Beanie level: Unemployed slacker in a sparkly tracksuit

Even the way he sits is so 🥰🫠
His posture is so proper, at the same time, he seems so relaxed and comfortable— his aura: Soft, gentle, and approachable
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Any NCT 127 fans here? 😂 I honestly, am not a fan, but just because I stopped keeping track of anyone in Kpop after IU lol I can’t keep track, there’s too many of them now. But I found this funny. Some, apparently, also only know him as “Canada” HAHAHAHA

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He should not sound so good tryna sell me water purifiers 🫠 This newfound baritone voice of his just… I can’t even….
(“Newfound”, but really, he’s had it since 2020/2021 when he began doing theatre)

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    Wow, that is the perfect advert for fans to see costume changes, cute close ups, what’s not to love. But, are adverts usually that long? I have not watched normal tv for so long I have not seen an advert for some time but I am sure there are very few that are that length.

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    👂 Squee

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      Right??????? 🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠 His voice provides for me an aural detox from all the noises out in the world (white, pink, brown, purple grey)

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        You always teach me something new. Such a beautiful phrase “aural detox”. I didn’t even know there were so many different types of noises.

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          I am also always learning something new myself! I hadn’t even learned the word “aural” until this last year, and I also did not know that there is actually more than 3 types of noise— I only knew about white, pink, and brown

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        **** There should be a comma between ‘purple’ and ‘grey’ ****

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            It’s just because I know there actually IS a really pretty colour in the taupe range that’s a purple-grey but there’s no type of noise that’s purple-grey, and that it’s really purple noise and grey noise lol Two different things 😅

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            My mother had a dress once which was grey but gave off purple highlights.

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            The taupe palette of colours has been a favorite of mine lately— I like how it ranges from a beige all the way to a dusty purple and then there’s all the mixes and tones of soft dusty grey in between as you move up and down the scale…
            Sorry, I’m rambling lol I’m admittedly a colour theory nerd LOL I really enjoyed colour theory when I took art in all 3 years of high school

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            Okay TIL there exists such a thing as “colour theory”. 🙃 🤯 Awesome! Please do tell me more (as and when you feel like) it sounds rather fun.

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            Colour theory is basically just the knowledge and skills to apply a few things:
            1. All colours stem from 3 primary colours—red, blue, yellow. How other colours come about is the mixing these primary colours and the amount you mix, e.g. Red & blue make purple. The more red, the lighter the purple, the more blue the darker the purple

            2 Contrast – What colours combined— but not mixed, more like, placed side by side— bring out visual interest versus colours that match because they stem from the same primary colour. Colours that contrast usually appear on opposite sides of the colour wheel from each other (purple & green), whereas colours that match usually stem from the same primary colour (pink & orange)

            3. Colour schemes – The study of what colours bring about what mood and how it can impact someone or something, e.g. Yellow brightens up a room, makes it feel bigger, and also lightens a person’s mood; in contrast, black tricks the eye to make things look smaller and tighter, it’s more moody and solemn, but used well, black can also add emphasis

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            Thank you for taking the time to teach me. I really appreciate it. 😊

            I feel blessed by the ready sharing of expert knowledge and experiences by Beanies.

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The Weibo Entertainment Hot Search trend says that “Joy of Life” S2 will premiere on May 15th. The drama’s official Weibo account also indicates that date, but I ain’t getting excited yet 🫣
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    WHOAAAA!! 😮

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      Yea, it’s rare to see dramas getting an airing/streaming slot so soon after production wraps unless the cast is super popular or the drama is a really anticipated one— in which case, this drama has both of those things. The drama only wrapped filming last year (?), so kudos to the post-production team working so hard to finish things up and being able to get it through the censorship board to push the drama out so soon!

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        If it actually airs then, that’s amazingly fast!!!

