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Big Dumb Hot Cop & Effete Possibly Sociopathic Genius Consultant: A Manifesto

So it has recently come to my attention that this, my archetypal pairing formulation, has broken containment, probably because I've been flinging these terms around like a deranged person wielding a blunt instrument. Therefore it behooves me to explain what the hell I mean by all these adjectives, and who are some classic and contemporary examples of the idiots under discussion—who are by the way extremely in love with one another whether they realize it or not. (Don't you say "bromance." Don't you dare SAY that word to me.) I will use blorbo from my shows to illustrate.

I first realized that I am in fact a Big Dumb Hot Cop whisperer thanks to Chinese police procedural 猎罪图鉴 | Under the Skin (2022). Right away, it's very important to note that Big Dumb Hot Cop is NOT in fact all that dumb. He's only less intelligent IN COMPARISON to his Effete Slightly Sociopathic Genius Consultant, who is, as already stated, a genius. Big Dumb Hot Cop is in fact ruthlessly good at his job. He's driven, he obsesses about cases, he can walk into a crime scene and pick up on the one thing everyone else has missed. There is no suspect he cannot intimidate upon investigation. And he's even better when he's working with (or against, depending on what stage they're at) the genius consultant. They need each other, whether they're fighting or collaborating. They can only clear cases together.

Here are, then, police captain Du Cheng and his genius consultant, sketch artist Shen Yi, eyeing each other significantly as some witness is, I think, lying his face off? Honestly I can't even remember what's happening because the important thing here is their nonverbal communication. This is crucial for this pairing. They can think circles around each other without saying a word. Love that for them.

Effete Possibly Sociopathic Genius Consultant has two levels of Possibly Sociopathic. Most maddeningly of all, he has secrets. Sometimes many secrets. So at first, Big Dumb Hot Cop is going to think he's the criminal, or in some way involved in the wrongdoing. The second level is that he'll find Genius Consultant just worryingly, disturbingly good at predicting criminal behavior. And he will continue to be suspicious of him for exactly one or at most two episodes, until he's then swept off his big dumb feet by the rapidity and correctness of Effete Genius's deductions. There's nothing Big Dumb Hot Cop loves more than solving cases. Well, maybe beer. He also loves beer. Once he sees that Effete Consultant is useful, he'll do a 180º and stop complaining to his chief of police, and instead start demanding that Effete Consultant be his forever. He'll start hanging out in his office. He'll literally drag him to crime scenes by the wrist.

(And did I mention Effete Consultant must be very pretty? Did I mention that? He is lovely. Long, thin fingers to steeple while he thinks. Delicate features. Haunted dark eyes. Never sleeps. Shocking self-neglect. You may see where I am going with this.)

Another important attribute of Big Dumb Hot Cop: he's big. Or anyway strong, or a gifted fighter. Let's face it, he has to be, because Genius Consultant is going to be reckless with his own personal safety to the point of stupidity (now who's dumb, huh?). For example, consider another Chinese procedural, S.C.I. 谜案集 | S.C.I. Mystery (2018). Captain Bai Yutong is sort of impossibly physically talented (former fighter pilot! national sandu champion! runs over moving cars and then shoots at them, like some kind of weird urban biathlon!) and, like all good Big Dumb Hot Cops, his entire life is thrown upside down because he now has to drop everything to protect his effete consultant, criminal psychologist Dr. Zhan Yao, who's so careless with himself that in any another drama he would probably be driving Bai Yutong to drink. Thanks to the danmei on which SCI Mystery is based, however, we can safely assume Bai Yutong is taking it out on Zhan Yao in blow jobs.

Note that Bai Yutong is the cook, even though he's the gong, and that he moves in with Zhao Yan to "protect" him from...something, I can't ever remember what, and then just sort of forgets to move out again. For the length of the entire series.

I would argue that 镇魂 | Guardian (2018) is a procedural, even if it also has ghosts, a talking cat, snake lady, eerie dark energy that gets flung around like paintball splatters, and a whole bunch of other supernatural stuff that was not approved of by Big Red (it's based on a danmei of the same title by Priest, a novel which has been pulled from circulation for censorship). Further confusing matters, Zhao Yunlan isn't particularly Big or Dumb, nor is he even really a Cop, technically; but I'm claiming him for this genre not least because of his Effete (drop-dead gorgeous) Possibly Sociopathic (Chief Zhao thinks he's a suspect for a good third of the story) and Definitely Genius, Later Gangpressed into being a Consultant, chock-full of secrets Professor Shen Wei.

Once they finally team up, though, they do this genre/pairing proud. Why, there's nothing they can't solve except how to stay alive. Look at them here enjoying some fine nonverbal communication: "Oh my god, you're just like me—you too will fling yourself directly into bodily harm in order to save a clueless civilian. Okay this could be inconvenient for both of us. Also wow for a genetics professor you're really fucking built, do you lift my bro." (Yes. Yes he does lift.)

A final example: the cruelly short-lived 光渊 | Justice in the Dark (2023), which like Guardian is based on a danmei by Priest, 默读 | Silent Reading. I got baited into watching the eight (8) existing episodes by seeing a cut of Captain Luo Wenzhou taking on like forty guys with a champagne bottle, a pair of curtains, an axe handle, and a birthday cake, like some kind of cultivator. He's so big and hot, and he's so very dumb. He's also a cop, and ACAB (which is sort of the plot of Silent Reading); and Fei Du is possibly using him for his own nefarious ends (cf. possibly sociopathic and secretive). But underneath all of Fei Du's "I am the abyss, fear me, rawr!" scary posturing, like a puffed-up kitten, he's just a very pretty tender-hearted effete genius, and you can watch Luo Wenzhou melting, and practically pinpoint the exact moment when his whole heart flies out of his eyes and he decides: Yeah, okay, that's it for me. That one. The annoying little traumatized fuerdai with some kind of a death wish that I do not understand. I'll be throwing myself in front of bullets for him and/or cooking him dinner for the foreseeable future, thanks.

Priest is gonna mess with this dynamic of gong/shou caregiving and safeguarding, because that's what she does; but the fundamental beats are still there. Look at these ninnyhammers, just this second figuring out they're actually kind people who belong to each other.

