#LOVE YA ZHU

[ozymandien]

monk zhu chongba

[kdram-chjh]

Cdrama: Love’s Rebellion (2024)

so funny 😅#zhanglinghe #darrenchen #lovesrebellion #funnyvideo #trendingshorts #fy

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Aq6P5Ypssfg

[zhoufeis]

Zhu Yun, have you ever seen a bad person?

lighter and princess rewatch ━ challenge vs. @baifengxis ˋ°•*⁀➷ episode 07. aired nov. 05, 2022.

[i-am-a-fan]

ming for OC bingo!

[creechur-docx]

I think what really elevated Zhu’s character for me was the excellent cheer in which she goes about doing the most morally corrupt things. She’s mild and funny and grins a lot and jokes with her friends and flirts with her wife and loves her sooo tenderly (the end of swbts though oughhh); she’s a monk who can’t fight for shit (or ride a horse) and is altogether a pretty chill guy. And idk it’s so refreshing because the author subverts the (incredibly infuriating) trope of squashing every ‘badass’ non-male character into the snarky-and-cold-and-hates-everyone cast. Zhu is warm and loving and wily and incredibly fucked up and it’s so much more fun to watch than whatever is going on with most YA leads

[welcometothejianghu]

Top 10 of 2024

All right! It's time to count down my favorite Asian media things I watched in 2024 -- and sure, most of them came out way earlier than 2024, but whatever, I'm slow. Longer rec posts linked where applicable. If you wind up watching one of these on my say-so, let me know! I'm always happy to know I've been an Influencer (ha ha).

Honorable Mention: Heaven and Hell: Soul Exchange

This was originally going to be on the actual list, but a last-minute contender hopped in and bumped it off. Still, I loved this weird genderfucky body-swap murder mystery romp enough that I couldn't leave it out entirely. This baby sits right at the Hump of Compelling Mediocrity, where when it's good, it's good, and when it's bad, you can't stop thinking about how you'd fix it. I want an American remake of this so Bryan Fuller can rub his butt all over it. [full rec post here]

10. Hotel Del Luna

Did we watch this for Yeo Jingoo? You know it. And yet, we wound up falling for all the characters in this show about a bunch of dead (and one living!) people sending other dead people off to their afterlives. Meandering at times, it falls into a lot of K-drama tropes, but it still manages to pull of something special and occasionally profound.

9. 3 Will Be Free

Ah, here's the last-minute spoiler from Thailand! We showed up expecting something dumb, fun, and horny. What we got was something way smarter than it has any right to be -- but still fun and horny! A bisexual trio of incredibly sexy people (and some fascinating side characters) fall in love while semi-haplessly on the run from a whole bunch of people with guns.

8. Ayaka is in Love with Hiroko!

This goofy tale of dumb lesbians was wacky and fun from start to finish. How long can you keep up a gag about two co-workers each convinced that the other one isn't into her? Exactly the length of this tiny, funny comedy. And as a bonus, there's the manga, which is equally short and sweet. [full rec post here]

7. Story of Yanxi Palace

At 70 episodes, this (rather speculative) historical drama is not for those with short attention spans. Even so, it's a treat for anyone who likes period pieces, lavish costuming, and high-quality acting. Watch as a completely insane young woman leverages her insanity to become the most powerful pretty pretty princess in the Qing Dynasty! [full rec post here]

6. The Rebel

And speaking of well-acted period pieces! At the risk of quoting myself: Do you feel like watching a beautiful man have a terrible day for 43 episodes straight? Then this Republican-Era spy drama is for you. Zhu Yilong bounces off some gorgeous costars in a gripping tale of brave Communist misery. [full rec post here]

5. Legend of Fei

A great example of how a boilerplate YA story about a bunch of teens who save the world from eeeeevil adults can be elevated by leaning in to its inherent sweet, melodramatic goofiness. I wouldn't call it a comedy, but it's a very funny drama held up by delightful characters and charming romances. I have no idea what the plot was, nor do I care. I was too busy watching Yibo smile. [full rec post here]

4 Otoko Meshi

This show is silly. It has a completely preposterous setup: an injured yakuza boss moves in with an unemployed twentysomething, cooks him dinner, and teaches him life lessons. It has all the subtlety of a piano dropped from a great height. All the acting is completely over the top. And yet, it manages to be sincerely heartwarming? This ten-episode food-based comedy is entirely worth the effort you may have to go through to find a way to watch it. [full rec post here]

3. The Spirealm

Yeah, this one grabbed my ass good enough that I've made a whole meta-and-shitpost sideblog (@thirteenthdoor) for it. I will say, though, that the show wouldn't have done it alone -- my love for it is compounded by how I fell even harder for the book it was adapted from. Both of them together tell a gay-ass horror story about love and loss through several terrifying, deadly worlds. [full rec post for the show here; full rec post for the book here]

2. The On1y One

Just ... damn, man. What a piece of art. I was not expecting much out of a Taiwanese BL about two high-school boys falling in love, much less a beautiful, well-written, amazingly affecting tale of complicated family dynamics and gay feelings. It had better get a second season that concludes the story, is all I'm saying. [full rec post here]

1. Kinou Nani Tabeta?

I have now watched significant portions of this ... four times? Because I keep showing it to other people, because it keeps being that good. The slow, cozy, food-centric tale of the daily lives of two aging Japanese gay men makes you feel happy -- but when it rips your heart out, it rips it right out. I get that it's a little Too Real for a lot of people, but oh, it was just what I needed. [full rec post here]

What will 2025 bring? Who can say! I hope it's gay, though.

