Lee
@aliasmarionette.bsky.social
Writer and occasional translator. Web novels, Xiao Zhan associated content, cdramas, football, many other fandoms. RPF friendly (emphasis on the fictional). 中文可以. She/her.
https://stickmarionette.carrd.co/
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Lee
@aliasmarionette.bsky.social
· Oct 24
https://archiveofourown.org/users/stickmar…
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AO3
-> archiveofourown.org/users/stickmar…
Tumblr
-> stickmarionette.tumblr.com
Translations of XZ/X-Nine content
-> https://wakelet.com/wake/k10bHLYXdikoQLz7n_Wu9
Some current interests:
- The Spirealm
- mostly danmei web novels
- Xiao Zhan & associated
- Xia Zhiguang
- a bit of 2nd gen kpop
AO3
-> archiveofourown.org/users/stickmar…
Tumblr
-> stickmarionette.tumblr.com
Translations of XZ/X-Nine content
-> https://wakelet.com/wake/k10bHLYXdikoQLz7n_Wu9
Some current interests:
- The Spirealm
- mostly danmei web novels
- Xiao Zhan & associated
- Xia Zhiguang
- a bit of 2nd gen kpop
In honour of the Winter Olympics, some fun training tidbits from the special XZ filmed with the ex-captain of the Chinese men's ice hockey team (now a coach), his father (a coach on the women's team) and players from the local men's team. Everyone is a little starry eyed.
#XiaoZhan
#XiaoZhan
February 8, 2026 at 2:46 AM
In honour of the Winter Olympics, some fun training tidbits from the special XZ filmed with the ex-captain of the Chinese men's ice hockey team (now a coach), his father (a coach on the women's team) and players from the local men's team. Everyone is a little starry eyed.
#XiaoZhan
#XiaoZhan
February 7, 2026 at 8:38 PM
I know my anime/manga buddies will understand this:
It suddenly occurred to me that the first pic is extremely manga cover/poster art coded. Something about the pose and the hair.
#xiaozhan
It suddenly occurred to me that the first pic is extremely manga cover/poster art coded. Something about the pose and the hair.
#xiaozhan
February 6, 2026 at 11:34 PM
I know my anime/manga buddies will understand this:
It suddenly occurred to me that the first pic is extremely manga cover/poster art coded. Something about the pose and the hair.
#xiaozhan
It suddenly occurred to me that the first pic is extremely manga cover/poster art coded. Something about the pose and the hair.
#xiaozhan
Reposted by Lee
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
Stolen from Tumblr:
Pick a character I’ve written and I will explain the top ~three to five ideas/concepts/etc I keep in mind while writing that character that I believe are essential to accurately depicting them.
Pick a character I’ve written and I will explain the top ~three to five ideas/concepts/etc I keep in mind while writing that character that I believe are essential to accurately depicting them.
February 6, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Stolen from Tumblr:
Pick a character I’ve written and I will explain the top ~three to five ideas/concepts/etc I keep in mind while writing that character that I believe are essential to accurately depicting them.
Pick a character I’ve written and I will explain the top ~three to five ideas/concepts/etc I keep in mind while writing that character that I believe are essential to accurately depicting them.
February 5, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Reposted by Lee
The Folio Comics website officially launched today! It features so many excellent, in-depth interviews with
@mattyhuynh.bsky.social @queeniechanhere.bsky.social @saltyporkside.bsky.social and more - no prizes for guessing which interview is mine 😎
foliocomics.com
@mattyhuynh.bsky.social @queeniechanhere.bsky.social @saltyporkside.bsky.social and more - no prizes for guessing which interview is mine 😎
foliocomics.com
Folio: Stories of Australian comics
A series of interviews and essays with comics makers that shines a light on the community of Australian comics and Australian storytelling.
foliocomics.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:59 AM
The Folio Comics website officially launched today! It features so many excellent, in-depth interviews with
@mattyhuynh.bsky.social @queeniechanhere.bsky.social @saltyporkside.bsky.social and more - no prizes for guessing which interview is mine 😎
foliocomics.com
@mattyhuynh.bsky.social @queeniechanhere.bsky.social @saltyporkside.bsky.social and more - no prizes for guessing which interview is mine 😎
foliocomics.com
I have to go off the top of my head here or we'll be here all day, there are just so many candidates.
1. In 2007, when he scored this goal www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMiL...
Here's a little thing I wrote about it back in 2014: stickmarionette.tumblr.com/post/1002266...
1. In 2007, when he scored this goal www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMiL...
Here's a little thing I wrote about it back in 2014: stickmarionette.tumblr.com/post/1002266...
