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Pachi, they/it, 20. find me on Twitter & Tumblr @hongluboobs. The guy behind that big diagram of Hong Lu‘s family. I also draw if I find the time. I like Angela and Hong Lu. Also the guy who really wants you to read dotrc

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Pachi @pachipower.bsky.social · Dec 23

Media Thread because i’ve been playing/reading/watching things and i need to record it so I remember what i do with my time

a kitten ready to pounce with the text “here we go!!” below

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tamafry @tamafry.com · Apr 24

Hope of the High Entia
My page for the @meliazine.bsky.social!

#xenoblade | #xenobladechronicles | #xbc3 | #art | #melia

! Xenoblade Chronicles and Xenoblade Chronicles 3 spoilers ahead !

An artwork of Melia from Xenoblade Chronicles 3 with her hands on her chest. In the background is her younger self with her back turned. Shulk is offering his hand, while Sharla, Reyn, Dunban, Fiora, and Riki are nearby.

Pachi @pachipower.bsky.social · Apr 25

went to follow oomf and got scared bc my coworker followed them already. That’s Scary….

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Cheebins @cheebins.bsky.social · Apr 25

After years of being exclusively comprised of vague doodles, an old xenoblade OC of mine is finally an actual Original Character. Huge thanks to @comumochi.bsky.social for the template! #WhiteWhaleCrewList #XBX_Cross #Xenoblade #XenobladeX

In-depth bio of my xenoblade x cross OC, Asveld. They're a reserved nonbinary Qlurian with pinkish short hair and red face markings. They're wearing a big orange jacket with both Manon and Nopon-styled designs.

This format was made by @comumochi.bsky.social!

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chep @ PRGE 809 @cheppoly.bsky.social · Feb 18

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水泥小猫 @depravedstar.bsky.social · Dec 31

Happy new year😘❤️💕

Pachi @pachipower.bsky.social · Dec 31

i posted this to every site i use as a social experiment and it banged everywhere but here i need to crack the code for this webbed site

Pachi @pachipower.bsky.social · Dec 31

big fan of how this fuckass side strand stays even with his hair slicked back

comparison of Hong Lu’s normal sprite and his new walpurgis id. the new id has his bangs on one side slicked back aside from one strand, which also sticks out in Hong Lu’s normal sprite

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Smalusion @smalusion.bsky.social · Dec 30

when you spawn next to the stairs
#pokemon #pokemonart #pmd #pokemonmysterydungeon #pixelart

pixel art of the pokemon shinx and eevee sitting right next to the stairs in a beach cave. shinx says "'Mystery' dungeon? Seems pretty straightforward." with a very smug look. Eevee looks tired.
The map GUI shows that none of the dungeon has been explored except for the first room.

Pachi @pachipower.bsky.social · Dec 31

big fan of how this fuckass side strand stays even with his hair slicked back

comparison of Hong Lu’s normal sprite and his new walpurgis id. the new id has his bangs on one side slicked back aside from one strand, which also sticks out in Hong Lu’s normal sprite

Pachi @pachipower.bsky.social · Dec 26

on my reread i will be making a chart of all of the maids w who they serve and their non anglicized names. do any redologists in the comments have a good place i can find their non anglicized names because i appreciate hawkes a lot but her name is NOT skybright

Pachi @pachipower.bsky.social · Dec 26

okay i talked too much on chens the red chamber and at the end i remembered i Forgot another element i liked but oh well. there’s always other posts it’s Normal Chamber time now babey (or apothecary diaries ln1 time if i get too bored)

Pachi @pachipower.bsky.social · Dec 26

so tldr to end it all. dont have this be your first hlm experience. but if you’ve got the time and have read the original it is a very interesting read to compare and contrast!
Chen did baoyu so dirty but i really enjoy this take on baochai and ESPECIALLY xifeng. fascinating changes to the plot

Pachi @pachipower.bsky.social · Dec 26

also a fan of how she wrote baochai a little later on. there’s more focus on her “coldness” and her Not feeling things she feels she should (in contrast to the -yus Feeling Everything Always) and a really good convo btwn her and grandma jia at the end where we get granny fucked up momence

Pachi @pachipower.bsky.social · Dec 26

basically they massacred baoyu. BUT i didn’t completely hate this adaptation!!! Probably my fav changes are with Xifeng. she cooked with all of the prose for her and nailed in a lot of her hardships a way the original book did not. she deserves the world & to kill her husband. it’s VERY compelling.