Here they are confronting a suspect together. (You will notice the large butcher knife wavering in the foreground.) Luo Wenzhou, highly trained, nonetheless cannot de-escalate the situation. It takes a pretty playboy in an arm sling to come wandering into the room, and then, using his superb personal knowledge of what it's like to be traumatized to the point of insanity, getting the suspect to disarm. I just love the way they look at each other, incredulous (Luo Wenzhou) and mock-fascinated (Fei Du). If I ever meet the person who directed this scene I'm going to need to kiss them on the mouth.

Once you accept the gospel of Big Dumb Hot Cop and Effete Possibly Sociopathic Genius Consultant into your media-based life, you'll find it has many applications, not all of which have to be procedurals. Consider: characters from the Daomu Biji franchise, possibly (Hei Xiazi is the biggest dumbest hottest not-a-cop I've ever met). Leverage, in a weird OT3 way. Assorted combinations of Avengers. Teen Wolf fic, absolutely. Various Stargate incarnations. Several other Priest danmei, not only procedurals. Definitely Mysterious Lotus Casebook. Et cetera. (You're on your own with MXTX, though.)

This has gotten long and there are still so many nuances and features and wrinkles and problems with the theory that should be ironed out, but it'll have to do for now. I'll simply close by saying: yes, there is also a classic example and you already know exactly who it is.

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xinyuehui · 6 months

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"PrOFessOr zHaN Is hAnDSomE tOo"

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save-the-data · 8 months

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S.C.I | S01E02

Chinese Drama - 2018, 24 episodes

#Drama: S.C.I #Psychological #Investigation #Censored Adaptation of Same-sex Original Work #Censored Romance #S.C.I.谜案集 #Gao Han Yu #Ji Xiao Bing #William Fan #Jiang Long #Schollin Hu #Post: Rework #Adapted from a Novel #Bromance #Partners in Crime #CDrama

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Ji Xiaobing as Zhan Yao | S.C.I.

#s.c.i.#s.c.i. mystery #s.c.i. 谜案集 #zhan yao #ji xiaobing #cdrama #my edit #long post #candy colours because the colouring of this show is horrrrrible

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killerandhealerqueen · 6 months

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Okay, so. A thought came to me. And it's semi supernatural? Like cursed object? Okay, uh...wait. Oh right! So,

...

oh yeah! Zhan Yao finds an old artifact and he has to transport it with Bai Yutong because people that are in contact with it claims they've time traveled, or whatever, right? And in the midst of transporting it, some criminals are chasing them cuz they want to steal it from some rich ass collector for whatever reason. Zhan Yao and Bai Yutong ends up in a crash cuz assholes stepped on the gas. (Poor little white car, it will be missed and fixed, or replaced. Cuz Yutang rich) Anyways, the car jerks and flings them around. When they open their eyes again, there are guns pointing at them. And a man approaches them, tells them they are under arrest for trying to steal a priceless artifact, and are taken to the police station where they are interrogated by dun dun dun!!!! Jiang Yuelou, who is in charge of recovering the stolen artifact, which at this time it's not and its just a rich man's love token from his deceased wife and he treasures the pocket watch a lot. Things happen, people gets kidnapped, some die and others get hurt, Yuzhi gets caught in the crossfire and saved by Zhan Yao who also gets caught in the crossfire, because they attract trouble like bees to honey. (Zhan Junbai may or may not be an ancestor.) Things get weird but along the way Yuelou and Yuzhi trusts Bai Yutong and Zhan Yao. (They can't be that bad if they rescued Yuzhi.) Yutong gets jealous because Xiao Bai stole Zhan Yao from him. And they eventually go back to their time via the power of the pocket watch and realize that only minutes, hours maxed, has passed despite being in the past for months. They doubt whether or not it was real. (Maybe they end up bring back a tiny proof that they did in fact time travel.) And artifact cracked so its not like they can try again. Maybe they'll meet Yuelou and Yuzhi of the future one day. Or maybe they are the reincarnated versions. I don't know. TBH, the idea was just "Bai Yutong and Zhan Yao time travels and meets Jiang Yuelou and Chen Yuzhi."

Ohhh...I'm listening, I'm listening...so what you're telling me is that Zhan Yao and Bai Yutong basically get isekaied back to Jiang Yuelou and Chen Yuzhi's time period...that's fucking hilarious, I love it

Zhan Yao and Bai Yutong had been assigned to some weird cases before but they swore this one was the fucking weirdest

You see, they walked into the office one day, only to be greeted by Bao Sir, who held a small box in his hand

“Bao Sir”

Bao Sir smiled before he held out the box to them

“I have a special assignment for you two”

Bai Yutong and Zhan Yao frowned before Bai Yutong reached out and took the box from him, opening it before he looked at him in confusion

“A…watch?”

Bao Sir nodded as he handed them a piece of paper with an address on it

“Yes. A local professor who is a friend of mine asked me if I would put my two best detectives on an assignment of transferring this watch to the local museum”

Bai Yutong and Zhan Yao frowned

“Why did he want us?”

Bao Sir shrugged

“I’m not entirely sure. When I asked, he said that all of the people he had previous asked to transport said watch mysteriously…disappeared”

Bai Yutong and Zhan Yao’s eyes widened

“Disappeared?!”

Bao Sir nodded

“Apparently, according to him, they all “time traveled”. But that, of course, is nonsense as time travel doesn’t exist. And since you both are men of science, I doubt you’ll have any problems”

He then smiled

“Good luck”

He then walked past them, leaving Zhan Yao and Bai Yutong alone with the box, a stunned look on both of their faces

After he left, Zhan Yao and Bai Yutong looked down at the watch before Bai Yutong sighed

“Come on, let’s get this over with so we can focus on actually important cases”

He then closed the box and turned, heading out of the department, Zhan Yao on his heels

After leaving the department, Zhan Yao and Bai Yutong got into Bai Yutong’s car, Bai Yutong typing the address into his phone’s GPS before he put the car into drive and began making their way towards the museum

As they drove towards the museum, Zhan Yao looked at the box in his lap before he opened it and pulled out the watch, looking at it

Bai Yutong glanced over at him before he hummed

“Do you believe what Bao Sir said?”

