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If you see me crying in the club,,,yes you do

I'm in tears 🥰

I'm sad Word Of Honor is over. But at the moment I think I'm in denial, so in a few days it'll hit–

And I'll be in tears

Did I just cry over seeing the cutest fucking video of ZZH asking for a hug from one of his favourite basketball players?

....maybe I did (╥﹏╥)

山河令 Concert D2 in a Nutshell

Where all the older men in the cast ship WenZhou and GJ/ZZH are worried about whether they’d be allowed to broadcast

Han Han & Jun Jun: *sweats nervously* Uncles there are laws in place-

Heizi, Wang Ruolin & Huang Youming: IT IS TRUE LOVE! BEST WISHES!

GUYSSSSSS ZZH’S ENDING MESSAGE FOR GONG JUN I CRIED SO HARD

ZZH really, really, really dotes on GJ, there is no doubt about that, and they both care about each other so much

A close up of the hug.

I didn't get to see it this clearly yesterday... And now that I do, I have more feelings about this. Please bear with me

Looking at what @myu21 wrote (here) this became something else for me.

Throughout the entire time gong jun was giving his thanks, voice shaking and hands nervously shifting around before finding it's way to Zhehan's sleeve, Zhehan has been all smiles and supportive eyes. I have noticed that on both days of the concert, gong jun tends to go back to sticking to his han ge, in the way that he was finding his way back to his comfort space. Because this entire concert might have been more than overwhelming despite how well he has handled it.

It's not just that. Looking back at the days before, I found that whenever he felt alone, he would call for his han ge. Like when he was doing the da lao hu punishment, where he convinced zzh to at least sing with him and when he was bickering with HYM and instantly called Zhehan for backup.

Personally I think that Junjun is so instinctively reliant on Zhehan because time and time again, with every unsure step into a bigger world, every big programs and endorsement, he always had his han ge at his side, guiding him and protecting him.

Zhehan, at his turn, was stable, fondness in his eyes as he smilingly and bravely gave his thanks, giving every fan a place, and acknowledging the ship. So sincere and unwavering, eyes never leaving the audience, not to even look at gong jun who was at his side nodding to his every word.

And when he turns around to thank gong jun, sincerity in his bones, threading through his words, his gaze never leave gong jun. Once their eyes met, Zhehan's eyes started watering as the words "我永远都在" spilled from his lips laced with a smile.

I'm so thankful for this fancam because captured everything the livestream did not. Like the little tremble in gong jun's lips as he heard those words.

We saw that hug yesterday and how Zhehan pulled Gongjun back. And now I think it's to reassure Gongjun, who flung into his arms as a thankful affection, that this is not just fanservice or a formality, that he actually means it with every beat of his heart.

Zhang zhehan is as strong as he is soft hearted. He made a vow, one made very publicly at that. A vow to protect gong jun from whatever he has coming and a promise to face it with him even though he isn't someone strong enough to go ahead and do that without any repercussions. He singlehandedly shut down any oncoming rumors about how the cp is going to be split as they always do, because him and gong jun are not just a cp, they actually mean a lot to each other.

I want to protect this forever, as long as they will last. Because it's beautiful and I have never felt love like that before that it seems like a dream.

Despite how hard it was to let go of seeing them as Wenzhou, especially with how at the last minute of the concert, Zhehan was as much Ah Xu as he could be...

With this...

I will let this be my last time seeing them as Ah Xu and Lao Wen

江湖再见。。。

word of honor 山河令: zzs + playfully slapping/hitting wkx

bonus: life imitates art??

Interesting read written by Jjheejz

What is Fate?

[Part 5/5] WOH concert and after

WOH Concert (3-4 May 2021)

- The fact that they even have a drama concert

- Chinese have a traditional tradition of calculating auspicious dates (metaphysics). It can be calculated commonly for when to move in to a new house, bury a deceased, open a business, hold a wedding etc. 3 - 4 May were auspicious dates for Wedding and marriage registration.

- The concert was held at a stadium in Su Zhou, but the entire city was blatantly supporting everything and anything about WenZhou like it’s New Year’s Eve. Eg. Building, helicopter banners, bus advertising, drone show, lantern display, subway endorsement, city’s official account using WOH quotes applying to safety regulations, curated photo booths, life sized figurine of WenZhou (YouKu kept it as prideful display at their office entrance after the concert), crowds of fan support and cheers etc.

- Both of them were given the center of attention for the entire 2 days of WOH concert. It was WenZhou/JunZhe concert in disguise as WOH concert.

= This gave them both the opportunity to show what they feel for each other openly (whether as WenZhou themselves or as JunZhe)

- To have a stage to be what they are* and have fun, while being accepted and greatly supported by a sea of Mountain people (山人), no matter how one sees it, it’s an extremely touching form of support for them

*Disclaimer: obviously they weren’t 100% themselves, mindful of the fact that this stage was monitored by important media bodies (not exactly sure what kind, but somewhat government-ish regulators I presume), but their gaze and body language is just as natural as what they are.

= The fact that the country in general is not open to this kind of relationship, yet they were in a place where most of the people were supportive.

- Yes, there were some important bodies (or eyes) during the 2 days concert. Which was why all the actors and actresses were warned. For whatever reason they chose to continue in their own way, it’s daring consensus of support. And for whatever reason the regulators didn’t do anything (there weren’t any big news at all from them), is also a miracle.

