#mao mao

[maomao9jinshi]

I'm the only female in a house full of guys. I laughed my ass off at that flying turtle, and they all flinched. Guys just have no sense of humour.😂🤌🏻

#jinshi x maomao #kusuriya no hitorigoto jinshi #jinshi x mao mao #maomao x jinshi #jinshi #kusuriya no hitorigoto maomao #maomao kusuriya #mao mao #maomao #kusuriya no hitorigoto light novel #kusuriya no hitorigoto spoilers #kusuriya no hitorigoto #kusuriya anime #the apothecary diaries light novel #the apothecary diaries anime #the apothecary diaries manga #the apothecary diaries #knh manga #knh maomao #knh jinshi #shoujo couples #aashi heartfilia #aashi animetalks #kusuriya maomao

[uchiwaflame]

finished ep 8 of the apothecary diaries

#the apothecary diaries #artists on tumblr #my art #maomao #jinshi #jinshi x maomao #jinmao #kusuriya no hitorigoto #apothecary diaries #mao mao #apothecary diaries fanart #uchiwaflame

[justshipsandstuff]

I’ve watched a few Chinese court dramas growing up and I have to say, nobody got game like Mao Mao

#the apothecary diaries #kusuriya no hitorigoto #Shisui spoilers #my art #jinmao #mao mao #some quick doodles for new year #jinshi

[yumedoca]

This is basically their dynamic in a nutshell...

#the apothecary diaries #kusuriya no hitorigoto #maomao #mao mao #jinshi #god i love them sm

[bmbrice]

An Elite Team

Don't mind me I'm just putting together an elite team. Of men. I just want to listen to that conversation lol. Cats.

#avocato #mordecai heller #maomao #mao mao #lackadaisy #final space #ventrexian #FS

[gabbyp09]

#oficial art #kusuriya no hitorigoto #kusuriya #kusuriya anime #the apothecary diaries #mao mao #maomao #薬屋のひとりごと #jinshi #apothecary diaries

[amalgamasreal]

Went into The Apothecary Diaries expecting House MD as a young Chinese Girl in the Three Kingdoms Era China, instead got the cutest little mad scientist drug pusher this side of the Yangtze River:

#the apothecary diaries #maomao #mao mao #jinshi #catcat #she's just so cute

[sidsinning]

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

#the apothecary diaries #apothecary diaries #mao mao #sidrabbles #Kusuriya no Hitorigoto

[neo--queen--serenity]

he will not

#*sprays jinshi with a spray bottle* #the apothecary diaries #kusuriya no hitorigoto #jinshi #maomao #lihaku #this is 100% about today’s episode #though it definitely applies to his regularly scheduled bouts of maomao possessiveness #knh #knh spoilers #apothecary diaries #neo queen serenity’s memes #apothecary diaries jinshi #jinshi apothecary diaries #to be clear i think jelly jinshi is hilarious #the man has NO CHILL. NONE. #mao mao #jinmao #jinshi x maomao #maomao x jinshi #knh maomao #knh jinshi #jinshi knh #tad #apothecary diaries spoilers #does it count as a spoiler if he’s been a jelly bean since day 1???? #knh episode 21

[soyalexnajera]

It's so sad that HBO, I mean, Warner Bros Discovery doesn't give a single fuck about any of it's creators

#infinity train #hbo max #wbd #discovery #mao mao #ok ko let's be heroes #ok ko #ian jones quartey #owen dennis #summer camp island #julia pott

[theriverdraws]

WHAT THE FUCK????

CLOSE ENOUGH?? INFINITY TRAIN?? OK KO???

MAO MAO HAD A CONFIRMED SEASON 2 FOR YEARS AND AFTER ALL THAT SILENCE WE GET THIS???

SUMMER CAMP ISLAND HAS A WHOLE LAST SEASON READY TO GO???? LIKE:

EXCUSE ME????

Update: They're gone.

