#Rou Jin

[mehmetminded]

White and Black and Gold

(part 1)

By: MehmetMinded

Potential spoilers for Cradle and Beware of Chicken

[SECTOR 87]

[THE WAY]

A river of textured blue flowed from oasis to oasis in a desert of non-existence. Points of light dotted along it like berries on a bush. Though by no means common it is not unknown for travelers to encounter one another while traversing the winding maze of The Way Between Worlds. Like any road, bandits and brigands stalk the less controlled areas waiting for unwitting travelers to stumble into their trap. Some small subdomains were established by local powers as rest stops and safe houses for weary travelers to take shelter in. But now, the travelers had left the path, hiding themselves in the nearest worlds. The bandits pretended not to notice it; their traps unsprung. The safe houses closed their shutters and barred their doors, preparing for the worst.

For there was a predator swimming in the river.

~~~

Lindon was relieved the journey had been relatively uneventful so far. There had been a small group of Silverlords that ducked into a nearby iteration when they felt the brush of his authority, but that wasn’t his assignment. He had a patrol to make. Dross had sent a message back to The Grave and Yerin had been around to take the call. Lindon almost pitied the poor, outgunned Silverlords. Almost.

The Abaddon had been slowly reclaiming the territory lost during the Great Vroshir Incursion (as some in the Court had begun calling it), but they had yet to fully establish control over any sectors further out than sector 70. Even after all The Reapers’ hard work cleansing worlds of corruption there was still so much to be done. World after world had been overrun by Fiends. Chaotic manifestations of un-reality that slowly devoured worlds until they broke apart completely. Lindon had seen it happen. It was the consequence of their failure. Of his failure.

[You know, I might not be actively listening to your every thought at the moment, but I can tell when you’re ruminating.]

Lindon flinched slightly at the reproach. Dross was right. Ethan had sent him on this assignment specifically so that he would have time to “get your head on right again” as the man had said with a sad and knowing smile. The combat had helped get his mind off of it at least. This far outside Abaddon jurisdiction Fiends and Vroshir were a common problem.

Common, but far from the only problem. Unaffiliated local powers had established their own minor fiefs in the power vacuum left by the Abaddon retreat and not all had been amenable to their return. Lindon preferred to persuade when he could. Some hesitated out of fear for their people. The Abaddon had already abandoned them once after all. Lindon understood and left them for others to reason with; Mercy was better at that sort of thing anyway. Others were more self-interested. To these he would offer recruitment if Dross thought they were worth something to The Court… or an ultimatum if not.

Only one had continued to resist when faced with Lindon’s Authority. Only one demonstration had been needed. Lindon was relieved about that as well. As much as he enjoyed the rush of battle, he never enjoyed picking on the weak. That wasn’t a good reason to let them run around hurting those even weaker than they were, however. It was a sad necessity but it didn’t help his mood.

[At least you’re doing something good right? That must count for something!]

It did count, at least in Lindon’s view, but the tender spot in his heart still didn’t fade. He tried to distract himself by saving those who couldn’t save themselves. It was half the reason he had ascended in the first place after all. And yet.

Lindon was still contemplating when The Way transitioned from an endless sea of textured blue to a dusty dirt road and he found himself walking slowly through untended and overgrown fields. In the distance loomed a great fortress wall that wouldn’t have looked out of place on Cradle.

Whoever lives here knows what they’re doing, Lindon thought.

[Aaaaaaand has enough Authority to not just create a cordon around their world but impose their domain over The Way!]

Lindon had seen Suriel use a similar technique before he had ascended beyond the world of his birth, though she had restricted herself to a simple hunting lodge.

Shall we see if anyone’s home?

[After you!]

Lindon thought he heard a slight sadistic glee in Dross’ mental voice.

[I can’t wait to see the look on their face.]

~~~

Feng Yi First Emperor of the Crimson Phoenix Empire was having a very bad day.

