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i-bring-crack · 7 months

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For every other media I post/reblog about that isn't about SL, I'm in fact thinking of all of them as SL AU's

Hades game— Suho as the prince of hades trying to get out of hades with the help of the other gods(monarchs) in order to see his mom Haein. But of course his father and king of the Underworld will not make him cross to the otherside which is why he puts him over so many trials. (Chaos as Ashborn and like Jinchul as Nyx is so overly great like please. Also thanatos being Ryo trying to hide his feelings for him. Miho as one of the furies, you know which one 👀 if you know the game. And also the monarchs as gods skdnks Zeus=Antares, Tarnak=Dionysious, Raikan=Ares, Queresha=Athena or Demeter, maybe Arsha=Artemis, Sillad=Poseidon, ect ect.)

Fnaf— Animatronic Jinwoo and the gang of S ranks, to keep it simple its just Haein, Jongin, Yoonho who is out of commission in his pirate crove, and oh boy does it get creepy for security guard Jinchul, trying to outrun these monsters mixed with the souls of dead people, while in the day trying to find out who was the said person who did those killings.

Faith— Jinchul (sowy boy) trying to prevent the destruction of the world by excorsising demons. And guess whose the most frequent soul that appears here (nah its haein possessed by Antares) he is working with father gunhee too and I think this whole thing will be neat hahah (jinwoo you are also on the suffered path)

Villains are destined to die— Haein is transmigrated to a fantasy world of an otome game as the adopted Lady of the Dragonblood family and villainess soon be killed. (Father Antares, Older brothers Jongin and Kihoon uhu uhu). But she doesn't want to die, cuz you know, death, so instead she does her best avoid all of her death scenarios and in the end gets to surprisingly fall in love with the tyrant crown prince Jinwoo (sjsj letting yall know Jinchul is winter and tends to see haein in a more platonic light than romantic. Also I don't know who eckles might be... but it has to hurt. )

Good omens—okay could work with SL Ragnarok but could also work as Jinho/Jinwoo fluff and feels. Jinwoo is a fallen angel and Jinho is an angel, both have occasionally met in a lot of centuries and have sincerely started developing feelings for each other, especially after they have to stop the antichrist (ummm suho) from bringing Armageddon. (Hahaha Jongin beelzebub and Yoonho Gabriel. Gunhee as metatron. Haein as the new angel intern ahaha.)

Edit two more into the pile:

Tgcf— Ascended ex crown prince Woo Jinchul for the third time having the favor and love of Ghost King Jinwoo for 800 years and then getting dangled up in all kinds of drama as soon as he is back on heaven.

SVSSS— Jinchul wakes up as the infamous horrible shizun of the protagonist Jinwoo and decides that this time he is going to spoil the protagonist and care for him unlike the former villain, even while the system is actively out to get him for being ooc!

#solo leveling #sung jin woo #cha hae in #choi jong in #woo jin chul #baek yoon ho #VERYWHERE IS LITERED WITH CHOIBAEK #EVERYWHERE #sl monarchs #sung su ho #yoo jin ho

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momoliee · 7 months

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Finished Can Ci Pin, time for a review! [Warning: this review will contain some spoilers!]

Priest…that was brutal. You murdered me in cold blood. That was CRUEL. When was the last time a danmei had me crying this hard?!? I genuinely didn’t think you had it in you to do us all like this😭

To start off the review, I will first talk about the plot. The series spans 7 novels, two of the novels being split into two parts along with the extras, resulting in a total of 10 installments, making it one of the longest danmei novels that i’ve read, along with 2ha by meatbun and tgcf by mxtx. It takes place in a futuristic sci-fi society that exists in space, in a world run by technology and Ai with humanity inhabiting not one planet, but instead 8 whole galaxies (no there are no aliens in this series). I guess the reason why it’s incredibly underrated and overlooked, despite being one of Priest’s best works ever (literally on par with sha po land, mo du and lie huo jiao chou), would be its unique and niche genre, not preferred or sought after or appreciated by the majority of the danmei readers in both the chinese and english fandoms. Nevertheless, if you got some time on your hands, i would definitely recommend you give it a go! Priest makes it super easy and uncomplicated to settle into the world with her incredible world building skills (think of the steam punk universe of sha po lang), and the whole plot literally revolves around politics, war, and the struggles between different parties for power, which is smth that’s already pretty popular within danmei!! and the aesthetics are pretty cool too!!! think spaceships and astronauts!! also there are elements of mystery and comedy and action!! come on yall!!!

