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  1. You know, I started studying Mandarin 1996, and been serious about my China studies on and off since then. I've been to the National Historical Museum in Beijing, and I'm a gadgeteer to my core. Yet _this_ is the first clear picture I get of a Chinese magnetical compass*. Life moves in mysterious ways.

    (*Two, actually - it's those bronze squares with spoons balancing in their middle)

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #Xianxia #CDrama

  2. You know, I started studying Mandarin 1996, and been serious about my China studies on and off since then. I've been to the National Historical Museum in Beijing, and I'm a gadgeteer to my core. Yet _this_ is the first clear picture I get of a Chinese magnetical compass*. Life moves in mysterious ways.

    (*Two, actually - it's those bronze squares with spoons balancing in their middle)

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #Xianxia #CDrama

  3. You know, I started studying Mandarin 1996, and been serious about my China studies on and off since then. I've been to the National Historical Museum in Beijing, and I'm a gadgeteer to my core. Yet _this_ is the first clear picture I get of a Chinese magnetical compass*. Life moves in mysterious ways.

    (*Two, actually - it's those bronze squares with spoons balancing in their middle)

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #Xianxia #CDrama

  4. You know, I started studying Mandarin 1996, and been serious about my China studies on and off since then. I've been to the National Historical Museum in Beijing, and I'm a gadgeteer to my core. Yet _this_ is the first clear picture I get of a Chinese magnetical compass*. Life moves in mysterious ways.

    (*Two, actually - it's those bronze squares with spoons balancing in their middle)

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #Xianxia #CDrama

  5. There's been so few embroideries in this production I'm convinced the director is allergic to them.
    OTH that brocade! *chef's kiss* I'd kill* for something like that!

    (*not really, but my wallet would cry)

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #costuming #Xianxia #CDrama

  6. There's been so few embroideries in this production I'm convinced the director is allergic to them.
    OTH that brocade! *chef's kiss* I'd kill* for something like that!

    (*not really, but my wallet would cry)

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #costuming #Xianxia #CDrama

  7. There's been so few embroideries in this production I'm convinced the director is allergic to them.
    OTH that brocade! *chef's kiss* I'd kill* for something like that!

    (*not really, but my wallet would cry)

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #costuming #Xianxia #CDrama

  8. There's been so few embroideries in this production I'm convinced the director is allergic to them.
    OTH that brocade! *chef's kiss* I'd kill* for something like that!

    (*not really, but my wallet would cry)

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #costuming #Xianxia #CDrama

  9. I don't remember much of chaos theory, only half the sentence that a butterfly in China flapping its wings... something, something causing humungous stuff elsewhere. This ties nicely to the saying of Zhuangzi "I dreamt I was a butterfly...", so I have a hunch that them showing up en masse here alludes both to not knowing whether you're in a dream, and to imminent chaos. Here they are hidden in the pattern on Banxia's sleeve.

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #Xianxia #CDrama

  10. I don't remember much of chaos theory, only half the sentence that a butterfly in China flapping its wings... something, something causing humungous stuff elsewhere. This ties nicely to the saying of Zhuangzi "I dreamt I was a butterfly...", so I have a hunch that them showing up en masse here alludes both to not knowing whether you're in a dream, and to imminent chaos. Here they are hidden in the pattern on Banxia's sleeve.

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #Xianxia #CDrama

  11. I don't remember much of chaos theory, only half the sentence that a butterfly in China flapping its wings... something, something causing humungous stuff elsewhere. This ties nicely to the saying of Zhuangzi "I dreamt I was a butterfly...", so I have a hunch that them showing up en masse here alludes both to not knowing whether you're in a dream, and to imminent chaos. Here they are hidden in the pattern on Banxia's sleeve.

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #Xianxia #CDrama

  12. I don't remember much of chaos theory, only half the sentence that a butterfly in China flapping its wings... something, something causing humungous stuff elsewhere. This ties nicely to the saying of Zhuangzi "I dreamt I was a butterfly...", so I have a hunch that them showing up en masse here alludes both to not knowing whether you're in a dream, and to imminent chaos. Here they are hidden in the pattern on Banxia's sleeve.

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #Xianxia #CDrama

  13. Speaking of tropes, I forgot about

    •becoming evil makes you emit black smoke

    And here we have one so Truly Eeeevul his smoke turns purple. I'm impressed!

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #XianxiaTropes #Xianxia #CDrama

  14. Speaking of tropes, I forgot about

    •becoming evil makes you emit black smoke

    And here we have one so Truly Eeeevul his smoke turns purple. I'm impressed!

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #XianxiaTropes #Xianxia #CDrama

  15. Speaking of tropes, I forgot about

    •becoming evil makes you emit black smoke

    And here we have one so Truly Eeeevul his smoke turns purple. I'm impressed!

