#知否？知否？应是绿肥红瘦

[zhouszishu]

THE STORY OF MINGLAN 【知否知否应是绿肥红瘦】 (2018)

[medievalandfantasymelee]

THE HOT MEDIEVAL & FANTASY MEN MELEE

FIRST ROUND: 45th Tilt

Gu Tingye, The Story of Minglan (2018) VS. Sir Henry “Hotspur” Percy, The Hollow Crown (2012-2016)

Propaganda

Gu Tingye, The Story of Minglan (2018) Portrayed by: Feng Shaofeng Defeated Opponents: - Gündoğdu Bey [Kaan Taşaner], Resurrection: Ertuğrul {Diriliş: Ertuğrul} (2014-2019)

“Clever, kind, and loyal. Smart-ass of THE CENTURY. He puts up with no shit, plays a mean game of polo, kicks ass in war, and loves his wife only *slightly* less than he loves his children. He is sharp and sassy and sexy as hell--like a kind of Chinese James Spader. Hot Husband with a double capital "H".

Sir Henry “Hotspur” Percy, The Hollow Crown (2012-2016) Portrayed by: Joe Armstrong Defeated Opponents: - Prince Humperdink [Chris Sarandon], The Princess Bride (1987)

“This guy is so hot. A man of the people, no respect for authority, and hilarious to boot. He’s a little unhinged but in a totally compelling way. And incredibly sexually charged, especially Joe Armstrong’s version. That man is the number one wife guy. They have their little spats but it’s part of an insanely passionate romance and it’s very hot how much he clearly adores her and doesn’t care who knows it. I’ve seen a fair few productions of Henry IV Part I in my time and I love Hotspur regardless, but Joe Armstrong is the best to ever do it.”

Additional Propaganda Under the Cut

Additional Propaganda

For Gu Tingye:

For Hotspur:

I cannot believe that more of Tumblr is not out here advocating for this man. He is a Wife Guy! He is a small and angry man! He fantasizes about training a bird to annoy the king into doing what he wants! He is full of ill-advised snark! He is also... kind of a mess. He's an insomniac. His idea of an inspirational speech is to say "Die all! Die merrily!" (????) He has an intense and intensely homoerotic* rivalry with Prince Hal. *I'm making this argument because he dies with the prince finishing his sentence, which I feel is a very lovers-coded thing to happen in Shakespeare. Also, if memory serves, Hotspur comments on on Hal's close male friends (ahem) in a way that doesn't convince me he isn't jealous. I digress! But anyway! Hotspur, Weird Wife Guy of Shakespeare, everyone!

[tavina-writes]

A, F, and U for the fanfic asks?

Wolffy!!! :DDD

A: Of the fanfic you’ve written, which is your favorite and why?

I think this suffers from "and will change by day" selection, because it's almost always the one that's just been posted that I'm so excited for other people to see, but I really liked:

did you know that the crabapple tree is still standing? which is a Qin Su-centric, JGY/Qin Su/JC fic that I wrote for @marquisguyun this past FFFX :D

F: Is there a song or a playlist to associate with [insert fic]?

But you didn't specify a fic! I think lots of my fics have opening author's notes that delve into the song(s) and other things that inspired their creation, so that's pretty documented across my works in general. The fic above has this in the author's note so,

The title is from the theme song of The Story of Minglan, from the lines ‘昨夜雨疏风骤/浓睡不消残酒 /试问卷帘人/却道海棠依旧/知否 知否/应是绿肥红瘦’ ‘last night, the wind and rain arrived abruptly/heavy sleep will not dispel the remaining wine/asked the person rolling up the curtain/who responded ‘the crabapple tree is still standing’/do you know? do you know?/if the green [leaves] are still plump and the red [flowers] are still lean?’ which itself is an adaptation of a famous Li Qingzhao poem, but such is life where we riff off of other things! :D

U: Is there a pairing you would like to write, but haven’t tried yet.

My brain is always a demented crystal ball of rarepairs, but I don't think I've tried that many LQR ships yet....maybe it's time to go to rarepair hell even more...

:D thanks for the ask! This answer is brought to you by #TavProcrastinatesOnExchangeAssignments!

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"Kill them with kindness" Wrong. CURSE OF QIN SHI HUANG

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临睡前，Sarah把一个袋子交给淑君，袋子里有一本旧版的大悉尼地区地图，还有她以前留下的找工资料，有厚厚一大沓，包括找工线路图，剪报和其他找工信息。虽然这些资料大都零零散散，用的纸张尺寸、质地都不一样，写的字扭扭歪歪，笔迹也不尽相同，但总的来说还行，能看个大概，不过最有用的是找工线路图，这些图画的大多是商家较为集中的区域，有的连商家的名字也写的一清二楚，从字里行间能读到他们的那份努力。更可贵的是，Sarah居然把这些东西都保留下来，还拿出来分享给后来的人，这是另外一种乡情，让人有一种莫名的感动。大家出国留学都不容易，很多人甚至举债出国，为的是拒绝平庸，改变命运；为的是给孩子创造一个公平自由的环境；为的是让有限的人生拥抱无限的世界……可是一旦踏出国门，就得付出一辈子的代价，而且是一条不归之路，生存，还债，存钱，交学费，提升生活品质，读学位，办居留身份，找一个好工作，把家人接来团聚，生儿育女，买房置业，出人头地……这是一条看不到尽头的路，而这一切都得靠一份实实在在的工作来支撑，有时一份不起眼的工作也能撑起一个远大梦想。

有了这些东西，让她们信心倍增，似乎觉得有一大堆诱人的工作专等她们轻轻松松的来入职，就像采摘熟透的桃子那样的轻而易举。她们仿佛看到一沓沓花花绿绿的澳币在眼前晃动，晚上做梦也能听到铜钱的叮当声响，从梦中笑醒，甚至还有更多超乎她们想象的事情发生。这里的一切都在为她们敞开热情的大门，前途一片光明。

晚上，她们又以这些图为蓝本，进一步量化她们每天要走的路线，找工的区域。还定下每天每人至少达到20个找工目标。丹丹做得更加详细，每次回家还要写《找工日记》，把找工时碰到的困难，遇见的人和事，自己的感想和体会，她们俩各自的表现和趣闻轶事都一一记在日记里。一个多星期下来，有趣的事情记下长长的一大串，淑君看了也忍不住笑出声来，可一想到自己每天累死累活的努力倒头来都是白忙活一场，就再���笑不出来了。

她们早上八点就出门，跟着上班族一起挤火车，到站下车后，俩人便分头行动。丹丹胆子大，冲劲足，路旁的商店、餐厅、旅馆、工厂、仓库，凡是她认为可以进去试试的地方，她都不会轻易放过。那些还没开门营业的商店、餐厅暂时没法联系，不过没关系，回来的时候再问也不迟。丹丹处处显得历练老成，做事总是认认真真，见到陌生的人一点不害羞，不亢不卑，先说明来意，问明情况，然后再推销自己，不管有没有机会，最后她总是大大方方留下自己的联系方式，用丹丹的话来说，就是争取每次机会，怀抱每份希望。

然而淑君的表现却远远不如丹丹。她每到一个地方，总要在大门口踌躇不决好久，二种声音在她头脑里纠缠不休的打来打去，一会儿＂进去问一下＂的声音占了上峰，一会儿又整个调了个个，最后就是＂进去＂也是进的很勉强，＂不去＂还得找一个自我安慰的理由，＂路过不就等于到过，到过相等于问过，问过么？……哦……差不多等于是20分之一的目标。丹丹再努力，其结果还不是跟我一个样。＂其实她也不想玩这种＂精神胜利法＂，可开口问人要工作，这跟饥民饿着肚子讨口吃的又有什么区别呢？一想到自己沦落到讨生活的境地，简直叫她无地自容，满怀的信心就像松轻的山坡，一遇大雨就会滑坡塌陷。

几天下来，淑君总是表现得羞羞答答，畏畏缩缩，好像找工跟她没多大关系似的，更可气的是她居然还搬出一大堆的借口来唐塞，什么这家店铺看上去冷冷清清，并没有招人的迹象，那家商行门槛太高，另外一家工厂如同家庭作坊……丹丹听了，觉得好气又好笑，说：＂我的大小姐，你这是在挑肥拣瘦的找对象吗？看来你还没到为生计发愁的地步，真到了山穷水尽的地步，我看你怎么办？＂

早上出门时，她们俩身上都带着20份工作的简历，可每次回到家，丹丹还得再写一些，凑足20份，以备明天之需。可淑君带��去多少，居然一份都不��带了回来，还振振有词的说：＂别人又没有开口向我索要，我总不至于死气白咧的硬塞给人家。＂可她心里在骂自己没出息，＂决心下的比谁都坚定，可结果呢？自己生来就是孔乙己的命，可为什么还要装出自命不凡的样子，来自取其辱，真是丢人！＂现在她反而羡慕起那些过去干体力活的人，他们至少实事求是，无所顾忌，根本用不着这样的忸怩作态。