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          💯
          The last I can remember a C-drama getting to air so fast after wrapping production was a modern one, titled, “Sunshine by My Side”:

          Filming was from September 27, 2022 to February 7, 2023 and it premiered on September 1, 2023 (same year it wrapped filming). My guess is because it’s a modern drama and filming went really well and there was not much need for post-production (editing, CGI, noise editing, photo shopping, etc.), and the only real worry for the drama was getting passed by the censorship board

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            That’s interesting that they’re both so different and both made it to the finish line so quickly! I always enjoy your insights into the C-drama world, because I’m definitely not as familiar with it as with the K-drama world 😊

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    Thanks for the update. That is sooner than I thought. I started the 40 episode cdrama City of the City (iQIYI) which aired episode one on April 9. I hope I can finish it before JOL 2 begins.

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      How is “City of the City” ?? I’m seeing it appear more and more on my YT feed as a suggestion. It’s been a minute since I’ve opened the actual iQiYi app haha

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        I am enjoying CITY. I have watched 6 episodes and I only discovered it a few days ago. It has a MISAENG (2014) vibe for me. I really enjoyed young Bai Yu Fan in the historical mystery RIPE TOWN (2023) and the older Yu He Wei in the sci fi THREE-BODY (2023) both available on Viki US. It is set in the world of banking/finance and I hope there is enough material for 40 episodes.

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          Oooh another drama with the finance industry as the backdrop, nice! I’ve only tried one such drama and I couldn’t get into it— it got a little TOO technical and jargon-filled for my liking— but the current line-up of dramas with the finance industry as the backdrop (the other one I can think of is “War of Faith” (Republican Era financial industry, also on iQiYi) seems to be okay and more character focused, but I can’t really say, since I’m not watching either dramas 😅

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For those who got hate in the comments section of WW by rabid CEW fans, I’m so sorry 😢 For what it’s worth, it’s probably the same 1 or 2 butt-hurt trolls who just keep flip-flopping between multiple accounts— and I quite our DB Overlords, GF & JB— it just looks silly on their end. It’s also beginning to look silly in IMO, too, whenever I see the comments.
For this reason, I’m probably not going to go into the recaps to share thoughts on the drama, but will probs just utilize my FanWall whenever I get around to watching the drama (so much to watch! So little time! Also depends on my mood)

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@seeker The things I randomly discover as other fans post on X 🥰 Makes up for him/his work studio not posting anything over the weekend like we thought he/XZ Studio would LOL






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    😍😍😍
    Good job by the fans. A nudge to the studio that his fans haven’t gotten their weekly dose. 😉

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    As you’ve said earlier, white really suits him. Such an amazing cool look and such a contrast to the warm in cold snow vibe of the other picture.

    Ordinarily its not so evident in dramas but these still pictures really give such different feels.

    Reminds me of that gif you had posted earlier of him pulling his white shirt close. Coo … that was a good one. 😊

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Oh dear oh my… Hopefully this doesn’t turn into another drama with a subliminal body-shaming plot (yes, I’m looking at “Hello Venus” ugh)

https://www.soompi.com/article/1655060wpp/claudia-kim-makes-bold-transformation-in-new-drama-the-atypical-family
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    It won’t. They state that she cannot fly becuase of her weight.

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    May the hope stay young in your blessed little heart.
    Based on the picture alone I’d say that definitely, this will be the usual kind of backhanded fatshaming. Alone the fact that she obviously is not fat, but wearing a fat suit …

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      I try… I try to see the good in things and give the benefit of the doubt before making a decision, judgement, or conclusion, but some moments, some things, some environments (i.e. the hollow feeling K-Ent. industry) makes it hard. This is the reason why I don’t do “idol” dramas anymore—the types of dramas with a “wash, rinse, repeat” type writing that are made for a quick ROI, just delivered differently, but still distinguishable— and stick to the quiet ones whenever I find a reason to go back to Kdramas, which isn’t often anymore

