Cool Stuff I Saw: April 2025

[phanero]

Busy busy month. So busy that I completely forgot to post this until weeks later!



Housing

- A reddit thread where a guy destroyed a load bearing wall... (Link)

Chinese History

- While playing Ashes of the Kingdom, the story mentioned Princess Shiyi who was executed for witchcraft, and in AotK, the characters surmised that she was executed because she had no secrets. (Link)

- Zuo Ci is one of the love interests in Ashes of the Kingdom lol. He was a philosopher. (Link)

Internet

- A guide on setting up a bilibili account. I might try setting one up through wechat. (Link)

Video Games

Ashes of the Kingdom

- Some reference guides (Link 1) (Link 2)

Love and Deepspace

- Chinese protocore guide (Link)

Chinese Entertainment

- Dong Sicheng talking about how the dance academy was pretty rough (Link)

- Dong Sicheng telling the story of how he fainted in South Korea one time while buying food. It was because he was extreme dieting and was very weak. The store boss put some sugar on his lips to give him some energy. (Link)

Korean Entertainment

Seventeen

Jun/Wonwoo

- I'm starting to read fanfic in Chinese. Here's a Wonhui one I stumbled upon. Otherwise I'm prowling AO3 since it seems to be the best archive. (Link)

Mingyu/The8

- A/B/O AU Twiter threadfic. (Link)