有一次，淑君终于鼓足勇气刚走进一家公司的大门，一位看似接待员的中年大妈接待了她，问她有什么事需要帮忙？淑君迟疑了片刻，本来是想问这里有没有职位空缺，可说出口的竟然是去火车站应该走哪条路。这位澳洲大妈看来还挺热心，先在纸上画一张去火车站的线路图，然后又带着她来到街角，一边用手比划着，一边耐心地说个不停，生怕淑君没听懂。可是淑君根本就没在听，她在心里也在不停的笑话自己，笑话自己的胆怯，笑话自己的愚蠢。丹丹在街对面看到这一幕，心里直嘀咕，＂这闹的又是哪一出啊？＂等那位大妈转身离开后，淑君这才说出事情的原委，丹丹听了咯咯笑个不停，说：＂我的大小姐，你这是在没有找事，可不能这样平白无辜的折腾人。我得把日记上的＂趣事栏＂改成＂糗事栏＂，并给你好好记上一笔。＂

淑君涨红着脸，用食指在眼前一晃，笑着说：＂不许添油加醋，否则的话…… ＂

＂怎么……我问你做菜要不要添油加醋？＂丹丹立刻截住她的话，＂哼，笔在我手里，我爱怎么写，就怎么写！＂

等淑君再看到这些文字时，自己也笑的直不起腰来了。

又有一次，淑君走进一家仓库，迎面碰到一位样子和善的老头，这次她总算硬着头皮开了口，不知是淑君说话的声音太轻，还是那老头耳背，反正说了好几遍他都没听懂，性急之下，淑君从包里掏出自己的简历，这下老头才晃然明白，于是叫她在房间里坐一会。淑君心中窃喜，今天总算有点意思，可以扬眉吐气一回。她坐在沙发里东看看，西瞧瞧，感觉眼前的一切犹如春风来临般的温暖可亲。不多时只见那老头带着一个华人模样的年轻人走了进来，年轻人上下打量着淑君，然后用上海话说：＂对不起，我们老板要我转告你，目前这里没有职位空缺��提供，你还是去别处问问吧！＂淑君顿时涨红了脸，这是她这辈子听过最让她无地自容的上海话。她连告辞的客套话都忘了说，低头转身急匆匆跑开，跑到大街上，她真想痛哭一场。可是这又能怨谁呢？出来讨生活，就得忍受别人的拒绝。淑君不怕被拒绝，这话要是由那个老头说出口，她当然能接受，可偏偏来的是一位上海人，叫她这张脸往那搁啊！

淑君在路上也经常遇到学生模样的中国人。他们成群结伴地找工作，仿佛幽灵似的到处东转西晃，疲惫、沮丧、无助写满了他们脸上。这些年轻的男男女女，淑君一看便知道他们是从什么地方来的——上海人，北京人，福建或广东人，而这些人偏偏又以上海人居多。看到他们那副狼狈相，淑君便情不自禁地联想起了自己，自己何尝不是一脸的倦容，零乱的头发，晒黑的皮肤，皱巴巴的衣服，拖沓的脚步。路上的这些人说来也真是奇怪，眼神永远带着几分游离不定的紧张，看上去既亲切熟悉，又显得那么的冷漠陌生，熟悉是因为大家有着相同的肌肤，相似的着装，对方知道你在做什么，你也知道他们来这里干什么，大家仿佛正在干一件心照不宣的事情。陌生是因为大家的嘴巴都像是贴了一张封条，死活不开口，眼睛也不朝对方多看一眼，尤其是那些怕难为情的女生更是奇招频出，见到迎面来的人，有的干脆羞怯的低着头走路；还有的转身假装看着橱窗；也有的低头在包里翻找着东西；更有的干脆故意横穿马路，像躲避瘟神似的。

要躲避的还有澳洲的太阳，火热的阳光让淑君叫苦不迭。尤其是临近中午，走在大街上，头顶仿佛悬着一只巨大的火炉，走上5分钟就觉得火辣辣的难受，呆上半个小时，准叫人头晕眼花，大汗淋漓，热得真让人受不了。这对于刚来的上海女孩是个实实在在的考验，她们从没见过这么厉害的太阳。上海天空中挂着的一轮太阳，永远被一层薄薄的雾霭包裹着，仿佛被罩上了一层纱巾，无精打采的如同瞌睡的眼睛，这是一种闷热，闷得叫人喘不过气来。

除了毒日头外，走路也是一大挑战。澳洲地广人稀，有时一大圈走下来，街上的人见不到几个，更别提什么找工作了。淑君在外一整天，回到家里是又饥又渴，累的双腿像灌满了铅似的。以前在上海并没有这样的感觉，她可以一口气从四川北路一路逛到淮海西路，一点都不觉得累，反而乐此不疲，其乐无穷。这一路上有成百上千家商店可以逛，有无数的橱窗可以观赏，有人山人海的热闹可以看，还有不知其数吃的喝的。累了乏了，到处都有歇脚的地方；饿了渴了，进饭店就能饱餐一顿，盛馔之后，又添了几分神气，接着再逛；如果这个星期玩得不够尽性，没准下个星期接着再来。可现在呢？周围的一切都似乎与她无关，自己的存在简直就是个多余。她进商店不是去消费，去饭店不是为了吃饭，那些走过的路，她更是不愿意再走上第二遍。这样的国外生活好过吗？

现在淑君的睡眠特别好，晚上倒头就睡，一觉睡到天亮，然后斗志昂扬走出家门。可是回来的时候，总免不了蔫头耷脑，无精打采，累得直想躺下休息。到家第一件事就是冲进厨房，先咕噜咕噜喝一杯凉水，在嘴里胡乱塞几块饼干，然后瘫坐在椅子上，再也不想站起来，如同一个在农田里干农活的农妇。这样的国外日子好过吗？

早上出门时，她上身穿着一件外套还嫌冷，可是到了中午，穿一件短袖衬衣都觉得太热。外套不是塞在包里，就是拿在手上，还有混身上下透露出的疲惫和沮丧，看上去活脱脱的一副败下阵来的模样。从前她哪会有这等的狼狈相，出门见人总先对着镜中的自己容眸流盼，打扮得光艳可人才放心，唯恐有失上海人的体面。可现在呢？皮肤晒得黑不溜秋，乱蓬蓬的头发一大把扎在脑后，脸上汗渍斑斑，穿着更是随便，一副邋遢的中年妇模样，对着镜子都不忍直视自己，于是干脆眼不见为净，放任自流。这样的国外生活好过吗？

回到家里，情况或许变得更糟。过去下班回家，热饭热菜，外加一张热情洋溢的笑脸相迎。她高兴时还能赏个笑脸，夸奖个几句，可万一哪天惹毛了她，耍起小姐脾气一点都不比隔壁大妈来得逊色。可现在呢？没人伺候倒是其次，热饭热菜也能勉强凑合，可吃来吃去就是这老三样，青菜、鸡蛋、鸡翅膀，吃得她都倒了胃口，甚至看到像鸡毛之类毛茸茸的东西都发怵。这样的国外生活好过吗？

出国以前，她总认为国外遍地是黄金，只需轻轻的举举手，抬抬腿，便会有大把的金钱自动落入自己的��包，哪知道事实并不是这回事。这里根本就没有苦让你吃，现在她才真正体会到吃不到的苦是什么滋味，它要比吃得到的苦还要苦。虽然自己身上带的钱没有像流水那么快的花完，却跟手中紧攥一把沙慢慢的漏掉差不多，只要时间足够长，其结果都一样。如今她每用一张钞票都要算计再三，不乱花一分钱，但不乱花不等于不花呀，如果再没有钱进口袋的话，剩下的只有投降认输一条路，那这辈子就别再心存指望了。更要命的是淑君的信心也随着她的钱包一天天瘪了下去，压力就像一条饿狗紧随其后，如影随行，以至于茶饭不思，心思重重。这样的国外生活好过吗？

这样的生活还不如一走了之算了，继续回医院重操旧业，这辈子她哪里吃过这种苦，遭过这种罪。可冲动之后，静下心来想一想，这样做未免太丢人了，如果就这样打道回府，这辈子算是彻底完了，被别人看不起还不要紧，要是被冯子健看扁了，那就再别指望在他面前抬头挺胸。这不仅仅是金钱和面子上的损失，还有……还有……有太多的还有，淑君真的不敢往下去想。

现在淑君每天的生活，正如丹丹所作的那首诗所描写的那样，＂一日之计在于晨，豪气干云出家门。四处求职皆无望，一身疲惫入梦乡。＂，可即使是这样的日子，她也得硬着头皮过。这些天来，她们走遍了北岸——下至北悉尼，上至康士比，还坐着巴士去了北海滩，几乎把整个北部都跑遍了，按丹丹的说法就是＂地毯＂式的扫了一遍，但工作依然没有着落。悉尼北部本来就是住宅区，工作大多集中在服务性行业，制造业少的可怜，再加上偏偏又碰上经济不景气，工厂、商家大批的倒闭，银行利率飙升至17%，而在这个节骨眼上又来了这么多中国留学生，真可谓是＂屋漏偏逢连夜雨＂。所以她们每天东奔西跑找工作，换来的是一次次的失望。已经不记得被人回绝过多少次，也记不清留下过多少电话号码，更记不清走了多少路，除了工作没找到，信心不断受挫之外，其它收获倒是蛮多的，去过一辈子都不想再去的地方，见到这辈子无缘再相见的人，还有脸上一条条晒红的印记，脚上一个个的水泡，都是一枚枚战功卓著的勋章，如果这也算是一种傲人的收获。

