#siu aesthetic | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

strengthinunityrp · 2 years

Text

Made by GremX - SIU Death Eater Inner Circle

#death eater aesthetic #marauders era rp #strengthinunityrp #marauders era au #death eaters #female death eater #antonin dolohov #regulus black #lucius malfoy #bellatrix lestrange #bellatrix black #rodolphus lestrange #augustus rookwood #bartemius crouch jr #barty crouch jr #sebastian baddock #strengthinunity #siu aesthetic #aesthetic moodboard

40 notes · View notes

cgo12345 · 16 days

Text

Pretty boy looks on the body of a God is a top-tier aesthetic, and he knows it

#siu yoon #aesthetic #cocky muscle #young alpha

23 notes · View notes

chaeryeos · 21 days

Text

20 notes · View notes

g-alileo · 5 months

Text

∧,,,∧　　　˚　　　📍　　　you attack my heart!

27 notes · View notes

the-cricket-chirps · 7 months

Text

Andy Warhol

Juliana Siu

1981

7 notes · View notes

littlestarprincess · 4 months

Text

So a work friend of mine is throwing a Christmas Party and I have a selkie knock off dress that I started working on months ago . . . the fabric is this really gorgeous champagne color that is perfect for winter holidays.

I have never sewn a dress before. All I've finished so far is the cutting and pinning together of the under fabric. But I've decided I'm gonna finish this dress in the next week and wear it to my work friend's party.

#i'm gonna handsew the ruffles on the organza outer skirt #i will be live blogging For Morale #but i don't know what i'm gonna tag it #it REALLY makes me miss shipping with Bam though because our aesthetic would match so well with this since SIU always puts him in champagne #for parties and stuff #anyway i will think of the tag #i have subliminals so I believe in at the VERY least having the courage to fucking do things

1 note · View note

incorrecttowerofgodquotes · 5 months

Note

please rate:

siu does so much to keep the incel/annoying side of the ToG fandom from going feral examples: repeatedly making it seem like he's going to make Rachel less important, continuing the pseudoharem (see: sao) aesthetic without investing in the problematic elements, and being cagey about khunbaam. this has negatively affected the story, and the grand conspiracy is that SIU had an amazing queer as fuck thematically coherent masterpiece in his head originally that you can only see flashes of (like when we almost get an explanation for rachel's perspective every 100 chapters)

(this is silly and wrong but interesting)

I got psychic damage reading this, 2/10.

I’m not gonna say SIU isn’t throwing in some pandering, every long series author does to some extent, but to say he’s trying to placate dudebros is a stretch. Also, I don’t believe SIU started his series with a queer reading in mind, it was just something that developed over time.

The series started off as pretty neutral with romantic ideas, and as it progressed it leaned towards a heterosexual view with Yuri, Endorsi, and Ehwa. However after the Workshop Battle, SIU probably realized he didn’t really want to write a story with harem or romantic elements. That’s why Yuri became a more big sister like figure and Ehwa became more of a close friend. Only Endorsi has kept her overt romantic interest in Bam.

Also Rachel’s received less focus this season because Bam stopped chasing after her. Her and Bam are going their separate ways, with Bam specifically wanting nothing to do with her. And since we follow Bam as our eyes, we won’t see Rachel much.

In short: ToG is a series that exists to tell of a story of a corrupt government that oppressed its people in a dog-eat-dog world, and having an outsider show up and fix it. Whether you get a queer reading out of that is your own decision but I don’t think it’s fair to say SIU is acting with any one group in mind

#tower of god #tog

33 notes · View notes

redsamuraiii · 9 months

Text

Our Japanese Obsession

The Business Times explores the fascination with Japan in Singapore, which continues to grow at the speed of a Shinkansen.

Photo by Fikri Rasyid on Unsplash

Everyone has a personal story to tell about Japan's hold on them. Apart from Mr Goh, Lin Weiwen's 11-year 'addiction' led him to quit his job in July just to spend two months in Japan and work on a book on Japanese wines.