Zhan Yao glanced back at him

“What, that this watch causes people to time travel?”

Bai Yutong nodded

“Yeah”

Zhan Yao shook his head

“There’s no such thing as time travel”

Bai Yutong frowned

“But how do you explain those disappearances?”

Zhan Yao hummed

“Well, maybe they got killed? Because this watch seems pretty valuable and looks like something that would be in a collector’s collection”

Bai Yutong frowned

“Are you serious? You think a collector actually had them killed?”

Zhan Yao chuckled softly

“You’d be amazed at collectors will do to get their grubby hands on something valuable or priceless”

Bai Yutong hummed

“I guess so”

As they continued down the road and through the intersection, they didn’t even see a large white truck coming towards them from the left until they were suddenly t-boned, causing both of them to cry out in shock as Bai Yutong’s Lamborghini flipped multiple times before it finally came to a stop

As it sat there in the middle of the road, smoking, one of the people in the white truck (who were actually hired by a collector to steal said watch that Bai Yutong and Zhan Yao were assigned to transport) got out and walked over to Bai Yutong’s Lamborghini, looking inside only to find it empty

“What the fuck?”

Meanwhile, when Bai Yutong and Zhan Yao both slowly opened their eyes, they blinked a few times in confusion, only to realize that there were guns pointed in their faces, causing their eyes to widen in shock

“What the hell?!”

Just then a tall man with light tan skin, brown eyes, and black hair styled in an undercut, his eyes hard

“You’re under arrest”

Zhan Yao and Bai Yutong looked at him in confusion

“For what?!”

The man huffed

“For theft”

“Theft?!”

The man pointed to the watch in Zhan Yao’s hand

“That’s an important artifact and you’ve stolen it”

Both Zhan Yao and Bai Yutong looked down at the watch before they both shook their heads

“No, we were just—”

Just then, two officers surged forward and grabbed them, yanking the watch out of Zhan Yao’s hand as the man waved his hand

“Take them back”

The officers nodded and began dragging Zhan Yao and Bai Yutong away, both men struggling desperately in their grasps

A little while later, both Bai Yutong and Zhan Yao sat in a cell, irritation on their faces just as a tall man with light skin, brown eyes, and short black hair walked into the cell and raised an eyebrow

“Stealing a precious artifact…that’s pretty ballsy”

Bai Yutong tsked

“Look, buddy, we didn’t still shit. We were assigned to transport that watch to a local museum”

The man raised an eyebrow

“Oh yeah? And who assigned you to do that?”

“Commissioner Bao Heizei of the Hong Kong Police Department”

The man frowned

“Commissioner Bao? I’ve never heard of him”

He then looked Bai Yutong and Zhan Yao up and down and hummed

“I don’t believe I’ve ever seen you two either. What’s your name?”

Bai Yutong and Zhan Yao glanced at each other before they looked back at him

“Sergeant Bai Yutong and Dr. Zhan Yao, SCI”

The man frowned

“SCI?”

“Special Cases Investigation unit”

Bai Yutong then motioned to his pocket

“Check my ID if you don’t believe me”

The man hummed before he stepped forward and pulled out Bai Yutong’s ID card, looking at it

“Never heard of it. Nor you”

He then placed his ID back in his pocket before he crossed his arms

“I don’t believe either of you”

Bai Yutong groaned as Zhan Yao looked at him

“We didn’t steal the watch, we promise. Just let us call our Commissioner and he’ll explain it to you”

The man scoffed

“Yeah, I’m not going to do that”

Bai Yutong growled

“What do we have to do to prove to you that we didn’t fucking steal that damn watch?”

The man hummed just as Zhan Yao looked at him

“Do you even have any evidence that we stole the watch? Other than it being in our possession? Did anyone see us steal it?”

The man was quiet before he shook his head, a look of irritation on his face

“No”

Zhan Yao smirked

“Then you can’t hold us. It’s just probable cause. Until you have more evidence to link us to the theft, you have to let us go”

The man growled before he snapped his fingers, two officers soon rushing forward

“Yes Chief Jiang?”

The man, Chief Jiang Yuelou, motioned to Bai Yutong and Zhan Yao

“Release them”

The officers looked at him in shock but quickly did as they were told, as they didn’t want to get on his bad side

Once they were released, Bai Yutong and Zhan Yao looked at Jiang Yuelou as he narrowed his eyes at them

“Don’t go far…I will find a way to arrest you”

Bai Yutong huffed

“Yeah, good luck with that”

He then patted himself down before he looked at Jiang Yuelou

“Where can we get our guns back?”

Jiang Yuelou motioned with his head

“Follow me”

He then led them through the prison, both men looking around with wide eyes; it was nothing like the prisons that they were used to

Jiang Yuelou then motioned to an officer, who placed Zhan Yao and Bai Yutong’s guns before them, Bai Yutong taking his gun first before he handed Zhan Yao his

They both then looked at Jiang Yuelou

“We’ll be seeing you”

They then turned and headed out of the prison, Jiang Yuelou watching them with narrowed eyes

After leaving the prison, Bai Yutong and Zhan Yao looked around with wide eyes; they had no idea where they fuck they were…but considering the police uniforms that the officers were wearing…it definitely wasn’t their era

“Did we actually time travel?”

Bai Yutong shrugged

“Hell if I fucking know. All I know is that we need to get back to the HKPD or Bao Sir is gonna have our asses for fucking up this assignment”

Zhan Yao nodded

“Yeah”

They then began through the city, looking around in awe

“Jesus, it really feels like we’ve jumped back in time”

Zhan Yao hummed

“Maybe we have”

Bai Yutong looked over at him incredulously

“Don’t tell me you actually believe that the watch causes people to time travel”

Zhan Yao motioned to their surroundings

“Look where we are, Yutong! How do you explain this?”

Bai Yutong was quiet before he huffed

“I don’t know”

Zhan Yao nodded

“That’s what I thought”

Bai Yutong tsked before he reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone, only to find that he had no service

“Well fuck me, we can’t even call Commissioner Bai to let him know what happened”

Zhan Yao frowned and quickly pulled out his phone as well, only to find that he also didn’t have service

“Damn”

Bai Yutong groaned

“Well, this is just great, isn’t it?”

