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aworldforastage · 10 months

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Novels I read for the audiodrama cover art

judge a book by the cover of its adaptation ~

钟情 by 静水边 on Mao'er FM -- We have dragons, capes, and swords, in space! Are they real or symbolic? What genre is this actually? I never read a space-themed danmei or any original guide/sentinel stories, so this picture totally hooked me for the novelty.

心眼 by 北南 on Manbo-- This cover art actually sketches out a story instead of "just vibes". Why is this guy leaving? Why did the other person take until the train station to try to stop him? Are the big red headphones over the ears important symbolism to contrast or complement the "eyes" in the title?

我成了虐文女主她亲哥/I Became the Older Brother of the Heroine in an Abusive Novel by 刘狗花 on Mao'er FM -- You can just tell the boy in white is Best Boy™ who deserves ALL the cookies and encouraging pats on the head. The boy in blue is obviously trying to be cool and ready to bite the head off anyone who is mean to Best Boy™, so he also deserves cookies and a pat on the head.

督主有病/Governor’s Illness by 杨溯 on Mao'er FM -- Bare branches, autumn leaves, and dramatic winds. Based on my years of watching c-drama, two people looking at each other like this under a pavilion are almost certainly headed for a dramatic and/or tragic confrontation. This picture is promising beautiful, poetic angst.

君有疾否/Jun You Ji Fou by 如似我闻– on Mao'er FM -- That gremlin's little smile and adoring expression while he plays with his partner's hair! The intimacy implied by the the bare forearm, loose hair, and untied cloak! The reservation and uncertainty in one partner's expression, contrasted with their physical closeness! This relationship is going to be so much to unpack!

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number-1-harumi-hater · 5 years

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whoopstheregoesanother · 5 years

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aworldforastage · 1 year

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2023 Q1 Reading Recap

Writing up my thoughts on these 10 danmei titles (out of 15) that I read in the first three months of 2023.

相见欢/Joyful Reunion

天官赐福/Heaven Official’s Blessing

督主有病/Governor’s Illness

日落大道 /Sunset Boulevard

我成了虐文女主她亲哥/I Became the Older Brother of the Heroine in an Abusive Novel

魔尊他念念不忘/The Demon Venerable’s Wistful Desire

唇齿之戏/The Plays of Lips and Teeth

粉黛/Concealed and Blended: Fendai

妃嫔媵嫱/Fei Ping Ying Qiang

铜雀春深/Tong Que Chun Shen

(audiodrama cover art for Joyful Reunion, Governor's Illness, Sunset Boulevard)

I don't have a good reason for the cheesy song lyrics except that my mind was very preoccupied by Taylor Swift songs when I was writing this up ….

Famous titles: "I got a list of names, and yours is in red, underlined"

I finally got to four widely-recommended titles that has been sitting in my personal to-read-list for nearly a year. And honestly? Yeah, I think they are worth the hype.

相见欢/Joyful Reunion -- In a crumbling empire plagued by foreign threats and an impending succession crisis, young Duan Ling learns that he is the crown prince who needs to take on the burden of saving his nation. He eventually meets a love interest who gives him the exact type of warmth, strength, and security that he needs on this journey. Joyful Reunion stands out to me for a supporting cast that act like people who want to live and thrive in their society, not characters rounding out someone else's story. There are no chess masters who can see three steps ahead or control the entire board, but each party moving their own pieces end up creating a Gordian knot for the protagonist anyways. On top of all this, Duan Ling still manages a very satisfying coming-of-age arc.

天官赐福/Heaven Official’s Blessing -- No introduction needed of course. I'm not the biggest fan of Hualian, but MXTX, as usual, wins me over with a universe full of people, relationship dynamics, and themes that can stand up to dissection under a microscope: there is just SO MUCH going on. To me, TGCF is a story about power, self-concept (including moral values), love, and the sacrifices people make for them. It's very similar to MDZS in that it exposes systemic flaws in the world and society that remain (mostly) immutable, but still gives individual characters (mostly) happy endings, and arguably at the character-level it's a bit happier than MDZS … I think?

督主有病/Governor’s Illness -- On his first trip off the mountain at twelve, Xiahou Lian saves a young master around his own age from assassination and learns what it means to be born and raised in Qielan, a mysterious assassin organization. Everyone he knows is meant to eventually die for Qielan, but that little young master, the titular future Governor, gives him hope and faith in the potential of life. I have never met two characters who like each other so much who are so bad at getting together. This feels like an old-school wuxia story about sects, secrets, honor, and growth, but it's also a brutal deconstruction that highlights the dark side of this way of life, and the practical and psychological cost of wielding the power to kill.

日落大道 /Sunset Boulevard -- Zhang Jue breaks Chen Boqiao out of prison when the latter is framed for a crime. Chen Boqiao barely remembers them having attended the same high school, but Zhang Jue has been secretly in love with him for a decade. Ka Bi Qiu's writing style is smooth like fine silk; it elicits vivid imagery and emotions with deceptively simple language. I think its one relative weakness is that the plot feels very thin aside from the relationship arc, but its only around 160K words long and the relationship arc has earned a reputation as one of the most well-known "insecure one-sided secret pining" stories in all of danmei.