"For some time, I'd been thinking of how to combine my love for Japan with my profession," says the former editor of Wine & Dine magazine. "I knew I wouldn't have time to do this and stay in my full-time job. So I decided to leave."

He became fascinated with Japan - besides watching Ultraman cartoons on TV as a kid in the early 80s - when he started learning the language in 2005. Once you do that, "you're already embracing its culture", he believes. Plus he always enjoyed Japanese food and movies - "especially the works of Akira Kurosawa and Takeshi Kitano" - and had Japanese friends at university in Adelaide, who shared stories of home with him.

Photo by Jeremy Santana on Unsplash

His first trip to Osaka in 2008 was an experience everyone can identify with.

"Things were orderly, streets were safe and clean, people were helpful and service was top notch. Here was a country that in many ways resembled Singapore and yet was different in just as many ways. It was familiar and foreign at the same time - that was its allure."

That allure takes different forms for different people. "The music was what hooked me," says Dawn Yip, group operations director of the Jean Yip group. "Almost all the Cantonese and Mandarin songs were translated from Japanese in the 80s and 90s. The melodies were so beautiful it made me want to go there to study music and singing."

She was a teenager at the time, and was "very impressed with the way they do things - they're very organised and take a lot of pride in everything". Now she visits every year for work, food, the changing seasons and to practise the Japanese she learned in school. "It's the aesthetics, the way they carry themselves and behave."

Photo by Victoriano Izquierdo on Unsplash

"The Japanese believe in eating well and in doing your work well, whether you're a bus driver, waiter or business owner. It's about treating the environment and people with respect - this attitude is why I love Japan."

Take a bowl of ramen, says Mr Lin. "It's simple, comfort food but presented with care. The char siu slices, spring onions, egg, squirt of garlic oil. They have their own position in the bowl like planets in the universe - they don't overlap. It may be a 500 yen product but the person doing it is giving a 1000 yen effort, making sure everything is in its rightful place.

A bak chor mee hawker is not going to say, 'I'll put the minced meat here, fish balls there'. It's a $3 dish and a $3 effort. It's not a bad thing. It's our culture. We were not raised to pay attention to detail, or to take pride in trivial or simple tasks. The Japanese are. It's something we can learn from them."

Photo by Sofia Monteiro on Unsplash

Not a single person we spoke to can imagine the obsession with Japan abating any time soon. Come hell or high water (and occasional typhoon), we'll be there. So, see you desu neh?

Full Article : businesstimes.com.sg/lifestyle/our-japanese-obsession

#japan #japanese #japanese culture

6 notes · View notes

floralb0t · 5 months

Note

hmm.. 13-17 from the spotify wrapped meme

fun numbers. often looked over otherwise

13. SIU - Maretu

14. Barbie & Ken - Scene Queen & Set it Off

15. ANXIETY - WHIKILLEDXIX

16. Dark Age - Rezz

17. Magical Doctor - Maretu

I do actually think aesthetically you'd like Magical Doctor but idk if Sound wise it's something you'd listen to hah

#q.txt #maretu songs are sooo good and so fun i love the translations but they are .. very specific

2 notes · View notes

riverbeatsaber · 7 months

Text

Tagging system

I'm putting this in its own post, finally, instead of my introduction post, so I can put Everything on it.. For my own reference mostly, but a bunch of these are also fun to browse though.

Fandom tags:

(most active as of writing this (9/22/23) are the Stormlight Archive and Transformers. I'm sure I'll think of more after I post this, but here they are)

#stormlight archive Book series by Brandon Sanderson, in the #cosmere. Intricate worldbuilding and well-written characters :D

#transformers, especially #tfe (Transformers Earthspark) My older brother got me into it last summer. It's so cool i love it when they transform

#vorkosigan saga 80s sci-fi book series by Lois McMaster Bujold. Read the series here

#tog (Tower of God) Webtoon/Manwha/Anime by SIU that makes me go insane occasionally. Read it here, all 500+ chapters of it (it's been updating for like 12 years). I like the worldbuilding in the Stormlight Archive the most based on how well it fits together, but ToG wins in terms of aesthetics. Imagine an incomprehensively vast and mysterious tower with continent-sized floors and ceilings that look like skies and a magical substance that is neither water nor air, with an overarching aquatic theme. oghghr