February 5, 2026 at 9:01 AM
I have to go off the top of my head here or we'll be here all day, there are just so many candidates.
1. In 2007, when he scored this goal www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMiL...
Here's a little thing I wrote about it back in 2014: stickmarionette.tumblr.com/post/1002266...
1. In 2007, when he scored this goal www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMiL...
Here's a little thing I wrote about it back in 2014: stickmarionette.tumblr.com/post/1002266...
1. Messi. Of course.
2. Xavi. The brain behind the greatest team ever.
3. Aitana Bonmati. Queen.
4. Samuel Eto'o. A force of nature.
5. Ronaldinho. Pure joy.
2. Xavi. The brain behind the greatest team ever.
3. Aitana Bonmati. Queen.
4. Samuel Eto'o. A force of nature.
5. Ronaldinho. Pure joy.
Top 5 Barcelona players? (Sorry!)
February 5, 2026 at 8:47 AM
1. Messi. Of course.
2. Xavi. The brain behind the greatest team ever.
3. Aitana Bonmati. Queen.
4. Samuel Eto'o. A force of nature.
5. Ronaldinho. Pure joy.
2. Xavi. The brain behind the greatest team ever.
3. Aitana Bonmati. Queen.
4. Samuel Eto'o. A force of nature.
5. Ronaldinho. Pure joy.
Reposted by Lee
The stance that bad people make bad art is really just going to hurt you when inevitably, if you like ANY art at all, you’re gonn run into someone who’s great at it who sucks
Acknowledging bad people can make good art is vital to accepting when someone tells you an artist you like has done wrong
Acknowledging bad people can make good art is vital to accepting when someone tells you an artist you like has done wrong
one thing that would be cool, when prominent creators turn out to be terrible people, would be if we didn't have to go through this performative dance of insisting that their work was never good in the first place.
February 3, 2026 at 8:31 PM
The stance that bad people make bad art is really just going to hurt you when inevitably, if you like ANY art at all, you’re gonn run into someone who’s great at it who sucks
Acknowledging bad people can make good art is vital to accepting when someone tells you an artist you like has done wrong
Acknowledging bad people can make good art is vital to accepting when someone tells you an artist you like has done wrong
Reposted by Lee
Much to consider. www.npr.org/2026/01/29/n...
February 4, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Much to consider. www.npr.org/2026/01/29/n...
Let's go!
ooh, this sounds fun!
Ask me my top five ANYTHING and I'll respond!
Ask me my top five ANYTHING and I'll respond!
feel like reviving a game that used to go around twt all the time. yw to quote skeet and play along!
ask me my top five ANYTHING and I'll respond!
ask me my top five ANYTHING and I'll respond!
February 4, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Let's go!
Reposted by Lee
the key inaccuracy you see in sports yaoi a lot isn’t actually people not knowing how these games and leagues work it’s people who don’t watch sports having no metric for what kind of gay stuff is acceptable for straight guy athletes to do together and what kind of gay stuff is gay
February 4, 2026 at 5:36 PM
the key inaccuracy you see in sports yaoi a lot isn’t actually people not knowing how these games and leagues work it’s people who don’t watch sports having no metric for what kind of gay stuff is acceptable for straight guy athletes to do together and what kind of gay stuff is gay
Amazing machine translation fail from Katseye's performance at the Grammys (as seen on RedNote):
Party got translated to (political) party which in China means the CCP so it's just them singing about The Party over and over 😂😂😂
Party got translated to (political) party which in China means the CCP so it's just them singing about The Party over and over 😂😂😂
February 3, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Amazing machine translation fail from Katseye's performance at the Grammys (as seen on RedNote):
Party got translated to (political) party which in China means the CCP so it's just them singing about The Party over and over 😂😂😂
Party got translated to (political) party which in China means the CCP so it's just them singing about The Party over and over 😂😂😂
Rereading Winning the Male Lead and marvelling once again at DGCR who has written such pitch perfect genre parodies of 言情 (het romance, this novel), 男频 (male-oriented, in The Supporting Character's Journey of Self Improvement), and danmei novels (in I Can't Be This Protagonist).
February 3, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Rereading Winning the Male Lead and marvelling once again at DGCR who has written such pitch perfect genre parodies of 言情 (het romance, this novel), 男频 (male-oriented, in The Supporting Character's Journey of Self Improvement), and danmei novels (in I Can't Be This Protagonist).
Reposted by Lee
Festivids is live! We have 128 vids in 85 fandoms! archiveofourown.org/collections/...
archiveofourown.org
January 31, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Festivids is live! We have 128 vids in 85 fandoms! archiveofourown.org/collections/...