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    THe closest thing I have seen to a non-shamed chubby person is this guy from Secret Royal Inspector. He is put in situations that would normally be basis for shaming him, but he acts and is filmed so beautifully that he just seems beautiful to me.
    In the very last part of the movie, summoning up what happened to people, the heroine laughs at him being unhappy and shameful … it’s totally not funny.
    Likewise, the hero beats up a villain who is clearly a haunted man, tired, and actually on his way to accepting execution in return for making things right. These are two moments when it is really hard to accept the OTP as our heroes, honestly.
    I put this link to imgur here, because the gif persistently was removed from DB.
    And then my post for the whole show with … like 3-4 gifs about this sweet guy. Also, early on, he is dressed like a woman as a disguise, and he acts beautifully, and though the girl he pretends to be flirts, she does not flirt in the usual vamped way reserved for woman who the audience is supposed to find completely undatable; she seems scared, but graceful and fresh like a summer rain.
    https://imgur.com/HiU9hhn
    https://www.dramabeans.com/members/CecilieDK/activity/1546606/

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      Thank you for sharing ♥️🥰

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        You know, a lot of us people here, we want to share and our nearest surroundings roll their eyes and put on their earphones when we try.
        So … thanks for letting me share.

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          The comments to my FanWall posts and the replies to my comments made on main posts here on Dramabeans are always open to people sharing, just as long as it’s done in a respectful manner ♥️ I always try to put respect, gentleness, thoughtfulness and kindness at the forefront in all that I say— in real life and online— and I just ask the same from the people that I interact with, that’s all 😊

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    The way the actress is talking about putting on the fat suit reminded me of Gweneth Paltrow when she did Shallow Hal. “In 2001, doing press for Shallow Hal, Gwyneth Paltrow spent a lot of time talking about the fat suit she wore to play Rosemary, the film’s romantic lead. She spoke in particular about an experiment that she and the film’s makeup-effects designer had undertaken to test the suit’s credibility out in the world. At a fancy hotel in New York, Paltrow donned the fake weight. She walked through the lobby. She walked to the bar. She noticed how people looked at her, and how they refused to. “It was so sad,” she told one reporter. “I didn’t expect it to feel so upsetting,” she told another. “I thought the whole thing would be funny, and then as soon as I put it on, I thought, well, you know, this isn’t all funny.” And yet, she did the movie and it made fat jokes throughout.

    Putting on a fat suit seems like a version of Mickey Rooney playing a Japanese man in Breakfast at Tiffany’s. I wish they would stop doing this.

    Compare this to Bridgerton Season 3- Nicola Coughlan as Penelope. Just saying. There is a better way.

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      💯 there are better ways
      And the fact that Gwyneth Paltrow even thought it was was in the first place— regardless if it was before or after her experience— says a lot to me about her and her thoughts, at least, about this one particular situation

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      In stories where the person is supposed to put on and/ or lose a lot of weight I can understand the rationale for wearing a fat suit. But it is not a good sign, and I haven’t really seen it performed respectfully yet. I mean, Shallow Hal was supposed to be about how it’s what inside that counts, and that was partly shown as her being slim on the inside. I mean …
      Rant follows.
      And Yes, Nicola Coughlan looks adorable and very kissable.
      Also, Rebel Wilson – she has charisma enough for at least three or four people. Maybe forty. I was so bummed there were a good deal of “eating and being clumsy” jokes in especially Pitch Perfec; and also that they paired her up with that insufferable tenor, when she is clearly a snack, before and after her weight loss. It didn’t have to be a Hemsworth; it could be …. uhm … ideally the kind of “bad boy” that is not so much perfect looking (I’m thinking, crooked teeth, … you know, imperfections … young Pierre Clementi or something) as more just totally has “it”, and is unsettling so you don’t know if he will be good for that girl. But he would be for her, because she wouldn’t be so easy to unsettle.
      I would have loved to see something like that.

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        I wanted to say “especially Pitch Perfect 2”.

