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Lee
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Writer and occasional translator. Web novels, Xiao Zhan associated content, cdramas, football, many other fandoms. RPF friendly (emphasis on the fictional). 中文可以. She/her.

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Lee @aliasmarionette.bsky.social · Oct 24
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AO3
-> archiveofourown.org/users/stickmar…
Tumblr
-> stickmarionette.tumblr.com
Translations of XZ/X-Nine content
-> https://wakelet.com/wake/k10bHLYXdikoQLz7n_Wu9

Some current interests:
- The Spirealm
- mostly danmei web novels
- Xiao Zhan & associated
- Xia Zhiguang
- a bit of 2nd gen kpop
https://archiveofourown.org/users/stickmar…
aliasmarionette.bsky.social
The problem arises when you engage on this basis while everyone else assumes you're a true believer if you write fic. No, that's what the f stands for!

This idea that you must be a true believer to engage with the ship is so toxic and worryingly widespread, especially but not only in Asian fandoms.
caranthirs.bsky.social tar-minyatur’s court twink ✵ @caranthirs.bsky.social · 2d
my controversial opinion on rpf is that rpf is the part of celebrity fandoms i actually have less ethical qualms about because it’s framed as fictional. the posting in the belief that instead of fantasies these are truths about these people that you are just correctly perceiving is more worrisome
January 3, 2026 at 1:09 AM
aliasmarionette.bsky.social
Final bump for my #legendofzanghai fun modern AU!
aliasmarionette.bsky.social Lee @aliasmarionette.bsky.social · 2d
Yuletide reveals! I wrote:

be the ocean where I unravel
[Legend of Zang Hai, Zang Hai/Zhuang Zhixing, 13k]

🚩 Corporate intrigue, obnoxious/obscene wealth and deadly secrets
🚩 Fuerdai Zhuang Zhixing
🚩 Witchy personal secretary Zang Hai
🚩 Actual witchcraft
🚩 Red flags everywhere
Rating: Mature Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Category: M/M Fandom: 藏海传 | Legend of Zang Hai (TV) Relationship: Zhuang Zhixing/Zang Hai Characters: Zhuang ZhixingZang Hai (Legend of Zang Hai)Zhuang Luyin Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern SettingChinese Mythology & Folklorecanon-typical daddy issuesHigh Society Intriguerich heir Zhuang Zhixingfemme fatale Zang HaiSupernatural Elements Language: English Collections: Yuletide 2025 Stats: Published:2025-12-24Words:12,718Chapters:1/1Comments:5Kudos:15Bookmarks:4Hits:66 The first time Zhuang Zhixing met Zang Hai, he was lying on a couch in a VIP room deep inside one of Shanghai's most overpriced, fuerdai-infested clubs getting shit-faced on thousand-yuan a bottle baijiu and bourbon. Zang Hai could not have looked more out of place in his beautifully fitted three-piece suit, with a face straight out of a classical painting. Zhuang Zhixing found himself thinking that the entertainment at this place was of an impressively high standard these days. This man was pretty enough to be an idol. Only - "I didn't ask for company. Was it one of you shitheads?" He waved broadly at the rest of the room. "Ergongzi, Zhuang-dong sent me to take you home," the pretty boy said evenly, over a chorus of drunken hooting. Dissolute rich kid Zhuang Zhixing takes an interest in his dad's new secretary. He's not remotely prepared for what he finds.
January 2, 2026 at 9:29 PM
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aliasmarionette.bsky.social
Yuletide reveals! I wrote:

be the ocean where I unravel
[Legend of Zang Hai, Zang Hai/Zhuang Zhixing, 13k]