Zhan Yao hummed and placed his phone back in his pocket as he sighed

“So we’re somehow trapped in another time period and we can’t contact our boss…this seems like a nightmare”

Bai Yutong nodded

“Yeah, it does”

Just then, his eyes widened

“Fuck, the watch!”

Zhan Yao frowned

“What about the watch?”

Bai Yutong gave him a look

“We don’t have the watch anymore! How are we supposed to transport it if we don’t even have it?!”

Zhan Yao paused before he hummed

“You’ve got a point…do you think that Chief Jiang would be willing to give it back?”

Bai Yutong scoffed

“Yeah, I fucking doubt it”

Zhan Yao hummed

“Well…shit”

Bai Yutong huffed

“You can say that again”

They both then sighed before they began walking, thinking about how they were going to get the watch back as well as get back to their own time when they heard shouting coming from a nearby alley, causing them to look at each other in concern before they ran towards the shouting, their eyes widening at the sight of two thugs beating up an old man

At the sight, Bai Yutong growled and quickly drew his gun

“Stop! Police!”

At the bark, the two thugs turned to look at them before they scoffed

“You two aren’t police. Get lost”

Bai Yutong narrowed his eyes and placed his finger on the trigger

“Step away from him or I’ll shoot”

The two men laughed

“You’ll do no such thing”

Just then, a gunshot echoed through the air before one of the men went down with a scream, clutching at their leg

They all then looked over at Zhan Yao, who was looking at them calmly, his own gun in his hand

“You never said anything about me taking a shot. Now get lost”

The two thugs nodded and quickly rushed out of the alley, one of the thugs supporting the other as they ran

Once they were gone, both Zhan Yao and Bai Yutong putting their guns away before they rushed over to the old man and looked him over

“Sir, are you alright?”

The old man nodded

“Yes, thank you”

Zhan Yao noticed that he was bleeding from a head wound, causing him to frown

“You’re bleeding. We should take you to the hospital”

The old man shook his head

“No need. Just take me to Yuzhi Hall”

Bai Yutong frowned

“Yuzhi Hall?”

The old man nodded

“It’s a clinic”

Bai Yutong and Zhan Yao both nodded in understanding before they carefully helped the old man to his feet and led him through the street, allowing him to show them where Yuzhi Hall was

When they arrived and stepped inside, a young man took one look at them before his eyes widened and he quickly rushed over to them, taking the old man out of his arms before he guided him over to one of the chairs in front of his desk and sat him down

Once he was sitting, he quickly got to work on cleaning and bandaging the man’s wounds before he looked over at Zhan Yao and Bai Yutong

“What happened?”

“Uh, we saw him getting attacked in an alley not too far from here. We fought them off and then brought him here at his request”

The young man nodded slowly

“I see”

He then turned back to the old man and smiled gently

“How are you feeling now?”

The old man nodded

“Fine, Dr. Chen”

The young man, Dr. Chen Yuzhi, smiled

“Good, that’s good. But I think you should just rest for a little bit before you head on your way, hmm?”

The old man nodded

“Alright”

Chen Yuzhi then tilted his head at him

“Tea?”

The old man nodded

“Please”

Chen Yuzhi nodded before he looked at Zhan Yao and Bai Yutong

“And for you?”

Both Zhan Yao and Bai Yutong looked at each other before they nodded

“Please”

Chen Yuzhi smiled and nodded before he turned and headed off to make some tea as the old man looked at Bai Yutong and Zhan Yao

“Thank you for saving me back there”

He then tilted his head

“Are you two new police recruits? I don’t believe I’ve seen you before”

Bai Yutong and Zhan Yao shook their heads

“We’re police officers, but not from here. We’re from Hong Kong”

The old man looked at them curiously

“What brings two police officers from Hong Kong to Jing City?”

Zhan Yao frowned

“Is that where we are?”

The old man nodded

“Indeed”

Bai Yutong nodded slowly

“And…what year is it?”

“1920”

Both Zhan Yao and Bai Yutong looked at him in shock

“1920?!”

The old man laughed

“What year were you expecting?”

Zhan Yao and Bai Yutong both blinked, just as Jiang Yuelou stepped into the clinic and frowned

“The hell are you two doing here?”

Bai Yutong and Zhan Yao turned to look at him before Bai Yutong huffed

“We could say the same thing. You don’t look sick”

Jiang Yuelou tsked

“Neither do you”

Just then, Chen Yuzhi walked back out with three tea cups full of tea and handed one to the old man before he looked at Jiang Yuelou and smiled as he handed Zhan Yao and Bai Yutong their tea

“Yuelou. What are you doing here?”

Jiang Yuelou looked at him and smiled before he cleared his throat

“Well, I was hoping you’d maybe know who the owner of this watch was”

He then reached into his pocket and pulled out the pocket watch his men had taken from Zhan Yao earlier

Just then, the old man gasped

“My watch!”

Jiang Yuelou, Bai Yutong, and Zhan Yao looked at him with wide eyes

“This is your watch?”

The old man nodded as he pushed himself to his feet and walked over to Jiang Yuelou, taking the watch out of his hand, a fond smile on his face before he looked at Jiang Yuelou

“I was on my way to the police station to see if you had found it when I was jumped. Where did you find it?”

Jiang Yuelou glanced at Bai Yutong and Zhan Yao before he cleared his throat

“Oh, one of my men found it”

The old man nodded slowly before he looked at Bai Yutong and Zhan Yao and held out the watch

“Here. As thanks for saving me earlier”

Bai Yutong, Zhan Yao, and Jiang Yuelou looked at him in shock before Jiang Yuelou shook his head

“But…isn’t that the watch your wife gave you?”

The old man smiled

“Yes, but I think she’d be happy to know that it went to people with good hearts like them, since she had a good heart”

Both Bai Yutong and Zhan Yao blinked in shock before they bowed, Zhan Yao carefully taking the watch from him

“Thank you. We’ll take good care of it”

The old man smiled and nodded before he continued out of the clinic, Jiang Yuelou, Chen Yuzhi, Zhan Yao, and Bai Yutong watching him leave before Bai Yutong and Zhan Yao looked at the watch

“Now we can fucking go home”

Zhan Yao let out a sigh of relief

“Thank God”

Chen Yuzhi tilted his head curiously

“You needed the watch to go home?”