[quitealotofsodapop]

Ok, but in the Mother-Child Preggers Tang au... what if it crosses over with Slow Boiled au?

Referencing this post I made about Tang accidentally drinking from the Mother-Child River while the gang are travelling in S3.

Oh gosh i love the idea. In all the chaos of Wukong having his Stone Egg, Tang accidentally gets himself in a similar postition. XD

Throughout the Slow-Boiled Au, Pigsy and Tang frequently prove themselves to be good parents, and with all the talk of Wukong's overdue baby, the freenoodles pair both start to wonder...

Both brush the thoughts off cus they're in their 30s at least, and MK is enough. But the thoughts still crop up time to time.

Then cue Tang getting so thirsty during the S3 team-split, that he takes a big mouthful of river water without boiling it first. Pigsy initially blames the scholar's cramps on giardia. But they were oh so wrong.

Scorpion Queen pretty much forces herself into the gang because she's the only one around who *knows* how the Mother-Child River works. And she's not gonna let her new friends get hurt with all this bone demon business!

Pigsy, unsure: "Hey, Scorpion? I have something I really need to ask about the River." Scorpion Queen: "Sure thing! Ask me anything!" Pigsy, hesistating: "Will... will the baby look just like Tang? Or is some... river god involved?" Scorpion Queen, catching on quickly: "OH! Oh no no no! Theres no river god baby-daddy!" *starts laughing* Pigsy, relieved: "Phew!" Tang: "Aww! Piggy, you were worried!" Pigsy: "I dont mind our kid being a mini-you. I just dont want some gross minor god to have his mitts on ya'." Scorpion Queen, still laughing: "Nah dude! You guys are gonna have a cute little piglet!" Pigsy & Tang: "Wut." Scorpion Queen: "Couples came to the River to have babies all the time! If the drinker had a mate, then the baby would take on the appearance of their partner by absorbing some of their dao. If it didn't, then the Kingdom of Women would have been overrun with inbred clones!" Tang: "Ah, that makes sense." Pigsy: *completely dumbstruck with joy* Wukong, quiet until now: "...wait. Did the ladies back at the village think Master and Zhu Bajie were a mated couple that fumbled the process!? Is that why they laughed so much!?"

And ofc because of their shared situation, Tang and Wukong bond over the rest of the roadtrip. Tang would 100% wear a cringey matching maternity shirt with the Monkey King if they had time to stop for some shopping.

Pigsy breaks the news to the rest of the gang in an... unelegant fashion after the Samadhi Fire ritual went belly-up.

Pigsy: "So uh... stuff happened when we all got separated back in the desert." MK: "Yeah, you said Monkey King got amnesia and thats how Scorpion Queen joined the team." Scorpion Queen: *delighted wave!* Tang: "There's more to it MK..." MK, panicking: "Oh gods, you guys aren't hiding a world-ending secret too, right!? Cus I cannot deal with-" Pigsy, cutting him off: "Tang is pregnant. And we've decided to keep the baby." MK: *struck silent* Sandy, joyfully: "Congratulations! I hope the Monkey King didn't hear too much of you guys making it!" Pigsy, blushing furiously: "NOT LIKE THAT!!!" Tang, amused grin: "How else are babies made, Piggy? I'm certainly not having a stone egg.~" Pigsy, red-faced: "'CUS YOU DRANK THAT STANKY MUD WATER, THATS HOW!" MK, frozen stiff: "Wut."

Needless to say, MK is happy for his parents, but the timing isn't ideal. After LBD is defeated though, MK fully embraces his upcoming baby sibling! XD

Unfortunately the timing also means that Tang spends S4 in a very compromised position.

Yeah, Mother-Child River Tang isn't having a fun time...

[alipeeps]

Episode 20

Goddammit Bai Jiu, you had better be pulling a double agent thing like Pei Sijing turned out to be or I swear I will never forgive you!

This flashback montage of how he lied to everyone is giving me the rages.

I can't help thinking about him just the previous episode telling Li Lun that Zhu Yan (who had gotten himself trapped in a demon-suppressing cage in order to protect Bai Jiu) "Zhao Yuanzhou is my best friend". Grrrrr...

Ugh, and the flashback montage of how he sealed Zhu Yan's senses is even worse! You sneaky, devious little shit, Bai Jiu.

Fuck's sake, they've been working towards this from the very start, right down to the list of people to be on the team...