#mp100 (Mob Psycho 100) Manga/anime by ONE that Reigen (#2 tumblr sexyman) and Mob (autism swag winner) are from. My favorite anime ever i think it changed me forever in a good way

#flight rising Petsite but the pets are dragons. most likely if I'm neither on tumblr nor doing something useful I am on fr. Look at my dragons boy

#minecraft I see posts about it often enough that I went "I should have a tag for this." viola

#hand jumper Another Webtoon, by Sleepacross. Every single character has something wrong with them <3 Also it is remarkably like Worm in many good ways. Read it here:]

#worm Speaking of. The Wormposting shall commence. sorry everyone Also read it here

#fma (Fullmetal Alchemist) No longer active in the fandom but I still like it and occasionally rb posts abt it

#worm

Organizational tags:

#save

#fave

#resources

#tagged For rambles in the tags

#:] posts that make me go :]

Original post tags:

#my posts

#my edits for image edits. I don't have Photoshop but I do have Autodesk Sketchbook and I am going to make this everyone else's problem

#my embroidery I do hand embroidery! I'm pretty good at it, or at least I think so.

Other tags:

#video

#music

#my posts #I will definitely add more in the future #also if you would like me to recommend any of these to you please tell me

2 notes · View notes

domesticabuser · 10 months

Note

i think superwholock and this yandere aesthetic shit you’re on are equally embarrassing ngl

you dont get it...

4 notes · View notes

strengthinunityrp · 1 year

Text

the Bubbling Cauldron, established in 1964 by Damocles Belby

GremX

#strengthinunityrp #strengthinunity #the bubbling cauldron #wizarding world #siu aesthetic #marauders era au #marauders era rp #damocles belby #potioneer #potion brewing #potions

2 notes · View notes

gibelwho · 1 year

Text

Kung Fu Hustlin’ with Postmodern Pastiche

What do you get when you mix highly stylized Western and Gangster genres with kung fu (and Looney Tunes) in a pastiche fueled movie mayhem? Kung Fu Hustle (2004), directed by Stephen Chow, is a madcap tale of a young, misguided, wanna-be villain who goes on a journey to become a kung fu master. This film pulls from so many various influences, yet somehow comes together as a coherent vision, with fantastic action set pieces that highlight creativity and humor in their fighting style and choreography. Playing a double role on the film set, Chow also stars as the movie’s protagonist - and the film features several retired Hong Kong action stars as kung fu masters living a quiet life in a poor town that jump back into action when their community is threatened by the famous Axe Gang. Filled with humor, action, and over the top visual antics, Kung Fu Hustle is peak postmodern cinema.

In 1940s Shanghai, two petty crooks named Sing (Stephen Chow) and Bone aspire to join the ranks of the famous Axe Gang, led by the ruthless Brother Sum (Danny Chan Kwok-kwan). When Sing and Bone visit the residents of Pig Sty Alley, they unintentionally ignite a fight between the Axe Gang and the town's clandestine group of kung fu masters, but they are all bested by the slum’s Landlady (Yuen Qiu), who throws them all out of town. Sing is captured by the Axe Gang, but impresses them with his lockpicking abilities and is allowed to join the team. Furious at the residents of Pig Sty Alley, the gang returns to enact revenge, engaging the kung fu masters and the Landlady with her Landlord husband (Yuen Wah) in another stimulating (and musical) fight, but the Axe Gang is defeated once again. Sing is next asked to break a kung fu master assassin named Beast (Leung Siu-lung) out of a mental asylum so he can help the gang, and once free he immediately hunts down the Landlady and Landlord in a nearby casino. During the fight, Sing has a change of heart and attacks the Beast, who delivers him a crushing blow to the head. As the trio flees, the Beast turns on and kills Brother Sum. Sing’s injuries are magically healed and he has now blossomed into a true kung fu master; this is tested by the final epic battle between Sing and the Beast. Sing perfects the Buddhist Palm technique, which awes the Beast and he admits defeat. Sing retires to a simple life, with his childhood crush, opening a candy store.

