Sorry, my wifi disconnected so my previous ask may have gotten deleted? If not, discard this please and thanks lol
I was wondering what your thoughts are on CQL in terms of its portrayal/characterization. I know adaptations can change things but I don't know if I agree with fundamentally changing characters or altering them to suit your whims?
Good morning anon, I did get this one and perhaps not the other.
I... have a certain soft spot for some of CQL aesthetically and the acting of scenes from Wang Yibo and Xiao Zhan, but, I mostly despise about 90% of the scripting and story changes. (No, I won't ever drop that Yang Xia literally thought the two were just carrying a corpse between them while they traveled miles of China and that's why she made it a sword fetch quest).
Do I personally agree with the adaption changes. There's a certain way to please and respect the original work even with censorship mandates. CQL as an adaptation, was not that. I'd actually vastly recommend Legend of Fei or Word of Honor instead if you want a full adaptation vs canon text original. CQL, was from conception done to wash it of the original thematics, character intentions and the effects of those that rounded them as deeper and a natural progression of gay men falling in love.
One was the way it pawned off Jiang Yanli being so obsessed with the three of them as "together forever". No where in the novel does she say this, as she knows she is bound to be married into another family and grow up apart from Wei Wuxian in some way, SHE was already prepared for this, and Wei Wuxian had always expected to be a servant to Jiang Cheng, but he never said it would be indefinitely even in his promise. There was no indication of "forever together" among the three, Jiang Cheng also only expected forever submission from Wei Wuxian as no one else had expressed a want of listening to him (his parents as his elders having been outright abusive or passively apathetic).
It also made Wei Wuxian cope through the usage of alcohol at the idea of Lan Wangji now not "approving" of him. He did not want Lan Wangji's approval in the novel, he wished for his attentions and stated as such he felt they could be friends because they were so similar. He only grew volatile and distant towards him when Lan Wangji himself did not put up a strong front of liking him in Wei Wuxian's own presence each time they continued to interact. It cheapened Lan Wangji's own growth and realization that the expectation of "good" doesn't need to come from oppressive traditional rigidity as he had been told since he was young, and that a good person is not made by rule obedience.
There is good intentions, and there is Yang Xia. The only ones with good intentions were the director Chan Ka Lam (Who was the one to produce and film the happily touted "alternate" JP CQL ending that removes the separation of the special condensed edition to be more "Wangxian") Wang Yibo, and Xiao Zhan once they were able to lean into the original romance of the original work after fan backlash to the original script approvals from Yang Xia. Unfortunately, when the script you are made to work with is a bit of a turd, you can polish and glitter it as a fix, but the turd is still there under the gold veneer.
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Masterlist - fanfiction pt. 2
Masterlist pt. 1 | All fanfics | Masterpost
Hamilton
“I have a friend...” | Lams - Lee!Alexander
Howl’s moving castle
“In the field” | Howl x Sophie - Lee!Howl
InuYasha
“Skilled fingers” | InuKago - Lee!InuYasha (n$fw)
Kamisama Hajimemashita
6. “I wasn’t laughing!” & 21. “Of course you’d believe that.” | Nanami x Tomoe - Lee!Tomoe, Lee!Nanami
Love Stage!!
"Lucky man" | Ryouma x Izumi - Lee!Izumi
Mahoutsukai no Yome
“This tickling” | Elias x Chise - Lee!Elias, Lee!Chise
"Tired little mage apprentice" | Chise & Ruth - Lee! Ruth (commissioned by @/wertzunge)
Mo Dao Zu Shi
“Make me laugh, make me sleepy” | WangXian - Lee!Wei WuXian
“Meditation goes wrong” | WangXian ft. Lan XiChen - Lee!Lan WangJi
“Summer night melodies” | WangXian - Lee!Lan WangJi
“Skin threats?” | WangXian - Lee!Lan WangJi
“Teasing brothers” | WangXian ft. Lan XiChen & Jiang Cheng - Lee!Wei WuXian, Lee!Lan WangJi
“Tickle fights are tickle fights” | WangXian ft. Lan SiZhui - Lee!Lan SiZhui
“One cup, two cups, three cups” | WangXian - Lee!Wei WuXian
“A little warmer” | Nie Brothers - Lee!Nie Brothers (mostly Nie HuaiSang)
Mystic Messenger
“For all of your past birthdays” | Jihyun Kim x Reader - Lee!Jihyun
“I love you, too” | Jumin x Reader - Lee!Jumin
“One is enough” | Zumin - Lee!Zen (n$fw-ish)
“The oldest trick” | Jumin x Reader - Lee!Jumin (n$sfw)
“Your house is haunted” | Zumin - Lee!Zen
Obey Me! Shall we date?
"Spiciest chocolate cake" | Lucifer & Reader - Lee!Reader
"Royal Pajama Party" | Diavolo x Reader - Lee!Diavolo, Lee!Reader
“Cute little brother” | Lucifer & Satan - Lee!Satan
"Liar liar, pants on fire" | Belphie x Reader - Lee!Belphie
Sekaiichi Hatsukoi
“We work here!” | Nostalgia (Takano x Ritsu) - Lee!Ritsu
“You only live once” | Trifecta - Lee!Kirishima
Supernatural
21. “Dont laugh. Do. Not. Laugh. This is not funny” | Destiel - Lee!Castiel (College!Au)
Tian Guan Ci Fu
“Big melons and juicy apples” | HuaLian - Lee!Xie Lian
“Say yes, say no” | HuaLian - Lee!Xie Lian, Lee!Hua Cheng (commissioned by @/h-u-a-l-i-a-n)
The song of Achilles
“Immortal Memories” | Patrochilles - Lee!Achilles, Lee!Patroclus
Voltron
-. “Let the tickle war commence” | Shklance - Lee!Everyone
Yuuri!!! On Ice
8. “I think I’m stuck!” | Victuuri - Lee!Yuuri
21. “It looks very nice” | OtaYuri - Lee!Yurio
23. “Did you eat all the cookies?” | Victuuri - Lee!Victor
40. “Not now. I’m busy” | Victuuri - Lee!Yuuri
“Christmas is for lovers” | Victuuri - Lee!Victor
“Eros and Agape” | Victuuri - Lee!Yuuri
“Katsudon & Co.” | OtaYuri - Lee!Yurio
“Let me give you the world” | OtaYuri - Lee!Otabek
“Lunch date” | OtaYuri - Lee!Otabek
“Manners” | Victuuri ft. Yurio - Lee!Yurio
“Maybe” | OtaYuri - Lee!Otabek
Otabek sees Yurio’s smile for the first time - Lee!Yurio
Otabek tickling Yuri’s bum - Lee!Yurio
Revenge leads to revenge | Victuuri ft. Yurio - Lee!Yurio
“Spoken kisses” | OtaYuri - Lee!Otabek
“Too much, too good” | Victuuri - Lee!Victor (n$fw)
“The kitten’s awake” | OtaYuri - Lee!Yurio, Lee!Otabek
“Twister” | OtaYuri - Lee!Otabek
“Watch your mouth” | OtaYuri - Lee!Otabek
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