一天中午，她们找工路过一个街���公园，正好赶上吃午饭时间，于是她们便走进公园，来到一处树荫底下，在草地上坐了下来，这里真是一个好去处。丹丹从包里把带来的三明治和苹果拿了岀来。

公园里环境优美，绿树成荫，幽静舒适，喁而能听到几声鸟啭声，清脆婉转，悦耳动听。＂这个公园真美，坐在草地上舒服极了，再也不想站起来。＂淑君说完，左顾右盼地张望了一下，见四周阒无一人，便趁势仰面躺了下来，望着白云悠悠的蓝天，感叹的说：＂一身疲惫入公园，林荫鸟鸣慰我心。世人皆知人生苦，偷得半日好时光。躺在这里除了想吟诗作赋外，还想当一名出家的尼姑，勘破红尘，与世无争。＂

＂我们的大医生怎么作起诗来了。＂丹丹咯咯笑个不停，把身子挪到她的身边。

＂有什么好稀奇呀，整天跟你们这些才女在一起，不会作诗也会吟。＂

＂啥时候跟我介绍一下你的闺蜜佳丽。＂

＂好呀，她的故事可多着呢…… ＂

＂不过现在不行，我们今天的事情还没完成。＂丹丹打断她的话，因为她知道不这么做，淑君一定滔滔不绝地讲个没完。她停了一会儿，想了想说：＂凉风徐徐来，鸟鸣声声悦。树下二闲人，有负好时光。＂

淑君急忙坐起来，撅着嘴说道：＂你还让不让人休息了？人只有吃饱喝足休息好，才能继续上路，虽然今天肯定又是白忙一场。＂

＂哎——淑君，你怎么像是一只泄了气的皮球？我没料到你会如此的灰心失望，当初你是怎么立志当一名医生的？＂

＂谁会料到人生会走到这一步的呢，早知如此，还不如中学毕业直接进菜市场当个卖菜的，心理压力也不会这么大。＂淑君一边说，一边掏出手帕擦着头上的汗珠。

丹丹咯咯笑个不停，说：＂你这话说得真逗，还挺让人浮想联翩的。你看哦，房间里Sarah是卖海鲜，你再来一个卖菜的、Mark当厨师做菜，贾东杰搞外贸销售的，这一条龙的活不就都齐了吗？我可……不掺和……进来。＂丹丹笑的前仰后合。＂

＂哎哟哟……在你嘴里牢骚话都能改头换面的说成了笑话，这本事怎么学来的？＂

＂这还用得着学吗？生活本身教会我以苦为乐，苦中作乐。＂说完丹丹把一个三明治和一只苹果递给淑君，说：＂我觉的发牢骚不会给我们带来任何好处。人生不可能重新来过，过去的永远代替不了现在，更替代不了未来。淑君，我们都要勇敢些，往前看！＂

＂你总是说得头头是道，让人无可辩驳。＂淑君从包里拿出二瓶水，把其中的一瓶递给丹丹，说：我也知道发牢骚于事无补，可为什么人还是一如既往的抱怨，其实就是给自己减减压，说实在的我内心的压力挺大的，我本以为你会体谅我的呢。＂

＂我们都是女人，又在一起患难与共，我怎么会不体谅你呢？我只是担心一旦让抱怨成为一种习惯，就会使我们心烦虑乱的迷失自我，不知所从。我可不想成为一个怨妇。＂

＂我们这样的处境不熬成个怨妇才怪呢。上海男人真不是东西，走南闯北也要我们女人来打头阵。＂

＂是啊，骂这些没出息的男人何其的痛快。＂丹丹咬了一口三明治，细嚼慢咽的吃了起来，可她越嚼越慢，像是在想着心事，过了一会儿，她接着又说：＂唉！……我是没资格再说什么抱怨的话，生活给我什么，我都得默默接受，就是一张地狱入场券，我也要欢天喜地的笑纳。所以跟我相比你已经够幸福的了。＂

＂哎——你不是说我们俩都是天之娇子，现在怎么又不承认了？＂

＂对不起我的言不由衷，在公开场合我又能说什么呢？可话又说回来，你确实很幸福，至少回上海还有个温暖的家等着你。可我呢…… 你要是我的处境，或许比我更加的勇敢。＂

＂丹丹，你说的我好难过呀，我们不提这个了吧。＂淑君的心在隐隐作痛，她感到再这样说下去，丹丹一定难过得不能自己，于是她赶忙改换了一下话题，说：＂今天又有什么事可以上你的糗事榜，你记下的那一长串的糗事，像不像市场上卖的一串串洋澄湖大闸蟹，个个都是张牙舞爪。＂淑君呵呵笑了二声，她知道这句话并不好笑，可她一时半会儿也找不到更好笑的话，来逗丹丹开心。

＂今年上海的大闸蟹算是吃不着了，不过没关系，我们有这个…… ＂丹丹晃了晃手里吃剩一半的三明治。

＂看到难以下咽的面包就没了胃口。唉！上了贼船，才知道夹岸的春色有多么的美好。＂淑君皱着眉头又吃了一大口三明治，说：＂要是我们还呆在上海，说不定现在吃得是鲜美的大闸蟹，你说是不是？＂

＂怎么又来了，真是无药可救！＂说完丹丹站起身来，抖了抖身上的面包屑。忽然，她看到地上有许多的残花败叶，于是露出一丝笑容，说：＂淑君……我们现在就像地上的紫楹花瓣，当初在树上迎风怒放的样子是多么的美啊。不过等来年春天，又是争奇斗艳十月花，紫色依旧笑春风。＂

＂春风一吹，花自然而然的就会绽放，可我们的春天又在哪里？＂

＂春天就在前面，等风来，不如追风去，我们还不快走呀！＂丹丹笑迷迷做了个拉人的动作。

淑君真弄不懂，丹丹怎么不知道世上还有＂忧愁＂二字。照她刚才吐露的心事，她应该愁上加愁才对啊，可是在她身上永远有一种激励人的力量。淑君似乎又来了精神，从草地上站起身上，在自己的身上轻轻拍了几下，说：＂借你吉言，希望我们下午一定能马到成功。＂

与自己瞻前顾后，怨天尤人相比，丹丹却表现得非常成熟。这些天来，淑君对她有了更多的了解，她是一个性格坚强，做事又有弹性的女人。有时我们观察一个人成熟与否有很多的视角，就拿出国这件事来说，接受现实，融入现实和改变现实，才是一个心智成熟的人应该有的品质，不做到这些而奢谈成熟，无疑是对成熟的一种曲解。这些天来，丹丹同样遇到过遭人拒绝的窘况，还曾冒出过打退堂鼓的念头，也有身心疲惫的劳顿，更有一分钱掰成两半花的日子。可是她却默默的承受，无怨无悔的坚持，不是她没怨气，只是她知道再多的牢骚都于事无补，与其让怨气、怒气挠乱心智，还不如接受现实，做现实的朋友，然后超越现实，实现自身的人生目标。

[medievalandfantasymelee]

THE HOT MEDIEVAL & FANTASY MEN MELEE

QUALIFYING ROUND: 105th Tilt

Gu Tingye, The Story of Minglan (2018) VS. Gündoğdu Bey, Resurrection: Ertuğrul {Diriliş: Ertuğrul} (2014-2019)

Propaganda

Gu Tingye, The Story of Minglan (2018) Portrayed by: Feng Shaofeng

"Clever, kind, and loyal. Smart-ass of THE CENTURY. He puts up with no shit, plays a mean game of polo, kicks ass in war, and loves his wife only *slightly* less than he loves his children. He is sharp and sassy and sexy as hell--like a kind of Chinese James Spader. Hot Husband with a double capital "H" and Major General DILF.

Gündoğdu Bey, Resurrection: Ertuğrul {Diriliş: Ertuğrul} (2014-2019) Portrayed by: Kaan Taşaner

“This man took me on such an emotional rollercoaster, and somehow he managed to become MY GUY? My little meow meow? He's complex, okay? He is CONSTANTLY put into SITUATIONS, and he messes up (bad a lot of the time), but he never stops TRYING to do what he thinks is right. When he's being an obtuse fool I could just PUNCH HIM but when he's got his head on straight. OWF. Powerful. And I mean, watch The Scene (you know, where he saves Ertuğrul's ass) and tell me he's not hot. I dare you.”

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[tavina-writes]

do you know any good minglan fic? im desperate for Content

My sincere apologies for the late response to this, but I, unfortunately, do not know of any fic in particular for Minglan. This has haunted me for ages, but! if you look on ao3 you'll discover that there are 194 total fics tagged with "知否知否应是绿肥红瘦 | The Story of Minglan (TV)" if you exclude crossovers and look for completed fics written in English you will get.... a whopping 13 fics. Two of which I wrote which. yeah.