Now let’s get into the ACTUAL review. In a world where the Interstellar Union is constantly being tossed around like a tennis ball between the Eden Committee and the Military Council (think of the IU as the king/emperor/ruler, the Eden Committee as the prime minister of the government, and the Military Council as the marshal or commander of the military), the struggle for power led to centuries of underhanded and unethical and inhumane tactics and practices being brewed under the surface by all parties involved. On the surface, there was ‘peace’, peace that came at the expense of others, peace that was no thicker than a hair strand, ready to snap at any given second. Our main characters happened to be born in the century in which this fragile and delicately maintained peace is finally shattered, everything fell apart and no more secrets were kept hidden as all was exposed. The story follows so many threads that priest has managed to weave slowly here and there from very early onwards. The first two novels, priest spends them introducing several different plot lines and several different ‘problems’ and ‘issues’ that she later on ties together into one thick huge interwoven heavy plot in the fourth book. Most readers end up abandoning the story after reading the second novel, feeling that the pace is too slow, everything that’s happening is too random and left up abruptly without a satisfying conclusion, there is no one consistent plot line to follow, and the whole thing feels very overwhelming. However, after reaching the fourth novel, where the plot pace is suddenly picked up dramatically and everything becomes set to motion, it is clear the build up was very necessary or else the whole series wouldve turned into one big jumbled mess. There are time skips within the novel, one in the beginning and one in the middle, the one in the middle sort of splitting the series into a ‘before’ and ‘after’. The last detail i’ll mention regarding the plot, would be that the war doesn’t exist between just two sides, it exists between our main characters, the union, two other parties, and the internal strife between the split factions of the union. so you can….already imagine how complicated and intricate this is.

Now onto the characters. There is Lin Jingheng!!! The Man of The Hour. Aloof and cold on the outside, soft and kind on the inside. Ruthless and Merciless on the outside, a big mother-hen on the inside. A former commander turned mafia leader, his heart dead set on revenge, his body a weapon hes sharpened over the years, his life absolutely disposable to him. Keeping his distance, staying away from everyone, closing himself off to the world, he only ever had one goal in mind and it was to tear apart the union that took away his loved ones. Hes the best at what he does and he knows it, and he will absolutely use himself up to the max. He will not hesitate to make cold and harsh sacrifices, if it means he can logically get to his goal as efficiently as possible. Watching him grow as a character, watching him develop attachments and warm emotions, watching him slowly let out his inner child, was worth it. I absolutely love how the more he developed as a character, the more feelings he started expressing, the more bonds and attachments he started to form with those around him, the more he loved, the stronger he got. Unlike what he initially thought, love and affection and care did not hold him back or make him weaker, it only made him stronger and more invincible, ready to take on anything now that he finally has a purpose, now that he has people he wants to protect and more importantly, return to. An absolute favorite of mine, a true gem. His character is easy to grow fond of, and definitely enjoyable to be around.

Next is Lu Bixing, aka, my absolute favorite. Starting off as the naive, charismatic, funny, hyperactive and handsome little engineer and scientist, neither the series nor priest are kind to him😭😭😭😭 priest, you’ve truly put our sunshine boy through a LOT. i’ve cried several times. tears were shed. Lu Bixing underwent a dramatic character development due to extreme pain and trauma (im still recovering from this) and was stripped off of many of his most endearing character qualities to become a sharp blade ready to take on the world. but despite everything, the seed of kindness in his heart wasnt gone, all it needed was a bit of rekindling and healing and by the end of the series, we had our beloved son back again!!! His character started off well, drifted off the rail due to the harsh circumstances, then came back again, stronger and more mature than ever but still retaining his flirty and bright and active spirit and personality. I absolutely LOVED his healing arc, i love how no one gave up on him even when he gave up on himself, and i love how he came back to us again. Priest truly did his character justice, and didn’t let him off to be this “forever cold and heartless because of my trauma” character, the way many other authors wouldve.

One more thing that i loved, is how priest gave detailed and thorough attention to the side characters in this masterpiece of a work. Priest has managed to make sure that almost every important character in the series had a whole backstory and arc going for them, making you care about all of them and get attached and grow fond, even if some of those characters were already dead years before the novel even started. Priest dedicated several extras to some of those already dead but important characters, and it was the best decision she couldve ever made, making you all nostalgic and sentimental while reading.

