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psychic-waffles · 6 days

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Happy birthday to me and thank you to chen chuhe's bestie for sharing all of this

#there are many benefits to being born the date after cch #chen chuhe #baron chen #river chen #i can be normal about his hair and also his clevage i swear

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nikkotinamide · 6 months

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my observations and take on some nuances not conveyed in translation

my drawn out summary part 2!

*Disclaimer: I'm not critiquing existing translations, I think the translators have done a phenomenal job! Just wanted to add my 2 cents worth.

Part 1

Language Use in Kiseki

Ep 4 Cont

More tears. This scene hurts so bad. Ai Di actually says "Blind or what? Having followed him for so long, it's not as though unaware of whom he likes..." It's difficult to translate these lines because there are no first person pronouns used. On one hand, it's Ai Di scolding himself for holding on to his unrequited feelings for Chen Yi (seen in the translation above). On the other hand, he is also scolding Chen Yi for the same thing with regards to CDY.

Ep 5

Time for some comedy to soothe the angst. Our boy really went to school punning and naming himself Edison (and I think the intent was with Thomas Edison in mind lmao).

Ep 8

There's so much we don't know about Ai Di. Here Chen Yi actually asks if Ai Di wants to return to school. Coupled with how Ai Di deflected and told him to stop joking around, and how he told Zong Yi he doesn't need to attend school because he's a genius, it suggests that Ai Di has some regrets about not having the normal life peers his age lead.

Ep 9 💔

This was the most heartbreaking scene imo. Here Ai Di says "你再怎么喜欢他，你再怎么努力，他看的永远不会是你。" - "No matter how much you like him, no matter how hard you try, the one he looks at will forever not be you." While it's clear it's directed at Chen Yi, to a degree it's also Ai Di directing it at himself.

He goes on to say "会看着你的他妈只有我。" 他妈 is a vulgarity (essentially meant to insult someone's mother) which the subtitles and translation have censored, and this line translates into "The only fucking person who will look at you is me."

Let's make it angstier. Ai Di says "只有我，从小看到大。我蠢，我猪。", which has been translated into "Only I, for all my life...I'm such a stupid fool". The translation is fine but it doesn't reflect just how vulnerable Ai Di was in this moment, as though he heart was breaking right alongside Chen Yi’s. My translation would be "Only I, since I was young till now when I am old, have been looking at you. I'm naive. I'm foolish."

This is the line that has made me tear every single rewatch. Ai Di isn't stupid but he is aware that he is being foolish, chasing so desperately all his life after someone who doesn't see him as anything more than a brother .

Ai Di regrets and he says "这件事我帮你扛，抵昨天晚上的事情行吧。我说行就行。" which has been translated into "I'll take the blame for you to make up for what I did to you last night. It's a deal." I felt it was more of a resigned question Ai Di poses, "I'll carry the blame for you, to make up for yesterday night's affair, alright? If I say that's fine, then it's fine."

I was surprised to see this! Here, because Ai Di will not follow willingly, Chen Yi picks him up, and he purposely steps over the pot of burning coal on Ai Di's behalf. I'm not too sure if it's a Chinese thing or religion thing, but in my home country, some Chinese (esp the older folks) say that upon returning home after incarceration, one has to step over burning coal to wash away the bad luck. Very neat that they included this custom!

The same thing Ai Di tells Zong Yi not to say "再见" - see you again; they wouldn’t want to see prison again (which has been translated into goodbye).

This is why people think ChenAi switch, also courtesy of Hsu Kai who pointed this line out. Ai Di says "做回来就不欠啦" which translates into "Do it back and I'll no longer owe you". (more context in comments)

Ep 10

Matt Lee's character who was Ai Di's friend at the bar before jail mentions that Ai Di even dyed his hair blonde upon going overseas to further his education. Meaning, Ai Di's friends were told that he was schooling overseas when he was actually in prison 😢

Ai Di tells Chen Yi "应该多培养一些人在你旁边了，被开枪的时候，才有人帮你垫背" which translates into "You should cultivate relationships so more people will be by your side, so that when the gun is fired, there will be someone to take the bullet for you". Ai Di's done it once, he doesn't want to do it again. And Chen Yi smiles weakly after Ai Di says this because Ai Di just confirmed that he went to jail in Chen Yi's stead.

Ep 11

Like Xiao Jie says, Chen Yi really sucks at wooing someone, so much so that even Xiao Jie is better. On receiving the signature, Ai Di asks if Chen Yi thinks he is BTS (bangtan) and that he can sell his autograph 😂

Ep 12

Chen Yi says "我是在你离开之后，我才发现自己真正喜欢的是你" which has been translated into "It's true I realised you are the one with whom I'm in love while you were gone." I would prefer if it had been "It was only after you left that I realised the one whom I actually love is you". Keyword 真正 - really/actually.