🚩 Corporate intrigue, obnoxious/obscene wealth and deadly secrets
🚩 Fuerdai Zhuang Zhixing
🚩 Witchy personal secretary Zang Hai
🚩 Actual witchcraft
🚩 Red flags everywhere
Rating: Mature Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Category: M/M Fandom: 藏海传 | Legend of Zang Hai (TV) Relationship: Zhuang Zhixing/Zang Hai Characters: Zhuang ZhixingZang Hai (Legend of Zang Hai)Zhuang Luyin Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern SettingChinese Mythology & Folklorecanon-typical daddy issuesHigh Society Intriguerich heir Zhuang Zhixingfemme fatale Zang HaiSupernatural Elements Language: English Collections: Yuletide 2025 Stats: Published:2025-12-24Words:12,718Chapters:1/1Comments:5Kudos:15Bookmarks:4Hits:66 The first time Zhuang Zhixing met Zang Hai, he was lying on a couch in a VIP room deep inside one of Shanghai's most overpriced, fuerdai-infested clubs getting shit-faced on thousand-yuan a bottle baijiu and bourbon. Zang Hai could not have looked more out of place in his beautifully fitted three-piece suit, with a face straight out of a classical painting. Zhuang Zhixing found himself thinking that the entertainment at this place was of an impressively high standard these days. This man was pretty enough to be an idol. Only - "I didn't ask for company. Was it one of you shitheads?" He waved broadly at the rest of the room. "Ergongzi, Zhuang-dong sent me to take you home," the pretty boy said evenly, over a chorus of drunken hooting. Dissolute rich kid Zhuang Zhixing takes an interest in his dad's new secretary. He's not remotely prepared for what he finds.
January 1, 2026 at 10:47 PM
aliasmarionette.bsky.social
Yuletide reveals! I wrote:

be the ocean where I unravel
[Legend of Zang Hai, Zang Hai/Zhuang Zhixing, 13k]

🚩 Corporate intrigue, obnoxious/obscene wealth and deadly secrets
🚩 Fuerdai Zhuang Zhixing
🚩 Witchy personal secretary Zang Hai
🚩 Actual witchcraft
🚩 Red flags everywhere
Rating: Mature Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Category: M/M Fandom: 藏海传 | Legend of Zang Hai (TV) Relationship: Zhuang Zhixing/Zang Hai Characters: Zhuang ZhixingZang Hai (Legend of Zang Hai)Zhuang Luyin Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern SettingChinese Mythology & Folklorecanon-typical daddy issuesHigh Society Intriguerich heir Zhuang Zhixingfemme fatale Zang HaiSupernatural Elements Language: English Collections: Yuletide 2025 Stats: Published:2025-12-24Words:12,718Chapters:1/1Comments:5Kudos:15Bookmarks:4Hits:66 The first time Zhuang Zhixing met Zang Hai, he was lying on a couch in a VIP room deep inside one of Shanghai's most overpriced, fuerdai-infested clubs getting shit-faced on thousand-yuan a bottle baijiu and bourbon. Zang Hai could not have looked more out of place in his beautifully fitted three-piece suit, with a face straight out of a classical painting. Zhuang Zhixing found himself thinking that the entertainment at this place was of an impressively high standard these days. This man was pretty enough to be an idol. Only - "I didn't ask for company. Was it one of you shitheads?" He waved broadly at the rest of the room. "Ergongzi, Zhuang-dong sent me to take you home," the pretty boy said evenly, over a chorus of drunken hooting. Dissolute rich kid Zhuang Zhixing takes an interest in his dad's new secretary. He's not remotely prepared for what he finds.
January 1, 2026 at 10:47 PM
aliasmarionette.bsky.social
T-thank you, XZ Studio rehearsal vlog 😳

#xiaozhan
January 1, 2026 at 9:08 PM
aliasmarionette.bsky.social
I translated the cute segment from the Dragon TV Gala where Lin Hai made XZ speak Shanghainese

#XiaoZhan
January 1, 2026 at 10:44 AM
aliasmarionette.bsky.social
Here's XZ's performance of the Gezhi Town theme last night at the Dragon TV NYE Gala in HD:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCNd...

#XiaoZhan
【2026东方卫视跨年】神颜！肖战的状态实在是太好了！演唱《得闲谨制》非粉都震撼的程度！#东方卫视跨年
YouTube video by SMG音乐频道
www.youtube.com
January 1, 2026 at 8:36 AM
aliasmarionette.bsky.social
Thread of cute little clips from the Dragon TV gala:

1) XZ giving one of the dancers a high-five at the end of his performance.

You can see the girl starting to freak out about it as she's running out of frame 😂

#XiaoZhan
January 1, 2026 at 3:07 AM
aliasmarionette.bsky.social
Interrupting my XZ posting to say that you should watch Carly Rae Jepsen on Bilibili's NYE gala where she performed Call Me Maybe and Run Away With Me with a full orchestra:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xker...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbZo...

