#like. if u have ever seen eternal love the sheer Difference between how demons are handled in EL versus LaR is enough reason alone to

[mejomonster]

Let me just say that you have some of most wonderful, nuanced analyses for dmbj that I've seen yet, and reading the tags on all your posts are delightful. Going through your dmbj tag has been a wonderful time this morning!

1. love that sora is your avatar i just noticed <3

2. i’m glad you’re enjoying my dmbj tag! <3 <3 <3 i write a lot of random thoughts and it always feels like they’re just getting lost in the void lol ToT I also have some stuff in each drama specific tag, mostly the lost tomb lb, the lost tomb 2 lb, tlt3 lb, and the show-title-only tags (tho its more wonderful gifsets and photos by others, less commentary). i tend to only put stuff in my dmbj tag that applies to multiple dmbj things ToT

and i am always down for dmbj discussion if u ever feel like it! i love digging into the very fun bottomless pit that is dmbj. (some other blogs that i think have some great commentary on dmbj: @thosch3i, @unexpected-nightview, @jockvillagersonly, @elletromil, @canary3d-obsessed, @eirenical, @yue-muffin​)

3 completely unrelated, but if i had to rec a romance xianxia it would be love and redemption, which i’ve got a lot on as well (love and redemption tag, love and redemption lb tag) The plot was very well done, and a lot of stuff flips on its head in the nicest way, and i think maybe it gets overlooked sometimes? because it starts off very ‘similar’ to other shows in its genre in presentation (eternal love, ashes of love) before revealing it doesn’t intend to do very much the same at all (without spoiling - the protagonist means so much to me in LaR especially the way their arc unfolds, LaR gave me the first romance xianxia with a kind take on demons including major hero roles, and the villain was so satisfying after other shows of this genre never penalizing/painting as evil characters who’ve acted similarly). Also its got Crystal Yuan, Cheng Yi, and Liu Xue Yi as leads... some of my favorite actors. Very ‘the untamed’ vibes in what it has to say about righteousness, justice, mob mentality, absolute power. Only worth checking out if u feel up for it. a bi leading love interest, a protagonist who breaks a lot of conventions but i cant really mention without spoiling, demons who get to do more than fulfil ‘evil stand in’ roles and angst in heaping amounts. It starts with all the nice romance tropes in the most enjoyable least annoying way for me personally, then segways into heavier stuff, then by the last several eps it just blew any remaining expectations I had out of the water in a good way. My favorite story in its ‘genre’ and the only one I’d rewatch.

#@miaxaim #replies #dmbj #totally feel free to ignore the love and redemption plug lol #unless that is a story ur interested in anyway #i just know i wrote HELLA meta for that show #it fucking blew me out of the water. #i did not expect a multi gender main protagonist who id relate to. who'd get a happy ending. #with a journey about healing and growth. and as a heroine get to FIGHT HER FIGHTS which does not #happen enough for my taste in romance xianxia. and cheng yi as the most loving bi man in the fucking world #and a whole host of characters who start off presented 'as if' its gonna follow the genre norms #then end up being nothing at all within that simple box i'd assumed they'd go in #like. if u have ever seen eternal love the sheer Difference between how demons are handled in EL versus LaR is enough reason alone to #check out LaR. let alone how much i wish bai qian had been allowed to fight her own fights in the finale... #or have tropes in a less disrespecting of her consent/choice/knowledge way #whereas in LaR consents a huge theme. so the good guys dont ignore it or else #they learn major fucking lessons and its painted correctly as wrong #as for dmbj??? PLEASE i am down for conversation or rants from u or anyone anytime on it #i love dmbj #i love this hot mess show where anything might happen #this series of books ToT i love the characters i am up for IT #also i havent seen all the shows so im up to hear more about ones i havent seen yet #like mystic nine and tomb of the sea