#hbo max #hbo #close enough #infinity train #ok ko #mao mao #mao mao heroes of pure heart #mao mao: heroes of pure heart #summer camp island #THIS FUCKING SUCKS WHAG THE FJCM #THEY KEEP SELF DESTRUCTING ITSELF AND IT COSTS ALL THESE GREAT FUCKING SHOWD

[maomao9jinshi]

My HERO JINSHI 🫶🏻🫠

#the apothecary diaries #kusuriya no hitorigoto #maomao #jinshi #lakan #apothecary diaries #apothecary diaries maomao #knh #knh episode 5 #apothecary diaries spoilers #knh spoilers #neo queen serenity’s posts #jinmao #jinshi x maomao #maomao x jinshi #apothecary diaries jinshi #jinshi apothecary diaries #kusuriya anime #knh maomao #knh jinshi #knh manga #knh ep 19 #mao mao #tad #apothecary diaries meta

[uchiwaflame]

has this been done yet

#was laughing the entire time i was drawing this lmao #apothecary diaries #artists on tumblr #my art #mao mao #anime fanart #maomao #kusuriya no hitorigoto #the apothecary diaries #mei mei #I swear this literally happened in that one episode #how does this show manage to have a scene for every existing meme out there #yas bitch slay #meme #uchiwaflame

[winterspellsfrozenkit]

Maomao's Dislike of Jinshi

So I've been watching Apothecary Diaries and I think people are missing out on the root cause of why Maomao doesn't like Jinshi's interactions with her. It's not because he's too pretty, of high standing, or because she thinks he's annoying/etc., as they're just parts that make up the actual root cause. It's because she knows he's being fake.

Jinshi, because of who he is, where he lives, and how he was raised, covers up his true intentions almost constantly. That was how he trapped Maomao and singled her out as the one who warned Concubine Gyokuyou, after all. The premise to get all the servants in the room, the note telling her to stay put, and making her come with him without telling her where they were going? He let her worry that she was in trouble, so to keep her off-balance when he introduced her to Gyokuyou and also had kept her note to keep her pinned in a corner so she would have to comply with what he and Gyokuyou wanted.

Maomao prefers working with honest people. It's why she never wanted to ascend into the ranks where court politics were a constant presence, because in court politics, you have to assume most people are lying to you on some level. That's why she likes Gyokuyou; Gyokuyou has a similar mentality about the importance of honesty in the people around her and she reciprocates that honesty with the select people she lets her walls down around. When Jinshi is flirting or being super sweet to someone, Maomao knows he's often not being sincere, so when he flirts or acts all sweet with her, she's not going to believe in the sincerity of it because it's dangerous for her if he's not being sincere.

In Maomao's world, a man who makes false promises will not have severe consequences for his actions, unlike the women who fall for them. Growing up where she did and doing the work she did, Maomao knows exactly what kind of damage someone else's lies can bring to someone else who got caught in them. Maomao is not blind to the ugly truths of the world around her, unlike many her age, so interacting with Jinshi, someone who is usually some level of false in almost every encounter with her, is frustrating to her and he won't leave her alone. Lies are a form of poison themselves as they deteriorate a person's life and relationships and if not caught, can lead someone to their death or a fate akin to death, but unlike physical toxins, Maomao can't fix any damage from that kind of societal poison. As someone who wants a lowkey and unremarkable life because it's more peaceful, Jinshi could damage her goals with his falsehoods if she falls for any of them.

And we see that when Jinshi is actually honest about himself and his feelings with her, she treats him better. When he gives her his hairpin, when he's hugging her and crying because of what happened with Ah-Duo, and when he's at the Verdigris House, drowning his sorrows over letting Maomao go from the Rear Palace, Maomao is kinder to him and doesn't look at him with the immediate disdain and suspicion she often throws his way. Maomao even states she prefers the Jinshi, who is more childlike and bratty, which is something we see Gaoshun constantly discourage when Jinshi has those moments where his mask breaks. But in those moments, he's being honest.

For the position of Maomao's love interest, Jinshi's already got one foot ahead of any other guy around Maomao, as he is willing to let Maomao have more freedom in her special interests and gives her things and access to areas that play into her interests, like her dad does, which is more than most men in her society would ever allow. The only reason he actively goes against her toying with poison is he knows exactly what she's going to do with the poisons. But his main hinderance to getting Maomao to like him back is the training of being two-faced that's been ingrained into him for his survival in court. If he was more honest with her, rather than hiding himself under the veneer of a pretty man who is sweet, gets along with everyone, and keeps his knowledge close to the chest, he'd do so much better in earning Maomao's respect and affection.

#the apothecary diaries #kusuriya no hitorigoto #maomao #jinshi #apothecary diaries #maomao x jinshi #mao mao #just be honest about your knowledge and feelings jinshi it would help

[ankhnu]

Kiss kiss kiss 💏 😽

#they are the end of me #jinshi #mao mao #jinmao #jinshi x maomao #maomao #the apothecary diaries #kusuriya no hitorigoto #fanart #my art

[chemical-abscess]

「花になって」

#the apothecary diaries #mao mao #薬屋のひとりごと #Kusuriya No Hitorigoto #GO READ AND WATCH IT NOOW