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The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity

山河令 Word of Honor ep.31

Wake up babe, new vengeful WKX just dropped

Word of Honor ⇛ EP35

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Ye Baiyi + Wen Kexing WORD OF HONOR 山河令, EPISODE 14.

Sometimes I think about how huge a thing it was, how big an act of trust, for Wen Kexing to kneel down in front of Zhou Zishu in front of all the ghosts of Ghost Valley (in his full Ghost Valley Master garb, no less), and call Zhou Zishu Master, and align himself with Four Seasons Manor.

Remember this little boy. I think about all the years he experienced this kind of abuse...

And then I think about this teenage boy and how he must have felt the day he finally ended it all, and took over as master of Ghost Valley. I imagine that he swore, deep down, that he would never bend a knee, that no one would ever be master of him again.

GIF by hashtagteamwin

So THIS. This is a really big deal:

do you recognize me? / i know you by heart — la pointe courte

Shen Wei/Zhao Yun Lan [11/?]: 镇魂 Guardian Ep. 01 / 35 / 40

「愿巍澜眉眼如初岁月如故」

“ ‘a promise in life and death made with our beloveds, to take their hands and grow old with them’… that was it” - lord seventh by priest, extra chapter

#world hard and cold #A-Xu soft and warm

山河令 Word of Honor ep.34

Reblogging again because I love these scenes.

Word of Honor Challenge ↳ Favorite Ghost Valley Master : Wen Kexing l Murderous Edition [1 /∞]

Word of Honor ❖ episode 05 ❖ WEN KEXING

not-so-local man shows range of feelings | 8 out of 9 times, has something to do with one (1) man (insp)

from chief zhao and heipaoshi to shen wei and zhao yunlan in less that two seconds

What are fanstations, please? Thank you.

You see these badboys? These super good quality shots that are so gorgeous they look official but you're pretty sure they're not? These were taken by "professional fans" called zhanjie站姐 who run fanstations/fansites where these photos are shared.

cr: 起意•9291

Those two are from 起意•9291, a fanstation that follows both of them. There are fansites that follow only one, and there are those who follow both. I usually only stick with the ones that support both because I don't want to risk running into a fan that is an anti of the other actor. (A lot of solos are really sweet! But playing safe is self care lol)

They only operate during the actors' working hours but strictly not during their private time. Some of them also communicate with the artist studio. The gorgeous unofficial photos you see from WOH filming were taken by the zhanjie who were on set at that time.

There were tons of them in the concert which is why we have lots of gorgeous concert photos. These two are from 月下思凡•1129x0511

cr: 月下思凡•1129x0511

There's a surprisingly big amount of fanstations that started supporting both of them when official WOH promotions were coming to an end, which I thought was kind of unusual. Usually zhanjie earn money by selling photobooks of the celebs, so it makes sense for more solo fanstations to crop up after promotions end, because that's when actors usually stop playing nice and start competing for their CP fans and convert them to become solos.

For GJ and ZZH it's like the exact opposite happened. When the WOH promotions were ending there was a sudden influx of zhanjie that supported both of them. They had pretty good foresight tbh because it has been months and GJ and ZZH still have not attempted to split their joint fandom up. It looks like they're fine with sharing a huge chunk of their fandom with each other.

itsRAINING_1129x0511 is one of my current faves. She was a ZZH solo fan who ended up loving GJ too.

cr: itsRAINING_1129x0511

Sorry my reply took so long btw, sometimes my english leaves me 😂

@asiandramanet pride month event: favourite LGBTQ+ ship: Wenzhou

Interesting read written by Jjheejz

What is Fate?

[Part 5/5] WOH concert and after

WOH Concert (3-4 May 2021)

- The fact that they even have a drama concert

- Chinese have a traditional tradition of calculating auspicious dates (metaphysics). It can be calculated commonly for when to move in to a new house, bury a deceased, open a business, hold a wedding etc. 3 - 4 May were auspicious dates for Wedding and marriage registration.