- They had the opportunity to sing a duet on stage, live. For the audience, GJ’s singing skills started from November 2020, ZZH likes GJ’s singing, and 5 months later, they have a duet on stage.

- Official acknowledgement of cpfans

= First in history where the recognition was officially verbally mentioned in-person. You can say this fate belong to the fans.

- ZZH had the opportunity to vow a promise to GJ witnessed by X million of people in the stadium and those watching livestream, that he will always be there for GJ. He did not only vow as a companion to GJ, in ZZH terms, he actually vowed “I will love you forever” [ZZH on ‘love’ saga]

- The in-ear mic had the voices of the backstage crew’s coordination. ZZH took it off early, but GJ was still wearing them during the exchange. That itself is a stressor as the backstage coordinator must have warned extremely sternly and loudly and GJ was shakingly nervous. When ZZH was giving this vow (which in the concert BTS release, we see him say “Don’t I have a segment to speak to WKX?” Note, it’s WKX, not GJ), the backstage crew was cursing and swearing when ZZH went with “I have things to say to Jun Jun.” (as WenZhou, they have a disguise/a shield, with direct GJ, it’s just…danger danger red light) Try imagine being the backstage crew and going all mad and crazy over what ZZH said that moment.

= ZZH’s daring courage to say things like these was probably built up from his sportsmanship, hot-blooded passion from his past. It’s beyond my peasant mortal’s comprehension.

- Supporting Cast shenanigans and warnings for them, link here

After

- After the drama’s promotion period is over, solo fans expect the main leads to break up even as co-workers or say, being even in the same frame. This expectation is extremely strong in the industry for years. The same goes for JunZhe despite this time many are cpfans but they do know this prevalent expectation. So imagine crying over the vow and the next moment JunZhe is happily sticking to each other singing in the same frame as if they did nothing big a few hours ago.

= Debunking expectations, breaking many years of industry’s common consensus successfully. They invented after after-sales CP service.

- Stage, endorsements, film scripts, major public events, variety shows, top brands etc. Poured in, and although it’s all solo events, we see traces of the other half.

- Aside from that, we now see social media exchanges (almost always for the other half), brand endorsement captions (almost always about the other half), official brands partnering with each other because of them (despite being legit competitors) etc.

- The word 'support’ or at least 'love seeing them together’, is the general reason CPfans are fans of them. But to both GJ and ZZH, it really goes beyond the word itself. Acknowledging is just the beginning. ZZH does take LLD to heart and GJ is very interactive with LLDs in his own quirky way.

*From the [Star X Moon Saga], to the developed feelings because of this drama and actually accepting their feelings, to the fact that the pitiful budgeted amount for WOH was not well received at all before it was broadcasted but boomed records in the end, to the open shipping support by the production crew/casts/general media/fans/brands/cities, to the climbing successes and mountainous opportunities opened for GJ and ZZH overnight, everything was unprecedented and unexpected, but they all happened to the two of them.

Bonus

A fan went to a temple to check out JunZhe’s fate. You can only check for one person and she checked for GJ. She passed her result to a Master and he immediately tell her to give up because that person is taken and turned away. The fan quickly corrected and say she’s actually checking for someone else, the master turned back and checked her read again and said, everything is aligned to their favour, it’s blessed by the Gods. (If I can find the full article again, will add on more but that’s the gist, surfing in China made me love Google’s search engine algorithm so much more).

A few other fans who 抽签 (Chinese praying tradition - simply put: draw a stick of varying luck). They all got the bestest of luck for JunZhe. (Reading the readings, I’m just…in awe…I…)

= Borrowing the meaning of another famous novel title, to me, this is a true “Heaven’s official blessing” pair.

🌻To returning readers: Updated info are in purple for your easy references!

🌸Part 1 - Before filming here

🌸Part 2 - During filming here

🌸Part 3 - After filming, before broadcast here

🌸Part 4 - Broadcast/Promotion period here

🌻Will add photos after I’ve finished compiling them, busy these few days, will probably finish up everything by 8 July.

🌻Will add specific Saga series after I’ve finished uploading the photos

🌻[Ongoing updates] Will add if I remember or found new ones

🌻For long posts like this, I tend to look back for grammar and phrasing mistakes (sometimes info updates), so when you reblog for future references, do keep in mind that there may be updates in the original post! :)

word of honor 山河令: episode 36

“So the armory’s key was always on my head?”

This an amazing vid. I might not ship them in RL but their fondness for each other still gives me butterflies.

Cr. weibo[.]com/tv/show/1034:4628141046693982

i wrote an essay because i have feels

I would like to change my thoughts about this hug. (previous thoughts here) I’ve been listening to a livestream about WOH concert from an expert from the field of entertainment, endorsements and psychology as well as dealing with censorship. I very much trust her judgement about this, and I found her argument very persuasive and logical. I think sometimes when I read a lot of social media it’s very easy to believe in what the majority of people are saying, and thereby ignore the obvious or what is real. (I think at some point I will have to spend time and sit down and take notes from her hours and hours of livestream, so that I can help share the answer to “How did this pass censorship??”) (I also think most people talking about censorship in China don’t know how it actually works, including me, so I’m learning as I go)

Please stick with me through this long post, so that I can explain to you why I now feel this hug is at its essence this

and this

but for GJ and ZZH.

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