I keep feeling like there is information that either I have missed or that simply was not presented in previous eps? Last ep they said Pei Sijing was the Prime Minister's representative - and I was like, eh? Since when?

And now Wen Zongyu says she's the Prime Minister's bodyguard?! I don't remember that ever being mentioned?

Oh fuuuuuuck!! So it WAS Chongwu Camp running that clinic with the imprisoned demons 8 years ago...

And 8 years later it is still the ever-burning wood - that Zhu Yan accidentally absorbed back then - that Wen Zongyu is after!

Well, the little shit does at least look a bit conflicted...

And.. right, okay, I watch a lot of cdrama, I know this is just how it goes, it's very common to have scenes where they stand around dramatically talking about their schemes etc and almost kinda waiting for the next move/attack to be made etc but really?

You've had it laid out in explicit detail that all they need to do is use a needle to seal your sense of touch and that's it, kiss your core goodbye, but you're still gonna just stand there and watch and wait for them to come at you with the needle? You could turn around and be out that fucking door in a heartbeat dude, why don't you?

Oh SHIT the entire room is painted with demon-suppressing charms?!!

Dude, just fucking RUN then - you can outpace a fucking 13 year old, surely?

Annnd now you can't do that because the cavalry has arrived to cut off your exit.

Pleeeeeeease tell me we're gonna get one of those famous GJM flashbacks where it turns out they suspected something and they planned for this?

Ayyyy teleport device for the win!!

And from the sigh of relief, Bai Jiu did not want to have to do this. But that doesn't fucking change that he has been doing it right up until this point.

Uhhhh is that not the Prime Minister's carriage that previously stopped for "Wen Xiao" who was blocking the road? Why is it now seeping blood as it passes along the street...

I guess Not-Wen Xiao was hungry eh?

Ahh Zhuo Yichen, Zhuo YIchen...

Yeah best not to pin your hopes on maybe's... this is a cdrama after all...

Situ's mansion? Am I having memory lapses again? That sound's familiar but I can't think why...

Oh and presumably it's because of Mr Situ who has just arrived in a panic. Can we assume the guards are here to arrest Wen Xiao for eating the Prime Minister?

Hold up, it's Chongwu Camp that have come for her? How come they keep coming around to enforce things on behalf of the Prime Minister?

Oh ya think?!!

Oooh she's clever...

Oh she's VERY clever! Ask Mr Situ to hide you in his mansion... where you can then search for the divine wood!!

Oooh dontcha just wanna punch that smirk off his face?

This fishpond is so fucking extra and I love it so..

Oh you've got a wife hidden away in a sealed fucking room have you bro? Bedridden and sensitive to light and wind, is she? That doesn't exactly explain why the room is literally sealed shut?!!

Oh and was that a glimpse of the inside of the room with branches in it?

Oh wtf wait is Mr Situ Bai Jiu's dad?! I hadn't connected the names before. So the mystery wife who is sealed away is Bai Jiu's mum? The one who we've previously seen footage of Bai Jiu crying outside her room as branches spread out from under the door? Is Mrs Situ a pagoda demon as I have previously theorised?

My god these two. Zhu Yan's like.. didn't expect you to be the subject of a city wide hunt.. impressive! And Wen Xiao's like... why shouldn't I be.. are you doubting my ability to excel?

Is poor Zhuo Yichen now the only one who doesn't know about Bai Jiu? Shouldn't somebody maybe clue him in?

Why would the crime scene carriage be sent to Demon Hunting Bureau when it's a) Chongwu Camp who are charged with arresting the alleged perpetrator and b) Demon Hunting Bureau could well be assumed to be biased in favour of Wen Xiao and not objective in assessing the evidence?

Yeah why has he been carrying that copy of the book around all this time?

Check out Sherlock fucking Holmes here making deductions about the owner of this book based on its appearance...

Ahhh finally the penny has dropped for Zhuo Yichen that they've previously encountered a demon who was able to appear as Wen Xiao...

Ayyy it's our favourite mountain god!!

Oooh you clever boy, you purified the yao water? Plan "repair the baize token" is back on track!!

Aaaaand yup Ao Yin is the demon Li Lun released from the cage at the clinic 8 years ago...

I sure hope that confidence is warranted. Maybe you should be... ohh I dunno... looking at how to unseal your 4 senses so that you are not still vulnerable to having the last 1 sealed?

And didn't I fucking say that somebody needs to warn Zhuo Yichen about Bai Jiu? Cos here the little fucker is and Zhuo dage has no fucking idea that he's a Chongwu Camp traitor.

Yeah you better run you little shit.

Oh man, that's badass. I love when we get a reminder of just how powerful - and scary - he really is.

Oh wait, lemme guess, Wen Zongyu promised him that whatever skanky research he is performing with demon blood - and that he needs the ever-burning wood from Zhao Yuanzhou for - can cure whatever's going on with Bai Jiu's mum?

Goddamn this kid is such a good actor though. It's killing me that we may never get to see his portrayal of Xia Sini/kiddy Chu Wanning in Immortality - he will have fucking nailed it, I'm sure.

