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Are you alright? I haven’t heard from you in a while

Hi! :) I'm doing well, you're very kind for asking ^^ ^^ I've just been unbelievably busy and pretty stressed about work for the past few months so it's gonna take a while for me to return to Tumblr. Sorry to all the people who sent me asks but still haven't got an answer!>< I promise I'll answer them all when I'm less busy...

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I'm translating the entire TGCF audio drama!!

🌸 Hello everyone! ~ ♡

I'm pretty new to the community but completely fell into the TGCF hole. This is gonna be a pretty big ongoing project for me: 1) To share the wonderful work and story that is TGCF 2) To improve my Chinese along the way, so my TLs will have Chinese subs, as well as English 3) Contribute a lil something to the community 🦋

I've previously asked on Reddit to see if this would even be something people wanted, as it's been a while since the first EP uploaded, but I still can't find any comprehensive catalogue that has all the episodes available. And now that the production team has finished S2, I will have plenty of time to work on the EPs before S3 comes :>

Links !

So far I've only done season 1 EP 1 and Mini Theatre 1. You don't need POP for now and I'll see how that goes. But please buy the drama if you enjoy it (´。• ◡ •。`) ♡

S1E1 Mini Theatre 1

I've worked quite hard on this so plsplspls DO NOT steal my work !!!! It's a solo ship for now so I'd appreciate any feedback that I can get ✨ When in doubt, I referenced the translation from the official TGCF novels from Seven Seas.

If S2 is in more popular demand than S1 I wouldn't mind starting there and working backwards either!

How to view !

Download the video for the best viewing experience 🎧

Mega app/Mega website on a desktop

Download VLC player (desktop or Android)

Infuse app (iOS)

TGCF Audio Drama

☆S1 ☆S2

Purchasing TGCF AD (@withhualian on X)

Support MissEvan 猫耳FM

The audio drama team worked really hard on this, they deserve all the support they can get, so we can also have S3! Please buy the AD on MissEvan if you can. I've linked below some resources that are helpful and easy to get started ☆

Guide to MissEvan (@dimsumplingg and co. on X)

Video Guide to MissEvan (Wei Su Jen on YT)

Completing daily tasks on MaoEr app (WBOY)

art from TGCF AD's official Weibo

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Wishing all the best for you and your family, hope this terrible war ends soon.

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@daydreamer-phd so sorry I haven't answered your asks yet, I've been impossibly busy lately >< Will get back to you ASAP! :')

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開始刷《墨雨雲間》了，最近看了些宮鬥劇宅鬥劇，本質都是一群人在父權的壓制下奪取有限的資源，這不是開拓式的思維，也即大家合作互利獲取更多的資源，而是匱乏式的思維，就是認定了資源只有這麼多所以只能一幫人爭得你死我活。匱乏式思維即典型的中式官場思維，不會創造財富，只會分贓財富。

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最近在看動漫《誅仙》，動畫做得不錯，故事反正是講得七零八落，男主的感情線也講得七零八落，不過還是能看出些邏輯來。男主是個孤寂落寞缺愛的靈魂，因此也吸引其他孤寂落寞缺愛的靈魂。所以男主雖然從小喜歡師姐，但師姐是個被寵大的人，會吸引她的是能給她充盈的愛的人，而不是男主這樣本質上渴求得到他人愛的施捨的人。而和男主產生情愫的碧瑤和陸雪琪，雖然表面看起來性格大相逕庭，但也都是孤獨而愛得卑微的人，她們內心城牆高築，不慣於坦然接受他人的愛，也因此會在獲得溫暖後不知所措、為回報他人過度付出。正因她們缺愛，所以很容易被男主這樣習慣性服務他人、把他人需求放在首位的暖男吸引，而她們孤寂的靈魂也和男主同樣孤寂的靈魂產生共振。

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TGCF AD S2 OST | Unenlightened 不悟

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"Not only should we carve 'prisoner' on the foreheads of the vanquished, more so should we carve it on the hearts of the people all over the realm. 'Ode to Qin' can help us achieve this goal."

-Qin Shi Huang in The Emperor's Shadow (秦颂)

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Shimei made an appearance in the new 2ha extra :) (Context is that Mo Ran turned into a cat by some mishap, and Chu Wanning and Xue Meng want to get antidote for Mo Ran from Jiang Xi, so Chu Wanning went to a market sponsored by Jiang Xi to sell the machines he built - if he earned the most revenue and paid the highest taxes to Jiang Xi, he could ask Jiang Xi for the antidote he wants.)

I translated the part where Shimei appeared, see below:

In front of his stall stood a cultivator against the light.

The cultivator was dressed in plain clothes, blue gauze hanging from his bamboo hat, a bamboo walking stick in his hand, and alone he stood. It's unknown when he came, or how long he had stood in front of the stall.

