sheltered by tree and flower

[nnozomi]

・I am just really tired of endlessly unresolved small miserable ailments. I'm still a lot better off than most people, but ugh.

・There's a kind of Japanese ice cream called Pino, a little box containing six little circles of vanilla ice cream (occasionally other flavors as a seasonal special) dipped in chocolate. Yesterday I had the proverbial four-leaf-clover stroke of good fortune, finding not just a crown/star shape in the box I opened but also a heart shape, a super-rare occurrence which is supposed to be lucky? Here's hoping!

・I have been finding Take 6's A Quiet Place very soothing to listen to lately.

・Back at one of the nighttime junior high schools for the first time in ages, a class of about a dozen highly motivated Korean-Japanese ajummas, very energizing: they introduced themselves to me with a rundown of their favorite things, from earrings to kimchi to Tolstoy to that kdrama about the South Korean girl who parachutes into the North...? I'm going to have to work to keep up.

・My mother taught me a new word in passing, "zygomatic." Look it up; I choose to believe it's no accident that the first two letters are ZY.

・Working on Guardian episode 13 for the script project: the moment when Minister Gao fawns on Shen Wei and he and Zhao Yunlan momentarily abandon their angry tension to exchange a glance of mutual wtf?? is always funny. Also, my Lin Jing/Cong Bo thing: the first hand Cong Bo grabs when he’s doing his “you have to believe me!” thing is Lin Jing’s, and Lin Jing promptly invites him to go get some coffee... .

・A little bit more of my nonexistent Zhao Xinci post-canon fic wrote itself today:
"I know it's not my place to say it, but--it's easier when you have someone you can talk to, Director Zhao. Not at work. Just for you."
"You and Chu Shuzhi, eh?" Zhao Xinci's instincts have always led him to go on the offensive as defense.
Guo Changcheng barely even blushes, just smiles his sweet smile. "It's not whether we're--you know--whether we're sleeping together. It's that when we wake up there's someone there who knows what it's like."

・Photos: lantanas, hydrangeas, roses (I realized that my taste in roses invariably runs in the yellow-to-orange-to-pink range; there's one that reminds me of the "broken" tulips of yore), a while fluffy thing, also a nighttime canal.



Be safe and well.

Comments

[china_shop]

I am just really tired of endlessly unresolved small miserable ailments.

*much much hugs*

Love the snippet and the canal. <3

[nnozomi]

*much much hugs back*
Thanks <3 I was pleased with the canal photo!

[shadaras]

that kdrama about the South Korean girl who parachutes into the North...?
Crash Landing on You? (I haven't seen any kdramas but that's one I've seen some friends talk about and enjoy!) Also all those students sound delightful and sweet!

So many beautiful flowers! <3

[nnozomi]

Crash Landing on You? (I haven't seen any kdramas but that's one I've seen some friends talk about and enjoy!)
Yes, that one, and likewise! I'm just volunteering with this class, not teaching for real, but I'm really looking forward to it.
and thanks <3

[clevermanka]

Zhao Xinci's instincts have always led him to go on the offensive as defense.
Ooo, that's a great line.

[nnozomi]

Thanks <3 I don't know why I get so much pleasure from writing ZXC, he just continues to fascinate me.

[grayswandir]

Those are all such pretty flowers, and the yellow roses are just, wow. Now I'm wondering if something like that would grow here. The lantanas, too! (I can never remember their name -- my sister and I used to call them "fireflowers" when we were kids, because we had red and yellow ones just like your photo. :)

Hope your ice cream brings you good luck (and good health)!

[nnozomi]

Thank you! Your climate might not be that different from ours here? Especially if you have lantanas, which I don't remember ever seeing when I lived in colder regions.
my sister and I used to call them "fireflowers" when we were kids, because we had red and yellow ones just like your photo. :)
This is perfect, I love it! <3 <3 <3

[maggie33]

that kdrama about the South Korean girl who parachutes into the North...?

Crash Landing on You! It's great and it's one of my favorite kdramas, too.

"I know it's not my place to say it, but--it's easier when you have someone you can talk to, Director Zhao. Not at work. Just for you."
"You and Chu Shuzhi, eh?" Zhao Xinci's instincts have always led him to go on the offensive as defense.
Guo Changcheng barely even blushes, just smiles his sweet smile. "It's not whether we're--you know--whether we're sleeping together. It's that when we wake up there's someone there who knows what it's like."

Aww, I like this. Xiao Guo is so sweet. :)

[nnozomi]

Crash Landing on You! It's great and it's one of my favorite kdramas, too.
Yes, that's it! It's good to be able to tell the ladies that I have friends who have watched it ;)

Xiao Guo is so sweet. :)
<3 Post-canon Xiao Guo is so much fun for me to write.

[elenothar]

I am just really tired of endlessly unresolved small miserable ailments

*miserable handshake of commiseration*

they introduced themselves to me with a rundown of their favorite things

This sounds super endearing!

the moment when Minister Gao fawns on Shen Wei and he and Zhao Yunlan momentarily abandon their angry tension to exchange a glance of mutual wtf?? is always funny.