Now onto the romance, definitely in my top 5 favorite danmei parings. The commander and his engineer. If Lu Bixing was a crown prince, then Lin Jingheng would be his knight. If Lin Jingheng was a sword, Lu Bixing would be his shield. A relationship that is also a partnership, where theyre both standing on equal ground, where they both need each other’s strengths and talents, where they both trust each other endlessly both on and off the battlefield, whether it be with each other’s lives or with each other’s hearts. It’s like those countless queer quoted shows and movies where two generals or two soldiers go through everything back to back, except this is a danmei so they DO end up together and it doesn’t end up being dismissed as a ‘friendship’. I love their hot and cold dynamic, i love how well they complement each other and how they somehow complete and balance each other. i love how they bring out the worst and best in each other. i love how they always wanna live one more day to come back to each other. Also Lu Bixing’s attempts to win over Lin Jingheng in the beginning were a 10/10 entertainment, definitely had us all, readers and side characters, rooting for him and cheering him on to get that cold commander’s heart!!!

This series will make you laugh, make you cry. There are intense action scenes, complex war and politics scenes, brutal bloodshed scenes and extremely funny and light hearted scenes. Even the romance gets its fair share of attention, the relationship building up at a perfect and reasonable and natural pace, as you grow to love the characters individually then love them together. it was cute, adorable, embarrassing, sexy, angsty (oh the ANGST) all at once!

Would definitely be rereading this, would definitely be giving this a 15/10.

[Here is my favorite scene from book 2 (i hope the humor convinced yall to pick up this incredible series!!!)] :

#danmei #can ci pin #sha po lang #mo du #lie huo jiao chou #priest #lhjc #spl #silent reading #danmei recs #danmei priest #the defectives

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apyreally · 2 months

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Welcome !

Hola! It's apy here,

So nice to meet yall! As you can guess im starting up a new account on tumblr. Although i do write, i wont be writing here for a while (exams sigh). If you wanna check out my writing, you can visit my ao3!

about the user !

18 | she/her. asian. student.

bicurious. infp. capricorn.

likes to read, write, draw, play volley and skate boarding <3

into anime, donghua, danmei novels, manga, and bl. I do read self care books sometimes 👀

favs haikyuu, tokyo rev, death note, aot monster, naruto, mdzs, svsss, tgcf, 2ha, woh, the untamed (and many more!)

loves shoyo, noya, kenma, bokuto, miya twins, suna, kiyoko, mikey, kazutora, haitani brothers, sanzu, baji, itachi, wei wuxian, jiang cheng, mo ran, cwn, xue meng, luo binghe..(and so many more)

my preferences are sports, action, psychological thrillers and bl (so feel free to recommend some!)

can't stand homophobia, racism, horror, infidelity and antis of my favs! (dni if ure uncomfortable with my likes).

Rules !

I usually write my own ideas (since my head's full of em haha) but i do appreciate prompts or reqs. If i'll like the idea, I'll be writing it.

I dont write regularly since i have studies. So I'll be writing whenever i feel like it. (will be writing one shots, smau, smut and hcs usually. Multi ch fics will be rare)

If i do write multi ch fics, I'll be uploading it on ao3 too (and also the oneshots and smut i liked writing here). If i do write a fic over there, I'll either post the link or upload here (if i wish to).

I won't be writing on incest or infidelity. Also i wont be writing for characters/ships i dont like. (ill be replying to the request privately if i cannot write about it due to above reasons).

I will be writing for character x character or reader x character. Mostly my character x character ships will be bl, so if you cannot stand it, dni. As for the reader x character, I'll be writing f!reader mostly and gender neutral sometimes, but if you do want a m!reader you can request it.

Wont be writing heavy nsfw normally, but over the time i might 👀.

Also, i won't be engaging in fanwars and wouldn't appreciate any on my posts too. If you don't like it, then scroll past or unfollow.

Im currently not active on any other socials or my writing sites due to exams. But ill be active after may! Until then I'll be camping here and reading. I would also be interacting and would appreciate frens hehe <3 feel free to dm me! :3

Thankyou for reading. Have a nice day ahead 🎐🧡

#haikyuu #bingqiu #wangxian #mdzs #svsss #tokyo revengers #new acct

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my-1heart · 1 year

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my-1heart's autobiography

Greetings reader and welcome to my library.

