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“Many people seem to think it foolish, even superstitious, to believe that the world could still change for the better. And it is true that in winter it is sometimes so bitingly cold that one is tempted to say, ‘What do I care if there is a summer; its warmth is no help to me now.’ Yes, evil often seems to surpass good. But then, in spite of us, and without our permission, there comes at last an end to the bitter frosts. One morning the wind turns, and there is a thaw. And so I must still have hope.”

— Vincent Van Gogh

“If I am worth anything later, I am worth something now. For wheat is wheat, even if people think it is a grass in the beginning.” 

- Vincent van Gogh

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Okay, dick jokes aside I wanna talk about the consent and power dynamics in this scene.

Spoilers under the cut

I completely agree with you. In this scene, Jinshi behaved badly and didn't take Maomao's boundaries into account. I'm glad it was interrupted so he can apologize before doing anything foolish and actually start on better bases.

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Flowers are often used as a metaphor for the female characters in the Apothecary Diaries. And for the first time, we, the viewer, are given the direct comparison to which flower is meant to represent Maomao: wood sorrel (also known as “cat’s foot”).

It’s a flower that can treat poisons. A flower that is used to enhance the beauty of the courtesans by painting their nails. A flower with a name associated with cats. A flower that, in hanakotoba, represents maternal tenderness. It’s also one of the flowers that Lakan specifically associates with Fengxian, and by extension, Maomao herself.

In the first opening—aptly titled, “Be A Flower”—the wood sorrel is the only flower that gets special attention. The other flowers are shown together with other varieties, but only the wood sorrel is shown by itself, and more than once.

We see it again in the second opening, with an infant being held by a parent, while flitting between images of Lakan and Fengxian’s backstory.

It’s such a simple flower, too. Small, unassuming, but full of diverse uses and qualities, be they medicinal or ordinary. A very fitting flower for Maomao, and what she brings to the story.

Back when i worked i spent 8 hours packaging chicken skewers and the first day i was so exhausted that i couldn't stop shaking and whenever i closed my eyes to sleep i kept seeing chicken skewers and i couldn't get the smell out of my clothes so i did my best to picture images of The Beatles instesd but they kept fading & turned into chicken skewers like in some horrible nightmare and i was miserable

This is what it was like

 i tried to be funny and it backfired miserably

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thnksfrmcr5

it’s 2014 it’s time we moved on as a nation and stop reblogging this

every person who reblogs this in 2015 is gonna get their ass kicked by yours truly

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aesthetically-shitposting

hey op good news

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Time for me to come clean about the obscure c-drama that was a big source of inspiration for Heavenly Tyrant lmao. It's called The Legend of Dugu and it's based on the Dugu sisters, who in history became empresses of three different dynasties. Qieluo from Iron Widow actually shares a historical inspiration with one of them, but in the show she's characterized very differently from how she typically is in popular consciousness. Her eldest sister Banruo (shown in this edit) is depicted as the more hardcore, ambitious one and gets entangled in a power struggle with the villain, Yuwen Hu. Their dynamic is IMMACULATE and contributed hugely to me writing Zetian vs Qin Zheng. Jeremy Tsui may not be styled as an edgy dark lord in this show like Dongfang Qingcang or Tantai Jin, but he very much embodies Qin Zheng for me.

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