It really is! And it's got such interesting implications re: who in the ministry knows about Shen Wei's identity and who doesn't...

So many pretty flowers!

[nnozomi]

*miserable handshake of commiseration*
*miserable handshake back*, really hoping for better health for all of us soon...

It really is! And it's got such interesting implications re: who in the ministry knows about Shen Wei's identity and who doesn't...
Yes! I think it's one of the first times when you just see them acting SO MARRIED. (I can't keep straight what Minister Gao does and doesn't know, but then I'm not sure he can either...)

<3

[elenothar]

So Married! I'm continually glad we get such nuance in their relationship despite all the barriers, etc.

(Neither can the writers, cough)

[nnozomi]

I'm continually glad we get such nuance in their relationship despite all the barriers, etc.
It's such a joy.

(Neither can the writers, cough)
lol, I wonder how you say "Watsonian" and "Doylist" in Chinese...

[elenothar]

lol, I wonder how you say "Watsonian" and "Doylist" in Chinese...

Essential vocabulary we're missing here...

[nineveh_uk]

・I am just really tired of endlessly unresolved small miserable ailments. I'm still a lot better off than most people, but ugh

So very much with you on this one.

And today I learned those flowers are lantanas!

[nnozomi]

So very much with you on this one.
*hugs*, hoping for better health all around.

And today I learned those flowers are lantanas!
Yes! I don't think they grow where it's colder, I never saw them until I moved here. Love them.

[trobadora]

I am just really tired of endlessly unresolved small miserable ailments.

This sort of stuff sucks so much. *HUGS*

"zygomatic." Look it up; I choose to believe it's no accident that the first two letters are ZY.

Hee! :D

the moment when Minister Gao fawns on Shen Wei and he and Zhao Yunlan momentarily abandon their angry tension to exchange a glance of mutual wtf?? is always funny

It's such a good moment! And I keep being fascinated by what Minister Gao's reaction here says (or doesn't say) about his general attitude towards Dixingren ...

Zhao Xinci's instincts have always led him to go on the offensive as defense.

Oh, this is so spot on! Good for Xiao-Guo that he can stand up to him. ♥

there's one that reminds me of the "broken" tulips of yore

Oh, yeah, it totally looks like that, doesn't it? Great pics, as usual!

[nnozomi]

This sort of stuff sucks so much. *HUGS*
It does. *HUGS BACK*

It's such a good moment! And I keep being fascinated by what Minister Gao's reaction here says (or doesn't say) about his general attitude towards Dixingren ...
Yes, as I was saying to elen above, it's one of the first moments when they just act SO MARRIED. And I always think Minister Gao's first reaction is basically "oh good someone is coping here and it doesn't have to be me," before he worries about who's Dixingren and who isn't...

Oh, this is so spot on! Good for Xiao-Guo that he can stand up to him. ♥
Thank you! <3 If I ever write this fic for real I think a lot of it is going to be gen interactions between ZXC and Xiao Guo plus ZXC and Chu Shuzhi, for some reason I'm stuck on those relationships.

<3 <3

[chestnut_pod]

I am just really tired of endlessly unresolved small miserable ailments. <3 <3 <3 Many hugs if you want them.

There's just something about canals!

[nnozomi]

Hugs gratefully accepted and returned. <3 <3 <3

I love the canals around here! (They're mostly very dirty, but still beautiful.)

[salamandras]

Small miserable ailments are no fun, sorry. I haven't heard of Take 6 before, but they remind me of the Manhattan Transfer, especially A Nightingale Sang In Berkley Square, which I haven't listened to in ages. That tape got played a LOT. Thanks for reminding me of this genre! I'll have to listen to more.

I like your Lin Jing/Cong Bo interpretation. A little bit more of my nonexistent Zhao Xinci post-canon fic wrote itself today I love all of this so much.

[nnozomi]

Glad you liked Take 6! They're a gospel group that my father (the atheist Jew) used to adore, so I grew up listening to them and I still love a lot of their songs. I'll go check out the Manhattan Transfer, I vaguely recollect that name.

and thanks for kind fic words! I have a bit of a thing about Lin Jing/Cong Bo...

[miss_ingno]

*hugs*

Also, my Lin Jing/Cong Bo thing: the first hand Cong Bo grabs when he’s doing his “you have to believe me!” thing is Lin Jing’s, and Lin Jing promptly invites him to go get some coffee...

Oh my God, I can't believe I never noticed! :O ship accepted

A little bit more of my nonexistent Zhao Xinci post-canon fic

I love love LOVE Guo Changcheng just. Being his sunshine-y self because that's a great way to deal with ZXC's prickly cynicism! :D (also, oof. Zhaomom feels)

...also I might need to find a garden center that sells lantanas because <.< they're very very pretty

[nnozomi]

*hugs back*

Oh my God, I can't believe I never noticed! :O ship accepted
Ha! Glad to have won you over. I actually snuck this into a fic somewhere at one point--that Lin Jing and Cong Bo like to argue over hacking techniques and webnovels, and sometimes the arguments end up in bed... .