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        In American television, the one good example I can think of wherein a curvy person is being treated and respected right and in a healthy manner is the character of Penelope Garcia in “Criminal Minds”. This example comes to mind as I’m actually binging the series on Disney+ . At the same time, it could be looked at differently in the sense that her smarts (computer genius for the FBI) is a way to “compensate” for her being curvy person, because for 98% of the tv series run, her character is physically portrayed as just sitting and working behind a desk and in front of a computer and not being out and active in the field with the rest of her team, even though she is still VERY loved and respected by her team members
        The interpretation of her character and the TREATMENT of her character could go both ways depending on the person 🤔

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          As long as she is not depicted as eating all the time, I think “fat person having an office job” is not terribly discriminating.
          Like, I loved Brooklyn 99 and it was super modern in a lot of ways (sexual orientation, POC, … ) except a big NO when it came to fat. It was as if Andy Samberg was gathering all the 1980’s stupidity in one account and using it all up on fatshaming Scully and Hitchcock.

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Okay, this is pretty creative, kudos to the art department for this drama production and their attention to detail and consistency:
The poster announcing that the drama (tentatively named “Cang Hai Zhuan”, trans. “Sea Searching Tale”) now has surpassed 1 million reservations (even before the drama has finished filming) has a little part of it that is reminiscent and mirrors the very first poster and animation the drama’s production released back when the drama was announced as filming started (back in late-December 2023).
Fun fact:
In C-dramaland, a “reservation” people pace for a drama before the drama’s release is basically a track record of people who have bookmarked it to watch once it’s released, it’s also a marketing tactic to attract investors— the more investors, the faster the drama may air after it passes the censorship board for review, and the faster the ROI comes back)






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    It’s really cool (and I already have this one on my 2025 watch list 😉)

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      Yea, many think—hope— for a late 2024 release, but I doubt it’ll be that soon. I also hope it isn’t THAT soon because I want production to take their time in post-production with the editing and perfecting of the drama after filming is wrapped. Rumours are saying the drama is slated to wrap filming in May. Other rumours are saying after filming wraps, Xiao Zhan will be heading to London for the Gucci Cruise fashion show as the brand’s Global Ambassador, before he heads back to China and starts filming his next project (which I’ve already read 2 rumours about just this past week)

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    Interesting marketing strategy. I always learn so much from you. 😊👏

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      I definitely don’t know everything, it’s all just things I’ve also learned along the way in years of watching Cdramas and observing how things work in their system 😅

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        I’m grateful for your insightful comments. The behind-the-scenes challenges that the cast and crew face and overcome to bring us our favorite dramas are truly inspiring.

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          ♥️♥️
          Yea, I’ve been asked why I care about the behind the scenes aspect of the things I watch, and it’s because I find that it helps me to see and feel things on a more human level, that the actors/actresses/entertainers/production crew are—at the end of the day— still just humans like you and I and everyone else. That they also deserve love and respect like and other human being on earth does, that their hard work on a production should be appreciated and seen and not left as “just boring behind the scenes/off camera stuff”. If juicy gossip about a celeb’s lifestyle and what they WANT ppl to read online is what the masses like and is what keeps them interested, then I am not afraid to admit that I am not of the masses, and am more interested in the quiet off camera/behind the scenes stuff that show to me the things that are not staged and that are not set up and that are not all that interesting or pretty to look at, the more down-to-earth stuff for lack of a better word

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            💯 Exactly that!! You manage to put in words what I deeply feel but perhaps cannot express so beautifully! ♥️♥️♥️

            Some people feel that the magic of showbiz gets diluted by knowing more about off-screen efforts but I feel otherwise.

            I have zero interest in celeb gossip … my only take on it is sadness that our favorite actors who give us so many relationship goals on-screen cannot even imagine to do these things off-screen.