The light gauze under his bamboo hat swayed softly; the silver bells by the side of the hat also swung softly, giving a tinkling sound. The silver bells are delicate pieces - a whole string of them in the shape of bamboo leaves commonly seen in Sichuan. The silver bells are very light, and you wouldn't hear the faint, delicate clinks unless you pay close attention.

Chu Wanning couldn't see his face clearly, and could only vaguely detect the silk belt covering his eyes behind the gauze and bamboo hat. Yet the gauze was too thick and heavy, layer upon layer covering the hat, as if to conceal some obscure past unwilling to be glimpsed, and some heavy pensiveness in his heart.

Chu Wanning couldn't be too sure whether he saw it right.

The two of them stayed where they were silently, both wordless for a while.

Finally, the cultivator spoke first.

His voice was hoarse, whether due to vocal damage or spells of deliberate obscuration. After all, many would want to hide their identities in busy fairs like this one.

The cultivator asked gently and hesitantly: "...I heard that the master is commissioned to sell Immortal Chu's machines."

Chu Wanning had also used spells to temporarily alter his voice before he came here, and wasn't speaking in his own voice; he uttered an "hmm".

"...If so..." For some reason - and maybe Chu Wanning wasn't hearing it right - the cultivator's voice was trembling slightly: "If so...Could I ask the master, if I'm..."

"...If I'm allowed to touch it..."

(I translated another snippet from the extra here for anyone interested)

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Your Majesty put this pair of jade bracelets on my wrists yourself when I first entered the prince's manor. We were hoping that like those bracelets, we would see each other day and night. But now Your Majesty believes that I've done wrong, and perhaps doesn't wish to see me again. At that time, with these bracelets at hand, Your Majesty told me, that if I gave birth to a prince, the position of Fujin would be mine.

LEGEND OF ZHEN HUAN | Episode 72

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Been reading Meatbun's new 2ha extra, it's a cute story about Mo Ran turning into a cat, but even so Meatbun finds a way to sprinkle some angst in the story. Here's said angsty content I translated from chapter 2 of the extra, it's about cat Mo Ran having a nightmare:

He dreamt that he searched for antidotes to no avail, and eventually could only remain a cat in physical form, never having the fortune to be human again. He was heartbroken, walked out of his home, his snow white paws leaving footprints as crestfallen, a lone traveller...oh no, a lone cat walked on the paths of Nanping Mountain by himself.

Stray cats slinked out of the bamboo grove - one, two, three, then a great horde - pairs of glowing green eyes like fireflies emerged in darkness, and stared at him curiously.

Finally he arrived at the end of the path, where a full moon hung in the sky, and there was a great boulder on which sat a slender and elegant white cat under the moon. The white cat lowered its eyes and looked down at him, and asked: "What's your name? Where are you from, cat?"

His insides were burning with anger and hatred, and he didn't feel like replying at all. Finding the white cat a nuisance, he meowed and pounced on it, throwing it to the ground.

"This venerable one is not a cat! This venerable one is human! This venerable one is not a cat! This venerable one is human!!"

The white cat had good intentions, but became the scapegoat he took out his anger on. He roared and forcefully tore at its fur with his claws to vent his rage, and the white cat's snowlike fur was soon dyed by spatters of blood.

He froze for a second, memories of Chu Wanning in his blood stained white clothes at the Tianchi Lake flashed before his eyes. He shuddered, his voice broke: "Wanning?! Could that be you? Have you become a cat too?!?!"

The green eyes all around turned into firelies surrounding him; eerie laughter from all over the bamboo grove flooded out at him like a mournful tide.

"Aye...Aye..."

"That is him, do you see it clearly now...You killed him with your own hands again...You made the grave mistake by your own hands again..."

"Haha...Hahahaha..."

Taxian Jun came to suddenly as if he fell into an icy abyss.

No...

Wait!

Again, the bright moon, the bamboo grove, the stony path, the chirping of insects...

He was still not awake, and once again he was back on that mountain path.

There was no cat, and no blood.

He was still walking by himself, a lone cat on the mountain path, and slowly, those green lights appeared again - the curious looks of cats' eyes grew in number, from one pair to infinite pairs, converging into a milky way in the bamboo grove. The bamboo leaves rustled; he didn't halt his steps, as if knowing something must be waiting for him in front, and walked along the mossy stone path without stop.

Suddenly, the boulder appeared in front of him again. Bamboo leaves weaved over head, bright moon shone in the sky.

But this time, it wasn't the white cat that sat on the boulder, but Chu Wanning clad in snow white clothes.

Taxian Jun saw him, and called excitedly: "Wanning...!"

What came out his mouth however was still "meow".

