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Round 1, Match 89 — Cherry Emoji Twitter vs. Fanfare

Cherry Emoji Twitter, also called Hoe Twitter or CET, is a fashion aesthetic that centers around being attractive and erotic, but also being very mischievous and bad while doing so. This aesthetic is a movement of sexual liberation for women, without the corporate meddling involved in similar aesthetic Femme Fatale. CET is beautiful, rich, and shamelessly sexual with a red and cherry-patterned theme. The visuals of Cherry Emoji Twitter are distinct and sexy, usually in the form of mood boards that are mostly pink in color, pictures of girls decked in sexy or pretty outfits while bloody, etc. They can overlap with Bubblegum Bitch visuals. These visuals include very sexy or cutesy pink or red outfits, pictures of cherries, usage of feminine colors, blood or gore, drugs, famous TV and book characters with the fashion and character style of the aesthetic, and succubus imagery.

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Fanfare is an aesthetic surrounding circuses and carnivals, temporary events that involve spectacle, fun, and excitement because of their rarity, various rides and attractions, and interesting, sometimes mysterious people that operate the circus/carnival. Western culture has tropified imagery associated with circuses because of media and the traditions associated with going to these events. Circus acts and carnival attractions typically are seen as separate and evoke different emotions that are amplified with costumes, stage presence, and color scheme. In fanfare, all of these elements are combined, creating a varied yet cohesive aesthetic that utilizes this large range of different positive emotions to amplify the novelty associated with fanfare. Common visual elements include ring leaders, elaborate costumes with top hats, coattails, and braided trim, clowns, trapeze artists, animal acts, strongmen, fortune tellers and/or spiritual mediums, crystal balls, striped tents (especially red and white), pennant garlands, lightbulbs, fonts that are associated with vintage spectacle, hand-drawn lithograph posters, candied apples, corndogs, cotton candy, popcorn, soft pretzels, bumper cars, carousels, ferris wheels, and roller coasters.

These are collection of college entrance test (CET) review materials and also additional advises to make the entire study experience more easy for the person taking on this task. The additional advices is more about scheduling your time and know about important dates regarding college application. It should be noted most of these materials are dedicated for Filipino learners taking on college entrance test (CET) from Philippine colleges, so many of them are recommended or created by Filipinos. Those specific review materials would be highlighted in bold red letter.

I’m looking for someone 20+ who’d be down to play Leon for me, and of course I’d happily play a character for you in return!

I’m also a huge fan of Until Dawn, so if you’re into that too, I’d love to write something for that or even mix both universes.

I can do MxF and FxF. For Resident Evil, I’m comfortable playing Carlos, Luis, or Ethan, but I’m definitely open to trying other characters as well!

I’d really love someone who’s also into chatting about the RP, sharing ideas, and just vibing together—maybe even becoming friends if it clicks. I’m super into Pinterest, headcanons, TikToks, moodboards… all of it.

As for NSFW, I’m pretty open-minded and don’t really have limits off the top of my head right now.

One thing though: I do enjoy age gap dynamics, so if that’s something you’re not comfortable with, we might not be the best match 🫶

CET timezone, discord, 3rd person

I'm truly fascinated by your photography and videos of Chongqing and I have decided to visit China in the future, in fact I am already studying chinese! I have a couple questions, I'm not sure if I'm asking the right person here, but you seem to travel a lot so I thought I could ask, how can I approach learning about china and its language? I am studying through youtube courses (and of watching various videos about life over there) but I am missing a vital part, which is culture, I was wondering if you know or know someone/something that could help me with culture?

that's all, again, thanks for the photography, the pictures are so good!

I was fortunate to begin my journey learning Chinese and all things China in college (and ended up getting a PhD in East Asian Studies--long story!), so I would recommend starting with a formal education in a University setting if possible. Studying abroad through a program like CET or CIEE or working in China as an English teacher are also fantastic and genuinely life-changing opportunities.

If those are not an option, for language, the first thing I would recommend is downloading the dictionary app Pleco, which is easily the greatest Chinese learning resource ever made. It is free to use and comes prepackaged with a lot of features, but you can also pay one-time fees to add additional dictionaries and other functions (it is the only app I have ever spent money on in my iPhone!). I have used it for fifteen years now and have accumulated over 30,000 flashcards!: https://www.pleco.com/

For culture, textbooks like Ebrey and Walthall's East Asia: A Cultural, Social, and Political History (2014) and Rana Mitter's Modern China: A Very Short Introduction (2016) are helpful primers for familiarizing yourself with the culture and history of China. While these textbooks are now a little outdated, you should be able to find them for free online (if you know where to look).

One thing that has fundamentally changed about the Chinese language-learning landscape since I first started in 2011 is the number of resources available online: There are countless language programs and individual Chinese teachers who offer courses and advertise their programs on Instagram and TikTok; even just by following their accounts you should be able to make a lot of progress, as they often teach a lot of basic but very useful vocabulary and grammar.