little girl: are you a prince?

xie lian: yes, i am

little girl: please don't marry mu qing

xie lian: //////eh????

little girl: mum says that mu qing is so pretty someone from the palace is going to take him soon and he promised me he'll marry me when i grow up :(

feng xin: hahaha imagine wanting to marry mu qing hahahhahaha

feng xin 800 years later: ... well

Nanning, 1996 Nanning, Guangxi, China. 中国 広西 南寧市 Photography by Michitaka Kurata

more from the reverse gondolin au

Cookie at Tin Pan Alley, New York City. 1983

Photo: Nan Goldin

xianle trio found a decent spot at ghost city

kusuke about to do some batman villain shit for april fools day

references and excerpts from THE LONELY CITY: ADVENTURES IN THE ART OF BEING ALONE by Olivia Laing; Chapter 4 - In Loving Him, part 4

All I can think of it hualian and fx and mq now, that’s it, that’s entirely it

Discover the magnificent and awe-inspiring Nan Madol, one of the most ancient and enigmatic lost cities in the world in this National Geographic video.

We made it!

Mirrors! ^

Nanning, 2000 Nanning, Guangxi, China. 中国 広西 南寧市 Photography by Michitaka Kurata

Greer Lankton in her Studio on East 4th Street, NYC, 1983. By Nan Goldin

Buzz and Nan at the Afterhours, New York City. 1980

Photo: Nan Goldin

As promised the second of two small contributions for FQMonth23. This time it is the finished FengQing idol aka “Idol of the Lovers”.

Once upon a time, there was a small village divided by two things: a wide river and the belief in the Generals of the South. Each side believed in one of them. Nevertheless, the two sides were in vigorous contact with each other for trade, protection, and infrastructure, even though faith separated them.

One day there was a big storm that caused a lot of damage in the village. Among them was the only large bridge that connected the two sides. Since this had to be rebuilt, both shores of the village started building at the same time, firmly believing that their general would take them faster and further to finishing the bridge than the other side. However, it turned out that the two halves of the bridge met exactly in the middle. It was measured over and over again, but the fact remained: It was precisely the middle and both parts of the bridge were the same length. So the townspeople began to wonder: Had they wronged the two Generals all this time? Were they in reality not enemies at all, but even striving to be connected with each other? Thus, the village on both sides began to worship both generals as an inseparable unit. The old statues and idols were left standing, but many new ones were added, representing both of them together. And as the belief evolved over the years that the two were a couple, so did the depictions become warmer, more intimate, and more loving. Today the village has become a thriving town. People from all over come to see the town "where the generals find peace", the "City of Lovers". And they also come here to ask the gods for their blessings in their relationships and to escape from the condemning world themselves.

This small idol here is quite simple, but one of the most common depictions on small altars that were additionally placed in the old shrines of the two.

Cdrama: My Uncanny Destiny (2023)

Gifs of Intro of cdrama “My Uncanny Destiny”

【Multi-Sub】 保护我方城主大人 My Uncanny Destiny 01 丨 双王不打不相识（主演： 张悦楠， 严子贤）

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGqKPvAO0XQ