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3 years ago

下一条推送是严厉打击拐卖

在看把38提徐州的都打成境外势力的贴,收到推送三孩policy

1 year ago

Grade II-listed former Victorian carriage hall with open courtyard and vaulted glass atrium

tfl那个也可以diy设计的

好像还可以买花

paperchase和tfl联名出的东西也太可爱了吧

3 years ago

复习的时候来了抑郁情绪 好迷惑 难不成是快来月经了

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1 week ago

A few days ago I was watching a Blair edit and it just came to me if people say Bo Xilai shaped his public image on a western politician it might just be Blair. It kinda creeps me out

2 years ago

Me seriously considering getting another degree just for lx

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2 weeks ago

Bermondsey is what introduced me to the F family/dynasty… I didn’t know about it being the first gay kiss on tv at all at that time because I just randomly chose it to watch, but it was so so so good in script, acting, and its portrait of emotions. I absolutely love how the wife character was written! I think I actually gained the knowledge about the first gay kiss later on ao3.

I often wonder how LF can be so radicalised when his dad’s first big role was in the homoerotic film The Servant. On the posters and in the film it literally says ‘introducing: James F’. And then James continued to act in at least one or two more homoerotic films.

I’ve been wondering for a while but I was happy to find out that Emilia has also played a bi character.

The funniest thing about FF being a nepobaby is that his current on-screen persona—a rotten posh twink with natural chemistry with men— isn't some groundbreaking or original performance or role choice in his family. It's actually a continuation and amplification of what his family did.

His dad, Edward F, starred in the first-ever on-screen gaykiss scene in TV history (Bermondsey 1972). The writer of that scene, John Mortimer, was F's godfather. (btw since Mortimer was also a British barrister, ff once said in early interviews that he wanted to be a lawyer and even interned at a law firm, but found it less thrilling than acting, even when sitting in the same room with murderers.)

His uncle James F became famous for The Servant(1963), where he played a decadent, weak master with a twisted relationship with his butler.

Another uncle, Robert F, was the executive producer of Another Country(1984), starring Rupert Everett and Colin Firth, and also the producer of the play The Judas Kiss, in which ff played Bosie, aka Lord Alfred Douglas.

The Funniest Thing About FF Being A Nepobaby Is That His Current On-screen Persona—a Rotten Posh Twink

Maybe all these are just isolated events, all coincidences with no special meaning. But it's just fun to put them all together.


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11 months ago

Me, staring at the "Nezha is eternally 12/Nezha is often depicted as a kid so he's just a kid and nothing else" crowd: man, have you heard of Child Manjushri a.k.a. Wenshu Tongzi

(This is totally not an excuse for me to find cool statue pictures and talk iconography)

So, here is Bodhisattva Manjushri in his standard "graceful aristocratic prince" form, riding his azure lion. The statue in the picture doesn't have it, but oftentimes, he'll also be holding a flaming sword that symbolizes wisdom's ability to cut through ignorance and delusions.

The Wenshu of Nanchan Temple, inside China's oldest surviving wooden architecture. *Having flashbacks about the steep climb up the stairs to get to said building*

This is "Holy Old Monk Manjushri", a variant that I came across a few times while temple-touring, but couldn't find many good online pictures of. It seemed like a thing that was popular around Mt. Wutai, based on the "Buddha-palita met Old Man Manjushri" tale. Sometimes his BFF Samantabhadra is depicted as an old man too, for matching purposes.

Old Monk Wenshu at Da Xiantong Temple, Mt. Wutai

And this is Child Manjushri, with his five hair buns, often worshipped in an esoteric context. On Mt. Wutai, there are five major temples atop five peaks, each worshipping a different form of Manjushri, and the "middle peak" temple has a Child Manjushri in their main hall. Like, it's far from the most common variant, but neither is it this super obscure form that no longer enjoys active worship.

Child Wenshu, Mimi Temple, Mt. Wutai

Lastly, just for fun: this is Yamantaka, a guardian deity/Wisdom King, who, in Tibetan Buddhism, is believed to be Manjushri's wrathful form.

Me, Staring At The "Nezha Is Eternally 12/Nezha Is Often Depicted As A Kid So He's Just A Kid And Nothing

If you wouldn't call Manjushri "the eternal child Bodhisattva" just because he has a child form, why would you say Nezha is an eternal child when he, too, has both child and adult forms?

Text says "Great Sage Prince Nezha". Liao dynasty, stone relic container

Even though Nezha's child form is vastly more popular and well-known than Child Manjushri, I think my point still stands: A deity is capable of having multiple manifestations, of varying ages and appearances, each fulfilling a particular function and niche——none of which is the "One True Form TM", just different clothes they wear based on occasions and audiences.

To stretch the analogy a little, Manjushri's child form is the formal dress he puts on before attending a religious event, while Nezha's child form is the lotus T-shirt he wears a lot while appearing on TV, to the point it becomes his most iconic attire.

This doesn't mean he only has a single shirt, for goodness sake, and using his child form as evidence for the "eternal child" claim is like saying Nezha's only allowed to wear that one shirt and nothing else.


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3 years ago

有幽门到底为什么不分餐 甚至要共同餐具??

给翻看旧帖的自己:千万不要再回国。记得这次回国回家的遭遇有多难受。身体+精神+work受到多少影响。

3 years ago

睡眠彻底支离破碎 睡不着 听到一点声音就会醒

给翻看旧帖的自己:千万不要再回国。记得这次回国回家的遭遇有多难受。身体+精神+work受到多少影响。

3 years ago

每次马桶里放着84也不让冲 就非要这样让我用

给翻看旧帖的自己:千万不要再回国。记得这次回国回家的遭遇有多难受。身体+精神+work受到多少影响。

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    deeppurpleforest reblogged this · 3 years ago

I loved him at first sight. I have learned to love him more. I will love him until I die. I wish in next life I could still be in the same world which has his soul.

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