I love love LOVE Guo Changcheng just. Being his sunshine-y self because that's a great way to deal with ZXC's prickly cynicism! :D (also, oof. Zhaomom feels)
Perfect phrasing! I really love writing these two interacting. (And Shen Xi feels yes, oh dear. ZXC has a lot going on right now.)

...also I might need to find a garden center that sells lantanas because <.< they're very very pretty
<3 Aren't they? They come in a bunch of colors but the red-orange-yellow ones are the neatest.

[umadoshi]

I am just really tired of endlessly unresolved small miserable ailments.

Small things add up so awfully. :(

As always, the photos are gorgeous. *^^*

[nnozomi]

Thank you on all counts <3 <3 <3

[scytale]

I'm sorry about the small miserable ailments. :( I hope they go away!

The flowers are gorgeous, and now I know what a lantana is! (First is the lantana, third is the hydrangea. What is the second?) And the bridge and the reflected buildings and lights, so pretty. <33 I am not much of a rose person, but I think that's because I've never seen the dawn-colored ones. Those are GORGEOUS.

they introduced themselves to me with a rundown of their favorite things, from earrings to kimchi to Tolstoy to that kdrama about the South Korean girl who parachutes into the North...? I'm going to have to work to keep up.

Aww. :D That sounds like a lovely way to begin a class, and I see what you mean about the good energy! And ha, I know exactly which kdrama you mean, though I haven't seen it either.

And I really liked the fic snippet!

Zhao Xinci's instincts have always led him to go on the offensive as defense. is such a pleasingly apt and striking description of Zhao Xinci, and Guo Changcheng is so Guo Changcheng! His last line to Zhao Xinci made me groan and laugh and aww in the same way when he did his Power of Friendship speeches in canon, and I really want to know Zhao Xinci's reaction. ;)

[nnozomi]

thank you for good wishes and kind words! I don't know what the middle flower is either, sadly, "white fluffy thing" is as close as I can get. Not a lilac but somewhere very vaguely in that general direction?
I am not much of a rose person, but I think that's because I've never seen the dawn-colored ones.
What a perfect way to put it. Yes--I have no problem with red or bright pink roses, but I like this kind much better.

That sounds like a lovely way to begin a class, and I see what you mean about the good energy!
I'm just volunteering, but I'm really looking forward to it! They seem like a lot of fun.

and Guo Changcheng is so Guo Changcheng! His last line to Zhao Xinci made me groan and laugh and aww in the same way when he did his Power of Friendship speeches in canon, and I really want to know Zhao Xinci's reaction. ;)
Thanks <3 I love writing these two together, I feel like they really bring out the way each has changed and is changing since the beginning of canon. If I ever write this fic for real I'll keep you posted...

[scytale]

whitefluff is a good name, and it is so fluffy! It looks very pettable.


I'm just volunteering, but I'm really looking forward to it! They seem like a lot of fun.

:D

And oh yes, please, on the fic! :DD I would happily read! I am really not far enough in the show to see Zhao Xinci change or even to know the plot twists that I hear are coming up, so I am missing context, but I am incurably fond nonetheless.

[nnozomi]

I am really not far enough in the show to see Zhao Xinci change or even to know the plot twists that I hear are coming up, so I am missing context, but I am incurably fond nonetheless.
Keep us posted on what you think. I may be the only person in the fandom to ADORE Zhao Xinci (with all his extremely obvious faults) but, I don't know, he fascinates me.

[scytale]

Oh, hey, I adore him too!! (He won me over with his complicated backstory, inability to communicate with his son, and his devotion to loyalty and procedures of incident management.)

waterscroll has written about him as well: https://waterscroll.dreamwidth.org/24997.html

[nnozomi]

(He won me over with his complicated backstory, inability to communicate with his son, and his devotion to loyalty and procedures of incident management.)
That is an excellent summary. I have a thing about administration-saves-the-world and ZXC kind of gets me there... (and glad to find there are more of us, waterscroll of course included too!)

[tinny]

that kdrama about the South Korean girl who parachutes into the North...? I'm going to have to work to keep up.

Lolol, sounds like a great group! :D (I admit I just watched that drama as a meaningless way to pass time, but resistance was futile. I ended up loving it very much indeed.)

"zygomatic." Look it up; I choose to believe it's no accident that the first two letters are ZY.

;) - I didn't know this word before, either.

Guo Changcheng barely even blushes

Awwww, he's grown up. <3<3<3

photos

I love the first ones! The way they change color as the blossoms develop is just so awesome. I tried to take one home from vacation with me once, but it didn't survive, sadly.

Great shot of that canal. <3

Absolutely gorgeous roses. (All the yellow-orange combinations are my faves, too.) That last one really looks like a tulip! O_o

[nnozomi]

(I admit I just watched that drama as a meaningless way to pass time, but resistance was futile. I ended up loving it very much indeed.)
I hear good things about it!

Guo Changcheng barely even blushes
Awwww, he's grown up. <3<3<3
I love writing post-canon Guo Changcheng who is still Xiao Guo but also has some self-confidence...(and is weirdly unembarrassed about things to do with sex lol)

I'm glad you liked the photos! There are so many flowers blooming right now, it's out of this world. <3