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #XianxiaTropes #Xianxia #CDrama

  16. Speaking of tropes, I forgot about

    •becoming evil makes you emit black smoke

    And here we have one so Truly Eeeevul his smoke turns purple. I'm impressed!

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #XianxiaTropes #Xianxia #CDrama

  17. For once it's not a classical library, but 'the hero(es) solving a problem by reading books' should be among wuxia staples, and taked its star place among immortals such as

    •spitting blood when injured
    •falling off a cliff but not die
    •woops! we're already married
    •wedding ending in catastrophy

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #WuxiaTropes #tropes #Xianxia #CDrama

  18. For once it's not a classical library, but 'the hero(es) solving a problem by reading books' should be among wuxia staples, and taked its star place among immortals such as

    •spitting blood when injured
    •falling off a cliff but not die
    •woops! we're already married
    •wedding ending in catastrophy

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #WuxiaTropes #tropes #Xianxia #CDrama

  19. For once it's not a classical library, but 'the hero(es) solving a problem by reading books' should be among wuxia staples, and taked its star place among immortals such as

    •spitting blood when injured
    •falling off a cliff but not die
    •woops! we're already married
    •wedding ending in catastrophy

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #WuxiaTropes #tropes #Xianxia #CDrama

  20. For once it's not a classical library, but 'the hero(es) solving a problem by reading books' should be among wuxia staples, and taked its star place among immortals such as

    •spitting blood when injured
    •falling off a cliff but not die
    •woops! we're already married
    •wedding ending in catastrophy

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #WuxiaTropes #tropes #Xianxia #CDrama

  21. A "There was only one bed" in the wild!

    To be very, very, _very_ honest I'm not with the Chinese on how thick a matress should be*, but their duvets always look amazing! This one not only got the thick edge "ribbon" in a contrasting colour - the seam between the edge and the duvet top is covered with a decorative ribbon. *Chef's kiss* A+!

    (*paper thin, if you ask them)

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #SetDesign #tropes #Xianxia #CDrama

  22. A "There was only one bed" in the wild!

    To be very, very, _very_ honest I'm not with the Chinese on how thick a matress should be*, but their duvets always look amazing! This one not only got the thick edge "ribbon" in a contrasting colour - the seam between the edge and the duvet top is covered with a decorative ribbon. *Chef's kiss* A+!

    (*paper thin, if you ask them)

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #SetDesign #tropes #Xianxia #CDrama

  23. A "There was only one bed" in the wild!

    To be very, very, _very_ honest I'm not with the Chinese on how thick a matress should be*, but their duvets always look amazing! This one not only got the thick edge "ribbon" in a contrasting colour - the seam between the edge and the duvet top is covered with a decorative ribbon. *Chef's kiss* A+!

    (*paper thin, if you ask them)

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #SetDesign #tropes #Xianxia #CDrama

  24. A "There was only one bed" in the wild!

    To be very, very, _very_ honest I'm not with the Chinese on how thick a matress should be*, but their duvets always look amazing! This one not only got the thick edge "ribbon" in a contrasting colour - the seam between the edge and the duvet top is covered with a decorative ribbon. *Chef's kiss* A+!

    (*paper thin, if you ask them)

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #SetDesign #tropes #Xianxia #CDrama

  25. Totto, I don't think we're at Heng Dian World Studios anymore. I might be wrong, but it looks like they're outdoors, in a more northern part of China. If that's the case it's one of several outdoor scenes where production seems to have favoured sparkly new location + outdoors over studio setting + convenience.

    (The one big tell if they're outdoors? How the wind moves the actors' hair.)

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #SetDesign #Xianxia #CDrama

  26. Totto, I don't think we're at Heng Dian World Studios anymore. I might be wrong, but it looks like they're outdoors, in a more northern part of China. If that's the case it's one of several outdoor scenes where production seems to have favoured sparkly new location + outdoors over studio setting + convenience.

    (The one big tell if they're outdoors? How the wind moves the actors' hair.)

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #SetDesign #Xianxia #CDrama

  27. Totto, I don't think we're at Heng Dian World Studios anymore. I might be wrong, but it looks like they're outdoors, in a more northern part of China. If that's the case it's one of several outdoor scenes where production seems to have favoured sparkly new location + outdoors over studio setting + convenience.

    (The one big tell if they're outdoors? How the wind moves the actors' hair.)

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #SetDesign #Xianxia #CDrama

  28. Totto, I don't think we're at Heng Dian World Studios anymore. I might be wrong, but it looks like they're outdoors, in a more northern part of China. If that's the case it's one of several outdoor scenes where production seems to have favoured sparkly new location + outdoors over studio setting + convenience.

    (The one big tell if they're outdoors? How the wind moves the actors' hair.)