Bai Yutong and Zhan Yao looked at him then at Jiang Yuelou before they both sighed

“It’s a…bit of a weird story and I don’t think you’re going to believe us even if we told you”

Jiang Yuelou crossed his arms

“Try us”

Bai Yutong and Zhan Yao looked at each other before they sighed and explained that they were from the future, that in their “era” they had been assigned to transport the watch that the old man had given them to a museum and that before they could make it there, they were t-boned by a truck

“However, instead of…basically dying, we’re here. In the 1920s. And we’re pretty sure this watch brought us here, especially because the person who owned the watch said it caused people to time travel”

Both Jiang Yuelou and Chen Yuzhi stared at them in shock before Jiang Yuelou looked over at Chen Yuzhi

“You’re the doctor here, Yuzhi. You think they have a screw loose?”

Bai Yutong tsked

“We told you wouldn’t believe us”

Chen Yuzhi hummed

“Well…I don’t know if it’s entirely possible but…I think they’re telling the truth”

Jiang Yuelou looked at him in shock

“HA?!”

Chen Yuzhi motioned to Bai Yutong and Zhan Yao

“Well, they’re clearly not dressed like us…so they kind of stick out like sore thumbs. Does that mean that they’re from the future? I don’t know but…maybe”

Jiang Yuelou hummed before he looked at the watch in Zhan Yao’s hand

“So how is that thing supposed to take you back to…wherever you came from?”

Zhan Yao shook his head

“We don’t know…we don’t know how it worked the first time. I mean…we got in a car accident the first time…but I don’t know if we can replicate it”

Jiang Yuelou shrugged

“We can try”

Chen Yuzhi looked at him in shock

“Jiang Yuelou! Absolutely not!”

Jiang Yuelou looked over at him and huffed

“I’m kidding, Yuzhi. I wouldn’t actually do that”

Bai Yutong shot him a look

“Yeah sure”

Jiang Yuelou glanced back at him and smirked as Chen Yuzhi looked at them

“Well…since we don’t really know how to help you…you’re more than welcome to stay here. I have beds upstairs…and while it’s not much, it’s better than nothing”

Jiang Yuelou glanced at him before he sighed

“Since you two are also police men, you can work at the department until you go back”

Bai Yutong and Zhan Yao looked at the two men in shock before they dipped their heads

“Thank you”

After the rocky start, Bai Yutong and Zhan Yao slowly began to get used to “living” in Jing City

During the day, Bai Yutong worked at the Jing City Police Department with Jiang Yuelou while Zhan Yao worked with Chen Yuzhi at his clinic

Even though Zhan Yao was police like Bai Yutong, he felt like he’d be use to Chen Yuzhi, since the young man worked by himself

Though they did come by the police department whenever Jiang Yuelou needed consultation on a case

Then during the evenings, the four of them would meet up for dinner at the wonton stand that Jiang Yuelou and Chen Yuzhi frequent before going to either Jiang Yuelou or Chen Yuzhi’s place to drink tea before going to Chen Yuzhi's clinic to sleep

And anytime they visited Jiang Yuelou’s place, Xiao Bai would absolutely clamor all over Zhan Yao, must to Bai Yutong’s jealousy because Zhan Yao was his cat

Everything was going rather well (though Bai Yutong and Zhan Yao were worried that their team was missing them) when one day Zhan Yao and Chen Yuzhi were summoned to the police department, only to find Jiang Yuelou, Bai Yutong, and a group of officers gathered in the lobby

“What’s going on?”

Jiang Yuelou looked at them

“We’re going to head out to do a raid on a known drug den. We want you to come along as medics but stay at a distance, just in case”

Zhan Yao and Chen Yuzhi nodded

“Understood”

Jiang Yuelou nodded in reply before he headed out of the police department, Bai Yutong, the other officers, Zhan Yao, and Chen Yuzhi following after him

They then all got into the police cars before they headed to where the raid was

When they arrived, they all got out before Jiang Yuelou, Bai Yutong, and the officers made their way towards the warehouse while Zhan Yao and Chen Yuzhi stood a distance away

Inside the warehouse, all of the officers spread out while Bai Yutong followed behind Jiang Yuelou, Song Rong, and Sun Yongren, Song Rong and Sun Yongren flanking either side of Jiang Yuelou while Bai Yutong brought up the rear

As they made their way through the warehouse, everyone kept their eyes peeled when Bai Yutong noticed something out of the corner of his eye, making him turn before he fired, a cry echoing through the warehouse, making Jiang Yuelou and the others look at him in shock

“You could see that?”

Bai Yutong nodded

“Yeah. So just keep going, don’t worry, I’ve got your back”

Jiang Yuelou, Song Rong, and Sun Yongren nodded, just as gun fire suddenly exploded boxes next to them, causing them to quickly take cover before they began firing back

Meanwhile, outside the warehouse, Zhan Yao and Chen Yuzhi watched the warehouse with nervous eyes, as they both had jumped the minute they heard gunfire

“I hope they’re okay”

Zhan Yao hummed

“Me too”

As they stood there, someone came to the window of the warehouse and pointed a gun at them, making Zhan Yao’s eyes widen before he grabbed Chen Yuzhi and tackled him to the ground, just as a bullet ricocheted off the roof of the car

“Stay down”

Zhan Yao then grabbed his gun and peered around the car, just as another bullet hit the ground beside the car, causing him to quickly duck behind the car before he peered around it once more and took aim, firing once

While he wasn’t as good as Bai Yutong, after training with him for a while, his aim improved and he was grateful for the time Bai Yutong took to train him as he watched the shooter fall forward out of the window

Once the shooter was dead, Zhan Yao lowered his gun before he looked at Chen Yuzhi

“Are you alright?”

Chen Yuzhi nodded

“I’m fine”

Zhan Yao nodded

“Good”

Meanwhile, back in the warehouse, Bai Yutong, Jiang Yuelou, Song Rong, Sun Yongren, and the other officers were taking down the dealers, doing their best not to get shot at

After they had taken out the drug dealers, Jiang Yuelou looked around

“Is everyone alright? Any causalities?”