Ai Di uses more heart-rending words. Instead of "Don't make me your rebound just because you can't get the one you love", it would be better translated as "Don't randomly use anybody as a substitute just because you couldn't have the person you love."

Cake scene translations

The most heartbreaking line of this scene. 再 - again. Ai Di actually says "Never again will I step aside for anyone." Implicitly, he was previously going to give up on Chen Yi for CDY.

ok this was a longass post but I wanted to keep most of the angst here

#kiseki: dear to me #chen ai #chen yi x ai di #ai di x chen yi #ai di #xiao jie is chen yi's 2nd ride or die #i'm crying them a river #ramblings

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idlenight · 6 months

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this was a long time coming .

Oh the comedy and irony of Marshal Steel being on the breakroom fridge! Karma really does come for everyone.

Julia is honestly living her best life after years of Chen's dissaproving looks. Argent will never let Steel live this down (and also happy that this 100% makes people forget that she also kissed Sidestep). Herald probably regrets ever taking the hero drug rn.

And Chen? well he's just going to have to find more subtle places to kiss his villain boyfriend - the papparazi is truly everywhere.

meanwhile, at the Sidestep base:

(you're lucky River likes you so much Nehal or your ass would be fired)

close up of the article under the cut:

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onlyzhuyilong · 1 month

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ZYL’s characters text posts: Luo Fusheng, Wu Xie, Shen Wei, Ma Zhe, Chen YiMing, Ye Zun, Mo San Mei, Jing Ran, Shen Wei, Lin Nansheng, & He Fei

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mothellie · 13 days

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So I have a Life is Strange theory and I know I'm probably not saying anything that hasn't already been said before, but I feel the need to ramble about it because MMMMMMMMMMM. Major spoilers for Life is Strange and Life is Strange: Before the Storm.

My theory: Rachel had powers, too.

That's definitely been said before. I know I've seen people talk about it both on here and on other sites. When she kicks over the flaming trashcan, a HUGE gust of wind blows from behind her and turns this relatively small flame into a huge forest fire. The fire goes out when she disappears. I've seen people debate whether this is a power related to the wind, or fire itself, but I personally think that her power encompasses all of nature. Which leads me to the second part of my theory.

Not only does Rachel have powers, ones that are related to nature, but she quite literally is the storm that wipes out Arcadia Bay. And the deer that follows Max around through most of the first game, and the butterfly.

Now PLEASE hear me out on this.

Max Caulfield suddenly gains the ability to control time seemingly out of no where, conveniently right in time to save Chloe Price from being shot to her death in the Blackwell bathroom. She's also been getting premonitions of a catastrophic impending tornado seeming headed straight for Arcadia Bay. And, to top it all off, she sees a doe all around the town that seems to follow her and make direct eye contact with her on several occasions, that only disappears when her and Chloe finally locate Rachel's body. Do you wanna know where Max saw the doe in the junkyard, the very first time she's seen it outside of her foreboding nightmares about the storm? Right next to where Rachel is buried. What's in the bathroom that gives Max a convenient hiding place to witness Chloe's death so she can reverse it? The butterfly.

At each turn Max takes, there is some sort of natural occurrence or creature guiding her path, leading her not only to the clues that solve Rachel's disappearance, but also to saving Chloe's life time and time again. She's then faced with a choice: sacrifice her hometown, or sacrifice her best friend.

Despite being given a choice, it's my firm belief that Rachel wants us to sacrifice the town. The very first thing Max's power is used for is to save Chloe, which she was all but put on a leash and led to by numerous strange occurrences that all seem to link back to Rachel Amber. Rachel wants two things: for her story to be told, and for Chloe to be safe. And she knows the only way to ensure both of those things happen is through Max Caulfield, Chloe's long-term best friend since childhood. She also knows that Chloe and Arcadia Bay do not mix, and cannot coexist. If Chloe lives, Rachel will not let Arcadia Bay stand knowing all the pain this town has caused not only herself, but Chloe. If Chloe is dead, there's nothing for her to protect. And it's all up to Max to decide if Chloe is worth that sacrifice. She's gotten what she wanted for herself, for her story to be revealed. That's why the doe disappears after they find her corpse. The only thing that's left is ensuring nothing can ever hurt Chloe again, not even herself.

Once Arcadia Bay is in ruins and Chloe is safely out of town, the storm stops. Peace has been restored and Rachel can finally rest.

And, finally, my third part of this theory:

Rachel is the reason anyone in the continued Life is Strange series has powers in the first place.