Before we start! I do want to point out that posting is VERY inconsistent! While maintaining a school, work, n life balance, writing is something I haven’t been able to properly do in a good while. So as such, posting will be when I feel like it

You may refer to me as Zuzu. I'll be your librarian!

While talking to me or about me, please refer to me with she/her pronouns.

Besides the fact that I’m 18 now, my content is for everyone!!

I do have a reblog account as I try to keep things as organized as possible! Through reblogs, you’ll be able to see what I read and like!

- Interested to know? Follow @bladenthusiast !! (NSFW WARNING)

Interested in my current favorite song? Listen away!

More about your librarian <3 (optional read)

I'm a Vietnamese-American who's also a senior in high school, so most of my time during the day is spent at school.

I play a different plethora of games which include: Love & Deepspace (current brainrot), Genshin Impact (sometimes), and HSR (also sometimes)

Might as well tell yall my favorite characters: Vil Schoenheit (TWST), Zayne (L&DS), Blade (HSR), Diluc (GI)

I also watch a lot of anime. Some of my favorites right now are: Heaven Official's Blessing, HoriMiya (HoriMiya: The Missing Pieces to), Black Butler, Loving Yamada at Lv999, Kamisama Kiss, & Signs of Affection

I'm currently watching: Signs of Affection, TGCF season 2, & Bungo Stray Dogs

I read a lot of manwha/manga/manhua (or webtoon I guess?) to!

I personally recommend reading the ones below as they are completed! (be warned! What I read sometimes contain dark content that may not be suitable for all audiences.):

The Tainted Half (dark content warning! | completed from where I read it | 30-40 chapters)

Daytime Star (slight dark content at the beginning? | completed with 72 chapters and 5 spin offs on WEBTOON)

Marry My Husband (death happens!! Like it’s actually drawn! | Complete with 58 chapters and 10 spin off eps on WEBTOON)

Nice To Meet You (dark content warning | completed | 78 chapters on WEBTOON)

Edited: April 5, 2024

#Spotify

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abigail-nicole · 1 year

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tgcf liveread 7

continuing porting my liveread of Pure Light And Joy In Novel Form, Heaven Official's Blessing, Tian Guan Ci Fu, from the dying twitter to the optimistically-not-dead tumblr. please support official translations of TGCF, the best novel, and maybe someday we'll get to see the COMPLETED, FILMED, EDITED LIVE ACTION if the chinese government ever quits being ragingly homophobic. enjoy season one of the donghua in the meantime and do read the original text!

originally tweeted on 3/31/2020:

I unabashedly love Xie Lian’s thrifty grandma personality & also the casual “wanna come to my ghost palace instead of always staying at your one-room apartment with three other people also living here which I never complain about even though I own a fjking palace”

I have Great Fondness for the ghosts in Ghost City being overly protective of Hua Cheng & Xie Lian (even if it is just to try to curry favor)

hahahaha oh my god this scene of sexytimes on an altar on top of poetry about Longing....

I’m. VERY PUMPED ABOUT SEEING MOUNT TONG’LU

tomorrow. i guess ill be responsible & start CHAPTER 128 TOMORROW THANKS EVERYBODY THIS IS THE ONLY THING BRINGING ME JOY AS I WORK THRU THIS PANDEMIC

yall Lang Ying THOUGHT HUA CHENG LIVED WITH THEM im dying....

He didnt think he could hide his feelings HE DIDNT THINK HE COULD HIDE HIS FEELINGS HEAAAAAAAAA

He’s really going straight WE USED TO SLEEP IN THIS BED TOGETHER level melancholy oh my god

This is a little nightmare story, the kind at which MXTX excels

Oh my god hes the crown prince of PINING AWAY TO NOTHING

okay mxtx it is Not At All Obvious that Hua Cheng is this Lang Ying & this gratituitious bathing scene is.... amazing omg

more like dianxia babysitter of errant dieties

-shi qingxuan

-quan yizhen

-qi rong

Heavenly Babysitter Dianxia confirmed with DONT PUT THAT IN YOUR MOUTH and DONT SET THAT ON FIRE

Think of the donghua playing with this scene of attacking empty clothes

his whole “this is the robe! no THIS is the robe! just kidding it was never here! now ive trapped you!” feels a little Princess Bride iocane powder reasoning

the boyfriends being Soft sustains me

hahahahahahaha god xie lian’s cooking is so amazingly terrible how is this book so great in its most domestic scenes