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    **HASN’T finished filming

    Geez, multiple hours after publishing this post and I’m seeing ALL of the typos and errors about it now 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

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    @lapislazulii
    This is the drama that Zhang Jing Yi is filming with Xiao Zhan 😊

    https://mydramalist.com/56835-cang-hai-xi-lin

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      It’s a part of the “The Lost Tomb” novel & drama series— not sure if you’re familiar with that one

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        Omg this looks v exciting, thank you for putting it on my radar! And no I’m sadly not familiar with this series – would you reccomend any of the spin offs or other dramas in the series? (also omg EXO Lay is in one of them?? Squee!)

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          It’s an entire series with a handful of dramas and a pretty large—and some brilliant— cast 🥰 Lemme get back to you in terms of what’s the best order in which to watch the dramas, because how and when they’re produced and released isn’t actually the best way to watch them in order for things to make sense haha

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          Here you go, I hope this helps to direct you towards where to start and maybe continue if you get lost—because the universe of this entire series is quite vast and can be overwhelming 😅
          Specific to Lay, he’s in “The Mystic Nine” (fun fact: Lay & Xiao Zhan are literally just 2 days apart in birthdays—XZ being the older one— and both are born in the same year and are 91-liners 😉)

          https://foxofninetales.tumblr.com/post/679021612153110528/entry-points-for-watching-dmbj-the-lost-tomb

          The story of this drama that Xiao Zhan is currently filming is actually completely new and not a part of the existing story’s original canon. His character for this new drama was actually only mentioned in passing in the OF franchise, but is a character in which basically set everything into motion.
          Something to keep an eye out for that is said to be released this year—but don’t hold your breath for it just yet, as with all C-dramas— is “Tibetan Sea Flower”, the drama which is supposed to give the most lore about XZ’s character of his upcoming drama for this universe

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            Thank you Nessa!! I genuinely appreciate it so much, I’ll be diving into this now since everything on my current watch plate has become a live watch (also I didn’t know that about Lay & XZ either, the more you know 🤯)

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Forgot which Beanie it was (sorry!!!) that shared about handholding & back hugs and HANDS— lovely hands:
This is probably my all-time fave drama scene that incorporates all 3 of those things. Starts @ the 2:20 mark and goes to 3:00. This scene for me is both 🥰🥰🥰 and 🥵🥵🥵🥵

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    That was cute. What’s the name of the drama?

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      “The Oath of Love”!
      It’s one of those “idol” dramas made with a really popular main cast, but the story actually has a lot of heart and isn’t simply all about the romance ♥️ Hard to believe that the main leads met for the first time in person only half a month before filming began, their on screen presence and chemistry together is so good. The director even said that 80-90% of their scenes together are basically them ad-libbing and improvising and just feeding off each other. Their counter “argument” to that is them saying that the director hardly ever said “cut!” once a scene was supposedly done and let them continue going/acting, so their only option was to keep going lol And it turns out, whatever they basically improvised and ad-libbed on the spot is what ended up being the final edit and result shown in the drama lol

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    ^^
    @claire2009 Thus one is for you!! 😍😍😍♥️

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    Bebeswtz 🥰🥰🥰 and 🥵🥵🥵🥵 is the perfect reaction!!

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    Ah, thank you, this is so cute 😍 And I see why you were mesmerised by his jawline 😚

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      This was him in 2019 before he buffed up and was a bit slimmer, but at least not borderline scary slim like he was in the costume drama, “The Untamed”

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        He really looked of that world in The Untamed.

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          He really did! 🥰 I still can’t believe it to this day the basis as to how he was cast for the drama (“The Untamed”) was due to someone showing the drama’s casting director a picture of him smiling ☺️ Truly, there is no difference between Xiao Zhan’s bright smile and that of the animated character’s smile

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Before I can figure out how to embed X (Twitter) posts again onto the FanWall, @seeker you’re just gonna have to click through the link— sorry, m’dear!! ♥️
https://x.com/vanessa36963575/status/1778836881024897208?s=61&t=0gOkmmtm1TO8vGocsQ4NXg

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Question to Beanies:
How do y’all embed X (Twitter) posts? It used to work for me just by pasting the link into the “Paste video URL here” function of the FanWall for me, but not anymore 🤔

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    I think as we have recently had bots on the site they may have changed some of the settings to head them off at the pass and uploading may have been temporarily effected.