With a (fairly) straight-forward plot that tracks the rise of the chosen one trope, Kung Fu Hustle’s unique mark comes from its mix of styles and references to other media content - namely it leans in deep to a postmodern aesthetic with a continual dash of pastiche thrown in. Postmodernism as an art movement is defined as a reaction to the formal purity (among other aspects) of modernism; it embraces the blurring of distinction between high and lowbrow art, specifically through a lens of popular culture, and takes delight in the combination and fragmentation of various styles and genres. Postmodernism is also interested in subverting established genre conventions, incorporating new perspectives (for example, often marginalized voices such as women and people of color) and twisting expectations of narrative, characterization, and visual style. It is also known for the use of pastiche - a reference or homage to another artist’s work, which is then re-contextualized to create new meaning.

Kung Fu Hustle drips with postmodern and pastiche elements in almost every frame. For example, it is impossible to assign one genre to this movie, as it mixes conventions from Gangster, Western, Musicals, kung fu, and even elements of Saturday morning animated cartoon comedies. Just take the opening scene of the film, which combines multiple genres and a strong pastiche to a Michael Jackson music video. The film opens on a classic gangster scene, where a crime boss is being intimidated by the local cops, who arrested his wife for a misdemeanor. The 1940s setting, costumes, production design, and dialogue are all pulled from the classic Gangster genre, with the one exception of the crime boss wearing a western cowboy hat. They leave the police station, only to be confronted in the street by their rival the Axe Gang; the fight is very reminiscent of a final shootout confrontation in a Western, but the gangs are all dressed in suits and fedoras. Once Brother Sum takes down his rival, the film immediately jumps into a musical sequence, where the Axe Gang dance in the style of Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal video (which in itself is a homage to 1940s Gangster films). This dance sequence is interspersed with black and white photos of the various crime scenes and victims that Brother Sum and his Axe Gang have murdered.

Notably, the action in the street takes place in front of a cinema theater, as if the filmmakers are acknowledging their trick of pulling from many different cinematic elements to construct this opening sequence. All of these references occur within just the opening scene - and continue at this frenetic pace throughout the rest of the film.

One of the most prominent elements of this postmodern film is kung fu - evidenced by not only the film’s title, but also the martial arts action set pieces throughout the story. The film features several styles of fighting, including wire work in its more fantastical and creative sequences, bringing several Hong Kong action stars from the 1970s out of retirement to fight once again, and more grounded choreography featuring Chow as a true kung fu master. The film’s opening martial arts fight occurs in Pig Sty Alley, where three kung fu masters reveal themselves and their unique fighting styles / weapons of choice - specifically legs, rings, and staffs. The actors who portray these three fighters are a mix of martial artist stars from various decades of cinema. Coolie, the youngest master that uses his leg strength as a weapon, is played by Xing Yu - who began acting in the late nineties and is known for his authentic fighting style. The town’s Tailor, using iron rings from his shop to defend against the Axe Gang, is played by Chiu Chi-ling, who began his career in the 1970s and worked with top filmmakers like Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan. The last kung fu master to join the fray is the Baker, who specializes in using staffs for hand to hand combat, and is played by Dong Zhihua, an actor who started work in the mid-80s. These three kung fu stars shine with their physical abilities, even the two in more advanced age - but their very physical style of kicking, punching, hitting is juxtaposed by the ridiculousness of the volume of Axe Gang members that surround and outnumber them. For example, the Baker’s staff, although wielded with skill and confidence, is somehow able to magically destroy machine guns, breaking them apart in mid-air simply from one strike of his wooden staff. After the dust clears (and there is voluminous CGI dust that is blown up), the Axe Gang limps away, defeated by three generations of kung fu masters.