I'm sorry I couldn't be of much help, but I think people just aren't super interested in writing fic for Minglan! I'll be requesting it in Yuletide Exchange this year, but yeah, such is life in the "I love Minglan and I wish there was more of it" boat.

[jinghuablog]

留学不易百感生，初来乍到万事难（七）

临睡前，Sarah把一个袋子交给淑君，袋子里全装的是她弄来的一大沓找工资料，有线路图，剪报和其他找工信息，当中又以找工线路图最为实用，里面有悉尼的北部地区，西南区、市中心和临近地区。虽然这些图大多画的扭扭歪歪，东拼西凑，用的纸张尺寸、质地都不一样，笔迹也不尽相同，但总的来说还行，能看个大概，不过图上作的标记倒是很详细，列出的都是商家较为集中的区域，有的连商家的名字也写的一清二楚。从中能体会到当时来的那批人找工的辛苦，作出的牺牲。更可贵的是，Sarah居然把这些东西都保留下来，还拿出来分享给后来的人，这是另外一种乡情，一笔一画里都有一种难以言说的感动。大家出国留学都不容易，很多人甚至举债出来，为的是拒绝平庸，改变命运，活出一个让自己喜欢的模样。而一旦踏上出国这条路，接下来就是一连串的挑战，生存，还债，存钱，交学费，保鉴证，提升生活品质，办居留身份，把家人接来团聚，买房置业，光宗耀祖……一条看不到尽头的路，而这一切都得靠一份实实在在的工作来支撑。更贴心的是Sarah还给她们找来一本旧版的大悉尼地区的地图，厚厚的一本跟辞典差不多。一本地图对初来乍到的人很有用，要不他们连东南西北都分不清，还奢谈什么寻找工作。

有了这些东西，让她们信心倍增，好像一大堆诱人的工作已经为她们预备好似的，专等她们轻轻松松来入职，像摘取熟透的桃子那样的轻而易举。她们仿佛看到一沓沓花花绿绿的澳币在眼前晃动，仿佛晚上做梦也能听到铜钱的叮当声，还有更多超乎她们想象的事情。这里的一切都在为她们敞开热情的大门。

晚上，她们又以这些图为蓝本，进一步量化她们每天要走的路线，找工的区域。还定下每天每人至少达到30个找工目标。丹丹做得更加详细，每次回家还要写《找工日记》，把找工时碰到的困难，遇见的人和事，自己的感想和体会，找工时她们俩各自的表现，都一一记在日记里。一个多星期下来，记下来的趣事一长串，淑君看了也忍不住捧腹大笑，可一想到自己每天累死累活的努力竟然都是白忙活一场，想笑都笑不了出来。

她们早上八点就出门，跟着上班族一起挤火车，到站下车后，再分头行动。丹丹胆子大，冲劲十足，路旁的商店、餐厅、旅馆、工厂、仓库，凡是她认为可以进去试试的地方，她都不轻易放过。早上路旁的很多商店、餐厅都没开门，不过没关系，回来的时候再问也不迟。丹丹找工总是那么的认认真真，见了人一点都不害羞，不亢不卑，先说明来意，再推销自己，最后大大方方把自己的自己的联系方式留给对方，用丹丹的话来说，就是争取每次机会，怀抱每份希望。

然而淑君的表现却远远不如丹丹。她每到一个地方，总要在大门口踌躇不决一会儿，二种声音在她脑海里纠缠不休的斗争，一会儿去占上峰，一会儿又调了个个，＂去＂那也是进去的很勉强，＂不去＂还得找一个自我安慰的理由＂路过不就等于到过，到过过相等于问过，问过么？……哦……就是完成每天30分之一的目标。丹丹再努力，其结果还不是跟我一个样。＂其实她也不想玩这种＂精神胜利法＂，可开口问人要工作，这跟饥民饿着肚子讨口吃的有什么区别呢？一想到自己沦落到讨生活的境遇，简直叫她无地自容。几天下来，她总是表现得羞羞答答，畏畏缩缩，好像这事跟她没多大关系似的，还搬出一大堆借口来唐塞，什么这家看上去不像要招人，那家门槛太高，另外一家像个家庭作坊……丹丹听了后，只是淡淡的一笑，说：＂我的大小姐，你这是在挑肥拣瘦找对象吗？看来你还真没到为生计发愁的地步。＂出门时，她们俩身上都带着10份工作的简历，可每次回到家，丹丹还得再写一些，凑足10份，以备明天之需。可淑君带出去多少，居然一份都不少带了回来，还振振有词的说：＂别人又没有开口向我索要，我总不至于死气白咧的硬塞给人家。＂可她心里在骂自己没出息，＂决心下的比谁都坚定，可结果呢？唉……都是这身白大褂给害的，穿上容易，脱下难，读书人要从高台上下来更是难上加难。＂现在她反而羡慕起那些过去干体力活的人，他们至少脸皮厚实，根本用不着这样的忸怩作态。

有一次，淑君刚走进一家公司大门，一位看似接待员的中年大妈问她有什么事需要帮忙？淑君迟疑片刻，本来是想问这里有没有职位空缺，可说出口的竟然是问火车站应该怎么走。这位澳洲大妈还挺热心的，先在纸上画一张去火车站的线路图，然后又带着淑君来到街角，一边用手比划着，一边嘴上念念有词解释一通。丹丹在街对面看得满心狐疑，等那位大妈转身离开，淑君这才说出事情的原委，丹丹听了后，咯咯笑个不停，说：＂你这是在没有找事，可不能这么平白无辜的折腾人。我得在趣事栏改成糗事栏，并给你好好的记上一笔。＂

＂不许添油加醋，否则的话…… ＂淑君用食指在眼前一晃，笑着话

＂怎么？……我问你做菜要不要添油加醋？＂丹丹立刻截住她的话，＂哼，笔在我手里，我爱怎么写，就怎么写！＂

等淑君再看到这些文字时，自己也笑的直不起腰来了。

又有一次，淑君走进一家仓库，迎面碰到一位样子和善的老头，这次她总算硬着头皮开了口，不知是淑君说话的声音太轻，还是那老头耳背，反正说了好几遍他都没听懂。性急之下，淑君从包里掏出自己的简历，这下老头才愰然明白，于是叫淑君在房间里坐一会。淑君心中窃喜，今天总算是有点意思，可以扬眉吐气一回。不多时只见那老头带着一个华人模样的年轻人走了进来，年轻人上来直接用上海话说：＂对不起，我们老板说了这里目前没有空缺，你到别处再去问问，真对不起！＂淑君顿时涨红了脸，这是她这辈子听过最让她无地自容的上海话，她连告辞的客套话都忘了说，低头转身急匆匆跑开了。这又能怨谁呢？出来讨生活，就得忍着别人的拒绝，每个来这里的穷学生都有这段经历。

在寻工路上，淑君也经常遇到同样装束的中国人在找工作，他们仿佛幽灵似的到处东转西晃，疲惫，沮丧，无助写在他们的脸上，这些男男女女，她光凭自己的肉眼就能分得他们从什么地方来的——上海人，北京人，福建或广东人，而这里面又偏偏以上海人最多。看看到他们，淑君便情不自禁想起了自己，自己何尝不是一脸的倦容，零乱的头发，发皱的衣服，拖沓的脚步。无论是跟他们擦肩而过，还是远远的看到，永远是陌生和无神的眼神相遇，而且是一霎那的碰撞，对方知道你正在做什么，你也知道他们来这里干什么，可大家的嘴巴像是贴了封条一样就是不开口，连个招呼都不打，尤其是那些女生，见到陌生人总是先羞怯的低下头来，仿佛正在干一件见不得人的事情，还有些人会快步从她身边走过，生怕前面有个工作机会被你捷足先登；更会有的人会用眼神跟她搭话，碰到这种人淑君最多羞怯一笑，要是个男同胞那就干脆装聋作哑，转身看橱窗，低头在包里翻找东西，或者干脆故意往相反方向走去，像躲避瘟神似的。

澳洲的太阳也让她避之不及，火辣辣，明晃晃，尤其在中午时分，人走在大街上，头顶仿佛悬着一只巨大的火炉，走上5分钟就觉得火辣辣的难受，呆上半个小时，准让人头晕眼花，大汗淋漓，热得真让人消受不起，对于刚来的上海女孩是个实实在在的考验。她们从没见过这么厉害的太阳，上海天空中挂着的一轮太阳，永远被一层薄薄的雾霭包裹，像是被罩了一层纱巾，无精打采的如同晕黄灯光下瞌睡的眼睛，这是一种闷热，闷得叫人喘不过气来。

除了毒日头外，走路也是一大挑战。澳洲地广人稀，有时一大圈走下来，街上人见不到几个，更别提什么找工了。淑君在外一整天，回到家里是又饥又渴，累的双腿像灌了铅似的。以前在上海从四川北路一路逛到淮海西路一点都不觉得累，反而是乐此不疲，其乐无穷。现在回想起来那是一段多么悠闲的岁月呀，四川北路、南京东路、西藏中路、再到淮海西路，一路上有成百上千家商店可以逛，有无数的橱窗可以观赏，有人山人海的热闹可以看，还有不知其数吃的喝的可以品尝。走累了，到处都有歇脚的地方；饿了渴了，进饭店就能饱餐一顿，盛馔之后，又添了几分神气，接着再逛；如果这个星期逛的没怎么尽性，没准下个星期接着再来。可现在呢？周围的一切都似乎与她无关，自己的存在就是个多余。她进商店不是去消费，去饭店不是为了吃饭，那些走过的路，她更不愿再走第二遍。这样的国外生活好过吗？

