Ep2: How to Go Unnoticed - A Lesson by Spymaster Zhou Zishu

[ID: 6 gifs of Zhou Zishu in his “forgettable beggar” disguise from the beginning of Word of Honor ep 2. In all of them he’s wearing blue robes and holding onto alcohol in an ornate brass vessel. Gif 1: zzs lifts up the vessel and nods a little. Gif 2: zzs bows at wkx, trying to avoid his apology. Gif 3: zzs is hiding behind hte brass vessel and pauses to really look at wkx. Gif 4: zzs lifts up the vessel in a defensive but polite gesture. Gif 5: zzs gestures with the vessel at gu xiang who just make a face at him. Gif 6: zzs drops his act and sways as he watches gu xiang and wkx walk away.]

Ep 6 Word of Honor (Shark Contrast) Jaws Theme VS Baby Shark

Turn Around 转身 (By Zhang Zhehan) Song Lyric Translation

转身

Zhuǎnshēn

Turn Around

作词 : 张哲瀚

(Lyrics by Zhang Zhehan) Note: he also sings it. I’m obsessed. 

Ep 6 - Wound Tending Tenderness

This scene was so intimate! I was screaming at the show.

The first gif is just the most amazing Gong Jun puppy eyes! And pretty much every action after wkx hits zzs’s acupoints are so tender. I am dead

I found this gem on weibo...

So coarse translation for those who need it:

Q1: What would you say if your girlfriend said to you, "I ran into your ex at the hospital. She broke a bone. Do you want to give her condolences?"

Zzh: why you were at the hospital? Are you not feeling well?

Q2: what would you say if your girlfriend spilt ice cream on your golf club or shoes or something you really treasured?

Zzh: I'd ask her: the ice cream spilt. Do you want me to buy you another?

Hosts: this isn't you! Why are you doing this? I thought we were keeping it real!

Zzh: I am! This is the real me.

Hosts: we don't believe it. Did someone give you the questions before hand?

Zzh: no. Isn't this real? This is just how someone should treat their girlfriend.

Hosts: you're not like this irl.

Zzh: you don't give me enough credit. It's because you've never been my girlfriend

Voice over at end: 55555 I want to be zzh's gf!

Note: 55555 is wuwuwuwuwu aka crying noises

Look at his gremlin face. He's such a little piece of sh*t. I love it.

Which Acupoints?!?! Or an investigation of Nipples and Nails

So tonight I was working on a Zhou Zishu centric drabble and my progress was halted by a very important issue: which acupoints are his nails in? Which meridians do they block?! Are they actually on acupoints or just arbitrary in Word of Honor? 

I asked some friends if they knew, checked the novel for mentions of specific acupoints, gave up, and spent an hour and a half trying to figure it out. For the last 45 minutes of my efforts, @aowyn​​ joined me on this quest. 

What I know: acupoints are defined by relative position on the body. In chinese they’re called xué 穴 which means cave/cavity. Many acupoints are between bones or in points that can be thought of as dips in the body. My mother liked pinching my 虎口穴  (Hǔkǒu xué) as a kid. It’s the center of the muscle between your thumb and the rest of your hand. And let me tell you, if you hit it just right it HURTS. I’ve seen a diagram where you put your hand over someone’s knee and where your thumb naturally lands is supposedly an acupoint. The temple (太阳穴, tàiyángxué)  is a squishy spot on your head -- another acupoint. 

THERE ARE ACUPOINTS ALL OVER and all of them are on some sort of meridians. There are twelve principal meridians and two centerline ones. Many are mapped to internal organs. 

Embarking on this I assumed that the nails were placed symmetrically and the three different nails on each side of ZZS would be (ideally) on meridians affecting different organs. Looking at snips from ep 32, this is confirmed: 

You send me this ask right after I spent too much time on weibo, huh?

Are you stalking me (kidding).

And really, he is such a little sh*t and I love that about him. Just the, "you have to listen to gong jun sing!!! Make him sing!! It's the best!!" And practically falling over laughing. Yeah... Sounds like fun.

As for your other point, I think these photos help bridge how he is perceived in my brain. He goes from boyish and energetic to aesthetic and serious really well.

Zzh is such a thirst trap...