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      Oh maybe!! I did see a slew of bots in a row as soon as I clicked into the Beanies section this morning

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That jawline






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    And how would you describe it – chiseled… well-defined!? 😊🤭

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    Thanks to your posts, when I saw this actor on my instagram feeds, I was like “Ah, this is the actor one beanie likes very much” 😅 I don’t know his name.

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      Chinese actor-singer, Sean Xiao Zhan ♥️
      I wonder how instagram figures things out 🤭🤔

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        I guess it shows similar photos to the ones I stopped and looked at.

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          Claire … if anyone is wirth the time to *stand and stare* it is him. Even my mom recognizes him now. 🤭

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            *worth the time

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            What have I done?? 🤦🏻‍♀️
            But also 😏💅🏻

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            Well you most definitely are the best kind of publicist one can hope to have.

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            Also … will there be some Sunday night motivation this week to ensure early attendance on Monday. 🧐💃

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            LOL Good to know that I can do and can be good at what I actually went to school and got a higher education for (Public Relations and Communications)

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            … And potentially?? New rumours are flying around today of him potentially participating in a Republican Era drama next. But as always with rumours, I take it with a bucket of salt. Maybe there will be a new ad campaign or some bts footage of some sort because he did just do a (pre-recorded) livestream earlier this week for one of his endorsements

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            Education and talent are quite often unrelated. You are a lucky one who’s got both. 😊

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            Aren’t “pre-recorded” and “livestream” contradictory words. But sounds fun.

            New drama is best believed after official confirmation. Till then it would be great if it does work out.

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            Yea, I went school for that, and although my current job isn’t exactly a PR or Communications titled position (it’s actually more Admin.), lots of what I do still incorporate the skills I learned (ALL the emails, crisis management, HR dealings with people, etc. XD)

            Right? I don’t know why his brands keep calling it a “livestream” when it’s pre-recorded XD Silly

            Yea, I never believe nor trust in the casting rumours/melons his name get pulled in, no matter how many times his name gets pulled in (there was this one drama melon with Dilreba that also kept pulling his name in— I think it was done some 5 to 6 times over a course of a year-and-a-half) and will always wait for either XZ Studio to confirm, the production to confirm, or himself to confirm

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            Education always pays off. While I never thought / understood it while studying, in life circumstances and jobs we are often guided by what we have learned.

            Most popular artists get lots of casting rumors. Sometimes as a strategy for them to sign on or just to publicize the project so that they can say A didn’t do the project so now B is doing it. This also creates unnecessary friction between the artists and pits them against each other in A vs. B scenarios.

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            Yea, a lot of people at the time were attacking Dilreba saying that she’s “desperate” and also attacking her team of people saying that they were using him for clout. I can sort of see why, since the rumour kept floating around and not only once or twice, but way more than that and for quite a long period of time, too

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            These kind of rumors can be rather disconcerting.
            Even the recent dating fiascos involving Korean artists were sad rather than newsworthy and before one could blink comes the news that they have called off the relationships.

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            I agree, when a piece of news— be it about the artist’s personal life (like dating news) or their work (dramas, movies, endorsements, etc.)— goes deeper than necessary and digs into the artist’s character as a person, then that’s disconcerting, regardless if it’s true or not. It’s why I hold so dearly those who are willing to vouch for each other in the biz and the celebrities who have long-standing friendships and collaborations, because that at least helps me and gives hints to me to see and feel that the celebrity being vouched for and whom has these longstanding relationships is actually a good person (like Xiao Zhan) versus someone who’s shifty and has all this work but doesn’t have many who would vouch for their character as a person nor stand by them personally as a person because they are silently being seen as problematic (I can think of a few, but I will refrain from naming names 😅)

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            While show business is essentially seen as fake I disagree. Firstly on-screen emotions cannot be just “acted” out it needs something more than a training as an actor to emote. Secondly given the nature of the work true, genuine people are truly respected.

