Ling Jiushi (Lin Qiushi) staring at Ruan Lanzhu (Ruan Nanzhu) with a tumblr post that says, "Good luck sending me mixed signals, I don't even understand the direct ones."

Ling Jiushi (Lin Qiushi) trying not to laugh at Ruan Lanzhu's (Ruan Nanzhu) antics with a tumblr post that says, "this borders on insane, but luckily ur still within the diva threshold so I can only applaud you"

Ruan Lanzhu (Ruan Nanzhu) tormenting Ling Jiushi (Lin Qiushi) and Li Dongyuan with a tweet that says, "'can you behave' yes, if I wanted to, but this is so much funnier."

Ling Jiushi (Lin Qiushi) backed against a wall by Ruan Lanzhu (Ruan Nanzhu) with a Tumblr post that says, "The psychological thriller of figuring out what you want and what you're going to do about it"

Lingling not even attempting to control his man because he's hotter when he's being A Problem: a series
#TheSpirealm #致命游戏 #LingJiushi #LinQiushi #NanQiu #LanJiu

The viral "that sign can't stop me because i can't read" meme featuring Ling Jiushi (Lin Qiushi) and the writing on the bathroom wall from the Zuozi door

Low hanging fruit, sure, but still extremely necessary.
#TheSpirealm #致命游戏 #LingJiushi #LinQiushi

Ruan Lanzhu reaching into the [redacted for spoilers] void overlaid with a tumblr post that says, "[one single bloodcurdling agonized scream] ok time to lock in"

Ling Jiushi from behind, sitting at a futuristic computer putting on a VR headset, overlaid with a tumblr post that says, "ok. enough suffering now. i am seeking out delight"

Yi Manman, Chen Fei, and Lu Yanxue smiling, overlaid with a tumblr post that says, "FOUND family??? you think i just found them like this??? babes this is FORGED family. Me & the bros were scrap metal in a junkyard (very valuable, very sharp, very dangerous, uncared for) and we GOT IN THE FUCKING FIRE TOGETHER. WE did this. we said I AM NOT LEAVING YOU and melted into each other for better or for worse (it’s for better) and we are A FUNCTIONAL UNIT now. DO NOT SEPARATE. BATTERIES FUCKING INCLUDED. FOUND family my ass, we built this non-nuclear family unit from the ground up, don’t devalue this!!! it was is and will be a labour of love!!!"

RLZ and LJS smiling at each other, clasping hands, with an overlaid tumblr post that says, "This is your captain speaking and yeah we’re not landing. I just feel like we’ve got a really good thing up here and I don’t want to ruin it. This is my home and you are my people. We never have to go back"

Did a rewatch of the end, and got way too emotional so now it's time for flippant humor as a defense mechanism. 💪
#TheSpirealm #致命游戏 #NanQiu #RuanNanzhu #LinQiushi #RuanLanzhu #LingJiushi #ObsidianFam

RLZ and LJS staring intensely at each other, with an overlaid tumblr post that says, "*holds your hand* OUR doomed narrative now"

RLZ and LJS staring at each other with tears in their eyes, with an overlaid tumblr post that says, "death will not do us part you stupid cunt"

An angry, grieving LJS staring at the room where he thinks RLZ has just died (off screen), with an overlaid tumblr post that says, "love when fictional men are so devoted to their partner it makes them dangerous and insane. very slutty behavior keep it up king"

RLZ and LJS staring at each other across the 12th door space void, with an overlaid tumblr post that says, "To some people you're an NPC. To other people, you're the special, unlockable character that they worked and worked to finally get- and when they do they're so happy because they got the game just so they could find you."

Ling Jiushi being super normal about Ruan Lanzhu hours
#TheSpirealm #致命游戏 #NanQiu #RuanNanzhu #LinQiushi #RuanLanzhu #LingJiushi

Ling Jiushi (Lin Qiushi) in The Spirealm, speaking to Chen Fei with a confused expression overlaid with a pair of Tumblr posts that say "can someone recommend some beginner normal behaviors for someone looking to become normal" and "Be immune to ghosts. And weak to fighting types."