- The concert was held at a stadium in Su Zhou, but the entire city was blatantly supporting everything and anything about WenZhou like it’s New Year’s Eve. Eg. Building, helicopter banners, bus advertising, drone show, lantern display, subway endorsement, city’s official account using WOH quotes applying to safety regulations, curated photo booths, life sized figurine of WenZhou (YouKu kept it as prideful display at their office entrance after the concert), crowds of fan support and cheers etc.

- Both of them were given the center of attention for the entire 2 days of WOH concert. It was WenZhou/JunZhe concert in disguise as WOH concert.

= This gave them both the opportunity to show what they feel for each other openly (whether as WenZhou themselves or as JunZhe)

- To have a stage to be what they are* and have fun, while being accepted and greatly supported by a sea of Mountain people (山人), no matter how one sees it, it’s an extremely touching form of support for them

*Disclaimer: obviously they weren’t 100% themselves, mindful of the fact that this stage was monitored by important media bodies (not exactly sure what kind, but somewhat government-ish regulators I presume), but their gaze and body language is just as natural as what they are.

= The fact that the country in general is not open to this kind of relationship, yet they were in a place where most of the people were supportive.

- Yes, there were some important bodies (or eyes) during the 2 days concert. Which was why all the actors and actresses were warned. For whatever reason they chose to continue in their own way, it’s daring consensus of support. And for whatever reason the regulators didn’t do anything (there weren’t any big news at all from them), is also a miracle.

- They had the opportunity to sing a duet on stage, live. For the audience, GJ’s singing skills started from November 2020, ZZH likes GJ’s singing, and 5 months later, they have a duet on stage.

- Official acknowledgement of cpfans

= First in history where the recognition was officially verbally mentioned in-person. You can say this fate belong to the fans.

- ZZH had the opportunity to vow a promise to GJ witnessed by X million of people in the stadium and those watching livestream, that he will always be there for GJ. He did not only vow as a companion to GJ, in ZZH terms, he actually vowed “I will love you forever” [ZZH on ‘love’ saga]

- The in-ear mic had the voices of the backstage crew’s coordination. ZZH took it off early, but GJ was still wearing them during the exchange. That itself is a stressor as the backstage coordinator must have warned extremely sternly and loudly and GJ was shakingly nervous. When ZZH was giving this vow (which in the concert BTS release, we see him say “Don’t I have a segment to speak to WKX?” Note, it’s WKX, not GJ), the backstage crew was cursing and swearing when ZZH went with “I have things to say to Jun Jun.” (as WenZhou, they have a disguise/a shield, with direct GJ, it’s just…danger danger red light) Try imagine being the backstage crew and going all mad and crazy over what ZZH said that moment.

= ZZH’s daring courage to say things like these was probably built up from his sportsmanship, hot-blooded passion from his past. It’s beyond my peasant mortal’s comprehension.

- Supporting Cast shenanigans and warnings for them, link here

After

- After the drama’s promotion period is over, solo fans expect the main leads to break up even as co-workers or say, being even in the same frame. This expectation is extremely strong in the industry for years. The same goes for JunZhe despite this time many are cpfans but they do know this prevalent expectation. So imagine crying over the vow and the next moment JunZhe is happily sticking to each other singing in the same frame as if they did nothing big a few hours ago.

= Debunking expectations, breaking many years of industry’s common consensus successfully. They invented after after-sales CP service.

- Stage, endorsements, film scripts, major public events, variety shows, top brands etc. Poured in, and although it’s all solo events, we see traces of the other half.

- Aside from that, we now see social media exchanges (almost always for the other half), brand endorsement captions (almost always about the other half), official brands partnering with each other because of them (despite being legit competitors) etc.

- The word 'support’ or at least 'love seeing them together’, is the general reason CPfans are fans of them. But to both GJ and ZZH, it really goes beyond the word itself. Acknowledging is just the beginning. ZZH does take LLD to heart and GJ is very interactive with LLDs in his own quirky way.