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #SetDesign #Xianxia #CDrama

  29. Yes, they are hugging, but it's episode 33 and they're almost engaged, so they are allowed.

    My main focus is of the printed pattern on the hanging roomdividers in the background. White flowers on a pastel blue background, almost too delicate to see. I'd call it xianxia Marimekko, if I'd actually liked marimekko. As of now I can only put it on the list of things I'd st... buy if I ever get to Heng Dian World Studios.

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #MarthaGetsDistractedAgain #Xianxia #CDrama

  30. Yes, they are hugging, but it's episode 33 and they're almost engaged, so they are allowed.

    My main focus is of the printed pattern on the hanging roomdividers in the background. White flowers on a pastel blue background, almost too delicate to see. I'd call it xianxia Marimekko, if I'd actually liked marimekko. As of now I can only put it on the list of things I'd st... buy if I ever get to Heng Dian World Studios.

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #MarthaGetsDistractedAgain #Xianxia #CDrama

  31. Yes, they are hugging, but it's episode 33 and they're almost engaged, so they are allowed.

    My main focus is of the printed pattern on the hanging roomdividers in the background. White flowers on a pastel blue background, almost too delicate to see. I'd call it xianxia Marimekko, if I'd actually liked marimekko. As of now I can only put it on the list of things I'd st... buy if I ever get to Heng Dian World Studios.

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #MarthaGetsDistractedAgain #Xianxia #CDrama

  32. Yes, they are hugging, but it's episode 33 and they're almost engaged, so they are allowed.

    My main focus is of the printed pattern on the hanging roomdividers in the background. White flowers on a pastel blue background, almost too delicate to see. I'd call it xianxia Marimekko, if I'd actually liked marimekko. As of now I can only put it on the list of things I'd st... buy if I ever get to Heng Dian World Studios.

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #MarthaGetsDistractedAgain #Xianxia #CDrama

  33. China had basketball before it was cool.

    (For anyone curious; it is an actual Chinese historical method of making a ball, not an invention for modern C-drama purposes. Unfortunately I neither remember the name of the game it was used in, nor the rules for said game. I don't sports so well, so these things don't stick in my mind.)

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #PropDesign #Xianxia #CDrama

  34. China had basketball before it was cool.

    (For anyone curious; it is an actual Chinese historical method of making a ball, not an invention for modern C-drama purposes. Unfortunately I neither remember the name of the game it was used in, nor the rules for said game. I don't sports so well, so these things don't stick in my mind.)

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #PropDesign #Xianxia #CDrama

  35. China had basketball before it was cool.

    (For anyone curious; it is an actual Chinese historical method of making a ball, not an invention for modern C-drama purposes. Unfortunately I neither remember the name of the game it was used in, nor the rules for said game. I don't sports so well, so these things don't stick in my mind.)

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #PropDesign #Xianxia #CDrama

  36. China had basketball before it was cool.

    (For anyone curious; it is an actual Chinese historical method of making a ball, not an invention for modern C-drama purposes. Unfortunately I neither remember the name of the game it was used in, nor the rules for said game. I don't sports so well, so these things don't stick in my mind.)

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #PropDesign #Xianxia #CDrama

  37. Not many embroideries in this drama, but some fantastic prints. Like this cloud pattern on Banxia's shawl. The crisp lines and full hue makes me suspect it's stenciled or block-printed, not run through a fabric printer. The latter usually gives the print a 'dusty' look, though with the resources Heng Dian World Studios has I wouldn't be surprised if they have superior machines. Anyway, block-printing would be totally correct for Tang fashion

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #Costuming #Xianxia #CDrama

  38. Not many embroideries in this drama, but some fantastic prints. Like this cloud pattern on Banxia's shawl. The crisp lines and full hue makes me suspect it's stenciled or block-printed, not run through a fabric printer. The latter usually gives the print a 'dusty' look, though with the resources Heng Dian World Studios has I wouldn't be surprised if they have superior machines. Anyway, block-printing would be totally correct for Tang fashion

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #Costuming #Xianxia #CDrama

  39. Not many embroideries in this drama, but some fantastic prints. Like this cloud pattern on Banxia's shawl. The crisp lines and full hue makes me suspect it's stenciled or block-printed, not run through a fabric printer. The latter usually gives the print a 'dusty' look, though with the resources Heng Dian World Studios has I wouldn't be surprised if they have superior machines. Anyway, block-printing would be totally correct for Tang fashion

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #Costuming #Xianxia #CDrama

  40. Not many embroideries in this drama, but some fantastic prints. Like this cloud pattern on Banxia's shawl. The crisp lines and full hue makes me suspect it's stenciled or block-printed, not run through a fabric printer. The latter usually gives the print a 'dusty' look, though with the resources Heng Dian World Studios has I wouldn't be surprised if they have superior machines. Anyway, block-printing would be totally correct for Tang fashion

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #Costuming #Xianxia #CDrama

  41. One for the list of 'Hollywood would never...' This is a yellow waterfall* from a character scared out of his wits. Quite tastefully done, all things considered.