OUR BOY SNAPPED

bitches destroy Puqi Shrine gotta contend with the Flower Crown Martial Prince

hahahaha hua cheng really had to turn into a child for Flimsy Plot Reasons didn’t he

this Ghost Inn scene is pure chaos and slapstick & detail & action, and this is the cherry on top of the elaborately-crafted layers of this cake of a scene

Im sad about ling wen???? I love her???? She’s the most competent character in this book sorry hua cheng

“He might spit in the water of someone he doesn’t like....or put laxatives....but not poison...” Lolololol

Let’s pause mid-investigation so we can appreciate hualian holding hands

fetuses don’t have teeth......LIES EXPOSED

fetus eyes also don’t yoke together in utero this is a real medical fact unrelated to the fetus ghost in tgcf

ah yes, sitting in the window in the glowing, luminious moonlight, with your weapon-pet-scarf, an excellent time for a heart to heart confessional with your beloved

this is on level with Single Plank Bridge as a life philosophy / love confessional

so many important scenes happen over a table here. Jun Wu + Xie Lian + Hua Cheng taking tea without dissembling is A Mood

“Sometimes three with a single move” Lololol I Love Him

This adorable little exchange where they just talk about how much they belong to each other

Let’s stop here a second, pause the film on Puppet Master boyfriends, and do a bit of Plot Dissection:

-Jun Wu has sent Xie Lian to Mt TongLu to...become the next Ghost King

-Hua Cheng, the most recent Ghost King, is with him

-don’t you have to kill all the other ghosts to win

Let’s also stop & think about our Magical Girl Dianxia becoming A Ghost King:

I have no idea how this plot is gonna turn out but it’s always fun & fruitful to examine your thoughts & expectations the first time through something & wonder why you want or fear a certain outcome

Hua Cheng would be devastated if Xie Lian became a fierce ghost king capable of murdering millions. In fact it’s so antithetical to everything he is that, at that point, Xie Lian wouldn’t be the same person anymore.

(contrast this to wwx & lwj, both of whom have proven themselves capable of Big War Murder when pushed hard enough)

he contrast of soft sideplot of boyfriends being The Most Obviously In Love But Afraid To Say It and the extremely harsh main plot of What The Fuck, Did God Just Send Xie Lian Into A Literal Torture Volcano With Like, Real High Stakes

... but also does anyone else wanna see ghost king boyfriends

these gays obviously

but this plot, lighthearted flirting aside, is going to a real dark place??? & i see the end of book 3 coming with xie lian in a real bad cliffhanger of a situation for me to sit through while reading another painful flashback

Lolololol more fuckin on the altar i guess

The General Who Broke His Sword !!!!

let’s take a roll call:

(check) the general who broke his sword

(check) the prince who pleased the gods

[ ] the princess who slit her own throat

(check) the young lord who poured wine

OKAY BRING OUT THE REST IM READY!

continue Mt Tong'lu next time on TGCF Liveread livetweets part 8 or whatever part is next!

#tgcf #tgcf liveread

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corelessclown · 2 years

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a mdzs version bc why not

#i guess yall liked the tgcf one #i think they're pretty lame uhh #mdzs #mo dao zu shi #the grandmaster of demonic cultivation #cql #jiang fengmin #xue yang #jin guangshan #nie huaisang

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shijiujun · 3 years

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Just A Few More Notes on MXTX EN Official Translations

SO...

1. Yes, MXTX IS getting money from this set of publications! However, as reminded from a friend in the industry, Seven Seas’ FAQ says rights holders and not MXTX herself, and it’s likely the contract was made with JJWXC so... we can only trust their word that money DOES go back to MXTX. Not casting any doubt, it’s just what it is based on what we can see on the FAQ page

2. ALL translators across all three books are fan translators that have been hired to do the job properly. This does include Suika and Pengie for TGCF and others for MDZS and SVSSS - So for all of you who shitted on fan translators, fan translators are making it happen for yall right now

3. ALL of them will be uncensored

4. Yes, there’ll be hard and soft copies! I KNOW that the EN copies are definitely way more expensive than those who can read Chinese and buy Chinese original versions are used to but there’ll be soft copies which should be cheaper - And hey if you want freebies and all that stuff, you can still buy the cheaper Chinese copies hahahaha

5. Any fan translations of these three books are NOW illegal basically, for real, since there are official ones coming up - I do feel sorry for proper actual respectful fan translators who were taking on MDZS and SVSSS who were doing re-translations and now have to stop etc.