He couldn't tell if Chu Wanning understood him; he simply looked at Mo Ran, deep in thought, and after a long while, he sighed: "Mo Ran...your sins are too grave, and you have been too unruly, so this is the punishment of the heavens for you that you can never be human again."

What?

No! Impossible!

Taxian Jun rushed ahead in strides.

There must be a way to resolve this, f*k this punishment! Wanning, you must believe me...

Why don't you believe me either? Even you won't believe me?

He was so distressed that he could be burned up into a wisp of smoke, but all that came out of his throat were pathetic meows.

Seeing him in such a state, Chu Wanning lowered his hands, and looked at him with resignation: "This is something neither of us can help, you can only accept your fate."

"Mo Ran, I'll give you another name from now on."

Chu Wanning said to him with what almost felt like pity: "How about I call you Mimi?"

"Meooow!"

To hell with Mimi!!!

Taxian Jun felt like falling into the abyss again, and the green eyes in the bamboo grove brimmed with a burning excitement. One by one, the cats soon appeared from the gaps of the bamboo groves, from behind the boulder, from up in the trees, from beside the steps; every one of them grimaced and emitted sounds like human laughter.

"Mwa ha ha ha..."

"Hahaha, who'd have thought Emperor Taxian Jun would live to see this day!"

"Taxian Jun, why did he call you Mimi?"

"Hahahaha..."

Taxian Jun: "Scram!!!"

Outside the dream, the tuxedo cat meowed faintly and mournfully.

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fortnight by taylor swift and post malone

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hey hey! came here after i saw the screenshot of your answer to memt_tgcf's question.

i was just wondering what the difference is between green tea and white lotus?

thanks!

Hi! For anyone interested, anon is talking about this post. That's a good question because green tea and white lotus are pretty similar, they both denote people who hide their darker, more complex and devious nature beneath a facade of innocence and purity. However, I think white lotus refers to a person's general character and behaviour patterns, while green tea more frequently refers to how a woman acts to seduce a man.

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Hello! I really love your meta. Thanks for always providing cultural contexts for us foreign readers. Regarding your comments in the last ask about Hua Cheng being both a lover and a worshipper and the question of what is it that Hua Cheng believes if it's not in Xie Lian being infallible. It reminded me a bit of the paladin Roland from the Vanitas no Carte manga, whom is said to not have so much faith in god as he has on himself as a believer of god. Not to dismiss Hua Cheng's esteem for Xie Lian ofc, it's because he's Xie Lian that Hua Cheng feels like this, but him naturally being such a passionate all-or-nothing person his devotion and love are one and the same and he considers Xie Lian the only one worthy of it, he has faith that his faith in Xie Lian will empower him.

Hi! :) Thank you for your kind words! The bit about the manga character is really interesting, and what you said about HC is very well put, thank you for sharing your thoughts :)

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Hello! I’ve read your thoughts on TGCF and I really enjoy them.

I also like the cultural references and knowledge you bring to the table. It’s something that gets lost in English translation and learning about it just adds another layer to enjoy about TGCF.

Recently I saw some asks/answers compare Hualian to another couple. I haven’t read the other story 😅 but I have heard similar opinions of Hualian being very idealized, too perfect, unrealistic or all three.

I’ve been very curious about this part as I also have a vague memory of someone noting that even the author says Hualian is like a fairytale.

I was surprised about this because their softness, respect and unconditional love for each other is something I really love about them.🌸🌸🌸

Could you share more of your perspective on this?

Is it the waiting 800 years part? The unconditional acceptance and devotion on Hua Cheng’s part(and Xie Lian’s side too)? The lack of arguments between them?

For my part , obviously 800 years is a fantastical amount of time to remain in love and devoted to someone. Especially considering how little time Hua Cheng spent with Xie Lian in the beginning. I am totally willing to suspend my belief for these two points and chalk it up to Hua Cheng’s personality. I also think Hua Cheng’s love for Xie Lian grew and matured as he did.

It’s really interesting too that those very positive traits - unconditional devotion, faith and love (not obedience because honestly Hua cheng quiet frequently disobeys😅) while more obviously written in a positive light can be explored in fanfiction from the other end. And I don’t mean obsession or stalking, but more like loving someone to the point of your own detriment.

And Hualian, though certainly they didn’t really argue in the book, they did have disagreements. (And I think in the revised novel, of at least the translated part I read, they do get a more serious argument)

To me, their easy acceptance and the unconditional love aspect can be chalked up to their personality, life experiences and the fact they both have lived centuries long.

Anyhow, I know I rambled on a bit. 😅😅😅

But I am really curious on your feedback about this or a link if you answered this more in detail with a similar ask.

