Sunday Snippet, et. al.

[clevermanka]

Still not a fan of the short short hair, but ngl Zhu Yilong looks real good in The Rebel. Never over the actual real dialogue of this scene.

Fanart: Different twins. Princess Mononoke meet kill cute. Sharing dreams.

Was it nnozomi or naye (or both, or neither) that I was talking with about how much I love the congested power lines in Japan?

And hurray I have a snippet again for this week! The guys found their house and are moving in.

Late Friday morning he took one last look around the kitchen. He’d risked a portal back to the cabin—well, to the forest behind that he was confident would be unobserved—and after confirming the cabin was empty, he’d popped back in, grabbed the pot rack above the stove that Shen Wei had so much appreciated as well as the well-seasoned wok, and portaled back to the house. Some hardware fixtures and imaginative use of his powers later, the rack was installed next to the stove with Shen Wei’s favorite cooking pan hanging in pride of place.

Shen Wei would probably give him a hard time for taking the risk, but it was worth it. Zhao Yunlan remembered the meticulous, ridiculous, care he’d taken to set up the cabin’s kitchen. Zhao Yunlan had teased him about it at the time, but he understood better now.

“Start as you mean to go on,” he muttered with a crooked grin at the room.

Comments

[goss]

Zhu Yilong looks real good in The Rebel

SO GOOD. I love that angle.

[clevermanka]

It shows off his cheekbones beautifully. (eta: and his shoulder, and scapula, and and and...)

[elizacake]

he’d popped back in, grabbed the pot rack above the stove that Shen Wei had so much appreciated as well as the well-seasoned wok, and portaled back to the house.

That is exactly what superpowers are for! Nothing says love like saving the well-seasoned wok. 🤣 Even though I'm laughing, I'm also not kidding. I adore nesting scenes and am really looking forward to this.

[clevermanka]

Nothing says love like saving the well-seasoned wok.
This bit might have been inspired by the fancy new wok I meant to season before I lost my gas stove and I really really need to just bite the bullet and do it in the current (electric) oven but ughhhhhhhh.

There is going to be a lot of nesting in this fic. 🧡

[khellekson]

Oh yes SHORT HAIR on ZYL. Mmm.

[clevermanka]

I'm so glad there's a section of y'all who like the short hair!

[wrote_and_writ]

Zhao Yunlan, you sentimental fool!

[clevermanka]

He's discovering all sorts of new sides to himself. 😁

[tinny]

The sheer absurdity of using power lines to denote mundane life in anime, when they're some of the most complex things to draw... O_O . Gotta admire it.

[clevermanka]

Ooooh, is that why there's always such a focus on them? I love the aesthetic of them, but it's cool that there's a message underlying it.

[tinny]

Apparently, yes.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/why-power-lines-anime-electrical-infrastructure

[clevermanka]

Thank you! Atlas Obscura is such a great resource.

[naye]

Oh Zhao Yunlan, darling man.

And I do adore the silhouette of power lines in Japan. Such fierce nostalgia.

[clevermanka]

HIS FACE, NAYE. HIS FAAAAAAAAAAAACE.

[naye]

Your snippet is so good! He understands the importance of these details when setting up a home. He gets the WOK back. Shen Wei married well. ♥

[clevermanka]

Can't you see him beaming SO PROUD of himself? ngngng I love him and I'm hurting him so much in this story 😭

[naye]

:D :D :D

[umadoshi]

Some hardware fixtures and imaginative use of his powers later, the rack was installed next to the stove with Shen Wei’s favorite cooking pan hanging in pride of place.

Magnificent husbanding! ^_^

[clevermanka]

He's so happy in this moment! And that's it, nothing unpleasant ever happens to him or any of them again!

[plingo_kat]

A: I FORGOT ABOUT THAT DIALOGUE('s exact wording) THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME OF IT.

B: The snippet is so sweet aaaaa <333

[clevermanka]

My first time watching the show I had to PAUSE THE VIDEO at that spot bc I was like wait a minute wait a minute WHAT 👀 and then I had a meltdown on Tumblr since I wasn't really active on Twitter yet 😂

And thank you! I think there's gonna be a fair bit of nesting/domestic bliss in this fic.