All of his officers, including Bai Yutong, Song Rong, and Sun Yongren, shook their heads, causing him to nod

“Good. Seize the drugs and let’s go”

The officers nodded and quickly began to drag boxes and boxes full of drugs out of the warehouse as Jiang Yuelou, Bai Yutong, Song Rong, and Sun Yongren walked out of the warehouse and over to where Zhan Yao and Chen Yuzhi were waiting

“Everything okay out here?”

Zhan Yao huffed

“Someone took a shot at us, but other than that, we’re fine”

Jiang Yuelou’s eyes widened

“What?!”

He then looked at Chen Yuzhi in concern

“Are you hurt?”

Chen Yuzhi smiled and shook his head

“No, thanks to Zhan Yao, I’m fine”

Jiang Yuelou looked over at Zhan Yao with a raised eyebrow, just as Zhan Yao pulled out his gun

“You forget, Chief Jiang, that I’m also a police officer”

Jiang Yuelou huffed softly and nodded

“Right, forgive me”

He then turned towards the warehouse, where the rest of the officers were exiting

“Is that everything?”

The officers turned to look at him

“There’s one more box inside”

Meanwhile, unknown to the officers, the drug dealers had set up a trap of a bomb to go off the minute it reached “zero” and there was only three seconds left on the bomb

Then, all of a suddenly, the warehouse exploded, sending everyone flying in the blast, Zhan Yao and Bai Yutong clinging to each other as they hit the ground, Zhan Yao accidentally landing on the pocket watch that was in his pocket

A little while later, when Zhan Yao and Bai Yutong woke up, they found themselves in hospital beds, Bao Sir and the other S.C.I. members gathered around them

“Dr. Zhan! You’re awake!”

Zhan Yao let out a soft groan

“What happened? Where are we?”

Bao Sir huffed

“You’re in the hospital. You and Bai Yutong have been unconscious for hours”

Zhan Yao frowned

‘Hours? It’s only been hours? But…’

His eyes then widened

“The watch! What happened to the watch?”

Bao Sir sighed

“Unfortunately, it was broken in the crash. But the professor understands, he knows it wasn’t your fault”

Just then, the door to the room opened and a doctor stepped inside

“Ah, you’re awake, good”

He then looked at Bao Sir and the others

“If you’ll excuse me, I need to do a quick check up on them”

Bao Sir and the others nodded before they left the room, the doctor smiling as they left before he walked over to Zhan Yao and Bai Yutong

“Hello gentlemen, I’m your doctor, Dr.—”

Both Zhan Yao and Bai Yutong looked at him in shock

“Dr. Chen”

The young doctor, Dr. Chen Yuzhi, smiled

“That’s right. I’m quite amazed you know my name considering this is the first time we’ve spoken since you’ve woken up”

Both Zhan Yao and Bai Yutong glanced at each other before Bai Yutong looked at him

“How’s Chief Jiang? Is he alright?”

Chen Yuzhi looked at him in shock

“You even know my husband? Is this really the first time we’ve met?”

Zhan Yao and Bai Yutong laughed weakly

“No, it is…”

Chen Yuzhi hummed

“I see”

He then quickly checked both of them to see how they were doing, and once he deemed them fine, he looked at them and smiled

“Everything looks good. I’ll be back to check on you in a little while”

He then turned to leave when he paused and turned back to look at them

“And about Jiang Yuelou, yes, he’s fine. He’ll actually be coming to interview you about the crash later on when you’ve recovered a bit more”

He then continued out of the room, leaving Zhan Yao and Bai Yutong alone in silence before Bai Yutong huffed softly

“So time travel…really does exist”

Zhan Yao hummed

“I guess so”

He then looked at him

“I didn’t expect to see them here”

Bai Yutong shook his head

“Me either. You think they followed us?”

Zhan Yao shook his head

“I don’t think so…but I don’t know…all I know is that my head hurts”

Bai Yutong huffed

“Mine too. Let’s go back to sleep…I don’t want to think anymore”

Zhan Yao laughed

“Me too”

They both then shut their eyes and let the drugs that were still in their system pull them back under, both of them trying not to think about how time travel was real…and how it was all thanks to one simple watch

#sass answers #Killer and Healer #s.c.i. 谜案集 #bai yutong #zhan yao #chen yuzhi #jiang yuelou #yaoyutong #yuezhi #killer and healer headcanons #s.c.i. 谜案集 headcanons

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aurumcalendula · 3 months

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Magic | S.C.I. Mystery

'I call it magic when I'm with you'

AO3 | DW

(password = AurumCalendulaVids)

#my fanvid #S.C.I. Mystery #Bai Chi x Zhao Zhen #contains rapidly flashing lights (especially around 0:05 - 0:10)#flickering flames (mostly around 2:10 - 2:18)#some quick cuts #and show-typical violence #s.c.i. 谜案集

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bahoreal · 1 year

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: S.C.I.谜案集 | S.C.I. Mystery (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Bai Yutang/Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutong/Zhan Yao Characters: Bai Yutang, Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutong, Zhan Yao, Féng Jié, shang luo, Bai Qingtang Additional Tags: uses show names (bai yutong and zhan yao), Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, basically they get motivated by jealousy and kiss Summary:

Bai Yutong is rarely angry at Zhan Yao. The only times he has been truly angry at Zhan Yao have been because Zhan Yao is putting himself in danger, or not letting Bai Yutong take care of him. They argue all the time, but their competition is light, it usually streaks heat and happiness through Bai Yutong’s stomach, it doesn’t cling to every one of his thoughts until he feels like he’s being driven wild, it doesn’t make him want to drink until he can’t see straight, it doesn’t make him want to crash down Zhan Yao’s door and shake him, it doesn’t make him want to finally finally take Zhan Yao by the shoulders and -

It’s different this time.