Absolutely stunning.
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (Live from Bilibili New Year’s Eve Gala 2025)
YouTube video by TRA
www.youtube.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:41 PM
aliasmarionette.bsky.social
In 2020, XZ's Our Song crew (Lin Hai, Na Ying, Ayanga) and Dragon TV publicly supported him at a crucial time.

In 2025 XZ returned to Dragon TV's NYE gala as the headliner with his red ocean.

#xiaozhan
Group selfie from 2020 with Lin Hai, Na Ying, Xiao Zhan and Ayanga Group selfie from 2025 with Xiao Zhan in the middle, taken by Lin Hai. Also featuring Chen Duling, Wang Anyu and Yu Shi among others.
December 31, 2025 at 10:38 PM
aliasmarionette.bsky.social
XZ's two looks for the Dragon TV NYE gala.

First is Saint Laurent and the black is custom Gucci.

#xiaozhan
Xiao Zhan posing in a purple trenchcoat with a massive ring on his finger Xiao Zhan posing with a custom red sparkly microphone in a black suit Xiao Zhan performing on stage in a purple trenchcoat Xiao Zhan performing on stage in a black suit
December 31, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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cdramanews.bsky.social
ZANG HAI! ZANG HAI! ZANG HAI!
cdramacup.bsky.social bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 4d
GRAND FINAL TODAY

a legendary clash to finish out our inaugural #CdramaCup

...drum roll please...

Legend of the Female General v. Legend of Zang Hai

(vote link in post below)

#CdramaCup2025
a crop from a poster image for #cdrama 《Legend of the Female General》featuring Cheng Lei in black armour, holding a sword, looking battle worn and fierce, and in front of him Zhou Ye in white fur, holding a sword, looking battle worn and even fiercer. a crop from a poster image for #cdrama 《Legend of Zanghai》featuring Zhang Jingyi (left) reclining in a blue robe with a drink in her hand, Xiao Zhan (largest, at the front) in profile wearing a red minister's robe and a black head covering with wings, Zhou Qi in elaborate green robes, holding a partially unsheathes sword, and Huang Jue in red ducal robes, glowering.
December 31, 2025 at 12:30 AM
aliasmarionette.bsky.social
This translation is now complete!

#xiaozhan
aliasmarionette.bsky.social Lee @aliasmarionette.bsky.social · 7d
🧵

Translated excerpts from the January 2026 Elle cover story

#xiaozhan
Xiao Zhan on the cover of Elle in a white shirt and a colourful tie. He's wearing a scarf on his waist. Xiao Zhan on the cover of Elle in a sports coat over a suit
December 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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faungrove.bsky.social
drew his boyfriend too 💋 #svsss
December 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
aliasmarionette.bsky.social
Xiao Zhan as:

- Wei Wuxian in The Untamed
- Zang Hai in Legend of Zang Hai
- Gu Yiye in Ace Troops
Xiao Zhan as Wei Wuxian, with his head turned. His eyes look amber in the light. Xiao Zhan as Zang Hai in red court robes, under lamp light Xiao Zhan as Gu Yiye in military uniform with dirt on his face
December 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
aliasmarionette.bsky.social
Zhou Yiran and XZ on her hilarious difficulties shooting the scene in #GezhiTown where her character slaps his.

#XiaoZhan
December 30, 2025 at 10:15 AM
aliasmarionette.bsky.social
Uh I'm a novelist and scriptwriter married to an insanely codependent masochistic movie star and I'm also in a relationship with another formerly straight movie star who is a fuerdai

(Great book. Too spicy for every single webnovel platform because of the poly v ending.)
the-wanlorn.bsky.social The Wanlorn @the-wanlorn.bsky.social · 5d
LMAO I'M UNEMPLOYYYYYYED
December 30, 2025 at 1:09 AM
aliasmarionette.bsky.social
Congratulations to #legendofzanghai, the number one drama of 2025 by total view count according to Lighthouse with 2.875 billion!