He had spent the better part of a decade engaged in battle against a massive demon horde. Though he had been certain of victory from the beginning, by the end the constant combat had started to weigh on him. But the horde had been vanquished and the demons beaten back once again. Feng Yi had just retired to his chambers for some well deserved rest when he felt a tug on his domain. This wasn’t anything unusual. One of his subordinates had something that required his attention. He delayed his response a bit for just a few more minutes of rest but the tug became more urgent and he was forced into action.

He manifested in a pillar of flame, heralded by the cry of a great phoenix, at the edge of his domain where the tug had originated. There he was greeted by the sight of Jian Mu and the rest of her Guardian Forest, trembling, on their knees, bowing before a slightly bemused looking man with a chalk white arm.

“Who dares intrude on the domain of the Crimson Phoenix Emperor?!” Feng Yi demanded.

He released his hold on his qi, letting it storm out of him like a great bonfire and the sky of his domain was tinged orange with the fury of the rising sun. The man stood there, unfazed, by The Emperor’s might. He pressed his fists together in some strange parody of a martial solute and bowed politely. The angle wasn’t quite as deep as The Emperor was used to but not shallow enough that he could call it rude.

“Greetings your majesty. This one is Wei Shi Lindon Arelius, a representative of The Court of Seven.” The man said with not a hint of mockery in his voice. “I have come on behalf of my superiors to offer you our protection against the foes at your walls.”

Feng Yi felt a slight hiss, like air escaping an imperfect seal, and a bit of this mans might was revealed to him.

The sky of his domain went from the bright, radiant, orange of a sunrise to pitch back in an instant. A Dao greater than any he had before felt pressed against his inner world with the inevitability of a mountain. This man could tear his domain apart like rice paper and there would be nothing Feng Yi could do to stop him.  

As quickly as it had been opened, the seal was replaced. The pressure faded and the sky returned to its proper color. Emperor Feng Yi did not bow his head nor look away. He had long since determined that if he were to die he would look his end in the eye. Even so, he trembled. It had been a long time indeed since he had been so outclassed. Even the Great Demons that turned their eyes towards his home thought him too challenging to make a meal of and went to seek weaker prey. To this man he was a child before a tiger, and the man had never even risen from his bow.

“What-“ his voice failed him for the first time in millennia, “What would you have from us?”

Surely the man would want the power they kept, but what power did they have that could interest a being such as this?

“Only your assistance, your majesty.” The man said “The Court of Seven is attempting to reclaim the worlds that were lost to us so that we might protect the people who live there. Chaotic corruption claims worlds one after another and we would stand as your bulwark against them.”

The words were impossible, and yet the man spoke no lie. Feng Yi felt the man’s sincerity radiating out thought his intent. Truly, after so long, a savior had come. Feng Yi felt his millennia of exhaustion hit him all at once and he collapsed to his knees alongside his second in command.

“This Crimson Phoenix Empire and all the world pledges itself to The Court of Seven!” He said with relief. Maybe today wasn’t such a bad day after all.

The man cocked his head as though listening for something, then seemed to be struck with an idea.

“Excellent. I have relayed your pledge to my superiors. As I am simply a messenger I have no authority to entreat with you beyond this point. Another representative of the court will arrive at another time as our reach does not yet extend this far. This concludes our business on behalf of The Court.” The man said, though Feng Yi had been an emperor long enough to know that this wasn’t the end of things.

“If there is anything our Crimson Phoenix Empire can do to assist the Herald of The Heavens we will not hesitate to provide!” The Emperor declared.