#sci #sci mystery #s.c.i. 谜案集 #bai yutong #zhan yao #i was possessed for the whole time i wrote this it's not like uuuhhh good #but if anyone is still reading sci fic! there u go!#i literally wrote 4 gems for three body then wanked this out in like 2h kjdsfhdksjhf #im so sorry

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shouting-at-the-telly-though · 4 years

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#this level of adorable shouldn't be allowed in more than one show at a time~#s.c.i. 谜案集 #bai chi #jiang long

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yourstrawberrygirl3 · 2 years

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Can someone write something like this?

"5 times ZZ says something in another language to Yutong + 1 yutong responds in the same language"

It can be that he says 'i love u' in another language to him but in the last one Yutong responds him cause he was learning the language to surprise Zhan Yao

Zhan Zhao just says things like "this idiot is getting on my nerves" and in the last one he says i love u to yutong

#s.c.i mystery #s.c.i. 谜案集 #bai yutong #zhan zhao #story ideas #fanfic prompt #story prompts #writing prompts #writers and readers #ao3 writer #ao3fic #fic prompts

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lunarriviera · 27 days

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today's my birthday! a few recent events in my life have been quite challenging and i'm struggling tonight. if you feel like it, reblog with something that makes you uncomplicatedly happy?

i'll start: today i watched the sun come up while drinking a vanilla latte across the street from NASA, staring at a retired space shuttle. later i had an amazing blueberry donut, and got to talk to my godfather and hear his wild stories. i had hurt my back, but it's better! and just now i reread my all-time favorite SCI Mystery fic.

the horrors persist, my friends, but so do we. i love you madly. LET'S HAVE A PARTY TOGETHER

#it's my birthday!#hbd to me!#i really do love y'all #it's not just a platitude #been on this hellsite for 12+ years #and it's all because of you. yes YOU.#also #fic rec #sci mystery #S.C.I.谜案集 #one of my favorite fics period #it's the [pinches fingers] YEARNING

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xinyuehui · 1 year

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New year, new SCI sets! 🐱🤝🐭🎉

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save-the-data · 8 months

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S.C.I | S01E01

Chinese Drama - 2018, 24 episodes

Surprise! It didn't win the poll, but as many still voted for it and it doesn't get as much love like Guardian, why not :D. Stand by Me left a hole in my schedule for a good partners in crime drama, so it was either this or Original Sin (which will probably be next).

#Drama: S.C.I #Special Crime Investigation #Bromance #Investigation #Psychological #Mystery #Partners in Crime #Censored Adaptation of Same-sex Original Work #Censored Romance #S.C.I.谜案集 #Gao Han Yu #Ji Xiao Bing #William Fan #Jiang Long #Schollin Hu #Post: Rework #CDrama

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melodious-tear · 1 year

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S.C.I. Mystery aesthetic

#s.c.i. 谜案集 #s.c.i. mystery #s.c.i. (2018)#zhan yao #bai yutong #ji xiaobing #gao hanyu #long post #flashing #gun tw #gif #my edit

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killerandhealerqueen · 1 year

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Mafia Au Masterlist

Masterlist of all my mafia fics that I’ve written, by fandom

恨君不似江楼月 | Killer and Healer

Stitches and Leather Jackets

Around You, I am Soft

Unexpected Visitor

Violence Is Never the Answer...Except When It Is

Murder Husbands

This is an Art Heist, Baby!

I'm Not Losing You Again

Blood In, Blood Out

Always Been Yours

The Mob Boss and the Kindergarten Teacher

No Regrets

In Too Deep

Don't Touch Jiang Yuelou's Doctor

The Detective and the Assassin

Safe and Sound

Sing For Me

Prettiest Flower in Town

The Demon of Jing City

Burn the World to the Ground for You

The Doctor's Bodyguard

Beast & Feast

托斯卡的狗 | Dogs of Tosca

Hand in Bloody Hand

心弦 | Heart Strings

No More Secrets, No More Lies

如何留住一个黑社会分子 | Gang no Kaikata

Bitch Better Have My Doctor

The Red-Light District

My Loyalty Lies With You

Ain't Afraid to Die

Eye for an Eye

The Past Comes Knocking

Come What May

I'll Dirty My Hands for You

秘密生活| Mitsumei

A Debt Must Be Paid

The Triad Leader I Rescued Has His Eyes on Me?!

S.C.I. 谜案集

First Kiss

Cat and Mouse Game

White Tiger, Black Dragon

成化十四年 | The Sleuth of Ming Dynasty

Out of Uniform

Don't Touch My Family

악마판사 | The Devil Judge

Fixer of Dead Bodies, Fixer of Broken Homes

Arranged

Indebted to You

Bubble Tea and Guns

Good Boy

晴雅集 | The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity

Demon Hunter and White Fox

Bathed in Blood

#Killer and Healer #s.c.i. 谜案集 #the sleuth of ming dynasty #the devil judge #The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity #mafia au #fic masterlist

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a very incomplete list of cdramas (plus a few chinese films) i've watched and my rating for hsk proficiencies for them below the cut!

i've watched some shows that aren't included on this list, but i didn't watch enough of them to get a good sense for the level of challenge they pose, so they're omitted from the list. i've also included links to the mydramalist pages, if you want to get a sense of the plot.

i had to remove the list format, since tumblr decided i had too many characters per block of text, so i apologise for that. a number of these can be watched on youtube with english fansubs, but if you can't find something, you can always dm me and i'll get you a link!

沙海/tomb of the sea: this fits into the extended daomu biji/grave robbers' chronicles/lost tomb franchise, but you don't have to have seen the other shows or read the books to watch it, and the pov character is an outsider who also doesn't understand what's going on 90% of the time. this show is contemporary, and you could probably start watching it at a fairly low hsk level because it doesn't have a ton of complicated technical or genre-specific terms. the subbing in english decent, since it came out a while ago, but there are some errors that crop up with names and nicknames. if you wanted to watch it without subtitles, i'd say you could probably get the gist of what's being said at around an hsk 4 or hsk 5 level. it has 52 episodes, each around 45 minutes long. (mdl link)

双镜/couple of mirrors: set in the republican era, so some of the terms used are a bit outdated in terms of colloquialism, and it also has a mystery/detective element to it, so that could pose a bit of a struggle. that said, the show isn't actually too challenging in terms of vocab—i would say you could watch it without english subtitles at an hsk 3 level with some struggle, and with a fair amount of ease at hsk 4. 12 episodes, at 46 minutes each. (mdl link)