Ling Jiushi (Lin Qiushi) in The Spirealm, speaking to Ruan Lanzhu (Ruan Nanzhu) with a confused expression overlaid with a Tumblr post that says "They should invent a type of flirting where I can tell when it's happening"

Ling Jiushi (Lin Qiushi) and Li Dongyuan in The Spirealm, staring at each other, each with a confused expression overlaid with a pair of Tumblr posts that say "it's psychological horror to YOU. to me it's a romcom" and "it's a romcom to YOU. to me it's psychological horror."

Ling Jiushi (Lin Qiushi) in The Spirealm with a confused expression, speaking to an amused Wu Qi, overlaid with a pair of Tumblr posts that say "honestly there's always been something really wrong with me but whatever" and "Not that there's anything wrong with having something wrong with you"

Ling Jiushi (Lin Qiushi), everyone. He wants everyone to know that he totally understands how normal human interactions and friendships work. He's GREAT at this actually.
#TheSpirealm #致命游戏 #ZMYX #LingJiushi #LinQiushi

Ling Jiushi (Lin Qiushi) and Ruan Lanzhu (Ruan Nanzhu) in The Spirealm overlaid with a Tumblr post that says, "horror is a romance genre"

Ruan Lanzhu (Ruan Nanzhu) in The Spirealm staring at Ling Jiushi (Lin Qiushi) while he sleeps, overlaid with a Tumblr post that says, "can I come over aned be pretty in ur room"

Ruan Lanzhu (Ruan Nanzhu) in The Spirealm staring intensely at Ling Jiushi (Lin Qiushi) , overlaid with a Tumblr post that says, "did my bite marks mean nothing to you"

Ruan Lanzhu (Ruan Nanzhu) in The Spirealm gazing adoringly at Ling Jiushi (Lin Qiushi) who is lit from within overlaid with a Tumblr post that says, "such a profound sense of delight when I realize that a piece of media is matching my freak to the very letter. there are creators out there who are my exact kind of sicko and we are reaching out to each other as if across the cosmos"

LanJiu (NanQiu), being extremely normal, as usual.
#TheSpirealm #致命游戏 #NanQiu #RuanNanzhu #LinQiushi #RuanLanzhu #LingJiushi #LanJiu

Lin Qiushi in an armchair, holding up a key. Chestnut the cat is in his lap. He is staring at the viewer, looking unimpressed. Ruan Nanzhu is perched on the arm of the chair looking down at him.

Ruan Nanzhu on a couch with Chestnut the Cat in his lap. Lin Qiushi is standing behind the couch leaning down to take Ruan Nanzhu's hand. A red earring is visible in his right earlobe.

The OG boys! 🗝️🧟🚪
Please enjoy these book!NanQiu memes I made to brighten the TL.
#KaleidoscopeOfDeath #死亡万花筒 #LinQiushi #RuanNanzhu #NanQiu

A screenshot of the top of Ailsa's fic Allegro con moto, linked below

Fic: "Allegro con moto" 3.4K | Rated E | Canon Compliant (for both the drama and the novel) | Spoiler Free! | PWP | Motorcycle Sex | Sprint Fic | Link ⤵️
#TheSpirealm #致命游戏 #KaleidoscopeOfDeath #死亡万花筒 #NanQiu #RuanNanzhu #LinQiushi #RuanLanzhu #LingJiushi

Ling Jiushi (Lin Qiushi) in The Spirealm gazing adoringly at Ruan Lanzhu (Ruan Nanzhu) overlaid with a Tumblr post that says, "his sad eyes and fat cock have captivated me"

Ruan Lanzhu (Ruan Nanzhu) in The Spirealm gazing adoringly at Ling Jiushi (Lin Qiushi) overlaid with a Tumblr post that says, "he's such a cringe loser, but those big brown eyes have enchanted me"

They're like two sides of the same coin. 🥰
#TheSpirealm #致命游戏 #NanQiu #RuanNanzhu #LinQiushi #RuanLanzhu #LingJiushi #LanJiu

Black and white sketch of two faces partly obscured, one by darkness covering the right eye and part of the forehead and the other face partly obscured by the left side of the face running off the page.

