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beingjellybeans · 9 months

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Rediscovering Chinese flavors at Xin Tian Di

If you’re on the lookout for a remarkable dining experience that blends the essence of classic Cantonese flavors with a modern twist, look no further than Xin Tian Di. Located on the fourth floor of the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Quezon City, this restaurant is a haven for those seeking an elevated take on Chinese cuisine. The name “Xin Tian Di,” which translates to “New Heaven and Earth,”…

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ranilla-bean · 6 months

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culture tips for writing asian settings: calligraphy (pt i)

i love chinese calligraphy, to me it is just so gorgeous and i've dedicated a few scenes of my own fics to it, so here are just a few quick 'n' dirty calligraphy tips:

the calligraphy scene in sokka's master (illustrated by korean animators!) is a pretty good depiction tbh. you write using a brush (the brushes can be hung up on a stand too)—it can be jarring to see fics mention quills or parchment. one excellent detail from the show is that sokka, who seems left-handed, has to write with his right hand—the left hand holds the sleeve out of the way. the ink is not liquid/bottled, but is in a solid stick form and has to be ground on an inkstone mixed with water

traditionally, chinese text is written downwards, and goes from right to left across the page.

as with any other form of calligraphy, chinese calligraphy emphasises beauty of form over legibility—in the same way you wouldn't really consider times new roman font 'calligraphy'. there are different types of script in chinese, and for someone like piandao to master them is a reflection of his education and gentility. the semi-cursive below i see quite commonly in calligraphy:

then you might have something like the cursive below is quite technical but seriously hard to read

contrast that with something like this seal script, harking back to an older era of chinese script:

any calligrapher worth their salt will be putting their stamp on the work, quite literally! name seals, also called "chops", are carved out of stone; ink it up with cinnabar paste and stamp it onto your artwork to get that iconic red signature. (i got one made a couple of years ago and there's a trick to stamping: breathe on the stamp surface after dipping in the paste to warm up the pigment, and when stamping put some circular pressure on the stone to get the print to come out evenly)

i'm going to do a second part focusing a bit more on scripts from the atla world, so keep your eyes peeled...

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some more calligraphy examples from singapore's national gallery

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#atla #atla culture #atla meta #avatar the last airbender #piandao #sokka #asian culture tips #some of the most beautiful calligraphy i saw at singapore's national art gallery #a really cool contemporary twist on the form #i took photos but my old lens was soooo bad so i don't have the specific ones i really liked but do check the link out <3

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highladyofterrasen7 · 6 months

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This is an appreciation post for all the authors who write books set in the past few years AND DONT MENTION COVID

THANK YOUUUUUUUU

#appreciation post #authors #ana huang #twisted lies #things we left behind #things we hide from the light #the fine print #lauren asher #contemporary books #holly jackson #agggtm #taylor jenkins reid #icebreaker #hannah grace

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woundgallery · 6 months

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Roxy Paine, Conjoined, 2007, Stainless steel, 40 × 45 × 28 ft. (12.19 × 13.72 × 8.53 m)

#no forms but twisted forms #roxy paine #sculpture #art #trees #conjoined #contact zone #contemporary art

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fitzrove · 18 hours

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Started watching a "problem with greek myth retellings" video and it began with a blurb montage like "Condemned by the misogynist guys of history, this is the true girlboss feminist story of [A WOMAN]" and like. brb writing one of those about crown prince rudolf. It's ok he's like a misunderstood girlboss to me<3