FUCKING CALLED IT!! That bastard promised him to save his mum if he joined the Demon Hunting Bureau and sealed Zhu Yan's 5 senses.

Oh fuck the baby Xiao Jiu actor is super fucking cute!!

Uhoh is that a blood moon? Is it (again!) the same one from 8 years ago where Zhu Yan wigged out?

And did Bai Jiu's pagoda spirit mum also lose control of her powers during that blood moon?

Oh dang so his name is Situ Jiu and he chose Bai Jiu when he went to train under Wen Zongyu.

And again Wen Zongyu said his mum was killed by a demon. Is that a mis-translation? Like... is she ill... or dead?

And I still think she was not so much killed/made ill by a demon as... she is a demon and she lost control/something went wrong...

She's not dead or ill she's.... a tree!

Fucking knew it!

What on earth was the point of keeping this from him all this time though Mr Situ? Ffs...

Ah-ha!! Mummy was not just a demon, she was half-demon, half-god, like Ying Lei... and that's why Bai Jiu had divine power... and why the pagoda demon said he was lying when he said he was human...

Oh wow, she's proper old school demi-god too, as old as the gods...

Ah fuck so it was the same blood moon and it was the disappearance of the baize token that injured her and made her revert to her true form. So... presumably fixing the baize token might also fix her?

(And if she is descended from the same source as the divine wood... would wood from her tree form serve as the divine wood needed to repair the token? And is that why the clues about the divine wood were rumoured to be hidden at Situ mansion?)

That is a very good fucking question.

Why the FUCK didn't you tell your goddamn son what was going on Mr Situ, instead of leaving him hurting all these years and wide open to being manipulated by the bad guys?!!

You fucking tell him Zhuo Yichen.

Fucking kid's got more guts and responsibility than any of you bloody adults.

But Xiao Jiu, sweetie, can I please recommend that you put all of your clever medical knowledge to immediate use to fucking unseal all that you've done to Zhu Yan so that he is no longer vulnerable to being sealed by a single fucking needle?

Ah fuck... was that ending Chongwu camp closing in on them while they were all having a heart to heart?

[xiakeponz]

for modern AU fics - what chinese media did diaspora consume?

making this post because some of us in the diaspora server were having a chat about what Chinese media "Diaspora Chinese" watched in the 90's - 2000's (and even sooner than that) while not having access to satellite chinese media or streaming services - this is in the context of writing modern AU fics based off Chinese media/novels (so your main character's grandpa or uncle is not, in fact, watching an episode of Friends or Shortland Street or something as flavour text because sorry what the hell-)

We generally watched a lot of stuff on VCDs, including bootlegged and non-bootlegged movies, shows, anime/donghua. My household had a whole VCD album of this, and a lot of VCDs (even if they were pirated editions) would have a fancy hardcover box with a magnetic clasp and some artwork representing the show on it.

All of this is Mandarin - so not TVB stuff, because I'm from Northern China and I don't know any cantonese - but Canto friends, please feel free to add to the list! This is mostly stuff my parents liked to watch, or I liked to watch with them, with the exception of a few which I mainly watched with friends/cousins when I was maybe (in most cases) eleven/twelve years old onwards. This is a pretty personal list, meant to give people general idea of a possible "ballpark" of sorts, and by no means exhaustive.

Now, for the list of shows which I can confirm I had or someone I know had on VCD or some kind of offline media format lol (I'll try add release year stamps and links to the EN wikipedia where possible):

Period dramas (mostly Qing Dynasty stuff):

Huan Zhu Gege 还珠格格 (1998, April-) This is a classic, so many memes come from this show; hugely popular series, basically cemented Zhang Tie Lin's face as the face of the Qing Emperor for about a decade. Tie Chi Tong Ya Ji Xiao Lan 铁齿铜牙纪晓岚 (2002-2010) - I loved this show as a kid and watched all four seasons on repeat with family... The "trio" in this show are well known and loved.

Amazing Detective Di Ren Jie / 神探狄仁杰 (2004) A very popular and addictive show. Ok now the Big Four:

Romance of 3 kingdoms 1994 / 三国演义 (1994) - a classic that has had many remakes, my older cousin would play this on repeat...

Hong Lou Meng/红楼梦 （1987） - another classic with many remakes, but I think the most recognised by the public one is the 1987 one.

Journey to the West / 西游记 live action (1986) - I think the 1986 version of the live action is the most recognised one. *Shui Hu Zhuan / 水浒传 (1998) - I am not too familliar with the live action of this one in my household tbh bc my mum doesn't like it lol (she keeps saying it's too depressing) but I'm sure it's up there with the rest of the big four, if anyone has an opinion on this one please let me know!

Modern setting shows:

My dad loved all the Sun Honglei (孙红雷 - actor name) stuff, iirc it was a lot of MinGuo period espionage stuff, your shanghai 1920's sxc aesthetic. This actor has been around since 1999? Qian Fu （潜伏）was very famous, and Ren Jian Zheng Dao Shi Cang Sang （人间正道是沧桑）�� These were around '08 and '09.