(audiodrama cover for I Became the Older Brother of the Heroine in an Abusive Novel, The Demon Venerable’s Wistful Desire)

Rebirth and Transmigration: "I think I've seen this film before and I didn't like the ending"

I read four novels in this category, though the two I really like at the moment are straight-forward novel transmigration stories -- kinder treatment from a transmigrated "canon fodder" turns scary "boss" character into a puppy-like love interest.

我成了虐文女主她亲哥/I Became the Older Brother of the Heroine in an Abusive Novel -- Cannon fodder in palace intrigue novel tries to change his family's ending by befriending the "villain", who decides he'd like to be more than friends. It's soft and fluffy because the love interest never gets close to his supposed darker persona after the protagonists' intervention. I really enjoyed the part with them temporarily living in the palace as teenager, a very heartwarming process of kindness begetting kindness. The "hidden main plot" in the story is also very engaging.

魔尊他念念不忘/The Demon Venerable’s Wistful Desire -- Teen transmigrator ends up in the body of the boss's canon fodder nemesis in a Xianxia novel, and becomes very committed to avoiding or being nice to the future Demon Venerable. The original novel plot completely veers off track because the (future) Demon Venerable is now only interested in find his missing cultivation partner and dual-cultivating with him. There is a subplot about the hypocrisy of the so-called righteous sects, but this story is mostly a feel-good romantic comedy in the xianxia setting.

P. S. Is there some unwritten rule that novels in this genre must have very long titles???

(audiodrama cover art for The Plays of Lips and Teeth, and Concealed and Blended: Fendai)

Pleasant surprises: variations on familiar themes

Entertainment/celebrities: "The camera flashes make it look like a dream"

This genre often makes us think of idols, musicians, and actors, often A-lister who are secure in their fame and talent. This quarter I read two different takes with this setting:

唇齿之戏/The Plays of Lips and Teeth actually tracks very similar to other celebrity stories, in which the fame and talent of the main characters are never challenged. However, focusing on more specialized careers like that of a host/producer and a comedian/xiangsheng performer is a refreshing change; needing to worry about things like bosses and management makes their careers feel a bit more down-to-earth.

粉黛/Concealed and Blended: Fendai explores the intersection of artistry, identity, sexuality, and fame, also through a story about atypical individuals in the industry: a "cross-dressing" celebrity makeup artist and professional gamer-turned-actor. Both main characters are uncertain about their purpose and the personas they put on to stay in the industry, and it's a story about their personal growth as well as professional achievement.

Concubines and consorts: "But it dies, and it dies, and it dies a million little times"

The concubines, aka non-official spouses, are among the most widely vilified demographics in cnovels, even though they are often the most powerless people in that dynamic. They are given the spotlight in two HE stories I found this quarter. (Warning: the "husband" in both stories are intimate with other members of his harem.)

妃嫔媵嫱/Fei Ping Ying Qiang tries to do a realistic take on the male concubine, who needs to clear significant personal and political hurdles to stand next to his prince. The concubines, male and female, do not enter their marriages intending to become manipulative usurpers of the wife's affection, in a narrative that shows it's only human that they hope to have affection in their family and survive this life with dignity.

铜雀春深/Tong Que Chun Shen makes a protagonist out someone who would usually be a failed romantic rival. Contrasted with the reserved and stubborn foreign prince, its the character who does not guard his sexuality, who leans into his partner's expectations, and who does not come from noble origins or have the political capital to fully assert himself, who finally gets to have his feelings and dignity put in the spotlight.

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aworldforastage · 1 year

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2023 Reading Log

In order of completion...

(Audiodrama art for The Plays of Lips and Teeth, Concealed and Blended: Fendai, Joyful Reunion)

1. 唇齿之戏张佩奇 -- The Plays of Lips and Teeth [#cczx]

2. 粉黛七世有幸 -- Concealed and Blended: Fendai [#fendai]

3. 天潢贵胄漫漫何其多

4. 我成了虐文女主她亲哥刘狗花 -- I Became the Older Brother of the Heroine in an Abusive Novel [#nwnz]

5. 相见欢非天夜翔 -- Joyful Reunion [#xjh]

6. 陛下万安决绝 -- Your Majesty, Be at Ease [#bxwa]

7. 总裁的狮子驯养日记患者阿离

8. 妃嫔媵嫱七月侯 -- Fei Ping Ying Qiang [#fpyq]

9. 铜雀春深北有乔木St

10. 不枉余酲

11. 天官赐福墨香铜臭 -- Heaven Official's Blessing [#tgcf]

12. 魔尊他念念不忘墨西柯 -- The Demon Venerable’s Wistful Desire [#魔尊他念念不忘]

13. 书穿后被暴君标记了池翎

14. 督主有病杨溯 -- Governor’s Illness [#dzyb]

15. 日落大道卡比丘 -- Sunset Boulevard [#sunsetblvd]

16. 火焰戎装水千丞 – Blazing Armor [#hyrz]