The second fight that occurs in Pig Sty Alley hurdles the physical nature of the first brawl and transforms into a metaphysical, lyrical, and creatively vicious duel. The battle begins with the surprising killing of the youngest kung fu master, signaling to the audience that this new villain is not to be trifled with; two men have set up a classical Chinese harp in the center of town, one whose outward strums generate an invisible flying sword that seeks out his victims with deadly accuracy. Wire work is incorporated into the fight, with the Baker doing his best to defend the Tailor from the storm of flying swords, but as the pace and volume of the music increases, he is ultimately beaten back. The battle takes an even more magical turn, as armored skeleton monsters emerge from the Harp, but here the Landlady reveals herself as a true kung fu master, using her powerful voice as an instrument of destruction. She commands the space, with her (cigarette-fueled) scream that vanquishes the dastardly skeletons. This is an incredibly creative fight sequence, taking a high concept idea and executing on screen with aplomb; the heightened magical world the filmmakers constructed (and the audience has accepted) means that they can bend rules of gravity and the human body to come up with very unique sequences.

The postmodern theme extends to the musical soundtrack of the film, which is a blending of high culture and lowbrow pop art to produce a hodgepodge of styles in the sonic soundscape. Raymond Wong crafts the film’s original score, which was recorded by the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, and it mixes alongside selections from both world classical (i.e. Sabre Dance by Aram Khachaturian) and Chinese traditional/folk music (Fisherman’s Song of the East China Sea). A peak example of pairing the high art of classical music with the low pop culture is the chase sequence; the Landlady has had enough of Sing’s shenanigans in her Pig Sty Alley town, so she proceeds to literally chase him out of town. Realizing his danger, Sing races away, his legs running so fast they become a comical circular blur, just like Wild E. Coyote chasing Roadrunner in the famous Looney Tunes cartoons. This ridiculous sequence is set to the Allegro Molto Vivace section from Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20, a classical piece written by Spanish composer Pablo de Sarasate in 1878. In postmodernism, all tiers of art are candidates to reference in creating a blended pastiche final product.

Stephen Chow, as the director, must navigate all of these tones, styles, and frenetic pacing that he is introducing into one film, a feat that he manages to pull off. Once the audience accepts the chaotic nature, we are along for the ride. A more difficult turn he navigates is for his character’s change of heart in the penultimate battle in the casino, where he decides to leave the Axe Gang and help the Landlady and Landlord of Pig Sty Alley; he is brutally beaten by the Beast for his efforts, but they all manage to escape and heal from their wounds. The Landlady surmises that the beating reset his qi’s flow, unleashing the boy’s true potential as a kung fu master - which comes to pass in the final battle where he performs the Buddhist Palm technique to bring the Beast into submission. Chow certainly inhabits both the petty criminal and the kung fu master sides of Sing convincingly, but the motivations behind his turn is less clear in both screenwriting and performance. Regardless, Chow’s talent shines on screen and his martial arts abilities are decent as well!

Overall, Kung Fu Hustle is an ambitious postmodern take on a kung fu film that blends high art homages with popular culture references. It shows equal reverence to martial arts film history as to Looney Tunes cartoons, blending a cacophony of styles into a really fun romp with incredibly creative action set pieces. The music is a standout element of the film, mixing a modern score with classical and traditional pieces, crafting a varied soundscape that elevates the visuals, especially the fight choreography. Stephen Chow’s achievement is an example of postmodern cinema at its best - using pastiche to craft a new endeavor that rises above simply referencing the past - but hustling towards a new creative vision.

#kung fu hustle #stephen chow

4 notes · View notes

pericrayola · 2 years

Note

9, 15, 25!

:o hiii

9 - a song that captures your aesthetic

hmm, aesthetic wise it’d have to be a seori song so dive with you by seori and eaj

15 - a song that reminds you of travelling

any song by zico. it’s just the vibes ajdhsj

25 - a song that you’re currently listening to or is stuck in your head

siu by maretu and i don’t even know the lyrics to this song

(ask game)

#peri answers #duckhunters #ask game

1 note · View note

gay-hoodie-boy · 5 months

Text

In order of where the f/o is on the other list

name || universe || f/o(s) || tag || lore || au lore (if applicable)

Italicized ones have lore that can be expanded on, bolded ones can be asked in-character questions.