Chuang Guan Dong - 闯关东 (2008) (Baidu link, sorry - couldn't get an EN wikipedia one). This show was huge when it was airing, everyone was watching it. I was pretty young but even I watched it and got invested ... and I thought it was such an "old person" show at the time lmao. Xiao Bing Zhang Ga / 小兵张嘎 （2004） (sorry, again Baidu link) - yo, anti-japanese war movies set between 1937-1945 were crazy popular - this is one of them and was very popular):

Donghua/Anime (all the stuff kid me watched and some which I didn't but were popular):

喜羊羊与灰太狼 (2005-) Calabash Brothers / 葫芦兄弟 （1986-1987） Black Cat Detective / Hei Mao Jing Zhang 黑猫警长 （1984-2010） Lan Mao Tao Qi 3000 Wen 蓝蓝猫淘气3000问 AKA 蓝猫 (blue cat) (October 1999 - Present) Legend of Ne Zha 哪吒传奇 (2003) Journey to the West/Xi You Ji 西游记 This was truly the Donghua I grew up on from when I was a bb, the OP song and ED song are classic bangers all kids know. Slam Dunk/ 灌篮高手 - People truly watched a lot of anime that may or may not have been terribly dubbed into mando (possibly canto too). Late 80s and 90s kids were all over this, and Dragon Ball, Crayon Shinchan (labixiaoxin).

Taiwanese Dramas:

This is mid-late 2000's, I would be remiss to not talk about the Taiwanese dramas of this era. Mike He, Rainie Yang, Wu Zun (amongst many, many others) were huge. Stuff like Dou Niu Yao Bu Yao, it started with a kiss, Hua Yang Shao Nv (Taiwanese version of Hana Kimi) were all pretty popular. Not sure if these shows all hold up in 2023, but boy were they popular at the time.

Note about CNY:

For CNY, people would try to tune into ���节联欢晚会 (the CCTV official CNY show) at that One Friend Who Had China Satellite TV's house. Zhao Ben Shan / 赵本山 was a comedy staple, and the show would often feature people from the music industry to perform. Eventually these people became more and more relevant to my gen and Jay Chou etc started appearing.

Last but not least Xian Jiaaaan 仙剑:

In 2005 I was all over 仙剑奇侠传 (Chinese Paladin), based off the video game. This show was crazy popular and probably sent me and a whole lot of other kids into Xianxia / Wuxia hell (and Hu Ge hell, and later I came back to love Liu Yifei). Thank you. The OST is a true banger.

[romanceyourdemons]

anyways the story of shiwu’s name is so silly, zhu lengquan adopts this kid and is like a love ya guy but your name is shit. stupid fucking name. i’m gonna give you a better one. and so zhu lengquan names him Fifteen

[kdram-chjh]

Cdrama: Governor’s Secret Love (2023-2024)

💘 #governorssecretlove #hatikuuntukmu #youkumalaysia #cdrama #shorts

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/b3zQL5sQSWc

[the-rose-tinted-detective]

6, 14, 21

-theunluckiestdevil

“How long does it take them to get out of bed?” / “What position do they sleep in? Do they move or snore any?” / “What was their childhood pet like? Did it like them when they were little or only tolerate them?”

Well! In terms of my sleep schedule… uhh … honestly I never really have a set one I kinda just crash in bed whenever I can hardly keep my eyes open and waking up can usually vary depending on if I was actively having a nightmare, (I tend to wake from those at the lovely hour of around 3am or so give or take and then I usually try to keep myself awake because there’s nothing worse then going back to bed only for the nightmare to CONTINUE), or if I wasn’t. Assuming it was a peaceful sleep, I tend to get up pretty early actually, around 6 or 7am or so, to water my plants and perhaps enjoy a nice walk and some fresh air before my day starts! Assuming I woke at 3am due to a nightmare, I’m up for the day at that point so I just tend to read over my case notes or something till sunrise.

Sleeping position…I couldn’t tell ya, though I do wake up with the covers either kicked off my bed or tangled around me when I wake up, so I’d guess from that I must move to some extent…as for snoring? I’m not sure you’d have to ask someone that’s witnessed me asleep I suppose, I don’t think I snore though…

And as for a childhood pet? … I had a dog growing up, a small Shit Zhu named Benji! I loved him dearly and I think he liked me! We got along well enough… we also had a goldfish that we’d named Finley, he was a good fish…always ate his food and loved to see people, and the same could be said about Benji… I was honestly heartbroken when they’d passed once I was older… I hope they’re doing alright, and hey, Finley had actually been the reason I adopted my current Goldfish that I had named Watfin (a pun on Watson)! I hope wherever you two are, your souls are at peace in the afterlife!