Pachi @pachipower.bsky.social · Dec 26

relationship completely non physical and is kinda displayed as “something to be left behind as baoyu moves into adulthood” idk man stop having sex!!!
Also they were way too soft on jia zheng i hate that guy. stop trying to redeem him. and baoyu isn’t even very transgender. thats the whole point!!

Pachi @pachipower.bsky.social · Dec 26

when he and daiyu meet. they’re much younger in the original but chen’s adaptation ages them up bc it gets a little “steamier”. I think it makes baoyu and daiyu’s relationship progress a lot cheaper and less believable. also they have sex at one point and i dont like it. the original has their+

Pachi @pachipower.bsky.social · Dec 26

baoyu+daiyu being “fated” adds a lot to the relationship,bc baochai is also “fated” to end up with baoyu due to the gold+jade thing and it furthers dai+chais roles as proxies for what baoyu wants vs. what the family wants. baoyu in general feels weaker to me here, definitely in part bc he is 18

Pachi @pachipower.bsky.social · Dec 26

Chen aims to focus on the relationship between Baoyu, Baochai, and Daiyu as that’s what draws most people to the book. I find it interesting that in spite of that focus ALL supernatural elements were cut, including baoyu and daiyu being reincarnations of the jade and the crimson pearl flower

Pachi @pachipower.bsky.social · Dec 26

dotrc is a very hard book to translate for a variety of reasons. it’s very long and dense and has a lot of hard to translate symbolism/double meanings and the like. The Hawkes tl is ~2500 pages across 5 volumes. Chen’s adaptation is ~400. So things had to be cut to keep the story meaningful.

Pachi @pachipower.bsky.social · Dec 26

THE RED CHAMBER (Pauline A. Chen)
If you are looking to read dotrc for limbus company/Hong Lu reasons. do NOT read this. it is not a faithful adaptation of the text. go read the Hawkes/Minford tl, The Story of the Stone.
If you’ve already read the original, this is a fascinating adaptation.

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DarknesS(college) @im-drumk.bsky.social · Dec 25

"quick sketch before bed" mfrs

Pachi @pachipower.bsky.social · Dec 25

i’ve learned a shocking amount of my tl is nsfw here

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⚡ 𝐒𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐄𝐃𝐆𝐄 🐊✨ @squeedge.monster · Dec 25

Me and all my homies hate LAWNS if lawns have 1000 haters I’m one of them if lawns have 1 hater it’s me if lawns have no haters I’m dead

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Amber Cyprian (They/Them) @ Home @ambercyprian.bsky.social · Dec 25

Am edited screenshot from the intro of pokemon crystal. Wooper wearing a santa hat is standing in front of a white colored background with a text box beneath him that reads: "Merry Thismas"

Pachi @pachipower.bsky.social · Dec 23

I’ve seen lets plays of this game but tbh i remember so little it was practically blind. I LOVE the villain cast here they’re all incredible!! super charming game that thinks that bad game design that exists solely to inconvenience can be good if it’s funny enough. and it’s correct. it is funny

Pachi @pachipower.bsky.social · Dec 23

Super Paper Mario.
I always wanted this one as a kid but never got it. it’s foundational media for my bestie mona. I Understand Everything Now. great game, fascinating design (both in visuals and game design). It’s super interesting bc i don’t think it could be made today. 👍