Please note that some images are placeholders for self-inserts who currently lack designs. The placeholder images are part of the aesthetic or lore the character has.

Avalon || Ocarina of Time || Link (romantic), Malon (platonic) || none || Malon's twin brother who left the ranch to sell masks and support the family and didn't return until he heard from Link that Ingo had taken over, falls for Link on the journey back and invites him to help around the ranch post-game. || 80s romcom: A country hick who lives miles out of town with his dad and sister, hoping Link will ask him to prom.

Oliver || Xenoblade Chronicles || Reyn (romantic) || s/i: berry farmer ollie || A victim of the FACE mechon who survived under the same operation Fiora was given, met Reyn back at Colony 6 and started a berry farm just outside Colony 9 post-game.

Click || Mega Man franchise || X (romantic) || s/i: click the mechanic || A human reploidologist hired on as a medic/mechanic to the 17 elite unit, has a reploid fox of his own design named Patches.

Indigo || A Link Between Worlds || Osfala (romantic) || s/i: lorule runaway indigo || A traumatizted Lorulean lost in Hyrule, taken in by Osfala upon stumbling into Kakariko village and shown kindness for the first time in ages.

Art by @/asrielmerrymoon

Echo || Genshin Impact || Arataki Itto (romantic) || s/i: mystic jeweler echo || A jeweler taking over his mother's shop (whom he has a very strained relationship with) after moving to Inazuma from Teyvat, pines after Itto from a distance before said oni literally breaks his storefront down by mistake.

Crown || Deltarune || Rouxls Kaard (romantic) || s/i: prince crown of the backstage || The darkner ruler of a theater prop closet dark world approached by a self-proclaimed henchman far too eager to serve, not used to the attention but revelling in it nonetheless.

Hoshiko "Starchaser" Hotaru || Sk8 the Infinity || Kojiro Nanjo (romantic) || none || An overworked ballet dancer by day and rebellious rockstar by night encounters an old summer flame he never thought he'd see again.

picrew

Enzo || Pokemon || Jack Walker (romantic) || none || A former Rocket grunt escapes with the help of a compassionate Pokemon ranger.

picrew || picrew

Keisuke || Touken Ranbu || Tonbokiri (romantic) || s/i: purring kudagitsune || A local shapeshifting pipe fox becomes infatuated with a powerful timetravelling warrior.

art by @/asrielmerrymoon

Lark || Tears of the Kingdom || Tauro (romantic) || none || A humble Shiekah becomes infatuated with a visiting archaeologist.

Phantom Spider (name pending) || Spiderverse || none || Hobie Brown (romantic) || A spider from a universe that's one giant stage production.

Akatsuki || Way of the Househusband || Masa (romantic) || s/i: noble grocery clerk || The boy next door and a hardworking grocery clerk who dreams of hitting it big in the theater industry.

art by @/asrielmerrymoon

Prince || Street Fighter series || Luke Sullivan (romantic), Jamie Siu (romantic) || s/i: blue hair and princecore || A high-school dropout who moved in with an online friend now has a bright future ahead and lots of (chaotic) love around him.

art by @/asrielmerrymoon

Toni Nook || Animal Crossing || Tom Nook (familial), Timmy and Tommy (familial), Kicks (romantic) || s/i: happy home decorator || The nephew of a successful salesman who has worked with the Happy Home Academy from the beginning.

Nocturne "Nell" || Batman: Wayne Family Adventures || Jason Todd (romantic), Batfam (in-laws) || s/i: nocturne of gotham || Backstory currently under development.

Adrian || Street Fighter series || Ed (romantic) || none || A playful catboy who was saved from the experiments in a Shadaloo lab and got hopelessly attached to his rescuer.

0 notes

chjicloud · 1 year

Text

for all pieces and

thoughts from within.

greetings! from your fellow

mellow reader, aesthete,

and optimist :D

- siu 🫀

1 note · View note