早上，她精神焕发，斗志昂扬走出家门，回来的时候却是一脸的倦容，蔫头耷脑，无精打采。到家第一件事就是冲进厨房先咕噜咕噜喝一杯凉水，在嘴里胡乱塞几块饼干，然后瘫坐在椅子上，累的再也不想站起来，如同一个在农田里干农活的农民。这样的国外日子好过吗？

早上出门时，她上身穿着一件外套还嫌冷，回来时穿一件短袖衬衣还大觉得热，外套不是塞在包里，就是搭拉在手上，活脱脱一副吃了败仗的模样。从前她哪会有这般的狼狈相，出门见人总要先梳妆打扮一番，对着镜中的自己容眸流盼，顾盼生姿，唯恐有失上海人的体面。可现在呢？皮肤晒得黑不溜秋，乱蓬蓬的头发一大把扎在脑后，脸上汗渍斑斑，穿着更是随便，一副邋遢的中年妇模样，照镜子都不忍直视自己。这样的国外生活好过吗？

回到家里情况或许更糟。过去下班回家，热饭热菜，外加一张笑脸相迎。她高兴时还赏个笑脸，夸奖几句，万一哪天惹毛了她，耍起小姐脾气一点都不比隔壁大妈逊色。可现在呢？没人伺候倒是其次，热饭热菜也有，可吃来吃起就这老三样，青菜、鸡蛋、鸡翅膀，吃得她都倒了胃口，甚至看到像鸡毛之类毛茸茸的东西都发怵。这样的国外生活好过吗？

出国以前，她总认为国外遍地是黄金，只需轻轻的举举手，抬抬腿，便会有大把的钱自动落入自己的掌心。哪知道事实并不是这回事，这里根本就没有苦让你吃，现在才真正体会到吃不到的苦是什么滋味，它要比吃到的苦还要苦。现在身上带的钱只有出，没有进，每用一张钞票都要算计再三，不乱花一分钱，但不乱花不等于不花，如果再没有钱进口袋的话，剩下的只有投降认输，打道回府，那这辈子就别再心存指望了。更要命的是信心也随着钱包一天天的瘪下去，压力就像一条饿狗紧随其后，如影随行，以至于茶饭不思，寝食难安。这样的国外生活好过吗？

这样的生活还不如干脆一走了之算了，继续回医院重操旧业，这辈子她哪里吃过这样的吃，遭过这种罪。可冲动之后，静下心来想一想，未免太丢人了，如果就这样打道回府，这一辈子算是彻底的完了，被别人看不起还不要紧，要是被冯子健看贬了，别再指望在他面前抬起头来。这不仅仅是金钱和面子上的损失，还有……还有……有太多的还有，淑君真的不敢往下去想。

＂一日之计在于晨，豪气干云出家门。四处求职皆无望，一身疲惫入梦乡。＂丹丹用一首七言绝句形象地描写了一天的生活。这些天她们把北岸下至North Sydney，上至Hornsby，再从Hornsby到Rhose，还坐着巴士去了北海滩，整个北部几乎都跑了个遍，按丹丹的说法就是＂地毯＂式的扫了一遍，但工作依然没有找到。北区本来就是住宅区，工作大都是些服务行业，制造业少的可怜，而且大多都是些家庭生意，偏又碰上生意不景气，银行利率飙升至二位数，工厂、商家大批倒闭，在这个节骨眼又来了这���多留学生，真是屋漏偏逢连夜雨。每天的东奔西跑换来的总是一次次失望，已经不记得被人回绝过多少次，也记不清留下过多少电话号码，可电话像是哑巴似的整天都不吭一声。已经又过了一个星期，除了工作无着落之外，收获倒还是蛮多的，那就是到过一辈子都不想再去的地方，见到这辈子无缘再相见的人，还有脸上一条条晒红的斑痕，脚上一个个的水泡，都是一枚枚战功卓著的勋章，如果这也算是一种傲人的收获。她们再也没有来的时那种雄心壮志，甚至有些灰心丧气。

一天中午，她们路过一个街边公园，刚好俩人都觉得走累了，于是便来到公园树荫下。这里环境优美，绿树成荫，却阒无一人，喁而能听到几声鸟啭声，清脆婉转，悦耳动听。她们坐在草地上，丹丹从包里把带来的午餐和苹果拿了岀来。

＂坐在草地上真是舒服，走得太累了。＂淑君左顾右盼张望了一下，见四周无人，便趁势仰面躺了下来。

＂凉风徐徐来，鸟鸣声声悦。树下二闲人，有负好时光。咯咯……＂丹丹看到淑君一脸的满足，就觉的好笑。

淑君急忙坐起来，撅着嘴说道：＂你还让不让人休息了？只有吃饱喝足休息好，才能继续上路，虽然今天肯定又是白忙一场。＂

＂哎——淑君，你怎么像是一只泄了气的皮球？我没料到你会这样的沮丧，当初你是怎么立志当一名医生的？＂

＂谁会料到人生会走到这一步的呢，早知如此，还不如中学毕业直接进菜市场当个卖菜的，心理压力也不会这么大。＂淑君一边说，一边掏出手帕擦着头上的汗。

丹丹咯咯笑个不停，说：＂说得真逗，还挺让人浮想联翩的。你看哦，房间里Sarah是卖海鲜，你再来一个卖菜的、Mark当厨师做菜，贾东杰搞外贸出口，这一条龙的活不就齐了吗？……我可……不掺和……进来。＂丹丹笑的前仰后合。＂

＂哎呀，在你嘴里牢骚话改头换面就成了笑话，这本事怎么学的？＂

＂这还用得着学吗？生活本身教会我以苦为乐，苦中作乐。＂说完丹丹把三明治和一只苹果递给淑君，说：＂我觉的发牢骚不会给我们带来任何好处。人生不可能重新来过，过去的永远代替不了现在，更代替不了未来。淑君，我们都要勇敢些，往前看！＂

＂你总是说得头头是道，让人无可辩驳。＂淑君从包里拿出二瓶水，把其中的一瓶递给丹丹，说：我也知道发牢骚于事无补，但人为什么还是一如既往的抱怨，其实就是给自己减减压，说实在的我内心的压力很大，我以为你会体谅我呢。＂

＂我们都是女人，又在一起患难与共，我怎么不体谅你呢？我只是担心一旦让抱怨成为一种习惯，就会使我们迷失自我，心烦虑乱，不知所从。我可不想成为一个怨妇。＂

＂我们这样的处境不成怨妇才怪呢。上海男人真不是东西，走南闯北的事情也要我们女人来打头阵。＂

＂是啊，骂这些没出息的男人何其的痛快。＂丹丹吃了一口三明治，细嚼慢咽的吃了起来，可她越嚼越慢，像是在想着心事，过了一会儿，她接着又说：＂……我是没资格再说什么抱怨的话，生活给我什么，我都得默默接受，就是一张地狱的入场券，我也要欢天喜地的笑纳。跟我相比你已经够幸福的了……＂

＂哎——你不是说我们俩都是天之娇子，怎么又不承认了？＂

＂在公开场合我又能说什么呢？对不起我的言不由衷。可话又说回来，你确实很幸福，至少回上海还有个温暖的家等着你。可我呢…… 你要是我的处境，你或许比我更加的勇敢。＂

＂丹丹，你说的我好难过呀，我们不提这个了吧。＂淑君的心在隐隐作痛，她感到再这样说下去，丹丹一定难过得不能自己，于是她忙改换话题，说：＂今天又有什么事可以上你的糗事榜，你记下的那一长串的糗事，像不像市场上卖的一串串洋澄湖大闸蟹，个个都张牙舞抓的呢。＂淑君呵呵笑了二声，她知道这句话并不好笑，可她一时半会儿找不到更好笑的话来逗丹丹开心。

＂今年上海的大闸蟹算是吃不着了，不过没关系，我们有这个…… ＂说完丹丹晃了晃手里吃剩一半的三明治。

＂难以下咽的面包哪有大闸蟹美味呀，夹在面包里臭烘烘的治士更难以下咽，跟蟹黄简直天差地别。唉……要是不来这里，我们现在一定在享用美味的大闸蟹。＂

＂怎么又来了…… 真是无药可救！＂说完丹丹站起身来，抖了抖身上的面包屑，忽然她注意到地上的一些残花败叶，于是她露出一丝笑容，说：＂淑君……我们现在就像满地的紫楹花瓣，当初在树上迎风怒放的样子是多么的美啊。不过等来年春天，又是一树的繁花，争奇斗艳笑春风。＂

＂春风一吹，花自然就会绽放，可我们的春天又在哪里？＂

＂春天就在前面，等风来不如追风去，我们还不快走！＂丹丹笑迷迷做了个拉人的动作。

淑君真是弄不懂，丹丹怎么不知道世上还有＂忧愁＂二字。照她刚才的情绪，她应该愁上加愁，可是……唉！……＂淑君心里真是弄不懂，可嘴上却说：＂借你吉言，希望下午能马到成功。＂

与自己瞻前顾后，怨天尤人相比，丹丹却表现得非常成熟，她是一个性格坚强，而又有弹性的女人。有时我们观察一个人成熟与否有很多的视角，但以现在的处事态度来划分，接受现实，融入现实和改变现实，才是成熟行为的标志，不做到这些而奢谈成熟，无疑是一种误解。就单拿找工一事来说，从丹丹嘴里你很少听到她有任何的抱怨，不是她没怨言，她也遇到过遭人拒绝的窘况，她也曾打退堂鼓的念头，她也有身心疲惫的困扰，只是她知道再多的怨言都是于事无补，与其让怨气、怒气挠乱心智，还不如接受现实，做现实的朋友，才有可能超越现实，实现自身的目标。

[travelingstrawberry]

Dear Yuletide Writer 2023

It’s another Yuletide season! Thank you for writing for me this year and I hope you have fun this Yuletide!