*From the [Star X Moon Saga], to the developed feelings because of this drama and actually accepting their feelings, to the fact that the pitiful budgeted amount for WOH was not well received at all before it was broadcasted but boomed records in the end, to the open shipping support by the production crew/casts/general media/fans/brands/cities, to the climbing successes and mountainous opportunities opened for GJ and ZZH overnight, everything was unprecedented and unexpected, but they all happened to the two of them.

Bonus

A fan went to a temple to check out JunZhe’s fate. You can only check for one person and she checked for GJ. She passed her result to a Master and he immediately tell her to give up because that person is taken and turned away. The fan quickly corrected and say she’s actually checking for someone else, the master turned back and checked her read again and said, everything is aligned to their favour, it’s blessed by the Gods. (If I can find the full article again, will add on more but that’s the gist, surfing in China made me love Google’s search engine algorithm so much more).

A few other fans who 抽签 (Chinese praying tradition - simply put: draw a stick of varying luck). They all got the bestest of luck for JunZhe. (Reading the readings, I’m just…in awe…I…)

= Borrowing the meaning of another famous novel title, to me, this is a true “Heaven’s official blessing” pair.

🌻To returning readers: Updated info are in purple for your easy references!

🌸Part 1 - Before filming here

🌸Part 2 - During filming here

🌸Part 3 - After filming, before broadcast here

🌸Part 4 - Broadcast/Promotion period here

🌻Will add photos after I’ve finished compiling them, busy these few days, will probably finish up everything by 8 July.

🌻Will add specific Saga series after I’ve finished uploading the photos

🌻[Ongoing updates] Will add if I remember or found new ones

🌻For long posts like this, I tend to look back for grammar and phrasing mistakes (sometimes info updates), so when you reblog for future references, do keep in mind that there may be updates in the original post! :)

aside from the fact that wen kexing is just perpetually flirty, here’s the deleted scene from ep12 which adds context to the ep13 joke/dialogue:  “Did I mishear you just now? A-Xu, finally you’ve admitted that I’m good-looking 😏😏😏“

Short post about filming C-dramas - Hengdian

So I noticed a lot of people keep commenting that sets and “cities” in C-dramas that had basically no budget as being super pretty and that they can’t believe they managed that with no money. Here’s the thing: Many C-drama are filmed in Hengdian. There are a few other filming studios that are also popular, but I would say Hengdian is in the top 3, or maybe top 1.

Hengdian is one of the largest film studios in the world and is one of the most popular places to film a period drama (area total of 3,3 km2 and building areas of 495,995 m2).

If I remember correctly, there are at least 13 shooting bases. Some buildings, palaces, areas are made in the style of Qin and Han dynasty, others are exact replicas of certain buildings (like Yuanming Yuan, the old summer palace).

It’s FREE to film in Hengdian. How do they stay in business, you ask? They make the money from hotels, restaurants, and renting out equipment & costumes. Some dramas or movies take only 1 month to film, others can take several months. Also Hengdian is huge, if you couldn’t tell, so there can be several film crews working at the same time. 

I would also like to point out that you can visit as a tourist. 

So far there are over 1200 films and C-dramas that have been filmed in Hengdian! Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Hero, The Forbidden Kingdom, Mulan are some films that were filmed there.

If you watch other Chinese period dramas, you will recognize several buildings. Some C-dramas in recent years you might recognize are Once Upon A Time in Lingjian Mountain, Joy of Life, The Untamed, Word of Honor.

Like this one! Recognize it? It’s where they had that boyband karaoke consert thing in Once Upon a Time in Lingjian Mountain 

Click here for a clip of the concert haha

July 3 2021

word of honor 山河令: episode 34

“Fortunately, I met you.”

A collection of recent work

Gong Jun’s photoshoot in Kyoto, Nara, and Osaka – 29 June to 5 July 2019

I’ve also translated his travel v-log here: