ok, more mdzs translation fuck-ups
but hilarious ones, see!
Someone misplaced nie mingjue’s and lan xichen’s dialogue in this panel. So it looks like Jin guangyao suggested to a (high or drunk) Zewu-jun something he misunderstood completely, and Nie Mingjue is there to shout some reason into him...
JGY: Er-ge, a little bird told me you got some new, exotic tea...
LXC: *high as a kite on new exotic tea* BIrDs talk TO YOU???
JGY: What...
LXC: I WANT TO TALK TO YOU! I must become a BIRD!
JGY: No, that’s not...
LXC: I must FLY! I will be a bird!!
NMJ: *barging in* Brother, that’s not what he meant...
LXC: MOVE! LET’S SEE WHO DARES STOP ME!
126 notes
·
View notes
MDZS Volume 2, page 316. Lan Xichen offers to teach Jin Guangyao Cleansing (”Purification Tone” in Seven Seas translation.) The very next part of the flashback is Nie Mingjue threatening to burn Nie Huaisang’s fans because he can’t find his sabre. He does not burn the fans. Nie Huaisang says “Please don’t! They were a gift from someone!” which suggests that them being gifts from Jin Guangyao was not a motivation for this.
Jin Guangyao interrupts and offers to play cleansing.
Page 320: “From that point, Jin Guangyao would rush from Lanling to Qinghe every few days and play the purification tone to help Nie Mingjue purify his mind. He did this to the best of his ability, without a single word of complaint. The purification tone was indeed mysterious and effective. Wei Wuxian could clearly sense the resentful energy lurking within Nie Mingjue’s heart being surpressed, and the conversations and interactions they had while the guqin played were like those they’d shared in the past when they had yet to fall out with each other.
“Perhaps being unable to get away from the reconstruction of the Cloud Recesses was only an excuse on Lan Xichen’s part. Perhaps he only wanted to give Nie Mingjue and Jin Guangyao an opportunity to ease the tension in their relationship.
“But the thought had only just occurred to Wei Wuxian when an even more maniacal fury surged up within Nie Mingjue.”
He then throws off two disciples and barges into the Blooming Garden, where Jin Guanyao and Lan Xichen are talking - this indicates that Jin Guangyao was not playing at the time of the rage fit.
He physically attacks him, and yells at him about Xue Yang. They have that massive fight you know the one, blah blah no excuses bring me Xue Yang’s head, blah blah you know what fuck you YES I’m more important than the people I killed.
Then he gets kicked down the stairs.
“After the kick Nie Migjue gave him, Wei Wuxian had thought Jin Guangyao would keep to himself a little while. But, unexpectedly, he still showed up at the Impure Realm as usual a few days later.”
This time, Nie Mingjue actually does burn Huaisang’s things. Jin Guangyao has not played for him yet when he does this. He’s only just arrived.
Jin Guangyao then promises that if Nie Mingjue gives him two more months, he will bring him Xue Yang’s head. Then he plays.
“One day,” less than two months later - there may have been many playing sessions in this time - Nie Mingjue overhears Jin Guangyao telling Lan Xichen that he feels unsafe. Nie Mingjue feels betrayed by this because Jin Guangyao was being perfectly friendly with him earlier. He goes into a rage that develops into a qi deviation.
OK! So! These are the facts. Here are my interpretations:
- “But the thought had only just occurred to Wei Wuxian when an even more maniacal fury surged up within Nie Mingjue.” - seems very sudden and unprovoked! Seems like a resentful energy issue. He is pre-disposed to this from Nie cultivation, so it’s unclear whether this was influenced by Jin Guangyao. Wei Wuxian doesn’t note whether or not Jin Guangyao had played for him yet this visit, but since he was somewhere else talking to Lan Xichen, it wasn’t a direct result of the playing.
- It is ambiguous whether or not the music changed. Ambiguous. Meaning, not clearly stated in the text. Meaning, multiple valid interpretations of the text. Meaning, the author intended for there to be multiple valid interpretations of the text.
- However! Jin Guangyao’s sudden promise to bring Nie Mingjue Xue Yang’s head does lend itself to the interpretation that he has now decided to kill Nie Mingjue.
- I personally agree with this interpretation.
61 notes
·
View notes
Today the “dark lipstick looks amazing but you know what looks even better? dark lipstick smeared across naked skin!”-cellbrain was in charge.
I am currently working on making my sketches look more presentable and also on practicing different body shapes. So I tried to make Meng Yao look rather slim (he kind of turned out looking a bit too toned in my opinion but oh well) while going for a more strongman like physique for Nie Mingjue. :)
[image ID: 3 digital sketches of Nie Mingjue, Lan Xichen and Meng Yao aka Jin Guangyao from The Untamed/MDZS in a modern au setting, showing them to their hips. Meng Yao’s hair is braided in his canon hairstyle. While he is wearing a pair of pants, his torso is naked and covered in dark red lipstick marks. One of his arms is raised to push his hair back to show off the marks at his neck. He is looking at the viewer with a smug smile.
Lan Xichen’s hair is half pulled up in a messy bun, half falling down his back. He is wearing a lose shirt. One hand is raised into mid-air, holding a dark red lipstick which he is half-way through applying to his lips. His eyes are closed and he looks happy and relaxed.
Nie Mingjue is also wearing pants while his torso is naked and covered in dark red lipstick marks. One of his arms is raised as he is currently wiping at another mark on his cheek, smearing it across his skin. He is looking at the viewer. His hair is pulled up into a messy ponytail. He has a sidecut and both of his arms are covered in tattoos made of different geometric patterns. End ID.]
307 notes
·
View notes
Hope you're Ready!
Cause it's Day Three!
Today's prompts, coming at you hot (or cold):
Savour, Punish, Guilt
Today's question:
Positive Propaganda! Talk about what you like about Novel Gui Mian or Drama Ye Zun!
5 notes
·
View notes