    Edit: apparently I was wrong - there's even possession-pissing around. Might be my inability to watch horror that hampers me.

    (*he pees himself - not that I'm afraid to write that out clearly, I just liked my invented euphemism better)

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #Xianxia #CDrama

  42. One for the list of 'Hollywood would never...' This is a yellow waterfall* from a character scared out of his wits. Quite tastefully done, all things considered.

    Edit: apparently I was wrong - there's even possession-pissing around. Might be my inability to watch horror that hampers me.

    (*he pees himself - not that I'm afraid to write that out clearly, I just liked my invented euphemism better)

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #Xianxia #CDrama

  43. One for the list of 'Hollywood would never...' This is a yellow waterfall* from a character scared out of his wits. Quite tastefully done, all things considered.

    Edit: apparently I was wrong - there's even possession-pissing around. Might be my inability to watch horror that hampers me.

    (*he pees himself - not that I'm afraid to write that out clearly, I just liked my invented euphemism better)

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #Xianxia #CDrama

  44. One for the list of 'Hollywood would never...' This is a yellow waterfall* from a character scared out of his wits. Quite tastefully done, all things considered.

    Edit: apparently I was wrong - there's even possession-pissing around. Might be my inability to watch horror that hampers me.

    (*he pees himself - not that I'm afraid to write that out clearly, I just liked my invented euphemism better)

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #Xianxia #CDrama

  45. CW: Spoiler (The Demon Hunter's Romance)

    Oh no! We're only at episode 29*! Either they spend 6 episodes prepping for the ceremony, or they'll have a catastophic wedding!

    (*such a C-drama thing to say!)

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #tropes #Xianxia #CDrama

  46. CW: Spoiler (The Demon Hunter's Romance)

    Oh no! We're only at episode 29*! Either they spend 6 episodes prepping for the ceremony, or they'll have a catastophic wedding!

    (*such a C-drama thing to say!)

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #tropes #Xianxia #CDrama

  47. CW: Spoiler (The Demon Hunter's Romance)

    Oh no! We're only at episode 29*! Either they spend 6 episodes prepping for the ceremony, or they'll have a catastophic wedding!

    (*such a C-drama thing to say!)

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #tropes #Xianxia #CDrama

  48. CW: Spoiler (The Demon Hunter's Romance)

    Oh no! We're only at episode 29*! Either they spend 6 episodes prepping for the ceremony, or they'll have a catastophic wedding!

    (*such a C-drama thing to say!)

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #tropes #Xianxia #CDrama

  49. *cringe* *cringe* *cringe* Ouch! I'm waaaay too much 'above fifty' for this much cringe*! Let's focus on that lantern to the left instead. At least I think it's a lantern. A very nice one, square and round, and please let me survive this scene without a hernia!

    (*reader, I have as much strength as a paper when it comes to these things)

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #FurnitureFandom #Xianxia #CDrama

  50. *cringe* *cringe* *cringe* Ouch! I'm waaaay too much 'above fifty' for this much cringe*! Let's focus on that lantern to the left instead. At least I think it's a lantern. A very nice one, square and round, and please let me survive this scene without a hernia!

    (*reader, I have as much strength as a paper when it comes to these things)

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #FurnitureFandom #Xianxia #CDrama

  51. *cringe* *cringe* *cringe* Ouch! I'm waaaay too much 'above fifty' for this much cringe*! Let's focus on that lantern to the left instead. At least I think it's a lantern. A very nice one, square and round, and please let me survive this scene without a hernia!

    (*reader, I have as much strength as a paper when it comes to these things)

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #FurnitureFandom #Xianxia #CDrama

  52. *cringe* *cringe* *cringe* Ouch! I'm waaaay too much 'above fifty' for this much cringe*! Let's focus on that lantern to the left instead. At least I think it's a lantern. A very nice one, square and round, and please let me survive this scene without a hernia!

    (*reader, I have as much strength as a paper when it comes to these things)

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #FurnitureFandom #Xianxia #CDrama

  53. To be fair to this drama; while it has few embroideries it has some really awesome prints. In my SCA days I'd have killed for fabric patterned like the backing on that blue coat. And to make past me even more jealous; judging from RedNote at least some of the materials used are over the shelf fabric in China.

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #Costuming #Xianxia #CDrama

  54. To be fair to this drama; while it has few embroideries it has some really awesome prints. In my SCA days I'd have killed for fabric patterned like the backing on that blue coat. And to make past me even more jealous; judging from RedNote at least some of the materials used are over the shelf fabric in China.

    #TheDemonHuntersRomance #Costuming #Xianxia #CDrama