I am also open to treats, because more cake, so go wild!

Below are some ramblings about my fanfic likes and requested fandoms, but please take them as guidelines. As long as your fic avoids the DNW list, feel free to write what excites you and I’m sure we’ll both have a great time!!

Requested fandoms:

你是我的荣耀 | You Are My Glory (TV)

卿卿日常 | New Life Begins (TV) 

还珠格格 | Huán Zhū Gé Gé | Princess Returning Pearl

如懿传 | Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace (TV)

知否知否应是绿肥红瘦 | The Story of Minglan (TV) 

Solitaire - Alice Oseman 

AO3 name: RuanChunXian

Do Not Want: 

dub/non con, ABO, mpreg, bathroom and vomit play/kinks, anal sex , daddy kink, incest, modern AU for historical-based shows, graphic violence, gore, grimdark, hurt no comfort, whump, incurable illness, hanahaki, first and second person narrative (exception for epistolary form), AU with fantasy/supernatural elements, alternate settings such as high school, coffee shops etc. Canon divergence is okay. 

Likes: 

Humour, especially of the snarky banter variety

Worldbuilding/historical references in historical shows

Missing scenes, especially if it explains plot holes or offers space for exploring character motivations

Friends to Lovers

Romantic fluff or healthy, romantic relationships between consenting adults who communicate

Domesticity

Slice of life

Found family dynamics, supportive friendships

Particularly strong, loyal friendships between women. In fact, in historical shows where the world/setting can be misogynistic, I would prefer stories focusing on the friendships and bonds between women, and how they survive that world, rather than their relationships with men, unless the relationship with men are of the more healthy, consenting adults of equal power variety

On the whole I would rather read about kind, decent men who have a healthy relationship with independent women and drink their respect women juice. However, with regards to a character like Qianlong in Ruyi, for example, I don’t mind exploring what makes him the man that he is, and taking into consideration the historical context of his powerful position. 

Characters, but especially women, being competent, clever, or getting out close scrapes or tricky situations using their wit and intellect

Development/exploration of female characters, especially those who may get less spotlight in canon

Everybody Lives Nobody Dies AUs

I prefer M/F and F/F ships to M/M (Does not apply to Solitaire, feel free to write Nick/Charlie and any other canon ship in Oseman-verse)

I’m open to any rating, and do not mind smut, as long as it takes into consideration the DNWs. 

This is an odd note, but relevant to writing Chinese characters: I don’t mind if you write characters' names as, for example, “Qiao Jing Jing" or “Qiao Jingjing”. You will see even in this letter I use the two forms interchangeably. But please avoid “Qiao JingJing” with capital letters in the middle of the word. 

For most of these fandoms I have requested any character, however below are some prompts that may include some specific characters. Please feel free to take these as just suggestions, and tweak the combination of characters, remove or add characters as the story requires. If you have any other idea you want to write, feel free to run with it and you don’t have to stick to these prompts. 

Now to the fandoms!

你是我的荣耀 | You Are My Glory (TV)

Characters requested: any

Fandom specific DNW: infidelity

This is a 32-episode Chinese drama (Viki, Amazon Prime, Youtube) based on the novel by Gu Man, translation available here. If you are unfamiliar with the drama and don’t want to spend 20 hours watching the drama (though obviously I highly recommend it!!), reading the novel might be quicker as it is an easy read.

What I love about this drama is the heart-warming romance featuring two emotionally mature characters who, despite knowing what they want out of life, still struggle with the high demands of modern society. Reconnecting over 10 years after high school, they learn to appreciate, love and support each other for the people they have each grown to be, and build a life together based on trust and mutual support. 

Since the original novel and the drama make heavy use of things like chat transcripts and Weibo messages etc, feel free to also incorporate this into your fic.

For the fic: I love Yu Tu and Jing Jing, both individually and as a couple, so anything about them goes. I love slice of life and the romantic fluff vibe of the drama and would love to see more of this.

Some prompts:

- The drama and novel take place mostly from Jing Jing’s point of view, but Yu Tu actually undergoes enormous emotional highs and lows throughout the drama, from his feelings about his career to his feelings about Jing Jing. I would love to see some canon scenes written from Yu Tu’s point of view, especially regarding how he gradually changes his perception about Jing Jing and how his feelings for her develop over the course of coaching her the game.

- The first meeting between Jing Jing and Yu Tu’s mother, and Yu Tu and Jing Jing’s parents both took place for less than five minutes and played mostly for laughs in the drama. Since they both have busy jobs and likely only go home about once a year during lunar new year, when is the second time they actually, properly meet each other’s parents? How do these meetings go? Beyond his mother being starstruck, how do Yu Tu’s parents actually feel about their son dating someone as famous as Jing Jing?

- Once the shock settled, how do Yu Tu and Jing Jing’s high school classmates react to this couple? How does the gossip spread around to the rest of their class? How did Xia Qing eventually hear about it and how does she react?

- Money is sort of a pink elephant in Yu Tu and Jing Jing’s relationship. It’s one thing for Yu Tu to be okay with knowing that Jing Jing will always earn ridiculously more than him, but how do they navigate this in their relationship when they are dating? After they got married? What if his mother did have some serious health issue that he is unable to pay for?

- There’s a lot of fourth-wall leaning commentary in this drama about Jing Jing’s acting career, since Dilraba is pretty much playing herself. The drama also opens as she turns 30, which is a weird point in a Chinese actress’s acting career since she would have at this point gathered enough experience to mature as an actress but lead roles for women in their 30s, playing characters that are age-appropriate, are scarce and start to dwindle rapidly at this point. So how does Jing Jing manage her acting career in her 30s and 40s and what are some challenges she might encounter?

- It’s mentioned that Jing Jing won a best actress award about a year after she and Yu Tu got together. Obviously keeping their relationship low key meant that he didn’t go to the award ceremony with her. It would be interesting to see all the behind the scenes of that scenario. Alternatively, how do they manage to keep their relationship lowkey despite Jing Jing’s fame? 

- The drama skips 5 years right after they got married, so a fic filling in the gaps, showing how they transition from dating to being married would be interesting.

- I’d love to see Jing Jing accompany Yu Tu to some university reunion and meet his more snobby classmates like Qu Ming who looked down on his career choice.

- What actually happened at the dinner when Jing Jing met Yu Tu’s colleagues? 

卿卿日常 | New Life Begins (TV) 

Characters requested: Zhao Fangru (New Life Begins), Hao Jia (New Life Begins), Dong Hai Tang (New Life Begins), Yin An's Solar Term Ladies (New Life Begins)

This drama is set in a fictional version of ancient China. The world within the drama is divided into 9 states, each with its own culture and social systems. The drama is about a young woman who comes from a state where monogamy is the norm, to the most powerful ruling state Xinchuan where men have many wives and concubines, where she is chosen to be concubine to a supposedly obscure prince. The story also features many stories of friendships between different women who marry into the state of Xinchuan and how they help each other navigate life . You can watch the drama on Youtube.

Of course what I love best about this drama is the many supportive friendships between different women. Feel free to include any of the requested characters in any combination and/or leave any of them out as you wish. 

Some prompts: 

- I absolutely love how Zhao Fangru and Hao Jia’s relationship goes from rivals to uneasy allies to friends. I would love to see the progression of this relationship after Yin Song’s exile and they don’t say goodbye. Domestic life co-parenting Changle? Working together to develop Hao Jia’s business? Traveling the world together? Feel free to write them as a romantic ship or not! 

- Who was the first of the Solar Term Ladies to enter Yin An’s household and what was the initial relationship with Haitang like? How did they discover/come to the conclusion that they weren’t rivals and become friends? How was life different when it might just be 2-3 of them, compared to where we are in the drama with nearly 20 of them? How do they develop their different ways of coping with life with Yin An? I enjoy the comedic way the drama portrays their lives with Yin An, but feel free to go a more angsty route. E.g. how do the Solar Term Ladies feel about being given new names and their old identifies being taken away? What were their lives like before Yin An and how did they become his concubine? He seems too indolent to go through lengths to take them by force and it’s hinted that he sweetalked them one way or another. You can also focus on any or any combination of the named Solar Term Ladies if you want. 

