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it's jinming jwednesday

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it's jinming jwednesday

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shoutout to no doubt in us for making me neutral about body swaps again rather than incredibly afraid

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Episode 3!

Lady Pei is still the Emperor's cousin after all 😔✌️

Most of the comment section believes Xu Yu is OOC compared to the source material, and I can kind of see it? Not to the extent that they're complaining of, though

They're a lot more explicit about the Xu family slander, which is interesting. Accusing General Xu of skimming the soldiers' wages is new! And Xu Yu's reaction to it is fun, she gets actively angry at the idea

Wudu has my absolute heart, he's rapidly becoming my favourite <3 He'd BETTER not be a traitor like there's a suggestion of, it will upset me sm 😭

I think there's some nuance I'm not quite able to get with the tortoise scene? It just looks like writing, I'm not sure where the shapes come from. The whole extended conspiracy against Xu Ding is... confusing so far

CANNOT BELIEVE XU YU FUMBLES THE ENTIRE HAREM. GIRL YOU'RE LETTING THE BISEXUALS DOWN. GIRL,,,,

AND STEALS EMPRESS DOWAGER'S BEDDING???? G I R L.

The childhood flashbacks are different too! They took out the gender fuckery, but kept the general sentiment of them, which is understandable given the censors but still a common enough trope that I'm surprised it didn't pass

And the ending theme! I like the ending theme a lot too, the sound and music is definitely my favourite part of The Trust as opposed to the donghua

Divergences in The Trust so far:

The first episode (past the modern-day segment, which I'll tackle in another post) starts with Xu Yu and her servant disguising as men and sneaking into court, because Xu Yu wants to see her father for the first time in three years. It's a fun change, and it establishes that Xu Yu is on very thin ice. It's a strange bit of characterisation, though- in the manhua and donghua she doesn't deliberately break the rules as she does here, and she isn't so assertive or argumentative in the aftermath as she is here.

The servants get a lot more personality. Xiao Jinyun's personal servant, Wudu, and Xu Yu's servant are both entirely new characters.

They've gotten rid of Consort Zhao? She's been replaced with Lady Pei, who... seems to be exactly the same so far. Maybe this one isn't the Emperor's cousin!

The harem seems about the same, but more fleshed out. Tao, Li, and Qin are all there. (Qin has a role in the manhua, but in the donghua she's just a name and a face.)

THEY'VE REPLACED HUNA????? MY WIFE??????? 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭

I love their clothes!! In the manhua and donghua you only get about three outfits between everyone, but here everyone has different outfits! And Xiao Jinyun isn't stuck in fucking. Butter colours any more XD

This time, what swaps their body is a protective bracelet General Xu (whose name we get! Xu Ding!) gives to Xu Yu, that he got from the northern border.

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posting niche fic on ao3 is like releasing a small creature into the wild and hoping it survives and finds sustenance

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it's my birthday 🎂

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trying to figure out the naming system is a little bit strange. like what do you mean consort zhao has a courtesy name but neither xu yu or the empress dowager do. what is going on here

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@winter-doggo

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No Doubt In Us scenery is so breathtaking

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8 and 15 for the asks!

HIII BROOOO I LOVE YOUOUOUUUU

8. Is there anything I wish people would write more about in fics? (A dynamic, an exploration of an arc, just a character that doesn’t get much screentime, etc)

I'd love to see more of Huna! We mostly see her either being bisexual at Xu Yu or performing her duties as a monarch, but there's a LOT of characterisation to tap into beyond that. Tatar itself, her relationship with Abuhun, her relationship with her Evil BrotherTM, her background (we see that she became queen at 14 years old, and our FIRST MEETING with her is when she's been sold as a slave after a violent coup- there is so much to dig into there!!) She comes across as perfect in canon (because it's Xu Yu's POV and Xu Yu loves women) but it would be GREAT if someone wrote about her more flawed, human side 💜

It'd also be neat to see more of the Empress Dowager! She doesn't have as much screentime as the main cast, but she still fills it really well, and is a complex character, especially later on once she accepts Xu Yu. There's a lot of untapped background with her too, losing her husband and raising her sons alone, and I'd love to see someone explore that!

AND THE XU FAMILY!!! Please someone write about General Xu and the Xu brothers, they all rule and I am a SUCKER for good family dynamics

Honestly, most of the characters have a LOT that could be written about- one of LBY's biggest strengths is the characterisations of all the main cast. Everyone is really well fleshed-out and three-dimensional (as well as being hilarious), and there's potential to be found in writing about ANYONE.

15. Is there something I wish someone would draw as a fanart?

All fanart is good fanart ��✨️ I've seen like 4 pieces of art on Tumblr in total, and one on Twitter, so I would love to see literally anyone be drawn 💜

(Also I'd love to see OCs, in both writing and fanart. Gimme OCs please and thank you)

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it's jinming jwednesday

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it's jinming jwednesday

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if you are watching something cool and feeling like it's not getting the attention it deserves you shouldn't say lame loser stuff like "why are you people sleeping on this" or "please watch this!" what you should do is you should be the most annoying insufferable and feral person on the dash about the show and paint it in such vibrant colours in mutuals' and followers' imaginations that those people simply don't have a choice but to be "okay this compels me whats all this then, i need to go here"

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re-watching + rereading no doubt in us at the same time for the 1Bth time !!

love jinming frfr

esp his dynamic w/ luo hanying-

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it's jinming jwednesday

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it's jinming jwednesday