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For those who watched— and loved?— the C-drama, “Meet Yourself”, the Grandma actress — or Nai Nai, as fan of the drama love to refer her as— is in another drama, “Best Choice Ever”. It’s on YT and also on the WeTV (a.k.a. Tencent) app as well if you’re subscribed to it. On YT here, CROTON should already have the English subs if anyone needs them

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    This just popped up on my Viki feed (US). Looks like the first 3 eps are being released tomorrow (Friday)!

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      I wonder what sort of terms— in regards to the timing of the release of the drama— does Viki have with C-drama networks. This drama, in particular, already has all 3 episodes up on this YT channel, CROTON, with subs. On the drama’s network’s app, WeTV (the international app for Tencent) 8 episodes have been released as of today.

      I know that even within China itself and between it’s domestic drama networks, if a single drama is being aired and/or streaming online simultaneously, one network (mot of the time, it’s the network that has produced the drama) will have the upper hand and will set out the terms (be it airing schedules or streaming schedules) for how the drama is pushed out, and much of these terms almost always relate back to the timing of when each episode is aired/stream by each respective network that is involved, as a way to prevent spoilers.

      E.g. The C-drama “The Oath of Love”, was produced by Tencent and also streamed online on their platform. The drama’s tv airing rights was sold to Hunan TV. Between the 2 networks, the terms they set was that Hunan TV would air the drama’s tv version of the episode-of-the-day first at 8:00PM, and then Tencent would upload their web version of the episode-of-the-day 2 hours later at 10:00PM. This was done as a tactic to avoid spoilers for those who watch the tv version versus those who only stream dramas online. Another factor at play— which also explains why the 2 networks involved were so cautious about their plan of action to prevent spoilers— was that at the time the censorship board gave this drama the “Okay” and it’s license to air & stream online, it approved 2 ever-so-slightly different versions of the drama, a tv version and a web version. Even though it’s 2 “different” versions, the only thing “different” was how the drama episodes were edited to start and end, yet, that is still quite the difference to a viewer’s experience. I personally found this way of going about it quite odd, but maybe the producers chose this path just so they could get the drama moving along and just air (it was filmed in 2019, didn’t air until 2022, because Xiao Zhan was caught in a cyber bullying controversy for most of 2020— he was the victim, sadly), as it’s said that it is easier to get a drama to pass the censorship board as a web drama than it is a tv drama, due to the fact that more families with children will watch tv together versus stream a drama together online (which makes sense imo) and the tv version needed to be “cleaner”. Yet, in the end, none of the actual content/ meat of the drama was ever even changed up for the tv version of this drama. I think the producers applied to the censorship board to have this drama reviewed as BOTH— a web drama and a tv drama— because they thought that as long as the drama was approved to air as either version, then it would be good enough.

      … Sorry, that was a really long and rambled replay. You can choose to ignore lol

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        I haven’t been watching c-drama long enough to have a bigger picture understanding of what’s going on, because the systems are so entirely different than in Korea. But it has definitely been my observation that things are changing, even in the short time I’ve been paying attention to it. I’m going to guess that the increasing popularity (and demand) internationally for c-dramas is causing production companies to scramble to change their systems so that dramas are released faster on OTT. Platforms are probably starting to bid more aggressively as viewers are wanting to see dramas “in real release time,” which they’ve been able to do with K-dramas for a while now. Subbers are also probably scrambling to keep up. The rush to make changes is showing up in weird episode release schedules, seemingly out of the blue drama launches, and things supposedly “slipping by” the censorship boards (if netz comments are to be believed). It will probably take some time for it to settle into a smoother rhythm, but I think the growing interest in c-drama is inevitable. With k-dramas starting to churn out more and more cookie cutter productions, c-drama has some unique qualities to offer drama lovers wanting to try something a little different. I hope this pressure will have a positive effect on k-dramas going forward, tbh