云泽传/legend of yunze: wuxia/xianxia, which makes the amount of unfamiliar terms higher if you aren't used to the genre, but the episodes are all very short, and the plot itself isn't overly complicated, which makes it easy to sit down and watch in one go. on a level of difficulty, as long as you're familiar with wuxia/xianxia terms, you could probably watch this at an hsk 2 level without too much issue, and the subbing in english is very thorough. has multiple seasons, but the first season is 12 episodes, between 3-7 minutes each. (mdl link)

神探/detective l: this is a procedural detective show, and it's set in the 1930s republican shanghai, so there's a combination of more formal/outdated language and specialised detective/case-related phrases. the english subs are decent, though, and the actors all enunciate clearly, which helps if you need to look up words. i would say this would probably be a bit of a struggle below the hsk 5 level, but you'll pick up a lot of new, crime-related phrases. 24 episodes, 40 minutes each. (mdl link)

不良执念清除师/oh no! here comes trouble!: i'll be honest, this one was a struggle for me because of the taiwanese accent. i can understand what they're saying, it just sounds like the auditory equivalent of someone coming into my house and moving everything a few centimetres to the left. this is also a procedural show, but contemporary, so not quite as challenging in terms of vocab to detective l, in my opinion..........but it's also got a heavy supernatural element, which does come with specific vocab. the subbing is good, but if you're going to watch it, this one probably requires a higher hsk level to keep up—hsk 5, at a minimum, in my opinion. 12 episodes, 52 minutes each. (mdl link)

s.c.i谜案集/sci mystery/sci: another contemporary procedural mystery show, but from the mainland, so there's no elements of supernatural. surprisingly simple vocabulary; you could watch this at an hsk 2 level and get the gist, and an hsk 3 or hsk 4 level would let you watch it just fine. has fairly good english subs, and i believe they set the show in hk, which accounts for the higher than usual amount of english usage, up to and including in dialogue. the only bit that might make it challenging is the heavy lean into the psychology, but it's all largely explained directly, since most of the characters aren't familiar with the terms either. 24 episodes, 45 minutes each. (mdl link)

成化十四年/sleuth of the ming dynasty: ming dynasty (mid 1400s, under the chenghua emperor) setting, but a fairly colloquial vocabulary. there are some specialised titles used, but those are fairly self-evident by the way the show is shot, and easy enough to look up. the english subs are good, and i would put this at an hsk 4 level—but even at an hsk 3 level you probably won't struggle too badly. my hangup here was, again, one of the leads being played by an actor with a taiwanese accent, though it's not too heavy. 48 episodes, 45 minutes each. (mdl link)

老九门/the mystic nine: dmbj prequel, set in the tail end of the republican era (1939, if i remember correctly?). has a lot of tomb- and tomb-robbing specific vocabulary, alongside the more dated modes of speech, so i would put this up at an hsk 5 or hsk 6 level, but there's decent subs, so you could watch it at lower levels, it would just be a bit of a challenge. 48 episodes, 42 minutes each. (mdl link)

猎罪图鉴/under the skin: contemporary procedural show; there's a lot of emotion- and motive-specific words used, and the fact that it's a procedural makes it a bit more challenging, in my opinion. i would recommend that don't start with this show, just because of the fact that it's pretty easy to get lost if you don't grasp some of the vocabulary. i'd put it at an hsk 6 level, but that said, the subs are good and you can watch it at an hsk 5 level with some effort, i think. 20 episodes, 45 minutes each. (mdl link)

春风沉醉的夜晚/spring fever: honestly not as challenging in terms of vocabulary as a lot of things on this list, and fairly contemporary (set in the 2000s). i would say if you're at an hsk 4 level, you will probably do alright with it. 116 minutes in total. (mdl link)

关于我和鬼变成家人的那件事/marry my dead body: another case of struggling to acclimate to the taiwanese accent; otherwise, not too complicated in terms of vocab, though there are some spirit/marriage-specific terms used. overall, though, i'd put this at an hsk 4 level as well. 130 minutes in total. (mdl link)

陈情令/the untamed: heavy on the wuxia/xianxia elements, so unless you're familiar with that, you might struggle a lot to get through it. this is a lot of peoples' entry into cdramas, though, so it's not utterly inaccessible, and has decent english subs. i would put this around an hsk 5, if you want to watch it without subs, though you'll probably still have to pause and look up some words here and there even then. 50 episodes, 45 minutes each, making it the longest on this list. (mdl link)

山河令/word of honour: arguably the hardest on this list, i would say, because it's so plot-heavy. i, as a native speaker, struggle to follow along with this for extended amounts of time because there's a combination of 1. a lot happening, 2. a lot of wuxia terms, and 3. a lot of references to literature/art/etc. i would put this up at an hsk 7 level, honestly. that said, the subs for this are very good. 36 official episodes with a 37th mini-episode, 45 minutes each for the regular ones. (mdl link)

天官赐福/heaven official's blessing: one of the easier shows on this list; i would put this at an hsk 3 or hsk 4 level; there's some words you probably won't know, but while it does fall under xianxia, it doesn't go into that as much in terms of vocabulary as cql/the untamed does. i believe both seasons have both official subbing and official dubbing into english available, but that's not how i watched it, and i've only seen the first season, which is 11 episodes and about 20 minutes per episode. (mal link)

致命游戏/the spirealm: not particularly challenging in terms of actual vocab, but as of yet, only the first few episodes are subbed, since it came out literally this month, and the other subs are all auto-generated and.............very lacking. that said, it's a contemporary setting, and i would put this at an hsk 5 level, give or take; there are some references to folklore, but the characters research and explain or deduce the explanations of what is happening as it occurs, and you aren't left to struggle to figure it out yourself. 78 episodes, but each one is a bit under 20 minutes long, so it actually isn't that much content in total. (mdl link)

#汉语 #resources #not sure how helpful this will be but i hope it's useful to someone!#if anyone wants my personal reviews of any of these send me an ask and i'll be happy to answer it :)#this is just meant to be a rating of difficulty rather than a rating of the actual plot #indigo ink

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