#NASJASKSDFKDSLFDGJDFJ #joking. since those retellings seem to be often bad #fun fact i do have ideas for like a black teen comedy series with mary as the protagonist where the ending is like a harrowing twist #like you think it won't go that far but it does and the point is that she had historical agency and her own problems and personal journey #but in the end it spiralled catastrophically due to both crown prince rudolf related events and others #unfortunately writing one would draw the ire of both misogynist rudolf conspiracy theorists (how dare you suggest women have agency) AND a #certain type of feminist media critiquer person: (1) how dare you cover a topic like that flippantly 2) how dare you make rudolf anything #but an inhuman monster of a r*pist murderer gr**mer or whatever in the story #like idk man.. other male characters portrayed as romantic interests in mainstream media are toxic r*pists all the time. like omg i hate ho #'the great' handles p*ter and catherine because i was rooting for them to remain toxic and for catherine to kill him or whatever but then #she starts falling in love with him in s2 and everyone in tumblr is like omg hot sexy toxic romance. like cant we have ONE series where #straight romance doesnt inevitably become the overbearing focus?? i had wlw ships for that show.. they never pulled through...#anyway um yeah. the way i would portray rudolf in that is that mary sees him as this romantic hero which is emphasised in the way its shot #but he's constantly acting in kinda offputting and strange ways and is occasionally pretty pathetic and weird ASHDJFJF #^^ that's never been a deterrent to anyone ever. most rudolf biographers want to [redacted] him this has been proven by the way they write.#the only ones that dont are me (well not a real biographer but a rudolf enjoyer nonetheless) and brigitte hamann /hj #(she actually doesnt salivate over his appearance like frederick morton does xD only quotes 2 contemporary women commenting on it)

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rogue-indshadows · 1 month

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King of sloth teaser.... Yayyyy!!!

Xavier and Sloane.

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lighthousepigeons · 1 year

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Bridget: My hands are cold.

Rhys: *holds Bridget's hands* There you go.

Bridget:

Bridget: Huh, for some reason my lips are getting cold too.

#ana huang #bridget von ascheberg #rhys larsen #twisted games #twisted series #books #bookaddict #bookmemes #tumblrpost #incorrect quotes #tumblr funny #contemporary romance #bodyguard romance #source: tumblr

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wonder-worker · 18 days

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J.L. Laynesmith taking the 'Buckingham Did It™' route for the murder of the Princes in the Tower AND the rumors of Edward IV's bastardy ... I have to laugh

#my post #history media #this was in her book 'Cecily Duchess of York' which I have ... Thoughts on #I really liked it overall - it was meticulously researched and gave me information that I hadn't previously known about Cecily #However this often contrasts with Laynesmith's own very evident biases assumptions and conjecture #and the effect is very jarring #This becomes slightly more pronounced after 1464 and actually ridiculous after 1483.#She also suggests that Henry VI may have genuinely died of a melancholy-induced stroke like Edward IV claimed which is just...lmfao #I don't know what to say at this point lol #To be fair she does specifically note that he died shortly after Edward arrived in London and that most contemporaries believed #it was far too convenient #which is far more acknowledgement and culpability than she gives Richard III whose culpability for the 'disappearance' of his nephews is #literally never touched upon - the blame is conveniently dumped on Buckingham #honestly the whole Deal with Buckingham is so odd. dude was a political neophyte; was given a primarily ceremonial role by Edward IV #throughout his reign and was younger than Richard (who was a seasoned politician). What makes you think Buckingham of all people #was some kind of political genius and making decisions over RICHARD of all people lol?#anyway #This book was pretty decent with Margaret of Anjou which was great #it was less decent with Elizabeth Woodville which was not so great :/#some of the assumptions it made (for Cecily's benefit naturally) were so weird #and the way she 'reassessed' Elizabeth's role in 1483 was very distasteful #I might make a separate post on that because it was very annoying #(also claiming Henry Tudor landed with 'a small band of Lancastrian exiles' - yeah no. the majority of the 'exiles' who supported him were #Yorkist aka Edward IV's supporters who opposed Richard. because this was very much an internal civil war between the dynasty #and Henry became a claimant only after being chosen by Yorkists after the October risings made clear the Princes were dead #the claim that challenged Richard's was Elizabeth of York not Henry's. let's not twist words here)#(ALSO I'm sorry but William Stanley certainly did not choose to commit his troops to Henry Tudor because Henry was 'his brother's stepson'#he did that out of loyalty to Edward IV and his children as Henry was the chosen claimant of the Yorkist faction #hence why he may have betrayed Henry VII in the 1490s for Perkin Warbeck who pretended to be Edward's second son. so jot that down)#you really see these small minor details which are very much chosen purposefully and paint a very different picture lol