Life is Strange 2 picks up a story that seems completely unconnected from the story of Rachel, Max and Chloe. It follows two completely different characters, Sean and Daniel, in a different state. Life is Strange: True Colors follows Alex Chen, also in another town. This seems like it couldn't possibly tie back to the original story but JUST YOU WAIT, DEAR READER. In LIS2, Sean and Brody quite literally have a heart to heart while overlooking the ruins of Arcadia Bay. In LIS:TC, Alex meets Steph Gingrich, a character who was featured in LIS:BTS and is canonically from Arcadia Bay. No matter how minor the connection is, each Life is Strange game up until this point has somehow referenced or tied back to the story of Rachel Amber, and by proxy the story of Max and Chloe.

Each character who gains powers have something in common, as well. They all have something, or someone, important to protect. The same way Rachel, and Max, protected Chloe. Rachel's influence is still felt throughout the United States, all because she wanted to protect all that was important to her and destroy anything that dared to underestimate her.

The true story of Life is Strange can only be told if you sacrifice Arcadia Bay, and that story didn't start with Max Caulfield. It started with Rachel Amber.

#♡ · from the river's mouth #life is strange #rachel amber #max caulfield #alex chen #daniel diaz #sean diaz #steph gingrich #chloe price #life is strange spoilers #life is strange: before the storm spoilers #life is strange 2 spoilers #life is strange: true colors spoilers #im right argue with the wall

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chenbuckley · 1 year

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oh, how fast the night changes

insp. @sisterofficerlucychen

#'maybe janitorial swept them up' yeah and denial is a river in africa timothy #tim bradford #lucy chen #chenford #the rookie #timbradfordedit #lucychenedit #chenfordedit #therookieedit #mine*#usercher #usertimlucy #userburn #tuserbecca #tuserjen

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theflyindutchwoman · 10 months

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Oh Timothy, those lines were blurred a long time ago… and this is just the beginning! #The irony though...

#the rookie #chenford #lucy chen #tim bradford #chenfordedit #chenford edit #So technically some of them happened after he stopped training her #But I'm still cackling at the fact that he said that with his chest #When Lucy has been helping him through his “messy social life” (his words) from day one (or two)#Or the fact that an hour later he was the one trying to get her to open up about her revenge fantasies #Denial isn't just a river...

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kithj · 10 months

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some traced poses that i turned into some butches

#wanted to do something low effort lol #i planned to do hana also but . Failed #valerie #clear rivers #lea chen #clear looks so cute here....#she's not supposed to be that tall tho lmfao #my art

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dylanconrique · 6 months

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"what's there to talk about? you don't love me. what else is there?"

#*and this is icarly!#OH BOO HOO CRY ME A RIVER CHRIS #you have the same personality as an office waiting room #cold. lifeless. boring. beige.#things really started to go downhill for them when he started humming dream a little dream in front of her #still can't believe he did that #when not 5 minutes pior he was questioning her about her abduction #of course she doesn't love you #hell i'm surprised she let him stick around after that #can't say i'd do the same #the rookie #chris sanford #tim bradford #lucy chen #chenford #otp: you know me so well

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swiftletinthecloud · 1 year

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Pledge of Allegiance (2023) | a comedy

Episode 03

#asiandramanet #userdramas #cdrama #cdramaedit #pledge of allegiance #pledge of allegiance (2023)#shadow of mountain and river #lu zheng #li wu #xie keng ran #leon zhang #chen ruo xuan #yang bo xiao #userhanyi #userstorge #lextag #my edit #lz's little eye twitch in the 5th gif lol

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psychic-waffles · 1 year

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Chen Chuhe being a problem part 5 for @soresus

#chen chuhe #baron chen #river chen #battle through the heavens #fight break sphere #yao lao

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autumnfangirler · 6 months

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Becker family shenanigans >:) (ft. @villainsidestep's fawn becker and @idlenight's river becker! this was also inspired by their posts)

text is in the alt text, and click for better quality because tumblr is apparently determined to kill the quality of everything i post

#1. this whole au is an excuse for me to indulge in older sibling cyrus #and as much as i Love river #he gives off the most rancid little shit youngest sibling vibes known to man #2. fawn and river are of the same mind and that mind is making chen suffer for his Own decisions #what youre gonna fall for the pretty vigilante you used to distrust?#well they're going to justify that suspicion and also play their role up for the bit #3. step days vs current day river and cyrus has been bothering me since i saw river's sidestep design #they. they swapped. they're the same theyre literally just the other way around #also fun fact because this seems like a good place to put it: cyrus also has freckles! he just covers them up with makeup #it is for themmy related reasons :)#4. low effort shitpost based on me laughing at the height comparison between the three #to answer your question gideon #i thought fawn was a short step #i thought cyrus and fawn could bond over having a towering older brother but alas #cyrus is simply forced to endure the hashtag true oldest sibling experience and be the shortest out of the three #fhr #sidestep #cyrus becker #river becker #fawn becker #she illness on my mental till i draw #keeping up with the beckers

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idlenight · 3 months

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Happy birthday River!!!