-Alvis Conway

[finishwhatyoustarted-event]

Finished It Friday - AO3 Collection Special Update - October 6

I realized I have neglected to check the Archive of Our Own collection for this event during Fridays! There are so many! This post shows off all the ones posted in September that I missed. I'm trying not to repeat ones that did get included in other weeks' counts, but a duplicate might slip through on accident.

Talk To Me by kaitou (misbehavingvigilante)

NSFW - 阴阳师 | Yīn Yáng Shī | The Yin-yang Master (Movies - Guo Jingming) - Rated M - Bo Ya/Qing Ming, Qing Ming & Zhu Que | Vermilion Bird - Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Angst with a Happy Ending, Fox Demon Qing Ming, God!Boya, Miscommunication - "Boya becoming Qingming’s shishen means it’s much harder for Qingming to get into a relationship with him. (Un)fortunately, a little matter of presumed death and godhood can fix that."

https://archiveofourown.org/works/58613179/chapters/149340082

Nemesis by eerie_enchantress

NSFW: Graphic Depictions of Violence (with 'Dead Dove: Do Not Eat' modifier tag!), Major Character Death, Cannibalism - House of the Dragon (TV) - Cannibal the Wild Dragon & You, Aemond "One-Eye" Targaryen/You, Aemond "One-Eye" Targaryen/Original Female Character(s) - Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Canon-Typical Violence, Dragon death, Revenge, Angst, this might actually be a fix-it in the grand scheme of things, POV Alternating - "A terrible war is afoot, the one you used to love having risen up as Prince Regent, the path that led him there littered with corpses of those you care about and don't alike. You must fight fire with fire. One cannot defeat a monster without being prepared to become one themselves. To make an ultimate sacrifice. You shall not rot in idleness while everything you love falls apart around you. No matter the cost."

https://archiveofourown.org/works/57774448/chapters/147044929

flame feather by kaitou (misbehavingvigilante)

NSFW: Sexual Content, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con - 阴阳师 | Yīn Yáng Shī | The Yin-yang Master (Movies - Guo Jingming) - Rated E - Bo Ya/Qing Ming - Alternate Universe, Abuse Outside of Boya/Qingming, Bird Boya Enemies to Lovers, Fox Demon Qing Ming, Happy Ending, Misunderstandings, Uncle kink, Prince Boya, Prince Qingming - "The living nightmare on the battlefield from the immortal realm is captured in the demon realm. Or, is he? Boya and Qingming have history as enemies, but it doesn’t stop Qingming from marrying Boya right away to keep him out of everyone else’s hands."

https://archiveofourown.org/works/58786693/chapters/149813983

Unhappy Prince by kaitou (misbehavingvigilante)

NSFW - 阴阳师 | Yīn Yáng Shī | The Yin-yang Master (Movies - Guo Jingming) - Rated M - Bo Ya/Qing Ming - Alternate Universe, Post-Canon, Fox Demon Qing Ming, Prince Boya, Prince Qingming - "Or after slaying the Evil Serpent Qingming gets the unexpected news he’s demonic royalty and needs to get married fast. In which, Boya is quick to agree to marry Qingming, and even quicker at being better at politics for Qingming who is too busy flailing from this unexpected development, and that Boya’s his wife now to pay attention."

https://archiveofourown.org/works/58815022/chapters/149889706

Even In a Different Life You Still Would’ve Been Mine by DogsAreTheBest312

Doctor Who (2005), Doctor Who (TV Movie 1996), Doctor Who (Big Finish Audio), Rose Tyler: The Dimension Cannon (Big Finish Audio) - Rated T - The Doctor/Rose Tyler, Ninth Doctor/Rose Tyler, Tenth Doctor/Rose Tyler, Eleventh Doctor/Rose Tyler, Eighth Doctor/Rose Tyler - Anthology, Alternate Universe — Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe — Human, Alternate Universe — Modern Setting, Dimension Travel, dimension hopping Rose Tyler, Kid Fic, too many AUs to tag, There’s 31 of Them, Some Plot - "Rose’s search for The Doctor is far from easy. It takes her through dozens of parallel worlds, each one different from the last. In many, she encounters parallel versions of her parents or other people she loves. And in some, she comes across parallel versions of herself and her Doctor. 'Cause I believe that we were supposed to find this So, even in a different life, you still would've been mine We would've been timeless"

https://archiveofourown.org/works/57670348/chapters/146758819

Diminished Greed by kaitou (misbehavingvigilante)

NSFW: Sexual Content, Dubious Consent - 阴阳师 | Yīn Yáng Shī | The Yin-yang Master (Movies - Guo Jingming) - Bo Ya/Qing Ming - Alternate Universe, Dragonfucking, Heavenly Attendant Boya, Qinglong Qingming, Under-negotiated Kink, Oviposition, Knotting - "Qingming is diminished enough that he gets mistaken as a demon by Boya, rather than the Divine Guardian he is. He enlists Boya to be his heavenly attendant whilst he gets back to his normal power. (Un)fortunately, Boya’s also very pretty, so Qingming’s newest heavenly attendant, may also become his heavenly tribute, too."