6. SevenSeas will decide whether or not to do further translations of other popular danmeis based on this pre-order so do support if you can

7. Suika found SevenSeas to publish at least TGCF from what I can see from her tweets, so she made it work. With plenty of help of course, but she really, really made it work, even while people were hating on her during the entire translations and buying drama. Now you really can support so no more excuses!

8. What I said about there being no impetus for EN translations: This wouldn’t have been possible if Suika and other translators didn’t push hard for this, and if SevenSeas wasn’t willing to listen to the fan translators, and also give MXTX a proper cut of the profits. What I’m saying is that EN-speaking fandom now, in an economic sense, SHOULD be profitable for authors to want to have their books licensed in EN, and have proper and great translators we’ve seen doing proper work. I’m happy to be wrong definitely, if more EN official translations pop up from SevenSeas, but like I said, this was a concerted effort based on mutual respect on all parties, and we don’t get that very often, so now’s the time to support.

9. And am I ever so glad to say that once again MTL etc. really cannot compare to actual, proper translations, and I’m so happy for Suika and the other translators that they’re now ACTUAL translators and wannabe “I learnt Chinese for 6 months or 1 year and now will translate this terribly difficult novel because I am Smart” and everyone who’s given them trouble can now really shut up, because Suika really made it happen (along with many others yes!). She be all action and talk, I love that

10. Will there still be problems? YES, I think there will be. Despite everything going on official right now, we can all probably agree that troublemakers in the EN-speaking or international fandoms still exist. There’ll always be issues. Especially with new people joining in on the fun now that these super viral and hot titles are available in English, yes we can expect a lot more stupid questions and stupid people coming up. I don’t deny that overall it’s a huge thing, but as always, fandom is fandom, and with new entrants coming in? We definitely have a hell of a ride on our hands

11. Should you take the EN translations as honest gospel and it being THE one translation? I mean not in the sense of publishing or creating fan translations but if any people who speak CN and EN have different takes on translations in terms of expression I’d say those are equally valid and correct. I expect people might go “oh but the official translation version” blah blah but... language is nuanced. Although these translators for the books are the best there are out there, language can still be interpreted or expressed differently in translations! So yep, don’t go accusing smaller translators or content creators for “wrong translations” especially when they speak and lived Chinese all their lives thanks

12. The purest form of the content is still the Chinese version - I’m not being a wet blanket here, but the most, most original form of it is definitely the Chinese version, and things ARE still lost in translation regardless, so personally I of course still prefer the CN versions for all

13. Will novels like 2ha and SPL get official translations? I’d say it might be a bit hard for 2ha because there’re already so many haters in the EN-only speaking fandom for all the “immoral” stuff so yeah. SPL maybe? I honestly think Priest is not that interested in having EN translations for her books tbh unless the money is really boomz, so that one is up there for anyone’s guess as well.

14. In the meantime, Via Lactea does have licensed books for smaller danmei prints so do support them as well!!!

#mdzs #svsss #tgcf #mxtx #mxtx en print #AHHHHHHHHH

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gracetoldmeto · 2 years

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My thoughts while re-watching TGCF and this time with the dub...

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Ep 4:

Still not tired of this intro in case anyone wanted to know

Qi Rong gets his first mention (that I remember)! But also "Green Immor"? I guess its a lot to say the full title but, still...

I love how Ling Wen defends XL in the telepathic matrix to the rest of the officials like BRO don't y'all DARE forget this guy was the one that solved this issue on the mountain...idiots

Im writing the next few points down for my own notes cause I get names confused and i havent read the book yet dont kill me...

Green Immor/Green Light Night Walker (Qi Rong): weakest, not yet a devastation, "void of empathy"

Black Immor (water demon): not friendly, but low profile

White Calamity (Bai Wuxiang): most powerful, "brought ruin to one kingdom after another"

Crimson Rain Sought Flower (Hua Cheng): "mysterious...masquerades in many different forms," "beaten 33 gods and burned down their temples"

The fact that XL says "somehow I find the creatures [butterflies] to be quite elegant" after the backstory on HC is very funny to me...this boi is already smitten and doesnt even know it yet

I love how everyone is so convinced HC has a bad motive for showing face and telling XL to be careful but he's like 'NAH he was super nice uwu'

Ling Wen doing paperwork looks like me trying to finish this semester...tired and 110% done with everyone else's shit

"Why not get blessed by the greatest scholar?" Pop off, ok we love Ling Wen

Good to know the Dick jokes wont stop any time soon

God, i love XL's ☺ face

YALL

HERE COMES THE BOOOOOOOYYYYY... HELLO BOOOOOYYYY... WELCOME...