- I’m also interested in Hao Jia joining the Solar Term Ladies at their restaurant and fitting into this new life. We meet Hao Jia as Li Wei’s friend and while she does become friends with the other women like Shangguan and Sisi etc but due to her life with Yin Song, she is also often isolated from the greater sisterhood. How does she adjust to her new freedom at the restaurant and how do the Solar Term Ladies support her? It takes a village to raise a child, and Changle definitely has a village - give me some simple domesticity at the restaurant!

- I’m totally open to any other idea you might want to write, involving any of the requested characters and/or any other unrequested character. I just love the female friendships in this drama so feel free to just go along that general theme! 

还珠格格 | Huán Zhū Gé Gé | Princess Returning Pearl

Characters requested: any

Watch on Google drive.

Some relationships I would read anything of: Xiao Yan Zi/Yong Qi, Xiao Yan Zi and Zi Wei’s sisterhood, father-daughter relationship between Qian Long and Xiao Yan Zi and/or Zi Wei. But if you want some prompts:

- Xiao Yan Zi/Yong Qi slice-of-life domestic fluff. Maybe early days in their marriage, including how does Xiao Yan Zi deal with the new responsibilities and expectations that must have been thrown at her as the wife of a prince? I don’t mind pregnancy/baby/children fic but don’t feel you need to go there if that’s not your thing.

- Daily life with Xiao Yan Zi and Zi Wei either before they enter the palace, or at Shu Fang Zhai. 

- What if Xiao Yan Zi didn’t actually get injured and mistaken as a princess? How would Xiao Yan Zi and Zi Wei keep in touch? How could Yong Qi and Xiao Yan Zi meet then and fall in love? 

- I would love to read a story about Zi Wei’s childhood, which must have been difficult because her mother would be a pariah for having and raising a child out of wedlock. What types of difficulties must Zi Wei and her mother have had to deal with? What guesses/speculations did younger Zi Wei have about her father?

- The drama doesn’t really go into Zi Wei and Yong Qi’s relationship, and it sort of always feels like Yong Qi and Zi Wei were more connected by Xiao Yan Zi than anything else. I would love an exploration of this sibling relationship beyond their relationship with Xiao Yan Zi. Maybe some sibling bonding on either the plain clothes inspection trip in season 1 or during their runaway trip in season 2.

- Some pre-canon stories of the characters would also be nice: any glimpse into Yong Qi’s friendship with Er Tai (and Er Kang, but honestly in season 1 it’s clear that he’s much closer to Er Tai than Er Kang) or adventures from Xiao Yan Zi’s childhood. Bonus if maybe Yong Qi and Xiao Yan Zi have met before in Beijing and they could either remember it later or not.

如懿传 | Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace (TV)

Characters requested: any

Watch on Viki

I’m mostly interested in Ruyi and Hailan’s relationship, so would love to see a fic exploring that. The relationship between them can be platonic or romantic/sexual, I don’t mind either way, but if it is romantic/sexual, I don’t want that to be portrayed as being a superior form higher than a platonic friendship.

Some prompts:

- The thing I love most about Ruyi as a character is her personal integrity, and the fact that she never compromises her morals even when it would probably save her a lot of pain. Alternatively, Hailan in the drama could have been portrayed as a lot more morally-grey, but the censorship sort of put a stop to that. I would love to see the dynamics/friendship/relationship between them explored, where Ruyi can be too morally upright and Hailan’s efforts to protect her over the years.

- It’s pretty explicitly stated in the drama/novel that Qianlong raped Hailan one day while drunk and Ruyi had to beg him to give her an official position as a concubine because Hailan would have killed herself otherwise. The irony of this relationship when in this story, Qianlong is also a child produced from the emperor raping a maid and casting her aside, is staggering and should be written about more. Alternatively, how did Ruyi deal with the idea that the man she loves did this? If you take this prompt, feel free to waive the dub/non-con DNW as long as the story doesn’t glorify it.

- I am also interested in deeper exploration of Yongqi as a character and his relationship with Ruyi, especially when it grows complicated towards the end of the story. His political ambitions and his insecurities stemming from not actually being Ruyi’s son obviously conflict with his affection and respect for her. Do his insecurities come from witnessing the relationship between his father and the empress dowager, who is also only Qianlong’s adopted mother? How does he manage these feelings? If you write this prompt, and can manage it, I would prefer a light focus on Hu Yunjiao, if you have to mention her at all.

- I would like to see how Hailan copes after Ruyi’s death, and how her relationships with other women in the harem, especially with Xiangjian, Meiruo and Chen Wanyin (Wan Pin) change. After Ruyi dies, Hailan really would only be second to Wei Yanwan in the harem, so how does she use that power in the harem, especially during the years when Wei Yanwan was slowly losing her mental capacity?

- On a lighter note, I would love to see any domestic scenes of Ruyi and Hailan co-parenting Yongqi when he was a child.

知否知否应是绿肥红瘦 | The Story of Minglan (TV) 

Characters requested: any

Fandom-specific DNW: infidelity in Gu Tingyu/Minglan, Changbai/his wife, Rulan/her husband.

Watch on Viki.

 Things I would love to read about for this fandom:

- Exploration of Minglan’s thoughts and feelings for Gu Tingye before their marriage, and her growing feelings for him after their marriage. Obviously she starts out already counting the days when he might stop loving her, but does she realise at any point that she has come to love him/completely trust him?  Given her low expectations of love and everything she had witnessed all her life, how does she deal with that feeling? Does she have a moment of realising he is not like her father?

- Exploration of the relationship between Minglan and Hualan. Alternatively, Rulan is portrayed as more benign than Molan when they were growing up, but Rulan’s actions can still be quite harmful to Minglan when they were younger. An exploration of the maturing sisterhood between Rulan and Minglan, especially if Rulan could be portrayed as more sensible than anyone actually gives her credit for, would be great. How does Rulan and Minglan’s relationship mature after they got married?

- On that note, how is Rulan’s attitude to Minglan so different than how Changbai and Hualan treat Minglan? Is it just because Rulan is the youngest of her full siblings so is more petulant? Is it because she’s closer in age to Molan and just projecting her frustration with Molan onto Minglan because it’s easier? I would love to see the dynamics/different characteristics between Hualan, Changbai and Rulan explored too. 

- Other sibling relationships I am interested in seeing explored: Changbai, Hualan, Rulan, Minglan in any combination. How do Changbai or Hualan get roped into helping Gu Tingye win over Minglan? How do they feel about it? Domestic scenes/any noodle incident with Hualan and Changbai helping/protecting Minglan against their mother/Concubine Lin/even agaisnt Rulan? 

- I love Changbai and Tingye’s friendship/found family dynamics and would love to see more of it in any form. 

Solitaire - Alice Oseman 

Characters requested: any

As indicated above, ignore the “more M/F and F/F, less M/M” preference above for this fandom. Feel free to write as much or as little Nick/Charlie for this fandom as you want. 

I just discovered this novel after binging through Heartstopper, both the show and the comics. In the spirit of keeping this Solitaire-relevant and not just veering completely off to the wider Heartstopper-verse, here be some prompts:

- I am so fascinated by Nick and Tori’s interactions/relationship (friendship?) with each other. Tori trusts Nick as much as she could trust anyone under the circumstances with Charlie’s emotional and physical wellbeing, but how did that trust develop? Did they know each other at all before Nick and Charlie got together through some Truham/Higgs event/activity, or did they just meet because of Nick and Charlie? I would love to see scenes of interactions between Nick and Tori, maybe just as Nick was hanging around the Springs’ home, or during Charlie’s inpatient treatments. How did Nick and Tori support each other during Charlie’s treatment? Did they have further conversations after Charlie’s relapse during the Solitaire novel? Do they bounce ideas off each other on how to support Charlie? 

- It’s clear that it’s not just Tori and Charlie who have mental health issues. Their mother has more than her fair share of it too, which probably contributed to making her children’s mental health worse. But the novel is also from Tori’s POV and she is so deep into her own mental health crisis that there are arguments to be made that her view of her parents especially her mother is not entirely accurate. Meanwhile Olly is in the middle of all of this - how much does he really understand about both Charlie and Tori’s issues and how much do his parents (if at all) explain to him? I would love an exploration of the Spring family dynamics as they all deal with their own problems while also looking each other though the lenses of their own experiences. I realise this is a tough issue and maybe too depressing for a Yuletide story but just throwing this out there. 

- Alternatively, just because you have a mental illness doesn’t mean it’s dementors all the time. There are flashes of light and carefree time. Give me so sibling fluffs with the Spring siblings including Olly and throw Nick and/or Michael in as well if you want. Trip to the beach? Park? Arcade? I don’t play video games so I don’t know how many people can play Mario Kart at once, but some insane Mario Kart tournament? 