Squeaking in Under the #wipwednesday line, here's a sketch. Well, it started out as a sketch, but now I have an idea to take it further, so it counts as a #wip

#digitalart #Spirealm #fanart #ruanlanzhu #linqiushi

Li Dongyuan from The Spirealm staring at Ruan Lanzhu (Ruan Nanzhu), who is facing away from him, with a slightly longing look on his face. Zhuang Rujiao is in turn looking at him. The image is overlaid with cropped screen shots from Duolingo that say, “That beautiful girl does not want to talk to me," and "那个美眉不想跟我说话.”

I dunno, actually, methinks the lady doth protest too much.
#TheSpirealm #致命游戏 #NanQiu #RuanNanzhu #LinQiushi #RuanLanzhu #LingJiushi #LanJiu #KaleidoscopeOfDuolingo

Ling Jiushi in The Spirealm, asking Ruan Lanzhu about his intentions for the future. Ruan Lanzhu stares at the ground, and there is a windmill on the horizon behind him.

Hey fellow nerds, do we think that the windmill in the background here during *this* specific scene/conversation is an accident, or do we think it's an intentional nod to Don Quixote and his Impossible Dream?
#TheSpirealm #致命游戏 #NanQiu #RuanNanzhu #LinQiushi #RuanLanzhu #LingJiushi #LanJiu

Ling Jiushi (Lin Qiushi) holding Chestnut (Lizi) in his arms. Chestnut's tongue is extended touching the end of his tiny pink nose.

Paused on a Very Good #blep from Lizi, here, and obviously I needed to share it with y'all.
#TheSpirealm #致命游戏 #ChestnutTheCat #CatsofDanmei #LingJiushi #LinQiushi

Ruan Lanzhu (Ruan Nanzhu) from The Spirealm standing with Ling Jiushi (Lin Qiushi) in a cloudy, surreal setting, overlaid with cropped screen shots from Duolingo that say, “我们当然不想分手," and "of course we don't want to break up.”

In summary...
#TheSpirealm #致命游戏 #NanQiu #RuanNanzhu #LinQiushi #RuanLanzhu #LingJiushi #LanJiu #KaleidoscopeOfDuolingo

死亡万花筒の林秋石と阮南烛（女装）のイラスト

林林和萌萌 #kaleidoscopeofdeath #死亡万花筒 #南秋 #RuanNanzhu #LinQiushi

If you can't get a girlfriend, you can always find a substitute. Just saying.
#TheSpirealm #致命游戏 #NanQiu #RuanNanzhu #LinQiushi #RuanLanzhu #LingJiushi #LanJiu #KaleidoscopeOfDuolingo

Ling Jiushi (Lin Qiushi) in The Spirealm, looking confused as Ruan Lanzhu (Ruan Nanzhu) offers him a ring on a chain necklace overlaid with a Tumblr text post that says “friends with benefits? what, like dental?"

Gao Dawei and Ling Jiushi in The Spirealm looking through notebooks in their dorm room, overlaid with Tumblr text posts that say: - I don't think sex on tv is appropriate unless you see the cock otherwise it's manipulating the viewer and basically gaslighting the audience - What about violence in movies? - glad you asked, they also have to show cock.

An angry Ling Jiushi (Lin Qiushi) in The Spirealm overlaid with a Tumblr text post that says “what if i 😳 what if i tore the world asunder for one person 👉 👈 what if i caused incalculable suffering across the universe 🤭 for one life"

Ling Jiushi (Lin Qiushi) in The Spirealm, looking confused at Ruan Lanzhu (Ruan Nanzhu), overlaid with a Tumblr text post that says “narrator who's terrible at social cues & describes every facial expression as 'unreadable'"

Hot mess rumpled disaster protagonist of my dreams
#TheSpirealm #致命游戏 #NanQiu #RuanNanzhu #LinQiushi #RuanLanzhu #LingJiushi #LanJiu

A screenshot of Zhuang Rujiao, Li Dongyuan, Ruan Lanzhu (Ruan Nanzhu) and Ling Jiushi (Lin Qiushi) in The Spirealm overlaid with a text message conversation: Person 1: can you come collect your freak of a man please. he's doing things. Person 2: no i set him loose on purpose. he needs enrichment.