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          I agree! And I think Netflix has definitely caught onto the new trend and trajectory of popular dramas shifting from being Kdramas to now being Cdramas, ergo, there have been quite a handful of new Cdramas that have either appeared on Netflix as soon as it is done airing/streaming in China (“Amid a Snowstorm of Love”), or appear on Netflix in the middle of it’s run (the new Detective Dee” drama), or have new episodes appear on Netflix at the same time it is airing/streaming in China (“Everyone Loves Me”)

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      Just opened my iQiYi app (International version) and found it there, too! I guess Tencent sold the streaming rights to them as well

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        Are you going to watch?!

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          I think I will! I like Yang Zi and Xu Kai, though I’ve watched more dramas of the former than the latter. There’s also a veteran actress in this whom I had seen and watched in a previous drama and I absolutely adore her ♥️ I just might need a few days to adjust before I dive right in:
          I just finished a drama earlier this week and I’m also in-between some reading material and have other things on my watchlist, so my mind and emotions are a bit scattered at the moment. I think I’ll start this once I’m able to collect myself. It’ll also give this drama some time to air more episodes before I dive in, so I’ll have more to watch once I start

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    Just started watching it – it looks very interesting. I don’t lke the Chinese costume dramas but the modern dramas are so good.

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If anyone wants to smell like Cha Eun Woo, designer Tom For is your go-to. If anyone wants to smell like BLACKPINK’s Ji Soo, then head towards the Dior counter of the cosmetics store
https://www.allkpop.com/article/2024/04/want-to-smell-like-an-idol-here-are-10-fragrances-personally-worn-by-your-favorite-idols

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Ignore me if you must, but #FangirlingHour has commenced for me:
These 3 pics & 1 gif are of the same one man— let that sink in 🫠🤯 HOW??
Like wtf, Xiao Zhan?? 🤌🏻🤌🏻
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    Why wtf!? Just the many ways of looking adorable in white.

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      I mean to say that he’s so versatile as a person/human being. All of the pics depict and convey completely different things/feelings for me— cute, soft, ethereal, and 🥵– but somehow, it comes from a single person… Him ♥️ And it just blows my mind, ergo, “WTF” lol

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        Hahaha… human being are complex creatures. 😊 And thank God for that. Unlike one-note characters in dramas human beings display different emotions in different contexts.

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        While we do have interactions with *one* side of a person (especially when we’re not close to them) and tend to categorize them on the basis of that, the same person simultaneously has interactions with many others, showcasing different aspects of their personality.

        In media it takes a great artist to be able to portray different aspects of their personality even though the story may be pretty much one dimensional.

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https://www.soompi.com/article/1654098wpp/wonderful-world-finales-running-time-extended-to-90-minutes
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    Are you watching this.

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      I haven’t started watching and have only read the DB recaps for Eps. 1-2. I do intend to watch it– it’s the reason why I started my Disney+ subscription (besides also wanting to watch “Shogun”) but I just haven’t had the time to sit down and actually watch anything yet. This is one of those dramas I wanna be able to fully enjoy with undivided attention, but real life hasn’t allowed me the time and day just yet 😅 I mean, even though I’m busy, I am still watching stuff/have stuff playing in the background, but it’s stuff that I don’t find requires my undivided attention, whereas something as intense and great as “Wonderful Life”– it’s Kim Nam Joo for crying out loud! #girlcrush– I want to be able to give it my undivided attention in order to fully enjoy it

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Again, if people want/need a calendar for April



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XZ Studio and their random drops of things because they know fans miss him ♥️ Behind-the-scenes snippets from making his Boucheron ad campaign















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If anyone wants/needs a calendar & planner for April






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