https://archiveofourown.org/works/58971997/chapters/150331363

besties in blood by kaitou (misbehavingvigilante)

NSFW: Sexual Content, Graphic Depictions Of Violence - 阴阳师 | Yīn Yáng Shī | The Yin-yang Master (Movies - Guo Jingming) - Rated E - Bo Ya & He Shouyue, Bo Ya/Qing Ming, He Shouyue/Princess Changping | Fang Yue - Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Bigotry & Prejudice, Fox Demon Qing Ming, Prince Boya, POV Alternating - "Boya and He Shouyue are murder besties this fixes things, until it breaks them by making a snake and a fox very jealous."

https://archiveofourown.org/works/58642204/chapters/149418415

Lies of S by kaitou (misbehavingvigilante)

NSFW: Sexual Content, Dubious Consent - 阴阳师 | Yīn Yáng Shī | The Yin-yang Master (Movies - Guo Jingming) - Rated E - Bo Ya/Qing Ming - Alternate Universe, Inspired by Lies of P, Temporary Character Death, Pretty Boya, Qingming is a Creep, doll kink - "Or, a meeting between a puppet and a pretty doll. Qingya in an inspired Lies of P au."

https://archiveofourown.org/works/58840468/chapters/149961757

[duckprintspress]

May Created Works Round-Up: 8 New Works by Our Creators!

Our monthly “created works round-ups” are Duck Prints Press’s opportunity to spotlight some of the amazing work that people working with us have done that ISN’T linked to their work with Duck Prints Press. We include fanworks, outside publications, and anything else that creators feel like sharing with y’all! Inclusion is voluntary and includes anything that they decided “hey, I want to put this on the created work’s round-up!”

Check out what they’ve shared with us this month…

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And Then There Weren't Nine (shhh) by firefly124 / @firefly124

fiction || mcyt-evolution smp || no ships || general audiences || no major warnings apply || 607 || complete

summary: The portal they'd found in the maze under spawn had promised them freedom. Instead, Jimmy'd lost his best friend, and nobody was talking about it.

other tags: characters gone missing, watcher/listener lore

AO3

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We Are Not Wise by Lucy K.R. / @boomchickfanfiction

fiction || the scum villain's self-saving system || m/m || shen yuan/luo binghe || teen & up || no major warnings apply || 52,243 || complete

summary: Transmigrated into a version of Proud Immortal Demon Way where cultivators manifest their own souls into spiritual weapons, Shen Yuan finds himself sort of kind of…accidentally blackmailing Shen Qingqiu into taking him on as a disciple before Luo Binghe joins the sect.

That should give Shen Yuan plenty of opportunities to make sure nothing goes wrong for his favorite protagonist, right? RIGHT!?

A story of twists, turns, hope, despair, and soul swords.

other tags: Utena-Inspired Setting, Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Shěn Yuán Transmigrates into an NPC

AO3 - TWITTER

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Love Like You by Lucy K.R. / @boomchickfanfiction

fiction || the scum villain's self-saving system || m/m || shen qingqiu/luo binghe || teen & up || no major warnings apply || 19,132 || complete

summary: Luo Binghe grows up in the shadow of his father, the red beryl Tianlang-jun. He loves his mother, and he loves his gem family, but there's something missing from his life.

Enter the enigmatic, elegant, beautiful Shen Qingqiu--a pearl who quickly cements himself in Luo Binghe's heart.

Unfortunately, their quiet days spent side-by-side on planet earth are quickly drawing to a close. When the appearance of Blue Diamond and his human pet changes everything, can Luo Binghe find a way back to Shen Qingqiu?

other tags: Steven Universe AU, He/Him pronouns for gems, mild body horror

AO3 - TWITTER

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to live without regrets by Shadaras / @shadaras

fiction || guardian (tv 2028) || f/f || ya qing/zhu hong || mature || no major warnings apply || 3,245 || complete

summary: Zhu Hong goes back in time. With greater experience and knowledge at her disposal, she makes choices she hopes will help everyone she loves to live without (as many) regrets.

other tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Time Travel, Established Relationship, Developing Relationship, Post-Canon to Pre-Canon, Non-Linear Narrative, Light Dom/Sub

AO3

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Cicada Sings Amongst Bamboo by Shadaras / @shadaras

fiction || 陈情令 | the untamed (tv), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | módào zǔshī - mòxiāng tóngxiù || f/m || qin su/lan qiren || teen & up || no major warnings apply || 14,000 || complete

summary: Qin Su is given a second chance at life.

This time, instead of the sweet-faced soldier who rescued her during the war, she chooses the Cloud Recesses. And, to everyone's surprise, she chooses Lan Qiren.

other tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Courtship, Time Travel, Second Chances, Recovery, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, References to Canonical Rape, This Burn Could Be Slower

AO3

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Desperate For It by unforth/Nina Waters / @unforth

fiction || the husky and his white cat shizun || m/m || chu wanning/mo ran || explicit || no major warnings apply || 4,116 || complete

summary: Chu Wanning is walking, alone, down a narrow alley when he's assaulted by a man far too powerful for him to resist.