“Well, it’s only a small matter, though you would have my gratitude.” The Herald said with a small smile.

~~~

Meimei and I were out walking the property line after the last big storm blew through. It wasn’t quite winter yet, but the north wind was making itself known. Some trees had fallen and damaged the fence in places so, with the harvest in and not much to do, we had decided to take a little stroll together. It was nice, just being able to spend an afternoon walking with my wife. Just another small joy of being a farmer in the middle of nowhere.

Defying the heavens: 0

Agriculture: 9,437

Still though, the work needed doing and Meimei and I made a great team. My wife was currently breaking down a fallen tree for firewood with her bare hands as I repaired the damage, infusing the fence with qi. When I had first built it I hadn’t nailed down qi infusion quite yet and it seemed like a big chore to replace it all at once, so I settled on working qi into my repairs instead. It’s not like anything was getting past Vajra anyways.

I was just having that thought when Meimei shot up straight, sniffing the air.

“Something big?” I asked, quirking an eyebrow at her.

“I’m not sure.” She said with concern, “It’s hard to pin down. It smells like… nothing.”

“How can ‘nothing’ have a smell?”

“I’m not sure. It just smells like… emptiness I suppose.”

You getting anything, shortstop? I mentally sent to Tianlan, my friend and benefactor.

Not much, but now that you mention it I’m feeling kind of uneasy, like there’s someone watching us. She replied, sounding nervous.

“Well, whatever it is, we’ll deal with it.” I said and both women nodded with resolve.

We continued working on the fence until dinner time, at which point we turned in for the day. Washy had taken to my tales of a “Pot Pie” with gusto and was eager to show us the fruits of his labor. Following a delicious meal and some time in good company another day in paradise came to an end as I closed my eyes.

Before I immediately opened them again to an annoyed looking Tianlan.

“Still buggin’ ya eh pipsqueak?” I said, receiving a smirk at my accent, before the short girl with golden cracks running over her skin sighed.

“I just can’t stop feeling like there’s something watching me!” She replied with a frown.

“Well, how about we take a look around?”

Tianlan’s look said ‘Like I haven’t already tried that, dumbass’ but eventually she sighed and nodded. So off we set, walking the edges of her domain. The boundaries looked really similar to the Mist Wall I had seen in the crystal. I should probably ask about that, but how am I supposed to tell one giant wall of mist from another? Maybe this was a completely different kind of wall that just so happened to also be made of mist! Then I would have brought up a sore subject for no reason and-

I was knocked out of my musings by a forehead cracking into my own.

“Hey! What was that for?” I muttered rubbing my poor skull, before turning to my friend.

Tianlan was glaring at a point in the mist wall. There was something though there. Maybe? It did look a bit darker now that I was paying attention. Regardless, Tianlan looked nervous so, doing my best impression of a royal guard, I propped my shovel on my shoulder and marched straight up to the wall before planting my feet, squaring my shoulders, and puffing out my chest.

“Hold trespasser!” I cried in my best attempt at Big D’s low voice, “Who dares violate the grounds of sacred Fa Ram!  

That got a giggle out of the cracked girl, releasing a bit of tension. I hadn’t actually been trying to get a response!

“Oh? Apologies for my intrusion. I had hoped to remain hidden a bit longer to learn of this place before I introduced myself.” Another voice replied from out in the mist. It sounded genuinely apologetic. And the formal diction reminded me just a bit of Brother Lu Ri.

Something began to coalesce out of the darkened mist as it slowly got closer. A man walked towards us. Could that even happen? Wasn’t this some kind of extra dimensional space inside Tianlan? Yet there he was! Stood just inside the mist, seeming to hesitate to cross over the boundary.

Tianlan seemed to be stuck between launching herself at him and fleeing in terror, so I decided I should take over introductions.

“We don’t get many outsiders around here!” I said to the guy.

I thought I caught a muttered “ever” from Tianlan but I couldn’t be sure. The stranger didn’t seem to notice at any rate.

“Ah, once again I apologize,” the man said “I haven’t manifested myself fully in your world yet as our records of this place are several thousand years out of date it would seem. I wanted to know more about your culture before I came down and accidentally made a mess of things.”

That was… a surprisingly reasonable explanation given the circumstances.

[Don’t let him fool you. He’s been delaying our decent for days to conduct ‘research’ as if this place isn’t almost exactly like where he came from.]

The voice had spoken directly into my brain. A lot like Tianlan did. It was really strange hearing a new voice in my head but I wouldn’t say it was shocking. Tianlan on the other hand looked incensed.

“Hey asshole! Who said you could fish around in his head!?” she shouted, marching towards the mist.

[Hey! Don’t compare me to human anatomy! They’re gross and full of fluids!] another voice replied, matching her tone for tone, as a small purple ball manifested itself over the man’s shoulder. It glared it’s singular eye at Tianlan and put small tentacle arms to what I could only assume were it’s hips.

The two devolved quickly into quibbling as the mysterious stranger and I gave each other an identical look of apology.

“Can I get you some breakfast?”