- The only thing that I didn’t relate to Tori about is her views on Pride and Prejudice. I found this line from her essay particularly hilarious: “I am sorry, Mr Kent, but I have not read Pride and Prejudice. I disagreed with the very first sentence and that was enough for me.” - Don’t get me wrong, I love the fact that for once the moody loner in a novel isn’t a bookworm, and in fact hates reading and books, but does she genuinely not realise that this line is satire? Does she truly think Austen believes it as well? Does anyone, e.g. Mr Kent, even explains to her that it’s meant to be tongue-in-cheek? Does Tori actually care or appreciate that? I would love a Tori take on Shakespeare because god knows she can’t go through English Lit A levels without reading Shakespeare. Considering Much Ado About Nothing also has a lot of sarcastic humour and has a very similar plot to Pride and Prejudice, what’s Tori take on this? Or Romeo and Juliet’s romance? Hamlet’s brooding? Feel free to go fully academia and write an in-universe essay if that’s your thing.

- How does Tori continue to deal with mental health and relationships after Solitaire while transferring to Truham, while knowing everything that’s happened was because of her? Do Charlie and/or Michael and her girl friends help her through this? 

- What’s Tori’s deal with diet lemonade? Is this also some food/drink-related control thing that she shares with Charlie or does Tori just likes it to the point of never drinking anything else? 

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Thanks for reading this really long letter!! Again, if you have your own idea that you’re dying to write that doesn’t have any element from the DNW list, feel free to write that too! Happy writing and I can’t wait to read your story! 

[mynameisemo]

生活中有很大机会去体会一把«相互影响»。 就好比，你会时不时听见建议、推荐，这就是在影响彼此的时候！细细回一下自己为什么要买这件衣服或书籍？为什么想去某个地方游玩？为什么想看这个节目、做这件或那件事？

嗯，都是因为身边的人事影响了自己！

之前我为什么对《嫁纨绔》那么有感？不过是起源一个我看的顺眼的演员«白敬亭»；之所以看得见这个演员，是因为网友推荐的一部上头短剧【开端】（全剧15集，每集45钟）。你看，是不是绕很远？😅而当你注意某个点之后，很多事情就会顺势拉开。（因为注意了一下«白敬亭»，于是就发现了〈长风渡〉，而该剧的原著正是《嫁纨绔》。）

早前，我也在Blog��分享《星汉灿烂，幸甚至哉》小说；实是因为被网上的推荐（点醒）亮了一把眼——网上大推“关心则乱”作者大大又一著作被翻拍啦…云云——加之，早些年看过这位作者大大写的另一部我爱死了的小说〈庶女•明兰传〉（改编成电视剧«知否？知否？应是绿肥红瘦»），对于关心则乱的出品我就莫名生出了许多信心，又因为〈庶女•明兰传〉实在被改编的太好，所以我对《星汉灿烂，幸甚至哉》的改编剧无形的加大了期待度！

如今回想当初自己如何排斥〈庶女•明兰传〉被改编成电视剧，就觉得挺汗颜的…；因为原著里的明兰实是穿越女，许多事她都自个儿揽了，所以我也就理所当然的将很多事莫名的合理化（是的，后来被很多理性的读者／观众吐槽后，我也认同了）；后来在看了电视剧后——编导拿掉了穿越部份——才理解作者大大关心则乱，在某种程度上，是挺玛丽苏的一个人（呵呵…看上述两部著作…不就是最好的证明嘛）！

看原著（庶女•明兰传）会发现女主很亮眼，但因为穿去了古代不得不低调做人——照原著上说的是:若不想被当作妖怪抓去烧了，就只能掩藏自己——而且，活在那样的背景下又是庶女…除非想死，不然还是低调作人的好。 在看原著时，女主的祖母在我的印象里是有点模糊的，她本是对家中庶子女不太关注的老太太，在她的观念里，庶子女只要供给吃穿用度，其他的都不必让她费心；可是，不知为何，她就是对女主上了心；因为上心所以就不知不觉的费心教导，于是女主的亮点就慢慢被带了出来——是不是很奇怪我为什么一直没提男主？是不是也跟我一样开始觉得关心则乱本身就很玛丽苏？😂（玛丽苏是指原本平凡而低微的角色，突然变得无所不能、过度理想化）

不是我不提，是因为整部书，男主是在中后才出现啊啊啊啊……！ 而且男主的出现…在我看来就是为了烘托女主的啊啊啊啊……！！！ 咳咳…这样也没什么不好——我真心这样觉得。 也因为如此…我对男主的感觉就跟书中的祖母一样：模模糊糊…… 只是，男主比祖母好一点，他登场的挺强势，所以显得比较亮眼～xD

在这里也模糊，那里也暗淡的烘托下，女主如何能不成为聚光点，是吧…。

但电视剧很好的将这种不平衡拉平了！«知否？知否？应是绿肥红瘦»里的所有角色，个个都是如此鲜活的——连戏份不多的小公爷——让人印象深刻！看着剧情就会让人大叹：喔～祖母是这样的…男主原来是这样的人呀（才合理嘛嘿嘿）…；具象化之后让我更好理解原著里的众生脸谱！

几十年前���《庭院深深》电视剧也是改编的挺好（比之电影版，我个人喜欢刘雪华、秦汉、赵永馨版的电视剧）；我对该剧的最大印象不是男女主，反而是刻意虚构出来的角色——痴儿余翠珊（赵永馨饰）。看过的人都还有印象吧；到现在我仍觉得：以前的编剧功力真不是盖的！哪怕如今再回头调出旧戏来看，仍让人觉得剧情历久弥新。😊

当然，也不是每部原著作品被具象化后都是那么讨好的……譬如〝琉璃〞（原著：琉璃美人煞）；我之所以不能接受电视剧，系因女主不是我理想的原著女主（丑——对，纯属个人偏见）；许多看了电视剧的人都大赞特赞，可是我觉得吧…主要角色看不入眼的话，又怎么看下去呢？

又譬如〝赘婿〞。我不能说他“改编的失败”，因为编剧改动的年龄点本就跟原著不同——原著中的男主是个五十上的金融界巨擎；电视剧却是一名年轻著作家直接穿书了——再者，电视剧的着眼点在于时空及先进思维上的占便宜，而原著上更多的是智谋手段上的展现；也就是说大家的着眼点各不相同，所以也就没有所谓的失败点，端看看戏的人——原著或改编——想看的是什么部份喽。

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唉…如此说来，我一直期待的〈长风渡〉究竟何时上映呢？它会不会被改／演砸呢？！真心不想看到戏砸了呀——明明原著写的那么好😫——！！！

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[shangyangjunzhu]

gif request meme: favorite episode from the story of minglan - episode 33

the minister isn’t only angry at her for tainting the reputation of our family. he also hates her for deceiving him for so many years and he hates her further for not continuing her deception.

send me a number and a fandom i’ll make a gifset.

[costumedstories]

It’s the Hour of Rabbit at main quarter. A new day has arrived. The snow has yet melted. Be clothed and stay warm.

The Story of Minglan (知否？知否？应是绿肥红瘦) // Opening sequence, ep. 1

[guzhuangheaven]

So the last couple of asks re the novel of The Story of Ming Lan novel reminded me that I haven’t actually finished even half of it. So I went back to reading it and...

thank fuck for dramas and fade to black, because I just got the rudest whiplash reading the wedding night scene...

which is practically a rape scene. (read at your own peril)

I literally nearly threw my ipad across the room because it was so horrible to read. 

Are Chinese webnovel writers just THAT BAD at writing sex scenes? Or just this particular writer? 

(I’ve read...a few sex scenes in various Chinese webnovels, and I can never tell whether it’s because these things don’t translate well, but I have never enjoyed any of them...but I also haven’t felt so betrayed and horrified until this scene either.)

I mean, novel!Gu Ting Ye is no way as charismatic and engaging as drama!GTY as it is, mostly because we don’t get his POV in the novel, but still, I didn’t think I’d be suddenly snapped into a rape masquerading as a happy wedding night. How can you describe that scene as anything BUT rape, when Ming Lan is literally sobbbing and begging him to stop and he doesn’t? If the author was trying to write some kinky subdom fantasy thing THIS IS NOT IT!! THERE IS NOTHING IN ANYWHERE IN THE CHAPTER THAT INDICATES SHE IS ANYTHING BUT REPULSED AND HORRIFIED AND TRAUMATISED BY THE ENTIRE AFFAIR. 

Trust me, I checked. I read this in two different languages to make sure it wasn’t just one bad translation but it’s as rapey in English as it was in Vietnamese, which leads me to conclude it was as rapey in Chinese as well. 

Is it really so unrealistic to write a sexually-experienced man having sex with a virgin and still have him...you know, respect her basic bodily autonomy?

I’m just so sad, mostly because I have been liking the novel so far. Ming Lan has a very fun snarky inner voice due to being a transmigrated modern person with modern sensibilities. And then this happened. 

It’s doubly sad because it’s so clear, in the drama, without any explicit portrayal of sex scenes, that Ming Lan is at least comfortable with Gu Ting Ye from the beginning, even if it takes her time to actually love him. -h

[hailanyi]

[doufuhua]

The Story of Minglan Theme Song (知否知否应是绿肥红瘦 电视剧主题曲)

[remo-ny]