Chu Wanning should have known better than to get into this situation.

After all, it's happened before...

other tags: Modern AU, Consensual Non-Consent, Rough Sex

AO3

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Drinking Vinegar by unforth/Nina Waters / @unforth

fiction || scum villain's self-saving system || m/m || liu qingge/shen qingqiu || mature || no major warnings apply || 3,439 || complete

summary: Most days, Liu Qingge goes to System Shock Bookstore to pick up the BL titles that Liu Mingyan wants, and he definitely DOESN'T go to System Shock Bookstore to ogle the cute twink owner Shen Yuan.

Most days, by the time he leaves, Liu Qingge resolves to never go back. He's never going to get what he wants, not when Shen Yuan is so obviously interested in the beefy guy who works at the store's cafe.

But, of course, Liu Qingge always goes back...

(Liu Mingyan might kill him if he doesn't pick up her pre-orders, after all...that's the only reason...)

other tags: Modern Setting, Idiots to Lovers

AO3

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Dawn by unforth/Nina Waters / @unforth

fiction || mo dao zu shi || m/m || lan wangji/wei wuxian || general audiences || no major warnings apply || 1,325 || complete

summary: Exhausted, Lan Zhan returns to his tent after a long day of battle during the Sunshot Campaign.

And, on his pillow, he finds a letter that cannot possibly exist.

other tags: Time Travel, Canon Divergence, Second Chances

TUMBLR - AO3

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[vergoftowels]

20(ish) episodes into The Mystic Nine: How it's going so far...

I watched The Mystic Nine: Qing Shan Hai Tang because Zhu Zanjin is in it, and now I am watching the series.

Things I love: FO YE!!!!!, Zhang Rishan!!!!, Ba Ye, the Republican Era fashion sense, the whole auction sequence, Er Ye's intro sequence when Fo Ye comes to the opera house

Things I am not quite sold on even though I was hoping I would love them: Er Ye (okay I love him in the movie but he is not present plotwise for most of the first half so far for reasons), Ya Tou (okay I cried a lot but she is sadly really underdeveloped), their love story (see previous), the tomb raiding (need more of this!!)

Things I started out loving but now really do not like: Yin Xinyue (UGGGGGH WHY she started so cute and then got extremely overbearing and whiny real fucking fast!)

Things I am confused about: how old is everyone, Chen Pi's whole everything, "alive person" and "dead person" tombs (but I'm willing to just let them talk at me about that lol), Hendry Cox's actor's acting choices =__=

[nayohmi]

got an awful news on wednesday morning that one of my exes passed away due to motorcycle accident.

dan, i might hated u for what u did to me but as i said before, i alr forgave u for every mistake that u did in our past relationship. i also alr apologized if there was anything i did that might’ve hurt ur feelings. thanks for forgiving me too.

it hurts to hear the apologies from ur mom the other day. i told her that we met recently, around october 2023 if im not wrong. and that her son apologized sincerely to me multiple times.

“aku cerita semuanya ke mama, the things i did to u, yg bikin kamu sakit hati sampe kelakuan aku yg selingkuh selingkuh. mama bilang kl aku hrs minta maaf ke kamu in person sblm aku nnti bs ktemu jodohku dan nikah. maaf ya, omi. i’m truly, fucking sorry.”

it also broke my heart when ur mom cried on my shoulder & said smth like this: “kakak omi kl nnti sdh ketemu jodohnya kabarin tante ya, undang tante ya… kita jgn lost contact lg ya, kl mau main ke rmh main ya… pintu rmh kebuka trs buat kakak omi…”

damn u, daniel. goblok bgt lo dan.

my mom also sent her condolences for ur fam. she seemed shocked when i told her the news.

may ur soul rest in peace.

oh anw, this one’s for u bro. lagu ngacid lo jaman ngampus. *salute* 🍻

sm mau nanggepin omongan lo di tori wkt lo req lagu tampar -juicy lucy. sorry yaw ga sempet dimainin wkt itu. tp menanggapi lo bilang “ini lagu gue buat u dr lo msh sm nathan, skrng udh sm cowok br lg. sesuai lyrics nya, gue dosa ga kl doa ke Tuhan biar lo disakitin trs cabut dan balik ke gue?”

daaan dan, i believe u’re in a good place rn (well, not really idk) and im in a good fucking relationship now. kur turut berduka atas kepergian lo. this guy’s amazing, dan. yaa hopefully he’ll stick around forever bcs i fucking love him.

another song for u, bro. rest in peace.

adra & mbabell. despite the massive, enormous hate they have for u, mereka jg berduka buat lo.

my dad… well this one’s hard. i told him yesterday, dia turut berduka. i know the pain & hate u had for him. i hope u did forgive him too, bcs he did. yg blh punya dendam besar sm bokap gue ya cm gue doang, dan.

thank u for being in my life. got so many lessons. again, rest in peace.

another song for u🍻