Every day I see people on tumblr longing to watch/read X but seemingly unable to find it and I'm always like:
(For films, read TV shows and novels.)
(For films, read TV shows and novels.)
February 1, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Every day I see people on tumblr longing to watch/read X but seemingly unable to find it and I'm always like:
(For films, read TV shows and novels.)
(For films, read TV shows and novels.)
Book checkpoint
Last: just finished rereading The Villain Runs Wild stickmarionette.tumblr.com/post/7387631...
Current: rereading Winning the Male Lead stickmarionette.tumblr.com/post/7498058...
Next: I need to finish the latest DGCR
Last added to to-read: www.gongzicp.com/novel-153152...
Last: just finished rereading The Villain Runs Wild stickmarionette.tumblr.com/post/7387631...
Current: rereading Winning the Male Lead stickmarionette.tumblr.com/post/7498058...
Next: I need to finish the latest DGCR
Last added to to-read: www.gongzicp.com/novel-153152...
January 31, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Book checkpoint
Last: just finished rereading The Villain Runs Wild stickmarionette.tumblr.com/post/7387631...
Current: rereading Winning the Male Lead stickmarionette.tumblr.com/post/7498058...
Next: I need to finish the latest DGCR
Last added to to-read: www.gongzicp.com/novel-153152...
Last: just finished rereading The Villain Runs Wild stickmarionette.tumblr.com/post/7387631...
Current: rereading Winning the Male Lead stickmarionette.tumblr.com/post/7498058...
Next: I need to finish the latest DGCR
Last added to to-read: www.gongzicp.com/novel-153152...
January 31, 2026 at 6:19 AM
Sometimes it takes a few days to work out how to translate 2 jokes.
A sequence of events:
1. Hot search "look at XZ and Wang Yanlin to understand the difference between 卧蚕 [silkworm eye bags, aka aegyo sal in Korean, a sign of youth] and eye bags" 😂
#xiaozhan #smalltownremedy
A sequence of events:
1. Hot search "look at XZ and Wang Yanlin to understand the difference between 卧蚕 [silkworm eye bags, aka aegyo sal in Korean, a sign of youth] and eye bags" 😂
#xiaozhan #smalltownremedy
January 31, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Sometimes it takes a few days to work out how to translate 2 jokes.
A sequence of events:
1. Hot search "look at XZ and Wang Yanlin to understand the difference between 卧蚕 [silkworm eye bags, aka aegyo sal in Korean, a sign of youth] and eye bags" 😂
#xiaozhan #smalltownremedy
A sequence of events:
1. Hot search "look at XZ and Wang Yanlin to understand the difference between 卧蚕 [silkworm eye bags, aka aegyo sal in Korean, a sign of youth] and eye bags" 😂
#xiaozhan #smalltownremedy
Nothing like watching eps 26 and 27 of #legendofzanghai with friends and listening to them experience *that* cliffhanger for the first time.
January 29, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Nothing like watching eps 26 and 27 of #legendofzanghai with friends and listening to them experience *that* cliffhanger for the first time.
January 29, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Reposted by Lee
Good to see Spain trolling … every other country, more or less.
“Bucking a Global Trend, Spain Offers Undocumented Migrants a Legal Way to Stay” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/w...
“Bucking a Global Trend, Spain Offers Undocumented Migrants a Legal Way to Stay” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/w...
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Good to see Spain trolling … every other country, more or less.
“Bucking a Global Trend, Spain Offers Undocumented Migrants a Legal Way to Stay” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/w...
“Bucking a Global Trend, Spain Offers Undocumented Migrants a Legal Way to Stay” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/w...
Xiao Zhan took the number one spot ("full marks") in Sohu Entertainment's yearly survey of the media's favourite celebrities to cover.
Reasons cited by respondents included:
- his character as seen when reacting to the unexpected
- diligence when promoting his work
- dingliu polish
#xiaozhan
Reasons cited by respondents included:
- his character as seen when reacting to the unexpected
- diligence when promoting his work
- dingliu polish
#xiaozhan
January 28, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Xiao Zhan took the number one spot ("full marks") in Sohu Entertainment's yearly survey of the media's favourite celebrities to cover.
Reasons cited by respondents included:
- his character as seen when reacting to the unexpected
- diligence when promoting his work
- dingliu polish
#xiaozhan
Reasons cited by respondents included:
- his character as seen when reacting to the unexpected
- diligence when promoting his work
- dingliu polish
#xiaozhan