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x-heesy · 27 days

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mY nU gIfS

& 𝙼𝚢 𝙽𝚞 𝙱𝚊𝚋𝚢:

Check This Out by Toby Green @bigbonzo

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pink-alchemy · 2 months

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debreuil · 5 months

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morgan(a) le fay? that’s a milady insp. right there (i hope dumas is rolling in his grave as i type this)

#yes bbc especially but i’m an irish lesbian so katie is my patron saint #BUT. forreal especially from anything that uses malory as a basis #i was thinking a lot earlier abt how - beyond the perspective we’re given in the novel #milady’s actual villainous behaviours didn’t start until AFTER athos tries to kill her #like up until then she really. she’s taken advantage of by a man who has higher standing than she #she steals and she runs sure but … lbr that’s not villain material #she doesn’t do anything that a self respecting person with survival instincts wouldn’t do #until after the hanging attempt #WHICH u know understandable i too would lose my shit at that cherry on top #i love arthurian legend n i know morgan’s character has been twisted and shaped so wildly different in every #interpretation and re-telling but the most common contemporary characterisation (ccc) of morgan #is biiiig. milady energy all i will say

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fandomsandhappiness · 9 months

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#i really do believe that julia donaldson's masterpiece is underrated as a modern fable #yes. the mouse lies. it keeps him alive. this is a good message to teach children. a contemporary aesop's fable #and of course running into an actual gruffalo. is it karmic? is it a cruel twist of fate? but the mouse's solution is to keep on lying #good for him #lucas. kneel before the master #star wars #the gruffalo

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pookiebearnancy · 1 month

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Josh & Jules

Jules: ily Josh: *explodes from combustion of egotism*

#twisted series #twisted hate #jules ambrose #josh chen #romance books #contemporary romance #incorrect quotes #booktok #random scenarios

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aminta · 1 month

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every day i wake up and see blatant misinformation on here

#op #PLEASEEEEE do not get your news from tumblr a solid 70% of the time i see contemporary issues on here its outright false or twisted 😭😭😭

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regentzephyr · 10 months

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i do find it amusing that non-Japanese EarthBound enjoyers know so little about Itoi Shigesato… i find it so amusing in fact, that i’m currently in the process of writing my dissertation on EarthBound and the current Japanese ideology… leeeet’s just say that foreign fans’ enjoyment of the Mother series will be clouded somewhat if they actually knew of Itoi’s significance.

#earthbound #mother series #itoi shigesato #tl;dr itoi shigesato’s one of the architects of contemporary Japanese consumer capitalism #that is to say that the vaguely anticapitalist-ish vibes in Mother 3 are but a pose #dont get me twisted EarthBound is a masterpiece but i think people should be more aware of the ideology they are buying into #i did scour the Starmen forums for any evidence that people knew how significant of a figure Itoi is but i found nothing of that sort

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lizanneyoung97 · 3 months

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BOOK REVIEW: TWISTED GAMES BY ANA HUANG

⭐⭐⭐

TROPES

Princess/Bodyguard

Touch Her and Die

Enemies to Lovers

Dual POV

This is the second book in the series. The first one was pretty mediocre to me, but like other series, I was told the second one was better. And, I do agree with that. I think Twisted Games is better than the book that came before it.

The story is a bit more compelling, and the characters are more interesting. But, everything still felt very surface-level for me. I like the tropes present and the twist of the story in the end, but everything about Twisted Games felt very mid to me. And, because this is how I felt about the first one too, I don’t think I will continue the series. I don’t feel connected to the other characters enough to want to read their stories.

And, that’s okay. As my first ever KU and partly audio read, it held my attention. As my first read of the year, I think it is a great middle-ground for me. I definitely see why this series gets so much love, it just doesn’t necessarily do it for me.

#book review #book reviewer #twisted games #ana huang #rhys larsen #twisted series #contemporary romance #2024 reviews

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