Actual text message conversation between Zhuang Rujiao and Ling Jiushi during the Zuozi door.
#TheSpirealm #致命游戏 #ZhuangRujiao #RuanLanzhu #LingJiushi #LanJiu #NanQiu #RuanNanzhu #LinQiushi

Ling Jiushi (Lin Qiushi) in The Spirealm with his arm around Wu Qi, introducing him to Chen Fei and Yi Manman (offscreen), overlaid with cropped screen shots from Duolingo that say, “住在这里很舒服," and "Living here is comfortable."

It's so comfortable here! It's definitely not a cult!! Absolutely 100% cult free living guaranteed!! No pyramid schemes here!!! WE PINKY SWEAR!
#TheSpirealm #致命游戏 #LinQiushi #LingJiushi #WuQi #KaleidoscopeOfDuolingo

Ruan Lanzhu (Ruan Nanzhu) from The Spirealm looking exasperated with Ling Jiushi (Lin Qiushi) who is facing away from the camera, overlaid with cropped screen shots from Duolingo that say, “My boyfriend is not romantic," and "我的男朋友不浪漫.”

He is a work of ART and he is in love with a PHILISTINE 😤
#TheSpirealm #致命游戏 #NanQiu #RuanNanzhu #LinQiushi #RuanLanzhu #LingJiushi #LanJiu #KaleidoscopeOfDuolingo

Huang Junjie with cuts and bruises on his face in a brown leather jacket looking thoughtfully at something off-camera

A young and soft-looking Xia Zhiguang staring adoringly at something off-camera

Okay so this pair of images is either from a Spirealm Role-Reversal AU or a Kaleidoscope of Death foray into the OG timeline. Pick your poison.
#TheSpirealm #致命游戏 #KaleidoscopeOfDeath #死亡万花筒#NanQiu #RuanNanzhu #LinQiushi #RuanLanzhu #LingJiushi #LanJiu

Ling Jiushi (Lin Qiushi) in The Spirealm, gazing adoringly at Ruan Lanzhu (Ruan Nanzhu) off-screen, overlaid with cropped screen shots from Duolingo that say, “I do" and "我愿意.”

Do you, Clown, take this Slut to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, til death do you part?
#TheSpirealm #致命游戏 #KaleidoscopeOfDeath #死亡万花筒 #NanQiu #RuanNanzhu #LinQiushi #RuanLanzhu #LingJiushi #LanJiu

#kaleidoscopeofdeath #死亡万花筒 #RuanNanZhu #LinQiuShi #阮经烛林秋石 #南秋 🐶🐶

A screen shot from Discord: "Watching Spirealm EP12 for fic research reasons and I NEVER FUCKING REALIZED that in this moment LDY puts a giant pause in the middle of his sentence in the most hiLARIOUS fucking way. Rujiao asks him right around 33:00 "Why are you being so nice to him, he's a dude?" (When LDY offers to air out his bedding) And he replies... "这我女朋友... " and then he trails off and the camera gives us a split second of this abjectly SHOCKED PAIR OF CLOWN FACES: [screen shot of Ruan Lanzhu and Ling Jiushi looking startled] and then LDY says, "...的哥哥." My Chinese is poor so it definitely took me til now (this is probably the fourth time I've watched this scene) to notice but it just made me lose my mind laughing and I wanted to share the moment of delight. I'd never processed that beat of silence before. and the subtitles do not do it justice. LOOK AT THEIR FACES"

