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i just binge-read all of the current chapters of Aisha that are out now and WOAH. not only is the art absolutely gorgeous but the story is constantly keeping you guessing.
now i probably should have read Ayesha’s Secret first but i saw Aisha on tiktok and was too impatient 😭😭😭 next update is august 10th so i’ll most likely read Ayesha’s Secret in the meantime!!
#i recommend it but if you’re sensitive to stuff like inc*st p*dophilia and just straight up 1800’s shit than take caution 😭😭#this was my first manhua!! and it was fucked up!!#aisha#ayesha’s secret#manhua#not big on the whole aisha/sean thing but it’s probably better in ayesha’s secret cuz…#these wholeass mental stepsiblings ranged from age 12-14 should not be getting in the boat i’m SORRY#aisha manhua#manhwa#ayeshah’s secret
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if I had a nickel for everytime I dropped a manhua simply bc I didn't like how my favs were being treated I'd have two nickels which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice
one of them was The Stereotypical Life of a Reincarnated Lady bc Edith was so badly horribly fucked by the author I immediately dropped it after her breakdown scene and the other one was I Choose The Emperor Ending bc I just knew Cain was going to be left behind to dust the minute he started being affectionate to Rino lord second ml syndrome is getting me
#ediths breakdown chapter....good lord how can you fuck up something so simple to not fuck up#not only she has to even have that moment at the first place..she has to apologize?!#for what? feeling emotions?#good lord#the stereotypical life of a Reincarnated lady#manhua#i choose the emperor ending#i will WIPE MY ASS with ediths storyline#take this as you will i just wanted to rant about it.#i appreciate the creators hard work into making their creations so accessible#i just didnt like the plotlines of these specific characters that i happened to like. dont take it to heart
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Restless Rewatch: The Untamed, Episode 40 part one
(Masterpost) (Pinboard) (whole thing on AO3)
Warning! Spoilers for All 50 Episodes!
Agree to Disagree
The juniors are arguing because Sizhui said that some demonic cultivators might have good intentions. According to Jin Ling that means that Sizhui is celebrating the murders of Jin Ling's parents, or something.
(Actor) Peixin Qi uses forehead-squinching as a primary acting tool, which would be perfectly fine if he wasn't playing a character with a red dot between his eyebrows.
He goes on to say that Wei Wuxian is the evillest of them all, way eviller than Xue Yang. Which in sheer numbers of victims, is probably a fair point. But Xue Yang was way more of a dick.
Ouyang Zichen is all of us when he asks Jin Ling to chill the fuck out.
Sizhui apologizes even though Jingyi is ready to throw down on his behalf. It's unclear if this helps, because Hanguang-Jun chooses this moment to arrive. He immediately defuses the situation with the power of stinkeye.
(more after the cut!)
More Than Meets the Eye
Many differences between CQL and the novel are adaptational choices - Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji's deep, early friendship; the yin iron plot, Jiang Cheng being loveable, etc. Changes like that, I normally don't point out, because adaptations are AUs, in my view, and can be enjoyed separately from their sources.
Other changes are driven by censorship, however, and in those cases I think it's fair to look to the novel and its less-censored adaptations for a peek at what's happening off camera. Particularly when there are scenes and interactions in The Untamed where the show seems to be deliberately pointing to the novel to fill in the blanks.
This moment on the stairs is one such scene. In the show, Lan Wangji carries liquor upstairs to Wei Wuxian, and the juniors react with shock; Jingyi drops his chicken out of his mouth and Sizhui stuffs it back in there.
They are shocked because he bought liquor, and that's the extent of their reaction.
In the Donghua, Manhua, and Novel, Lan Wangji is dragging Wei Wuxian up those stairs, having drunkenly tied him up with his headband.
First he stops to show his prize to the juniors, who have basically the same reaction in every version of the story, including Jinygi dropping his chicken and Sizhui stuffing it back in his mouth. In the novel, however, Sizhui does that to stop Jingyi from saying anything to Lan Wangji & his captive.
The liquor, in all versions, is a clear sign of how much Lan Wangji has mellowed since his youth. In case we need another reminder, we learn here that he let Sizhui get a tattoo on his finger.
Every parent will tell you, you gotta pick your battles.
Returning to to the timeline in which no visible bondage is occurring, Wei Wuxian is sitting around in the room upstairs waiting for Lan Wangji. Wasn't he busy talking to Lan Xichen when Lan Wangji went into the inn to shut the kids up? How did he get upstairs before Lan Wangji? Never mind, never mind.
Wei Wuxian goes to look out the window and Wen Ning appears, hanging off the roof like a dork, or like someone who has seen that one Spider-Man movie and is hoping for some upside-down kissing.
Wen Ning asks if Jin Ling is the kid he halfway orphaned, and Wei Wuxian says yes.
Then he hears Lan Wangji coming, and Wen Ning falls to the ground for no reason.
Wei Wuxian urgently shoos Wen Ning away, trying to hide him from Lan Wangji.
Wen Ning acts way too clueless for someone who spends so much time third-wheeling.
There's no in-world reason for Wei Wuxian to hide Wen Ning; They fought side-by side in Yi City, and they were all together for A-Qing's burial. There's not a problem between him and Lan Wangji.
Once again, the novel provides the missing information. Wei Wuxian is hiding Wen Ning because Lan Wangji is hella jealous even when he's sober. Wen Ning fell to the ground because drunk Lan Wangji leapt through the window and kicked him.
In the novel, Wei Wuxian & Lan Wangji's evening ends with a game of tag that's loaded with sexual tension, followed by a kiss...followed by Lan Wangji literally knocking himself out to avoid taking advantage of Wei Wuxian.
Lan Wangji does everything in the most extreme way possible.
In the live action, the most sexually charged part of their interaction is this positively sinful hip thrust that Wei Wuxian gives when he turns around at the window.
If you've seen Xiao Zhan dancing, you know this is not an accident.
Unlike the novel's perpetually clueless protagonist, live-action Wei Wuxian clearly knows he's on a date right now.
...and he's enjoying every minute of it. He's delighted that Lan Wangji has provided *good* liquor, rather than the rotgut he's able to afford himself.
As he pours for Wei Wuxian, Lan Wangji points out that both of their brothers know who WWX is at this point. Wei Wuxian isn't happy about it but he says they can't do anything. Which is...not correct.
He tries once again to get Lan Wangji to tell him how he recognized him, and Lan Wangji responds by asking him why his memory sucks so much.
Wei Wuxian says "you try dying by falling from a great height TWICE and see how your brain likes it." That's what he should have said, anyway.
This whole thing about his memory isn't actually important in the live action, even though it keeps being mentioned. He's forgotten the name of their song because he was delirious when he heard it; otherwise his memory seems perfectly fine.
I think this might be another instance of the live action giving a wink to novel readers in the audience, because in the novel Wei Wuxian forgot Lan Wangji's confession of love. Which, like WangXian, was presented in a cave while WWX was delirious; Lan Wangji is not great at choosing his moment.
Anyway, this may be why Lan Wangji seems to take Wei Wuxian's memory problems personally, despite having very little in-show reason to be upset.
Lan Wangji changes the subject by asking Wei Wuxian to go to Jinlintai with him, to search for Nie Mingjue's head. Sounds like a perfect romantic getaway for a boy and his favorite necromancer.
Just as Wei Wuxian starts to ask what Zewu-Jun will think, Zewu-Jun and his cheekbones come into the room.
He's taken time to think things over--a concept the rest of the cultivation world could stand to learn about, incidentally--and he agrees that they should investigate.
Note: the non-CQL illustrations come from the MDZS manhua, which is complete online (mangadex.org includes the uncensored extra bits), and is about halfway through being published in English by Seven Seas. It's delightful and I highly recommend it.
Bonus: Lan Wangji and Sizhui enjoying some tie-in cup noodles. (A few in-character ads are included in the Viki version of the show.)
#the untamed#wei wuxian cup noodles#the manhua fills in the blanks like a champ#jingyi's chicken#wei wuxian's tiny waist#wangxian date night#the untamed gifs#the untamed meta#restless rewatch the untamed#canary3d-original#ep40
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Took a glance at the Canon Jiang Cheng tag today out of curiosity and got a free blocklist for my trouble but I did notice something really interesting
That is to say: Most of the stans “reclaiming” the tag literally outright admitted that their main reason for liking Jiang Cheng was that he’s attractive. The vast majority of the stan posts that I saw talked about his appearance first and foremost, and the other batch admitted they were woobie-fying him. Art was either hypersexualized or soft chibi shapes and all of it focused on either his suffering or him raising Jin Ling (specifically in a way that seemed Milf-y. He was drawn with exaggerated hips a lot.)
Most interestingly, almost none of the fanart was of CQL Jiang Cheng. Almost none of the gif sets showed CQL Jiang Cheng. This was Manhua and Donghua design Jiang Cheng, sexually exaggerated and squished into an UwU Woobie Baby Sadboi shape, palatable for consumption.
I’ve long had issues with the way fandoms — and the world at large — rank characters based on visual appearance. Wen Ning is to Wei Wuxian what so many fics depict Nie Huiasang as being; his best friend and closest confidant, the person who is in his corner no matter what, who sees and supports him and stands up for him even when it’s scary. But it’s hard to picture Wen Ning as the booty-shorts-wearing white-girl-wasted gender-ambiguous party friend, so Nie Huiasang gets that roll. If Wen Qing shows up at all, she must be The Mean Lesbian, because if she’s straight then her crisp no-nonsense attitude (which is literally just the way every trauma nurse in the world acts) isn’t attractive, it isn’t fun. And of course if she IS the mean lesbian, then her vulnerability and her fear and her deep compassion and desire to help people needs to be shoved to the side, because the mean lesbian doesn’t feel those things. That’s not sexy.
I don’t really know where I’m going with this. This problem isn’t unique to MDZS or Jiang Cheng Stans or anything like that. It’s a pervasive issue I’ve seen everywhere for as long as I can remember; beauty exclusively means fuckability. There are no versions of attractiveness that don’t lend themselves to sexual consumption. Beauty also means morality and value. If someone is not beautiful — that is, if you don’t want to fuck them — then they are unworthy. Characters that are extremely important to a story get either erased (if the fandom doesn’t think they’re hot) or rewritten (if the fandom does think they’re hot) because hot people can’t do bad things, or at least they can’t do bad things that aren’t kind of thrilling and exciting. Because they’re hot.
It reminds me of people who are into Slashers, actually? Although from what I’ve seen slasherfuckers are more self-aware than Jiang Cheng Stans.
Boy was that a sentence.
Update: the fun thing about this post is that it also comes with a free blocklist
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makerspace ily!!!
(makerspace is a room at Otakon that has tons of craft supplies) / referenced off of Starember’s manhua panels
references:
my first sketch attempt which i fucked up horrifically and abandoned:
#i drew these with a pencil a dying eraser crayola markers a ballpoint pen a white pastel and love in my heart#i used my phone as reference#after the fact i checked them. theyre all fine when flipped and surprisingly accurate to the originals#in fact i made their faces wider and eyes smaller in a way i actually prefer cause they look more like grown men 😅#i've never actually posted physical art on here enjoy#tgcf#hualian#hua cheng#xie lian#sketch#doodle#tian guan ci fu#heaven official’s blessing#hob#art#my art#mxtx#starember#otakon#makerspace
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I want to know wtf is going to happen with the dub of ep 4 *_* in the meantime, while I wait to know how high to turn my anger dial, Ep 5 thoughts under cut.
So many tiny things!
I yelled when Shi Qingxuan landed and his arms were so jacked, holy shit, what?!??!?! He's so BIG.
I thought Hua Cheng swinging his sword around looked awkward ;0; but all the other weapon usage looked good?! Why was e'ming animated at 2 frames a second ;0;?! That's e'ming secret power, lowering the frame rate.
The little twitch in Ming Yi's hand really made it seem like Shi Qingxuan started fighting because he was mad Ming-xiong was hurt instead of just practicality. LOVE THAT.
Xie Lian gripping Shi Qingxuan so hard it left marks ;0;?!?! Xie Lian loves Shi Qingxuan? Must protecc him? ;0;?!?? They're such cute little friends.
Feng Xin being the god on duty and coming before merits were even used. Immediately dropping his hesitation about speaking to him when Xie Lian is hurt.
Mu Qing rolling in like a huge bitch "so what if he's hurt, we all get hurt on patrol >:V" like he's NOT WRONG. Probably, if Xie Lian was any other god Feng Xin would be less freaked out. Mu Qing continually gets pissed off when Feng Xin falls into loyal dog mode. Which is actually him being pissed off at himself for falling back into loyal dog (cat) mode. He loves bitching at people for doing something stupid and then doing it himself right afterwards. Which is exactly what he's going to do in the next episode (assuming it follows the book, the manhua left that part out). "What are you looking so concerned for? >:V *is there, also being concerned*"
We finally got real dialogue out of these two, jfc.
Mu Qing healing Ming Yi!!! And picking him up!! Touching his chest!! A++++!!! Were those 4 dudes who carried Ming Yi away supposed to be his? I wouldn't think so except they made Mu Qing get so handsy there and their outfits reminded me of his blueberry boys from season 1.
Mu Qing looking manic about the idea of Xie Lian killing the royal family! in the book, I thought maybe this was the narrator misunderstanding his facial expression but they really did make him look fucking excited about it. So if he IS thrilled, I'm guessing this is "oh sweet, he got revenge!"? On the other hand, when Xie Lian fesses up to it, he seems as shocked and horrified as Shi Qingxuan and Feng Xin?
So:
He's pleased he got revenge then changed his mind about being pleased once they got the details and then was freaked out
He's pleased Xie Lian is being accused of something fucked up but doesn't think he'd actually do it so he's freaked out that he did
He's pleased he did it, loves that for him, and is freaked out Xie Lian admitted it because he'd prefer he get away with it
He wasn't pleased in the first place and that was just his fucked up facial expressions
(Ohhh he has eyeliner now!!!)
Shi Qingxuan catching Taihua's sword with his whisk, why is he so rad. I love that he thinks in practical, social terms, he considers consequences. "If Hua Cheng hassles you about this, make sure you blame me, it's all my fault" "throwing out merits is way more effective" "you two weren't going to do anything so let me be the bad guy".
#tgcf#tgcf meta#tgcf donghua#tgcf spoilers#xie lian#mu qing#feng xin#shi qingxuan#ming yi#Beefleaf#fengqing#lang qianqiu
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“Qi Rong thoughts that followed me around like how baby Qi Rong followed his Cousin around like a scrunkly, rabid raccoon”
because as someone who gets upset but can’t effectively voice their frustrations, I get serotonin from watching a scrunkly little green man be stinky and cause a scene
First and foremost, how did he go from being just a brat to straight up submissive and breed-able bratty bottom?
No, like, seriously. These are two completely different individuals??? One is just a brat, and the other is a breed-able bratty bottom, and I’ll be honest here, it took me such a long time to fully appreciate the donghua design because I was so used to STARember’s design. And yes, I threw a fit to every single person I know about how vastly different his design is, I can show you the receipt.
Since his height isn’t listed… (as far as I’m aware), I’m convinced that he’s the shortest adult character in the series (yes, shorter than Ling Wen… who is TALLER than Xie Lian??????) Thus, if he were to be a dog, I can imagine him as a chihuahua. And everyone around him would be like “awww is the tiny little pookie angry???” and just make fun of him, because that’s what people do to angry Chihuahuas for some reason.
This is him throwing a fit at Pei Ming (yes, PM is a German Shepherd in my mind. Yes, I will make videos on this.)
That one specific plot-point in the novel where HC and XL are in a shack/inn and QI RONG WAS THE COOK??? Like WHAT?? Chef Boyardee who? I only know Chef Qi Rong
He’s also unfortunately selectively intelligent??? Which actually makes sense since he did grow up as a part of the royal family. And I feel like a lot of people forget that. But at the same time, even without the royal background, I feel like he has a certain sense of intelligence…. that comes from… god knows where???? And that’s kinda scary to think about, because imagine if he actually put his full thinking cap on 😭😭
Bro just straight up Out-Gay-ed Shi Qingxuan, which… I didn’t even know was possible. Like, when he flicked his wrist, I almost expected him to go: ✨✨SLAYYYY 💅✨✨
Please don’t forget the “waist snatched, tits out” potential with this man. Donghua version. Manhua version would never.
Disfigured Pikmin Qi Rong
Did I talk about “DOG HUA CHENG” and “DOG FUCKED XIE LIAN” already? Because like… despite the nasty implications, he was definitely onto something. He probably just didn’t realize to what extent 😭
I just want an official plush of this man so that I can use him as a soccer ball when it’s pouring outside and kick him around into puddles and mud and… yeah
I could have sworn I had more thoughts of him but I can’t remember now so maybe there will be a part two 🤔🤔
Oh yeah, I just remembered my friend telling me about how his name means face of sorrow or pity or something like that and just… CAN YOU IMAGINE. I need to go into a wholeass thing with this some day because when I realized that, I did not feel okay 😭
#point is… qi rong should be on a talk show#maybe a podcast if anyone dares put him in a room with a microphone#i’m sick and in need of rest and recovery but qi rong thoughts are pretty important imo so#sorry for the lack of posts these days btw. been very busy and with no time to think of prompts#heaven official's blessing#tian guan ci fu#tgcf#天官赐福#qi rong#qi rong thoughts
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I can't believe that manhua!NMJ is just completely naked walking into guanyin temple, bare ass, censored dick, lovingly drawn rippling muscles. That coffin is going to be a fun time
I do not keep up with the manhua, so this is my first exposure to this news and OH MY GOD??? Thoughts in sequence:
-Hey. Huaisang? Buddy? Why didn’t you give your brother some clothes? You sewed him back together and just dumped him into that coffin as-is? EXCEPTIONALLY bad service, Huaisang.
-Given their respective heights, NMJ’s crotch is at ideal underhanded punching range for JGY, and speaking as a fellow short person it’s outrageous that JGY didn’t exploit this vulnerability.
-no but seriously Huaisang what the fuck why didn’t you give him a robe YOU MADE IT WEIRD, HUAISANG
-Unless he did give him a robe, but corpse NMJ decided NO! CLOTHES ARE FOR ALIVE PEOPLE! and grumpily shimmied out of it before they opened the coffin.
-Given the amount of attention his undead abs receive, those undead muscles BETTER be lovingly detailed.
-Jiang Cheng’s probably in the corner staunching his wound with one hand and covering Jin Ling’s eyes with the other.
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Did I just re-up my download of the Kuaikan Manhua app just so I could read 小蘑菇?
Yes. Yes I did.
(I mean, I've been meaning to read 2ha anyway. But god the art in Little Mushroom is just SO FUCKING PRETTY.)
I can hardly read the font they're using in the first chapter tho 🤣🤣🤣
So pretty
Anyway reading past chapter 1 requires vip so I'll have to figure that out...not now. But I'd seen the art in the Little Mushroom tag and I wanted more and also people so rarely post backdrops and. Landscapes my beloved.
LOOKIT THIS GOOD LITTLE MUSHROOM. PERFECT LITTLE MUSHROOM. 1000000/10 NO CRITICISM.
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Favorite moments from MDZS manhua chapter 252:
(covers novel chaps 108-109, adapted in audio drama S3Ep16, donghua ep 34 & The Untamed ep 50)
XiYao officially over 😢
Always makes my heart ache a little how sad and angry Jin Guangyao is during these scenes. I will always believe his feelings towards Big Bro Xichen was genuine so he was truly hurting here.
The fact that he pushed Big Bro out of the way to save him only reiterates to me how true his affections for Big Bro is. It's not as clear in the manhua here but on the book he actually pushed him away cuz DaGe was about to attack Big Bro Xichen. I also liked how in CQL and the donghua they showed the reason JGY saved Big Bro at the last minute was because he was resigned to die together with him. 😢
Bye Jiggy, have fun with DaGe in the afterlife! (what're the chances they're like angry ppping all the time there? 😁)
Wei Ying beckoning to Lan Zhan like that was just adorable!
Must they be so goddamn CUTE...
... especially in front of this poor heartbroken man??? WangXian gives no fucks. 😂
Welp, the gig is up for Nie Huaisang. Finally everyone's starting to figure shit out. His Oscar is still deserved tho.
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Official raws of the manhua (behind paywall): Kuaikanmanhua
Order English release of the og MDZS novels (mother of all adaptations) at Sevenseasdanmei
MDZS carrd for all adaptations of MDZS: here
Thank you to Exiled Rebels for first fan-translating the novel!
Panel translations by yours truly; I would be shocked if I didn't screw anything up.
#mo dao zu shi#mdzs#wangxian#the untamed#grandmaster of demonic cultivation#founder of diabolism#xiyao#mdzs manhua#wei wuxian#lan wangji#lan xichen#jin guangyao#nie huaisang#nie mingjue
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My shipper eras in mdzs
The first one was with wangxian
The first adaptation of mdzs that I consumed was the manhua, once I caught up with the manhua I watched the two seasons of the donghua that were on youtube, then I read the novel, and then I watched the third season of the donghua on wetv (I haven't got to see the untamed), well, when I was starting the novel, I had a kind of obsession with wangxian (in which I came to read practically all the wangxian fanfics in Spanish on wattpad), during this era I also really liked wwx I mean, I still like him, but before he was even my favorite character
The second was the xicheng era
I discovered the ship because it used to be a secondary ship in many wangxian fanfics, and since when I finished the novel jc became my favorite character and I wanted to read things about him and his dynamic with lx was smth i liked a lot, XiCheng was my god for a while
The third was the era of allcheng
In this era I just decided that it was fair and reasonable for everyone to want to fuck jc.
The fourth was the era of zhuiling
I also discovered zhuiling for being a secondary ship in other fanfics, the only thing I thought about was "oh god they are adorable" and I melted with tenderness with some soft fic
Zhuiling opened the door for the era of zhuilingyi hot
yes, hot, why? Well, I got to read junior trio porn, it's that simple (if it consisted of ls and lj giving jl love, even better)
The sixth era was lingyi
It was when I became obsessed with that dynamic of constantly fighting but worrying about the other.
Number 7, xicheng (but with dark lx)
dark lan xichen fucking jc was my only thought for days, with that i tell you everything
The last one that really lasted me a long time was xiancheng/chengxian (mostly xiancheng for me)
with this ship everything was angst and porn, angst and porn, and sometimes something soft, only sometimes
Someday i'll write a top 5 or 10 ships or characters 😔
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I'm reading a bit of the Couple of Mirrors manhua, but it's hard :( It does have more Yiwei, but I like the pacing of the drama so much better.
Like, half the reason why Zhou Heng is a really good antagonist is that you only gradually find out how fucked-up he really is, and that he is an antagonist at all rather than a run-of-the-mill dickhead. In the manhua, he threatens Zhang Wan with murder in the third chapter, and his whole, for lack of a better word, yandere-ness towards Xu Youyi is revealed so early, and that's just way less effective.
Xu Youyi seems much weaker as well, so far! Her resentments, her creeping realisation that she's stuck in a gilded cage, and her increasing unwillingness to take shit build up so slowly in the drama, and that makes her ice-cold attitude once she finally snaps so powerful. Same with her trust in Yan Wei - I much prefer the drama version where they met at the book signing but didn't leave enough of an impression to immediately recognise or care about each other! They grow comfortable with each other quickly, but Xu Youyi's motivation for insistently invading Yan Wei's life seems to be more of a "I like and feel safe around this person and don't feel safe around anyone else I know because my life is falling apart", rather than the immediate deep connection they seem to have in the manhua. The development of their care for each other is much slower and feels more natural, and as a result, I'm a lot more invested in their relationship in the drama. (I just don't like "love at first sight" stories, I think.)
Oh, AND the opening with the magician is so much stronger! The fact that Yan Wei barely cares about Xu Youyi when she kills Zhang Wan and had already started her revenge murders before she truly met Xu Youyi is so much better imo! And I think I just don't like this style of webcomic. Alas, I miss them, so I'll read it anyways...
#[talk less smile more]#couple of mirrors#/xu youyi is very pretty tho i appreciate that she's sparkling basically all the time
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TGCF Donghua
okay so I've been watching this shit since it was released and I'm fully enjoying waiting for the weekly episodes and I wanna rant about it because I love it so much but I do have some minor gripes
Bad chuchu out of the way first
I am not happy with how generic and unoriginal the designs for most of the supporting characters. Like yeah they still look somewhat different but when the pool of named characters will expand it will get harder and harder to tell people apart if they keep on going with this route. Almost everyone suffers from same face syndrome which I know is rampant in current anime I just wished they allowed for at least more dynamic silhouettes, hairstyles, and color palettes. It feels like a more toned down version of the character design in the manhua. Lang Qianqiu in the manhua is so easy to recognize because of his outfit and pei ming looks more like the bastard he is etc. Don't get me started on the design for Kemo, the manhua felt eh I feel like Kemo was too pretty and too slim but in the donghua its just he's a straight up orc idk, i feel like they could've done better. Pei Su looks very generic, I think out of everyone he's the most generic looking of them all. SQX, Ling Wen and Jun Wu are the best designs for the supporting cast and I think Banyue is also okay looking cause you can tell her apart from the rest so far.
I am super disappointed in Qi Rong's reveal because it doesn't feel as impactful in the book. In the book the reveal of him looking like Xie Lian was so dramatic to me I was like oh my god is that his brother? A twin? a doppelganger? And then Qi Rong just kinda looks like that, tbh his voice actor and his clothes are fine I think they fit. It's just weird how he suffers from same face syndrome. If they made everyone look less like each other making Qi Rong look like Xie Lian would have been so impactful and a really cool cliffhanger but they couldn't do that because even fucking Lang Qianqiu kinda looks like Xie Lian with lighter hair. Also the Fang xin design is alright on the clothes but the mask gives off a bit cheap however I get that it can't be super detailed and it still does its job so I can handwave that small pet peeve.
Also censorship we couldn't get Xie Lian falling on Hua Cheng's lap and so them trying to make up for that was super awkward LMAO, they could have solved this by making SQX fall right on Hua Cheng's chair so that they could justify why Xie Lian grabbed Hua Cheng and throws him but they didn't... and it's so awkward...
I think it was like Episode 2 of s2 that the animation feels weird, Mu Qing's face felt off to me idk what was going on it just felt like something went down but the next episode it was perfectly fine anyway.
Positives!!!
Something the manhua didn't have was Fu Yao and Nan Feng looking a bit like each other, that was so fucking funny and it's a great display of how much they hate each other and live rent free in each other's heads ong. I love that detail the donghua did I think that's smart.
The voice actors are so great in both dubs they're doing amazing (I haven't listened to the jp dub) I have no complaints I love their work
ONE of my favorite things about the donghua is being able to see Hua Cheng's expressions even when Xie Lian is doing something in the book so he wouldn't notice. I love seeing how pleased he is every time someone points out the intimacy with him and Xie Lian. Like in season 1 when Fu Yao is shocked/horrified that Xie Lian shared a bed with Hua Cheng, San Lang puts a hand on his chin and looks so fucking smug and happy. This happens a couple times in s2 as well someone will be like oh that's weird you're so like this with Hua Cheng and he becomes a smug cat it's great.
Another one I enjoy is during the beginning of the banyue arc when Xie Lian reveals to Fu Yao and Nan Feng that he's used to sleeping in squalor the camera goes to Nan Feng not revealing his face but clearly showing his guilt over what Xie Lian reveals. That's good shit.
Lan Chang picking a fight off screen, also cool, love seeing her. I like that she looks inconspicuous so for someone who doesn't know shit about tgcf they will not see *that* shit coming.
ALSO the men look kinda generic if they're not the mls but the girls are all gorgeous???? like the woman who was Hua Cheng's speaker, the girl who led Xie Lian further into the gambling den, XUAN JI, Banyue all the girls are unique without being so ostentatious and I love them. If you put them beside each other they all look like they're own thing but still on theme. From clothes, to hairstyle and colors it's easy to tell and that's good design. I also include SQX's female form cause she's gorgeous too.
The donghua I think adds to stuff I haven't read I'm not sure if this is because I have a bad memory but I don't recall reading a flashback of Lang Qianqiu and the failed robbery. But the message of that entire section was so fucking good. The way that what Lang Qianqiu said about 'maybe he shouldn't have intervened' and the sound effects UGh. It's so good, i love how the book tackles the morality of everything, breaking down Lang Qianqiu's firm positivity and believing in humanity but still promoting being kind and considerate through Xie Lian. This theme still carries on in the show and I think they're doing a great job.
GOD THE MUSIC in the donghua is so fucking good, I love it. The songs, the meanings, the beat it's all perfect I can't say anything more.
even though i'm disappointed in the character design choices the donghua is very solid, I love it a lot. It does come off as very expositiony sometimes but I think that's very prevalent in Chinese Wuxia and Xianxia. Probably weird for people who aren't used to the genre but to anyone who's seen something like it, it's not unbearable and it's kinda necessary because of how the book is written. Waiting for wednesday patiently whilst i draw huahua
There are so many fun details the Donghua adds that shows that they know the story and where it's going as well hinting at character stuff, it's so fun to spot those. Like Xie Lian's reaction to Hua Cheng biting the bun made me wanna claw my face that shit was good af.
#just many thoughts of how much i love the series#tian guan ci fu#tgcf#heaven official's blessing#mxtx#donghua#tgcf donghua#hua cheng#xie lian
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Impulse
by usagiiribbons
I Tried To Kill Myself And Now I’m In A Manhua Surrounded By Gays
Wait what-
I don’t remember my name, much less how I ended up here.
I do know one thing though, and that is I think is my punishment for that time I stole from a temple. Fuck me.
Words: 2208, Chapters: 2/?, Language: English
Fandoms: 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 天官赐福 | Heaven Official's Blessing (Webcomic), 天官赐福 | Heaven Official's Blessing (Cartoon)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
Categories: M/M, Multi
Characters: Xiè Lián (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Fēng Xìn (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Shī Qīngxuán, Hè Xuán (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Xuan Ji (Tian Guan Ci Fu), Huā Chéng (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Péi Míng (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Hsu Pei-ming, Jūn Wú (Tiān Guān Cì Fú)
Relationships: Huā Chéng/Xiè Lián (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Huā Chéng & Xiè Lián (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Fēng Xìn/Mù Qíng (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Feng Xin & Hua Cheng (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Fēng Xìn & Mù Qíng & Xiè Lián (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Feng Xin & Hua Cheng & Mu Qing & Pei Ming & Xie Lian (Tian Guan Ci Fu), Péi Míng (Tiān Guān Cì Fú)/Original Male Character(s), Xie Lian (Tiān Guān Cì Fú) & Original Female Character(s), Xie Lian (Tiān Guān Cì Fú)/Original Male Character(s), Huā Chéng/Xiè Lián (Tiān Guān Cì Fú)/Original Male Character(s), Feng Xin & Shi Qingxuan & Xie Lian, Shī Qīngxuán/Original Character(s), Jūn Wú (Tiān Guān Cì Fú)/Original Male Character(s)
Additional Tags: tgcf spoilers, Spoilers, Trans Male Character, Trans Character, Angst, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Suicide, POV First Person, Hurt Xiè Lián (Tiān Guān Cì Fú)
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I cannot fucking believe ive actually found your blog holy fucking shit i dont even know whether you still like really use it anymore or not but i really hope youll see this ask at some point and i know this makes no sense right now but i promise i shall explain
so i would like to begin by saying that the last time ive seen your blog was like 3 whole fucking years ago or 4 or smth like that and you were one of my favourite fanfic writers when i was into the goddamned fucking magicians (yes big yikes i know) your haircutting fic with eliot and quentin post monster unironically still lives in my head rent free years later whenever i remember that the magicians existed at some point like that one fic changed my brain fucking chemistry at the time i read it i fucking swear
anyway anyway moving on with the explanation back then you were also into mdzs which i had NO idea what it was nor did i really care to find out cause i was deep as fuck in my hyperfixation and THEN a bit later after my magicians hyperfixation went down the drain it just so happened that a shitload of the people i was following or mutuals of mine got really into mdzs in that period of time (might have been popular during that period i dunno) so i looked into it a bit right and i saw that its complicated as fuck and theres books tv series manhua donghua movies and so many fucking things i was like hell fucking no god thats a lot
so ANYWAY FLASH FORWARD YEARS FUCKING LATER yesterday i was looking for something to watch right and guess fucking what unironically out of the goddamned motherfucking depths of my subconscious comes out "mdzs" now i didnt even fucking remember what that was at this point in time so i looked it up AGAIN found out about it AGAIN and then STARTED FUCKING WATCHING IT and NOW literally RIGHT NOW im on the last fucking episode of the first season of the donghua and out of absolutely nowhere it just hit me over the head that YOU PERSONALLY are literally the sole reason why i got into this fucking thing YEARS LATER you somehow got a stranger into a new hyperfixation YEARS after they had last even seen your blog
so anyway ive been literally tracking down your blog for thr past HOUR i tried searching for you on tumblr ao3 AND google and i was just gonna give up and then somehow i actually FOUND YOU and again i have no idea whether youll even see or read this but i literally just wanted you to know that you SOMEHOW gave someone from years into the future a fucking hyperfixation which is wild and very very funny and that i am personally fucking victimised by you because my heart cannot fucking take this shit like god fucking damn
anyway god this was long if you ever see this i hope youre doing alright i dont know whether youre still writing or nah but please know that i always highly enjoyed your works when i read them and i still hold the same opinion about how amazing your writing is even now years later and yeah hope youre fine and your life is good cheers take care of yourself
omgggggggg honestly congrats on the sleuthing and I'm honored you remember the haircut fic (fuckin' rip the magicians pour one tf out). Sorry to snipe you multiple years into the future with the MDZS bug but I hope you enjoy it!!
#I can't begin to tell you what a joy this was to receive slkfjlkfj#unfortunately I have committed to being a tumblr girlie(tm) and cannot escape this terrible website so I'm still here#mostly I'm just really obnoxious about my d&d games#asked and answered#long post //
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gay hi3 moments from the top of my head (some details inaccurate) also some of these are awful and i hate them ok i need it to be known i dont like all of these.
kiana counting down how long it’s been since she’s seen mei to the minute.
the “i gain the power of 100 men when mei’s around!”
bronya seele kiss in azure waters where seele goes "i gave you my first kiss sm sm" and im pretty sure makes her promise to give one to her when they reunite
FUCK. COOKING W VALKS MANHUA WHERE SEELE GOES "the sea is so beautiful i feel like i could stare at it forever" AND BRONYA GOES "duh because the water is azure blue. just like your eyes" AND GOES LIKE AN INCH IN HER FACE.
i feel like i have to put everything in azure waters oh my god i feel sick i miss them so much.
kiana licking mei’s wound in escape from nagazora
kiana and mei in a hot spring and kiana touching mei’s boobs saying she’s been wanting to. i think also in escape from nagazora.
kiana getting unnecessarily jealous over bronya whenever mei shows her any attention
bronseele ad where bronya complains about having her license revoked and seele going “good! now i know you’re not picking up other girls”
lament of the fallen. (COME ON. COMPARED TO EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE WORLD, YOU ARE MORE IMPORTANT????)
kiana and mei being compared to a canonical m/f couple, owl and ana.
shakespeare mentions how it’s interesting to see real couples play a part and one of the couples being bianka and rita in durandal’s visual novel.
speaking of that play. biankas cgaracter makes a line about having sex w his wife (played by rita) and rita teases bianka about wanting it afterwards and bianka blushes
biankas one birthday cutscene where the narrator was talking abt how there’s this feeling she can’t put into words and how captivated she is by rita’s radiant smile ← GET A ROOM!!!!!
elysia calling her fight w mei a first date
eden saying that forever being apart of elysia makes her happy because its the most romantic ending
mei saying her favorite colors are orange and red (kiana and her's key colors)
mei coming back to the elysian realm after briefly talking to kiana and eden and elysia both notice how much happier she is and elysia goes "tell me about her" (HER.)
elysia voice. i like pretty girls.
every single elysia and kiana interaction in ch 34 idc if its mei's dream ("im so weak for pretty girls like kiana" "unless kiana prefers something more bold like purring in my arms" <- WHAT IS WRONG W HER!!!!!!!!!!!!)
natasha intenbtionally taking her hood off after mei told her that elysia says she doesnt meet natasha bc of her hood
elymei horn scene.
mei dreaming about having a japanese wedding with kiana.
kiamei matching rings named after chinese numbers symbolic of love that were given out for white day.
kiamei stigmata showing them getting married that was given out for valentines day.
reburn kiss where kiana kisses mei's battered mech while crying after i love you in german flashes on screen.
kiana going "this treasure called love" and immediately getting a text from mei.
"this is a story about love it will end with love" as kiana and mei walk with each other past durandal and rita to meet with bronya whos with seele AS CANON IN D STARTS PLAYING. YK THE FUCKING MARRIAGE CEREMONY SONG.
SAKUKALLEN KISS IN COOKING WITH VALKYRIES
theresa thinking sakura (a woman) kissed her and going "wait! im not like kiana and mei!"
kallen voice "the herrscher girl is innocent and i am in love with her"
^upon learning that kiana blushing and going "theres onthing wrong with falling in love with a herrscher!" while thinking of mei
moon shadow where kiana's heart starts racing bc she thinks fu hua's fallen in love with her and the wlw symbol is drawn behind her as she blushes and says "ive given my body and soul to mei but--"
fu hua later being teased by a coworker who suggested that hua likes kiana
sakukallen "love at first sight" line in sakura samsara
HELP THAT ONE EVENT WHERE VELIONA SLAMS BRONYA ONTO A WALL TO INTIMIDATE HER AND BRONYAS BLUSHING AND AS VELI'S YELLING AT HER, EINSTEIN WALKS OUT, SEES THEM, AND GOES, "sorry for interrupting, have fun"
also in that same event, bronya blushing and avoiding seele the next day and going "sorry bronya cant forget because thats a precious memory for bronya"
susannah fawning over durandal, rita, and sushang
susannah talking about how pretty sushang is and how she likes her voice i hate them oh my god susannah get up
tesla being jealous of welt joyce when ein teasingly gives him special attention in the visual novel
tesla getting jealous when planck (i think) hugs ein tightly and kisses ein on the head
tesla edison fingering joke after edison sniffs her neck.
bronya's bridge interactions w seele. my god i love them so mcuh.
sakura and kallen having heart reactions when you put them in bed next to each other
sakukallen "yae sakura shall fade, beloved, your kin shall live. in the far east 500 years ago where sakura blossoms bloom, yae sakura waits for her one true love"
gratitude arc where kallen loves sakura so much that protecting sakura becomes a part of the oath she genetically passes on to theresa
the 4koma on the sight where kiana and mei are told to get a room, apply for a marriage certificate(? i think), and have heart eyes towards each other while the wlw signs are behind them
kiana voice "this has nothing to do with me going lesbo!!!"
4koma kiana voice "im a lesbian everyone knows that"
elysia and aponia's "girl games"??????????? <- on thin ice but cmon no way that wasnt an innuendo
elysia's interaction w HoO mei where she talks about wanting to touch a particular thing but gets cut off by mei telling her she cant touch her horns again (SHE DOES NOT HAVE HORNS IN HER HoO SUIT)
kiana smiling when she sees mei's boobs in the anniversary vlog short thing.
the shenzhou island event where kiana points a camera at mei's boobs and goes "hehe mei is so pretty"
durarita matching earrings in their matching battlesuits
and ok im blanking now yay this is definitely not all when i say off the top of my head i really mean off the top of my head.
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