i watched one (1) video on how to draw hands that changed my life forever. like. i can suddenly draw hands again

these were all drawn without reference btw. i can just. Understand Hands now (for the most part, im sure theres definitely inaccuracies). im a little baffled

Tang Dynasty Princesses

Tang Dynasty princesses could have been said to be some of the most lucky and unlucky princesses in written history. Pampered with all kinds of wealth and luxuries yet some had to live in deserts due to political alliances while others died due to failed rebellions. Most importantly, this was the era where princesses could dream of holding unlimited power. Let’s get a basic idea of what their lives looked like.

The rankings for princesses of the Li clan were as follows:

Taizhang gongzhu - This title was reserved for an aunt of the Emperor, ranking as one of the highest princesses. Translates to Senior Grand Princess. Held a fiefdom with a minimum of 2000 families.

Princess Taiping (pictured below): the daughter of Wu Zetian and Emperor Gaozong.

A powerful regent during the reign of her brother Emperor Ruizong and nephew Emperor Xuanzong, held this title.

Zhang Gongzhu - This title was reserved for the sister of the Emperor, ranking on par with a Taizhang gongzhu. Translates to Grand Princess. Held a fiefdom with a minimum of 1000 families.

Princess Gaoyang (pictured below): the daughter of Emperor Gaoyang and a half-sister of Gaozong.

Infamous for her affair with a monk and also attempted to overthrow her half-brother; she held this title until she was hanged.

Gongzhu - This title was reserved for the daughter of an Emperor or in special circumstances, women of the imperial clan who were adopted for the sake of political marriages, ranking on par with a Taizhang gongzhu and Zhang Gongzhu. Translates to Imperial Princess. Held a fief of about 300 people.

Princess Wencheng (pictured below): a daughter of Prince Jiangxia (Li Daozong). 

Was made a Gongzhu to marry King Songtsen Gampo of the Tibetan Empire. Known for her great efforts and sacrifices to establish a relationship between Tibet and Tang China.

The following princesses did not hold any fiefdoms.

Junzhu- A title reserved for the daughter of the crown prince. Translates to commandery princess.

Xianzhu - A title reserved for the daughter of a prince. Translates to county princess.

Though princesses were considered as titled ladies of the outer court, after they married, their families were not considered royalty. Their descendants, however, could claim nobility titles based on their birth. They did not have any household management staff with the exception of those princesses who were married off for political alliances (heqin). 

The consorts of royal princesses were from high aristocracy and held great political power unlike princesses of other dynasties.

I feel like we don't give Binghe enough credit, at least in regards to squaring him up against Bingge.

It seems like people will see that Binghe is more open with his emotions (being willing to cry, pout, smile, laugh etc.) and call him 'soft' or even 'weak' in comparison to Bingge.

It's like people forget; Binghe was actually formally trained by his Shizun and peak, something Bingge wasn't. He also went through the same challenges in the endless abyss, but overcame them much faster; years faster in fact! And he possesses the same level of strength and skill.

Remember, when they met in the extra, they were perfectly matched; neither able to beat the other. And the moment Shen Qingqiu stepped in; the instant even a little bit of outside interference got involved in Binghe's favor, he won.

It didn't take much for Binghe to ultimately win that fight; just one extra person to tip the scales in his favor, and he had Bingge beat.

He's as strong, capable and deadly as Bingge, and I'd even argue he's stronger; not physically, but simply because he has a lot more worth fighting for.

You fight harder, more viciously, and for longer when you have something worth fighting for, and because of that I honestly think Binghe would ultimately win in a one-on-one against his counterpart. He's not weak because he cries; I'd even say he's stronger because of it.

rough jontim animatic as a little treat

draw svsss from memory ! keyword being memory- i haven't drawn most of them before

template by: pompipurin !!

i dont wanna talk about how long this took <3

love the thought that "balls" might actually be some demonic unit of measurement like SQQ asks Binghe what fucking balls n he's like "idk shizun I never bothered to learn demon lore" and he asks Mobei and Sha Hualin and they both are like "uhm???it's six balls. What's unclear??" SQQ is going fucking insane, then Mobei picks up random object like "mhm this is about six balls heavy." N Sha Hualin takes it then like "I'd say nearly seven"

SQQ spends the entire night trying to figure out how much "a ball" is in normal measurement units.

Tianlang-jun: Master Shen, can I offer you something? Water? Tea? My nephew's hand in marriage?

Shen Qingqiu: what?

Tianlang-jun: Perhaps wine? Some snacks? My sons hand in marriage?

Shen Qingqiu: I-

Tianlang-jun: Tanghulu? Congee? My hand in marriage?

What if Gerry knew Jon from Jon's college band days when he would go wandering at night to get away from his mother and wandered into the pub they were playing at? What if Gerry had a crush the kind of kind of gangly guy who had long, nimble fingers on strong, hands and a perpetually chapped lower lip that got caught between slightly upper teeth when he ripped out a heavy bass solo. What if Gerry was thinking about talking to him and had finally worked up the courage to do so one night but a confident black woman with a million micro braids in her bob brushed past him and greeted Jon, one hand coming up to rest on the sliver of skin peeking out between Jon's tee and the waistband of his ratty jeans? What if Gerry thought Jon was straight and, before he had time to find out Jon was available and had been looking back, Mary ruined everything by mangling herself with the skin book? What if they both recognized each other when Jon summons Gerry, mere feet away from Julia and Trevor, but neither says anything because what difference does it make? Gerry is dead and Jon might as well be his murderer.

Thank you sm!

I think it would be really funny if the reason we never learn Shang Qinhua’s birth name (as opposed to courtesy name) even in the flashbacks when he’s a disciple, is that he quite simply doesn’t remember it. He was born, gradually got his memories back, and went “ahhh fuck I transmigrated as Shang Qinghua” and that was it. he perceives himself as Shang Qinghua. Whenever someone calls him Shang ▉▉▉ he just kind of spaces out and then goes “wait- huh- that’s me!” Whenever someone asks his name, he stares at them blankly until someone else nearby offers it for him. When he finally gets his courtesy name he breathes a massive sigh of relief because oh god he kept almost saying Qinghua when people asked his name and that would have caused so many problems.

tgcf just got ruined for me because I realised hc calling xl gege is the equivalent of xl being called bhaiya. I cannot physically recover from this excuse me I need to lay down-

Arthur Rimbaud (b. 20 October 1854)

because i cannot kiss the characters, i will make them kiss eachother

gertie and gerry :3

Done and done

quartet of muses 🩸🥁

my dead goth son and his friendly neighborhood personified concept of insanity