River forgot he claimed that today was his birthday, sometimes lying catches up to you.

#fhr #fhr art #sidestep #wei chen #lady argent #herald #julia ortega #ortega #Retri doesnt take place in 2024 but based on the year river claimed he was born (1988) then he'd technically be nine years old today #happy birthday loser! love you baby boy #idle art #my art #oc: River Becker #river: face

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staydandy · 1 year

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Pledge of Allegiance (2023) - 山河之影 - Whump List

List by StayDandy Synopsis : Li Wu comes from a lowly background but due to a misunderstanding, becomes a member of the Imperial Secret Police. On the outside, he appears to be selfish and well-spoken, but deep down he’s honest and treasures brotherhood. Lu Zheng is an original guard; aloof and lacks good speech. But through their meeting, they find the friendship both have been looking for and evolve together. Together, they are pulled into many cases and hatred that runs deep in the court. Will they be able to solve all of the puzzles without becoming targets themselves? (MDL) AKA : Brotherhood of Blades: Shadow of Mountain and River

Whumpee : Lu Zheng/Song Zhen played by Chen Ruo Xuan (center right) • Li Wu/Fake Li Dong Fang played by Leon Zhang (center left)

Country : 🇨🇳 China Genres : Historical, Action, Romance, Bromance, Martial Arts, Crime, Mystery, Wuxia

Notes : This is a Full Whump List • Adapted from the films "Brotherhood of Blades" & "Brotherhood of Blades 2" by screenwriter Chen Shu

Episodes on List : 20 Total Episodes : 24

*Spoilers below*

02 : Li Wu's arm is wrenched … briefly locked in a trunk … kicked to the ground

03 : Arm wrenched … thrown to the ground, arm wrenched (how are his arms still in their sockets? lol) … tied up with a rope around his neck … Lu Zheng is in a fight, stabbed … Li Wu is buried in grain

04 : Lu Zheng is arrested … tied to a post in the middle of a hot courtyard … untied from the post, too weak to stand, retied up

05 : Li Wu is tied up & hooded, forced to run behind a horse-cart by a rope around his neck … Lu Zheng is still tied to the post in the yard in the sun … Li Wu's arm is wrenched (orig. note : seriously, they're gonna fall off at this rate — side note after finishing the drama : I did not realize this original thought was a prediction 😅) … Lu Zheng's legs are kicked until he kneels, beaten, hands stepped on, flogged, coughing up blood, passes out … barely conscious, tied to the post … choked

07 : … continued from previous ep. ... Choked … assisted to walk … limping … drunk … Li Wu is passed out drunk, carried

08 : (at end) Knocked out

09 : Lu Zheng is hit in the head & knocked out.. tied up

12 : Li Wu is tied up … Lu Zheng is caught in a rope snare, hung upside-down, knocked out, tied up

13 : (near end) Li Wu is stabbed, collapses, carried, coughs up blood

14 : Weak … beat up … drunk, trips & falls … limping, walking with a cane … arm wrenched (comedic)

15 : Lu Zheng is shot … bandaged … Li Wu is drunk

16 : (near end) Pretends to be stabbed & collapses

17 : Cuts his own hand … captured, sword held to his neck, cut during a struggle, spitting up blood, passes out, carried … coughing, passes out briefly (faking)

18 : (near end) Lu Zheng is punched

19 : Li Wu is flogged until he passes out

20 : Lu Zheng is poisoned, dizzy … tied up … Li Wu is stabbed … Lu Zheng is stabbed, passes out … fights despite his wounds … (as part of a ploy) tied up & hooded … Li Wu & Lu Zheng are in another fight; Li Wu's sleeve catches fire

21 : Li Wu is imprisoned … tortured; stabbed by a metal hook in his stomach (this made me cringe, not much does these days but this did) … has to reside over a trial despite his injuries, very weak … Lu Zheng is stabbed in a fight … Li Wu is again tortured; dragged by a hook in his stomach

22 : Lu Zheng's wounds are cared for.. jumps out a window & falls 2 floors … Li Wu & Lu Zheng are both weak & stumbling from their wounds … Li Wu's hand is cut off

23 : (near end) Sick for several days … the back of Lu Zheng's neck is cut

24 : Li Wu is drugged into unconsciousness … trapped in a burning building.. Lu Zheng lifts a burning beam to save him

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sidesteppostinghours · 1 month

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finish the projects youre overdue on? begin the millions of things you said you would do? nay, stupid becker siblings comic be upon ye (text in alt text)