HE'S HERE!!!

FKAKGJSJFKSJT IT SAN LANG!!!

I LOVE HIS VOICE!!!! Y'all im so happy 😭

I've been waiting for this moment for so long omfg

fin

#it took me about 4 hours to watch this one episode cause i had to keep looking up details when i got new info or names lol #BUT OMFG IM SO HAPPY WE FINALLY GET TO HEAR SAN LANG AHHHH #hob spoilers #tgcf #xie lian #san lang #heaven official's blessing #mxtx #ling wen #qi rong #hua cheng

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zhuhongs · 3 years

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はいーーー、そしてそれが終わり！！

Cherry magic was very cute and very hard hitting. Tbh Honestly I'm gonna be REAL... when I heard the premise it rlly rlly just sounded like fujo bait.. like its SUCH a cliche fanfic premise omg... like I rlly expected it to be kinda crude and simple. Like it's so gimmicky.. the fucking virgin magic stuff... it's such a gimmick omg.. I rlly rolled my eyes when I first heard abt it. Esp making the connection of cherry and virginity in the title like HELPGJFJDJSJ. Like I wasnt sure I'd like this but i know a lot of yall liked it and i trust my mutuals taste so i watched it and rlly I'm glad. The first 5 episodes made me like...bawl with how relatable and down to earth it was. Ik half of my lb was in japanese and maybe 1 person put it thru google translate outta curiosity but wow like that shit HURTED. God... when all u do as a 20 yr old is overwork urself and feel alienated from all ur peers and even ur friends for being boring... this hits a little different xoxoxo (I'm fine ♡)

The characters were a lot more fleshed out than I thought and while I can still see the tropes in them, I think the live action aspect rlly did it a service. Like if this was animated I wouldve 100 percent written it off as just fujo bait no matter what yall posted idc. But this as a drama felt super real. It was so on the nose abt the kind of anxieties someone like Adachi would have and treated his character with grace.

I rlly only have one notable complaint. I wouldve liked to see and that is having adachi initiate things a little more. Again, ik hes like 30 and never held a hand so hes timid and thats like part of his appeal. But I do wish the relationship seemed more balanced in terms of that stuff. Like if I was kurosawa and I always was the one intimating that stuff I would feel a little strange but it's fine. It's just a small pet peeve but I feel like that stuff and rlly the whole concept of adachi always being so timid goes into like yaoi couples being written with heteronormative ideas behind them. Like yes they're a gay couple but iirc the author is a straight woman or at least isnt mlm and I dont trust and idk.. there were a few moments were I was like... This seems like they're trying to be heteronormative and make adachi the "girl" in the relationship but it was mild but still I'm just a little :^///. Though the scene of Rokkaku standing up for minato and straight up saying like "so what if hes gay" made me drop it. Bc I'm rlly glad they just said it like that. Though again I'm still critical of the instances where the characters were like "but we're both men!" Usually it was like deconstructed like when Kurosawa said it in ep 4 I think. But then when adachi did it a few times I was like... king pls stop. Like generally speaking they did rlly well on the front of not making lgbt relationships taboo and there was no unnecessary homophobia subplots minus rokkakus misunderstand of tsuge. And Adachi never had any big crisis like "oh no I'm gay!! What shall I do!" but i still wish those aforementioned things didnt haooen as much but ANYWAYS... I just will ignore that for sake of I want to enjoy the rest of the series but still, I have my complaints.

Also.. just a personal thing but I WISH they wouldve used each others first names like at the very end.

My personal favorite trope in japanese media (I guess this would apply to most east Asian media but sh) is first name basis bc like family names are the default way to address someone so when I see a couple use first names or change to using first names when their relationship deepens I just Go Crazy.. I rlly love this trope but ik that most ppl probably dont care abt this thing.

Anyways.. cherry magic was rlly solid and made me cry like.... more than it had any right to and honestly I dont think I've had that sorta reaction to smth since I first watched cql. Maybe my first read of tgcf i had that kinda reaction but man... the gay stationary salary men got me.. they got me.

Edit: oh also I hated the little imagine sequences with the fucking choir music... like omg... pls stop that's so cheesy I was embarrassed for the actors watching all of that

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