wives of Windsor: the Royal Shakespeare Compagny gives you this movie.

A Midsummer Night's Dream: have this sponsored by the City of Columbia, and here the BBC version.

Much Ado About Nothing: Here is the kenneth branagh version and here the Tennant and Tate 2011 version. Here's the 1984 version.

Othello: A Massachussets Performance here, the 2001 movie her is the Orson Wells movie with portuguese subtitles theree, and a fifteen minutes long lego adaptation here. THen if you want more good ole reliable you've got the BBC version here and there.

Richard II: here is the BBC version

Richard III: here's the 1955 one with Laurence Olivier, and here's the 1995 one with Ian McKellen. (the 1995 one is in english subtitled in spanish. the 1955 one has no subtitles and might have ads since it's on youtube)

Romeo and Juliet: here's the 1988 BBC version.

The Taming of the Shrew: the 1988 BBC version here, the 1929 version here, some Ontario stuff here and here is the 1967 one with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor.

The Tempest: the 1979 one is here, the 2010 is here. Here is the 1988 one.

Timon of Athens: here is the 1981 movie with Jonathan Pryce,

Troilus and Cressida can be found here

Titus Andronicus: the 1999 movie with Anthony Hopkins here

Twelfth night: here for the BBC, herefor the 1970 version with Alec Guinness, Joan Plowright and Ralph Richardson.

The Winter's Tale: the BBC version is here

Please do contribute if you find more. This is far from exhaustive.

(also look up the original post from time to time for more plays)

无羁 The Untamed (lyrics + translation)

Have you guys have been looping the full version of the ending song for MDZS’s live action drama The Untamed?

Duet version ( Wei WuXian / Xiao Zhan & Lan WangJi / Wang Yi Bo )

Translation by : yours truly @iarrod 

Translation checks by : @gravitydefyingtears​ & @gwynhafra86

NOTES:

This translation was made based on my own interpretation, and is not a literal translation because it’ll be too metaphoric to be understood if done as such ^^;

I’ve separated the lines based on the pauses in the song instead of following the given lyrics on the video.

無羈/无羁 (wú jī) The Untamed

闻笛声独惆怅

wén dí sheng dú chóu chàng

Listen for the melody of a flute, alone in sorrow

云深夜未央

yún shēn yè wèi yāng

The nights in the clouds are long

是与非都过往

shì yǔ fēi dōu guò wǎng

Once together, now it’s all in the past

醒来了怎能当梦一场

xǐng lái le zěn néng dāng mèng yī cháng

In wakefulness, how can I brush everything away as a dream?

红尘中毁誉得失 如何去量

hóng chén zhōng huǐ yù dé shī rú hé qù liáng

In this world, the good and evil done, how does one remember?

潇潇血热刀锋凉

xiāo xiāo xuè rè dāo fēng liáng

Just as thick blood warms a cold blade

山高水远

shān gāo shuǐ yuǎn

From the mountains yonder to the seas beyond

又闻琴响

yòu wén qín xiǎng

The qin sounds once again

陈情未绝

chén qíng wèi jué

Echoes feelings yet to disappear

卧荻花月如霜

wò dí huā yuè rú shuāng

Like the quiet silvergrass reflecting the frosty moon

煮一壶 生死悲欢 祭少年郎

zhǔ yī hú shēng sǐ bēi huān jì shào nián láng

Teach these young ones life and death’s joy and grief

明月依旧何来怅惘

míng yuè yī jiù hé lái chàng wǎng

As constant as the bright moon waxes and wanes

不如 潇潇洒洒 历遍风和浪

bù rú xiāo xiāo sǎ sǎ lì biàn fēng hé làng

So soar high and free as a bird with the winds and waves

天涯一曲共悠扬

tiān yá yī qǔ gòng yōu yang

And sing this one song to the world

穿万水过千山

chuān wàn shuǐ guò qiān shān 

Travelling down thousands of rivers, crossing thousands of mountains

路尽人茫茫

lù jìn rén máng máng

Endless people awaits at journey’s end

是与非都过往 

shì yǔ fēi dōu guò wǎng

Once together, now it’s all in the past

醒来了 就当它梦一场

xǐng lái le jiù dāng tā mèng yī cháng

In wakefulness, let’s pretend it was all a dream

红尘中毁誉得失 如何去量

hóng chén zhōng huǐ yù dé shī rú hé qù liáng

In this world, the good and evil done, how does one remember?

潇潇血热刀锋凉

xiāo xiāo xuè rè dāo fēng liáng

Just as thick blood warms a cold blade

山高水远

shān gāo shuǐ yuǎn

From the mountains yonder to the seas beyond 

又闻琴响

yòu wén qín xiǎng

The qin sounds once again

陈情未绝

chén qíng wèi jué

Echoes feelings yet to disappear

笑世事多无常

xiào shì shì duō wú cháng

Smiling at the ever-changing world

煮一壶 生死悲欢 祭少年郎

zhǔ yī hú shēng sǐ bēi huān jì shào nián láng

Teach these young ones life and death’s joy and grief

明月依旧何来怅惘

míng yuè yī jiù hé lái chàng wǎng

As constant as the bright moon waxes and wanes

不若 坦坦荡荡 历遍风和浪

bù ruò tǎn tǎn dàng dàng lì biàn fēng hé làng

So spread your wings and flutter with the winds and waves

天涯一曲共悠扬

tiān yá yī qǔ gòng yōu yang

And sing this one song to the world

煮一壶 生死悲欢 祭少年郎

zhǔ yī hú shēng sǐ bēi huān jì shào nián láng

Teach these young ones life and death’s joy and grief

明月依旧何来怅惘

míng yuè yī jiù hé lái chàng wǎng

As constant as the bright moon waxes and wanes

不若 坦坦荡荡 历遍风和浪

bù ruò tǎn tǎn dàng dàng lì biàn fēng hé làng

So spread your wings and flutter with the winds and waves

天涯一曲共悠扬

tiān yá yī qǔ gòng yōu yang

And sing this one song to the world

天涯一曲共悠扬

tiān yá yī qǔ gòng yōu yang

And sing this one song to the world

Translator’s end note: 

How many times did you sing along? 

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