Thank you! 😊

Hi! :) Thank you for your kind words and sorry about the really late reply ><  MXTX once wrote about a dream she had where a voice told her that TGCF is like a “a little red clay stove” (I translated MXTX’s dream here). The literary reference of “a little red clay stove” symbolises the warmth and comfort of domestic life and the joy of friendship and companionship, which I think is what MXTX wants Hualian’s relationship to stand for - Hualian is meant to be warm, tender, homely and cosy, with as little friction as possible in the relationship. It is a very idealised relationship (how can it not be with HC’s unfading love for and faith in XL and XL’s instinctual and almost instant trust in HC), and that’s why people love Hualian, because we long to be loved with such unconditional acceptance and unwavering devotion ourselves, and we want to find someone we could love with unconditional acceptance and unwavering devotion, whether such love is possible in real life or not. Hualian’s success and popularity is clearly not due to it being a gritty and brutally honest interrogation of the complexities of romantic relationships in realistic contexts, but because it is the sort of ideal relationship of pure bliss people dream of having. Therefore I can’t say Hualian’s idealisation of romantic relationships is one of its literary flaws because it’s never aiming to be otherwise, and its idealistic nature is one of its main selling points.

This is a digression but what I find interesting about Hualian is this sort of paradox in HC being both a lover and a worshipper - to worship a god is to worship his divine infallibility, but to love a human is to love his human fallibility (but then Borges said that “to fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god”, so that resolves the paradox?). And it makes me think about what HC means when he says to XL “I’m forever your most devoted believer.” What is it that HC eternally believes in as XL's believer? It’s not XL’s infallibility, or perfection, or omnipotence, or incorruptibility, or inexhuastable goodness that HC believes in, because XL is neither of those things, so what is it that HC believes in? Maybe what HC forever believes in is the fact that he will love XL forever - maybe that’s what HC is a believer of…

I hope this answer makes sense, and in short I meant to say that I can’t deny Hualian is idealised, but that’s what makes them appealing.

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Hi ! I'm @memt_tgcf from twitter, I saw from your tweet that people were asking questions via your tumblr, so I decided to do the same, hope it isn't bothering you. I've been seen LOTS of comments from 猫耳 calling huahua as "HuaCha", or (flower emoji) + (tea emoji), (lots of tea/cha emoji) whenever there seems something going on between Hualian, but couldn't really understand what this "CHA" supposed to mean.

Could you kindly elaborate on this one ?

Hi! :) Sorry about the late reply >< “Cha” means tea and it’s a reference to the Chinese internet slang “lü cha biao” (绿茶婊), literally meaning “green tea bitch”. A “green tea bitch” is a woman that projects a guileless, harmless and innocent persona but is actually ambitious, manipulative and calculating - she’s good at creating situations and making insinuations to get close to the guy she wants; she acts meek and delicate in front of a guy to make him feel empowered and protective of her; she’s nice and attentive to a guy she wants but indifferent to other people; she makes an effort with her appearance to attract a guy but makes it seem effortless etc. “Green tea bitch” is a derogatory and arguably misogynistic term, but TGCF fans use it to take a dig at HC for being sly and scheming when he’s courting XL. HC does actually exhibit some actions similar to that of “lü cha biao”: he acts like he’s scared of the ghosts so XL would comfort and protect him, and then he compliments XL for how powerful he is even though HC scared away the ghosts himself; he acts like he just casually runs into XL when it’s a deliberate meeting; he tells XL that he prefers XL’s place to his Paradise Manor because XL’s place feels more like home, so XL basically has to invite him over again; he makes those moves that slyly send the message that he and XL are a couple, such as telling XL that ghosts gift their ashes to someone they choose before giving his own ashes to XL, and tying the red string of fate on XL’s hands in the name of keeping in touch of him; he’s most attentive and considerate to XL but careless of anyone else; he wants XL to like his appearance and dresses up for him (this is apparent in the new extra), and being HC, of course he makes it effortless.

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Hi there. I came across this tiktok recently by @/cicilovecheese who is an ex danmei author herself and she revealed that meatbun is a school teacher irl who made inappropriate comments about her underage student who, according to her, looked like mo ran in 2018. this information deeply disturbs me. there are screenshots of it too from the website zihu i think but since the posts itself are gone there's no way to 100% confirm if this is true but the screenshots do look sort if legit. do you know anything about this? i love erha so much and this deeply concerns me.

Hi! As far as I know Meatbun did make a comment on social media about her student looking like Mo Ran, and when a fan commented that Meatbun should make a move, Meatbun jokingly replied that she's not interested in sleeping with him. From what I've seen Meatbun sometimes has no filter when she talks on social media, and she made that comment jokingly and was bantering with her fans, but I also think it's neither appropriate nor professional to comment on your underage student on social media. I'll leave it to people to judge because people might find it ok or not ok depending on their perspective. I like Meatbun's works so I can't be an impartial judge in this.