that’s just, like, your opinion, da-ge

btw did u listen to the playlist i made u yet

call me ray 👋 i am mostly here to stan jin guangyao, but you will also see xiyao, mysterious lotus casebook (and fanghua), nirvana in fire (and jingsu), and tgcf things on this blog

my sideblogs: @dailyayao @yaozongzhupressoffice @itwasabeautifulwebbing @fakerashid @rockfactswithjinghuan

#mdzs shitposting <- for the usual nonsense

#mdzs meta <- for when i take myself too seriously

#mlc shitposting <- less of it, but it's there

#ray watches mlc and #ray watches mlc (again) <- liveblogging my descent into fanghua hell

#ray reads tgcf <- watch me be normal about hualian

#lyb shitposting <- for nirvana in fire flavoured nonsense

#spotify <- music and playlists; i'm looking for a new, non-spotify home for my playlists, so this may change

i do have a ko-fi account that serves as a tip jar in the event that any of the edits i've made or the meta i've written has left a particular impact on you, and i am in the process of copying all of my meta (including mlc, lyb and tgcf) over to my dreamwidth archive because tumblr's search and tagging functionality are atrocious. if you see a footnote on one of my posts here cross-referencing with the dreamwidth account, it's not me trying to be pretentious, i'm just trying to make sure i don't lose track of what posts have been copied over, and which ones haven't.

some other points:

i know the cut of my jib isn't for everyone, so if you would prefer to not see or interact with me, head on up there and hit the block button.

i don't block unless someone is being a cunt at me personally, rather than my ideas, or unless they're being cunty towards one of my friends.

some shipping addenda because i am tired and cranky:

mdzs/cql: i don't mind if you ship n!eyao, n!elan, x!sang or x!cheng, but i really, really do not, and i don't want to see those ships turn up in the notes of my posts. please don't tag your reblogs of my posts with those ships.

mlc: the only ship i sail in this series is fanghua! please do me a solid and don’t tag stuff you reblog from me with d!hua or d!fanghua.

chepie I don't fucking know, like legit I could not tell you what the Actual Plot as intended is something about a glazed donut that got the whole sword society in a tizzy b/c some dead dude a decade ago tweaked out from mercury poisoning and all his secrets were kept in the burn book locked away in elsa's frozen palace.

Proposal: a much more interesting comparison, to me, is between the Yi City trio and xiyao + Nie Huaisang.

Here we have an honorable, utterly innocent cultivator (LXC&XXC) tricked into killing his closest confidant / soulmate (Song Lan&JGY) because of the selfish agenda of someone they trusted (Xue Yang&NHS).

And once this man realizes what he’s done, he wishes to be dead, too. 

Namaygoosisagagun First Nation/Collins has burned to the ground. The entire community is nothing but ashes after being quickly consumed by wildfires. They did not have any support from emergency services, and no one offered aid. The community saved themselves by escaping into boats because no one came.

Mishkeegogamang and Cat Lake have lost power. Families are ending up in shelters with nothing. Armstrong, Lac La Croix, Whitesand, Gull Bay, Lac des Mille Lacs are currently in the fires path and all members are being evacuated.

All this loss, all this devastation, and it was entirely preventable.

After steadily underfunding wildland firefighting and purposefully excluding Indigenous wildland firefighters and Indigenous wildfire organizations from wildfire operations, firefighter training, decisionmaking, and resource exchanges, in 2025, Doug Ford slashed the forest firefighting budget.

It's hard to ignore his decision to cut funding and leave us out of adequate fire training (even though we've lived with forest fires for thousands of years—far longer than settlers have been in Canada—and made sure fires like the ones we're all seeing today were prevented through kinisitotēn) when, despite making up less than 5% of the population, we account for 42% percent of all wildfire evacuations in Canada.

And when we are successfully evacuated, we face discrimination and racism—like Kashechewan—because it's always been easier to blame us than it is to blame the true culprit: denialism, corportate greed, and colonization.

The people of Collins and every other impacted community deserve better.

Right now, the AFN is currently accepting donations to help Collins First Nation. If you're able to, please consider donating.

ONWA (Ontario Native Women's Association) is another great place to donate to. They have outreach vans going to motels and inns and offering food, water, resources, and cultural support to those impacted by the wildfires.

Other places to consider donating to are Mikinakoos Emergency Fund, Red Cross, True North Aid, Indigenous Climate Action. You can also send donations directly to Whitesand First Nation via e-transfer ([email protected]) and they request that you add your full name in the e-transfer comment section to receive a tax receipt.

*Before sending money, verify that the appeal appears on an official First Nation, Tribal Council or registered charity channel.

If you can't offer financial support, please consider donating items of need. Moontime Connections is currently accepting drop-off donations. If you live in the Thunder Bay area, Namaygoosisagagun Health Office is also taking in donations! They can also bemailed to Superior Inn Hotel & Conference Centre at 555 West Arthur Street, Thunder Bay, ON, P7E 5P8.

items needed are: food, diapers, medical masks, men’s and women’s joggers (all sizes), children’s clothing (newborn to size 14), children’s shoes, summer clothing, men’s clothing, toiletries (lotion, Vaseline, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo, conditioner, soap, deodorant, etc.), strollers, adult depends-all sizes, dog & cat food

More than 180 wildfires are currently active in Northern Ontario, with around 70 out of control. Numerous First Nations communities are under evacuation orders and the city of Thunder Bay is already strained for support. The federal and provincial governments are not doing enough.

I am compiling donation links and resources on this website: https://northernontariowildfires.carrd.co/