Every time I re-watch an episode of #TheSpirealm I notice something new and delightful. The Zuozi Door's disaster polycule might be my very fav scooby gang, tbh.
#TheSpirealm #致命游戏 #RuanNanzhu #RuanLanzhu #LiDongyuan #LingJiushi #LinQiushi #RuanBaijie

Ruan Lanzhu (Ruan Nanzhu) sitting at a table next to Ling Jiushi (Lin Qiushi) in The Spirealm overlaid with a Tumblr text post that says, "the two genders are 'i no longer wish to be perceived' and 'i have to be the most fuckable person at the grocery store'"

Ling Jiushi (Lin Qiushi) in The Spirealm overlaid with a Tumblr text post that says, "he's in my mind crossdressing"

Ruan Lanzhu (Ruan Nanzhu) in The Spirealm overlaid with a Tumblr text post that says, "it's very important that i am both cute and powerful"

Ruan Lanzhu (Ruan Nanzhu) and Ling Jiushi (Lin Qiushi) in The Spirealm looking at each other, overlaid with a pair of Tumblr text posts that say, "No babe the green ribbon around my neck stays ON during sex" and "So no head?"

NanQiu (LanJiu) + Text Posts, Part 5
#TheSpirealm #致命游戏 #KaleidoscopeOfDeath #死亡万花筒 #NanQiu #RuanNanzhu #LinQiushi #RuanLanzhu #LingJiushi

Okay so, same AU, but this is after LQS's inevitable glow-up. RNZ is completely in love 😍. LQS is just as oblivious to RNZ's heart eyes in this AU as he is in canon, tho 😔.
#TheSpirealm #致命游戏 #NanQiu #RuanNanzhu #LinQiushi #RuanLanzhu #LingJiushi #LanJiu
(Photo edit is mine.)

Ruan Nanzhu and Lin Qiushi in The Spirealm, facing each other with intense expressions, overlaid with a Tweet that says “characters who were raised to be weapons is good but characters whowere raised to be shields, who don't believe they have any worht outside of protecting others, hit different. especially when you put those two character types in teh same story and make them kiss"

Submitted without comment.
#TheSpirealm #致命游戏 #KaleidoscopeOfDeath #死亡万花筒 #NanQiu #RuanNanzhu #LinQiushi #RuanLanzhu #LingJiushi #LanJiu

Ling Jiushi (Lin Qiushi) from The Spirealm sitting at Ruan Lanzhu's (Ruan Nanzhu) bedside, overlaid with cropped screen shots from Duolingo that say, “我的男朋友生病了,我想请假照顾他." and "My boyfriend is sick, I would like to take a day off to take care of him."

There were frankly too many moments in canon I could have chosen from, for this one. HEY! Both of you! STOP GETTING HURT!! 🗞️
#TheSpirealm #致命游戏 #NanQiu #RuanNanzhu #LinQiushi #RuanLanzhu #LingJiushi #LanJiu #KaleidoscopeOfDuolingo

Ruan Lanzhu (Ruan Nanzhu) from The Spirealm standing next to Ling Jiushi (Lin Qiushi) who is holding Chestnut the cat in his carrier, overlaid with cropped screen shots from Duolingo that say, “My boyfriend loves cats," and "我的男朋友爱猫.”

Cat Person (derogatory)
#TheSpirealm #致命游戏 #NanQiu #RuanNanzhu #LinQiushi #RuanLanzhu #LingJiushi #LanJiu #KaleidoscopeOfDuolingo

Ruan Lanzhu (Ruan Nanzhu) from The Spirealm holding Chestnut the cat, looking fondly at Ling Jiushi (Lin Qiushi) overlaid with cropped screen shots from Duolingo that say, “My cat often greets me affectionately," and "我的猫经常热情地迎接我.”

His cat greets him affectionately and when he's lucky, Chestnut does too.
#TheSpirealm #致命游戏 #NanQiu #RuanNanzhu #LinQiushi #RuanLanzhu #LingJiushi #LanJiu #KaleidoscopeOfDuolingo