17. 内娱第一花瓶三三娘 [#dyhp]

18. 邪门的爱情出现了丧心病狂的瓜皮 -- Evil Love Appears [#邪门的爱情出现了]

19. 花瓶困倚危楼 -- Flower Vase [#花瓶困倚危楼]

20. 太平长安盐盐Yany -- Placid Chang’an [#tpca]

(Mao'er audiodrama cover for I Became the Older Brother of the Heroine in an Abusive Novel, and Governor’s Illness , and Ximalaya audiobook cover for Blazing Armor)

21. 恰如其分菡萏花开

22. 逢狼时刻吕天逸 -- Meeting the Wolf

23. 亡命之徒的退休生涯 FOX -- The Retirement Life of a Runaway Desperado [#wmzt]

24. 望春冰符黎

25. 凛冬岑寂长不出青苔

26. 荒野植被麦香鸡呢 -- Wilderness Vegetation [#hyzb]

27. 作践十步方寒 [#作践]

28. 可一可再反舌鸟 [#可一可再]

29. 隐婚久陆

30. 残疾战神嫁我为妾后刘狗花 -- After the Disabled God of War Became My Concubine [#cjzs]

31. 楚囚林萨

32. 贪恋莫以风 (original AD)

33. 富贵长安五朵云 -- The Rich And Honorable Chang'an

34. 交易沦陷在下小神j [#交易沦陷]

35. 臣服墨奈何/墨青城 -- Surrender (Book 1) [#臣服]

36. 臣服II 墨奈何/墨青城 -- Surrender (Book 2) [#臣服2]

37. [重生]昨年素飞柳

38. 每天都想抱崽的Omega 杳杳一言

39. 苏长清倒霉的一生月色霜华

40. 渠清如许清明谷雨

(audiobook cover art for Wilderness Vegetation, AD cover art for 作践, After the Disabled God of War Became My Concubine)

41. 泾渭情殇请君莫笑 (GL) -- Clear and Muddy Loss of Love [#jwqs]

42. 然后就爱了 viburnum

43. 九千岁[重生] 绣生 [#九千岁]

44. 游龙随月耳雅 [#ylsy]

45. 小福晋半缘修道 [#小福晋]

46. 三嫁咸鱼比卡比 -- Married Thrice to Salted Fish [#sjxy]

47. 合意楚寒衣青 [#合意]

48. 陛下有一段白月光天北闻秋 [#陛下有一段白月光]

49. 暗河长明冷山就木

50. 欲言难止麦香鸡呢 -- Eternities Still Unsaid Till You Love Me [#欲言难止]

51. 老婆是顶级Alpha，我该怎么办海藻大王 [#老婆是顶级Alpha]

52. 有名木更木更 -- In Name Only [#有名]

53. 心毒初禾 -- Poison of the Heart [#心毒]

54. 危险人格木瓜黄 -- Dangerous Personality

55. 穿成苏培盛了一渡清河 [#ccspsl]

56. 为什么这种A也能有O 图南鲸 -- Why Is It Possible For This Type Of A To Also Have An O? [#为什么这种A也能有O]

57. 寒武再临水千丞 -- The Return of Cambrian Period [#hwzl]

58. 奉君侧之十年心天娜

59. 奉君侧之生死劫天娜

60. 龙血/养父水千丞 -- Dragon Blood

(Mao'er audiodrama cover for Clear and Muddy Loss of Love, In Name Only, and Dragon Blood)

btw ... I feel obligated to disclaim that just because I finished a novel doesn't mean I don't regret it or would recommend it ...

Books which I have read significant amount but stopped (but think I would like to finish someday ... )

剑名不奈何淮上 -- The Sword Named No Way Out

电竞魔王集结营青梅酱 -- The E-Sports Circle’s Toxic Assembly Camp

长安少年游明月倾 --

德萨罗人鱼深海先生 -- Desharow Merman [#德萨罗人鱼]

余污肉包不吃肉 – Remnants of Filth

忧郁先生想过平静生活青色羽翼 -- Mr. Melancholy Wants to Live a Peaceful Life [#yyxs]

魔尊也想知道青色羽翼 -- Devil Venerable Also Wants to Know

不要在垃圾桶里捡男朋友骑鲸南去 -- Don’t Pick Up Boyfriends From the Trash Bin

情敌每天都在变美公子于歌 -- Your Rival in Love Gets Prettier Every Day

燎原不问三九 -- Wildfire

沉舟楚寒衣青

楚天以南大风不是木偶 -- Under Clear Skies

乱世为王顾雪柔/非天夜翔 -- To Rule in a Turbulent World

人鱼陷落麟潜 -- The Fallen Merman

谁把谁当真水千丞 -- Winner Takes All

凤于九天风弄 -- Feng Yu Jiu Tian

营养过良芥菜糊糊 -- The Nutrition is Too Good

Tags for works I haven't started reading:

六爻 Priest -- Liu Yao: The Revitalization of Fuyao Sect [#liu yao]

台风眼潭石-- The Eye of the Storm [#tfy]

判官木苏里 -- Panguan [#panguan]

#danmei reading log

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