It's also the drama with the highest view count per episode 🤗

#xiaozhan
Post from Lighthouse with all of Legend of Zang Hai's achievements Lighthouse's chart of the top 10 dramas
December 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Reposted by Lee
ritasnep.bsky.social
heads up that bluesky doesnt show posts from other languages by default on your timeline, and its cutting you off from a lot of the community

go to bsky.app/settings/lan... and deselect any language from this setting, or else you might not see any of the new japanese users at all!
December 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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faungrove.bsky.social
shen qingqiu #svsss
December 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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nubreed.bsky.social
I love this crossfandom initiative so much! OP made a version for shawols and stays in this thread too :)
tkinsights.bsky.social TK @tkinsights.bsky.social · 6d
💜BTS ARMY, feel free to use these graphics far and wide to do what you gotta do!

Other KPOP FANS, if this is an issue for you - feel free to take and use also!

If you need it in your fandom colors, plz comment the colors

cuz this shit is not cute!

SENSIBLE KPOP FANS UNITE!
🫡🫡🫡
Cute colored text saying "stop fucking asking them to speak english" Cute colored text saying "stop fucking asking them to speak english" Cute colored text saying "stop fucking asking them to speak english" Cute colored text saying "stop fucking asking them to speak english"
December 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
aliasmarionette.bsky.social
The Boucheron bracelet and pin worn by XZ on the cover of Elle retail for RMB 8,000,000+ combined (about USD$1 mil) 😳

That arrow necklace? 5 mil RMB.

#xiaozhan
Xiao Zhan on the cover of Elle A diamond wristband Xiao Zhan wearing an arrow necklace Arrow necklace made of diamonds and white gold
December 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
aliasmarionette.bsky.social
🧵

Translated excerpts from the January 2026 Elle cover story

#xiaozhan
Xiao Zhan on the cover of Elle in a white shirt and a colourful tie. He's wearing a scarf on his waist. Xiao Zhan on the cover of Elle in a sports coat over a suit
December 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
aliasmarionette.bsky.social
The Chinese artist who designed this Sean Suen scarf and tie was delighted to discover her work on the cover of Elle magazine, modelled by XZ. They complimented the whole look and said they were honoured.

Original post: xhslink.com/o/v07PTzrzka

#xiaozhan
Xiao Zhan posing in a colourful scar over a white blazer Xiao Zhan posing with a colourful scarf around his waist and a colourful tie The artist's RedNote post showing the Elle cover, the scarf on Xiao Zhan and the model and the original drawing The original drawing of a man sleeping
December 27, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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aliasmarionette.bsky.social
Fic post!

The Depths of the Sea
[Legend of Zang Hai, Zang Hai/Zhuang Zhixing, 24k]

🌊Set during and after the show
🌊Feat. Zhuang Zhixing's daddy issues
🌊Exactly as much twisted psychosexual subtext as canon
🌊Sometimes you imprint on an extraordinary person and it's life changing and unfortunate
Rating: Mature Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Category: M/M Fandom: 藏海传 | Legend of Zang Hai (TV) Relationship: Zhuang Zhixing/Zang Hai Characters: Zhuang Zhixing, Zang Hai (Legend of Zang Hai), Zhuang Luyin, Zhuang Zhifu, Ming Xiang Antu, Jiang Xiang Additional Tags: Character StudyCanon CompliantFirst TimeJealousyIntrigueConsent IssuesBittersweetPeriod Typical Attitudescanon-typical daddy issuesCanon-Typical Psychosexual DynamicsCanon-Typical Supernatural ShenanigansXiang Antu/Zang HaiHints at Zhuang Luyin/Zang Hai Language: English Stats: Published:2025-11-26Words:24,517Chapters:1/1Hits:0 The Depths of the Sea Summary: Of course, Zang Hai was brilliant and kept the Marquis' affairs in good order and always said the right things and was pleasing to look at. He was also transparently vicious and conniving and ambitious, all in the name of climbing to the Marquis' side and becoming his one and only right hand. His father would enjoy the challenge of taming such a wild creature. Which red-blooded man could resist? It was a heady brew so potent it could make anyone drunk without realising. Zhuang Zhixing was just as susceptible, lapping up any sign of affection like a parched man suddenly laying eyes on a mountain spring, its sweetness just as potent when he well knew it was poison. When Zhuang Zhixing is seventeen, he meets the one who will mould him into a new shape, change the course of his life and steal his heart.
November 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM