I can’t believe it took me this long to finally draw yuuji in a headlock with his big bro
Edit: you can read the fic here!
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I imagine them to be a happy family in the modern AU where Fengxian and Lahan are married and Lahan and Maomao are their children. Fengxian would be strict but she very much dotes on her kids (just not as obviously as Lakan, but who can compare with Lakan).
I feel like Lakan would be a lawyer which would put his skills to use, whereas Fengxian would be an academic in mathematics, and of course they're both super good at xiangqi and go in different ways. (I'd like to think Fengxian taught Lahan a lot of maths when he was younger and that encouraged his love for the subject).
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i really enjoy how maomao is always curious and isn’t afraid to test out poisons. truly a girlie in STEM!! i love how she gets excited over ingredients, new or old!
the way she learns is amazing too, like when she was solving the double suicide case. when her father taught her that water can help with diluted poisons, she learns and retains the information quickly.
i also love how she’s capable of solving things that aren’t necessarily related to her area of expertise
spoilers under the keep reading
for example, during the shrine arc, she’s able to figure out the door puzzle. granted, she figured this out using her knowledge in genetics but it doesn’t directly relate to poisons or medicine.
it’s very prominent in the manga that her problem solving skills are excellent and she clearly got it from her foster father, her bio father, and her bio mother haha
she’s also very caring towards her friends like when she taught xiaolan how to read. she is also happy to share her snacks that she receives with her. their little shopping moment when the caravans showed up was so cute <3
her friendship with shisui is also hella cute i love how they bond over their interests together!! slightly different (bugs and poisons), but still so wholesome nevertheless
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Apothecary Diaries is pog as fuck bc serious political issues and dynamics from a woman's POV are rarely depicted in ANY form of media
It's always a man's world where women's issues surround him. Even if we get a female perspective once in awhile- it all comes back to how it facilitates his game in the end. She's a footnote in the overarching scheme of things. Misogyny exists. Back to the real plot.
Apothecary Diaries is strictly from a female perspective and how each class of woman has to act, what limits they have, what rights they have and don't have between each class, etc. These women have to behave a certain way under a patriarchy, which you would think makes it a man's story, but it never is. The women are THE focus of this show, their struggles are THE plot. The focus is about how the patriarch effects them.
Take the concubines for example. The show dives into how bearing a child affects their rank, how traumatizing it is to lose that child, the consequences of that, etc. We have barely seen the emperor who sired all these kids because this is not about him.
Jinshi's personal plot is secondary to Mao Mao's journey- he is mostly there to provide new cases for Mao Mao to solve and to learn more about the shortcomings of his class when taking care of citizens like Mao Mao.
Jinshi is not a bad person, but by virtue of his position in the higher classes, he cannot understand how harsh life as a poor WOMAN is specifically- he can only catch glimpses of it from what Mao Mao tells him and feel outrage but powerless in his wealth and luxury
Mao Mao is a fortunate commoner woman for what privileges someone in her class should and shouldn't have. She happened to be adopted by a knowledgeable man. She is allowed to read, write, learn, and has enough skill to be a poison tester and have a job EXTREMELY out of her class limit as an apothecary, also a job not traditionally meant for women
Mao Mao is not a "noT lIkE oThER gIrLs" protagonist, she is FOR THE GIRLIES. She only wants to help the women around her, and women are whom she has the closest relationships to. She sees a woman being harassed and can't let it stand. She sees a frail, traumatized woman dying from the recklessness of those who should be caring for her and spends day and night nursing her back to health, while also punishing the people who were so careless with her needs.
My girl has STUDIED UP on THE BODY to TEACH these upper class ladies on how to really HEAT things up in the BEDROOM
Sex depicted in Apothecary Diaries is both something women are not shamed to be enjoying, while at the same time being acknowledged as an unfortunately huge economic necessity to market themselves.
Like shit is just so real in this series???
Listen, I can go on and on about how GOATED the series and especially Mao Mao is but you get the picture
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fun fact, tommy had the opportunity to be part of the call they were in, but decided to play pubg(?) instead with jack manifold or maybe badlinu or tubbo lol it’s been a while
i am the fish and the spoon is victory.
context for those who don't remember/weren't aware:
The Origin.
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Wanted to make these two into cards as well! :D
Since they are also kings~~~
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