~~~

After Shen Yu, the others on the farm didn’t really seem phased when a strange man with black eyes and a white arm appeared in a flash of blue in the middle of our lawn. They looked at me and when I didn’t seem worried most shrugged and went back to their business.

“One more place for breakfast today Wa Shi!” I called to the dragon preparing breakfast in our kitchen.

You got it, Boss! The dragon replied, adding a few more eggs to his pan.

I walked towards the front of the house to greet the man standing politely at the edge of the veranda.

“Apologies again for my intrusion. My name is Wei Shi Lindon Arelius, though most just call me Lindon.” The man, Lindon, said with a bow. Now that I got a good look at him, we weren’t dissimilar, large build, broad shoulders, and dark shaggy hair. Though, where I looked like a well-muscled farm hand he looked much more… cultivator. Flawless skin, perfect posture, and an otherworldly presence that most cultivators had, like they could see your soul laid bare. That feeling was bunk most of the time, in my experience.

“No apologies needed, friend. Name's Rou Jin.” I replied, “You’re… not from around here, huh?”

Lindon gave me a strange look at that.

“No. I’m from… very far away.”

I tapped my nose and gave him what I hoped was a knowing smile.

“Me to.” I said with a wink, “Now, come in! Wa Shi should be about done with breakfast. You can eat a bit and tell us tales from ‘very far away."

Poor Lindon seemed a bit baffled as he let me usher him into my home.

Better luck next time, my hospitality jutsu is too powerful!

___________

Finally (cursedly) caught up with Beware of Chicken. I will channel my frustrations into making my blorbos talk to each other. This is my first shot at something more long form, hope it doesn't suck!

[mortalmab]

I love how every time one of the shrouded mountain sect are referring to Jin, they keep bumping his rank in the Cloudy Sword Sect. Originally they just called him a disciple of the CSS. Then they got the letter from him saying “stay out of my hills and also your young master was possessed by a demon so do better” and they were like “oh! Oh! We have been given a mission by an expert of the CSS!” And then they run afowl (pun intended) of Bi De, and go “oh no! We have upset the disciple of that Master of the CSS!” And then this most recent chapter has Elder Shenhe mentally referring to him as the “Benevolent Elder of the Cloudy Sword Sect”

Meanwhile, Jin hasn’t been part of the Cloudy Sword Sect in over two years and the actual elders of the CSS are on their way. I cannot fucking wait for that bomb to drop.

[kingsonne-zedecks]

Thinking about BoC and Cradle crossovers again and the idea of pre-canon Yerin stumbling onto like book 2 or 3 Fa Rahm after the death of her master, covered in scorches and cuts and half asleep on her feet.

Meiling and Ri Zu whisking her away to tend to her wounds and try to extract and purify the blood shadow. Tigu looking in with barely restrained curiosity.

Yerin struggling to process the absolute opposite of Alone that she is suddenly thrust into upon waking up. Slowly struggling to accept the genuine love and care of people who don't intend to stay strangers. Trying to figure out what her motivation is when she no longer has to race her blood shadow to avoid getting eaten.

Jin and Bi De taking a stroll to Heaven’s Glory to politely request the return of the Sword Sage's body so he can be laid to rest properly. Inspiring Jin to finally create their own Shrine of Remembrance rather than continuing to use Hong Yaowu's.

Yin and Yerin bonding over their training, and Yin, to Miantiao's horror, attempting to use Yerin as proof that he didn't treat her badly and these sorts of things are just normal, healthy, father figure/mentor activities.

Xiulan and Yerin sparring and eventually realizing the absolute powerhouse of a combo team they are for crowd control when combining Xuilan's Blades of Grass and Yerin's Endless Sword. They aren't allowed to spar near the forest anymore.

Yerin, who when she isn't training, starts to help out on the farm, thinking back to life before the Blood Shadow destroyed her family and village.

Yerin, who finally learns to rest and relax, and takes her first nap leaned up against Chunky.

Yerin, who can't say when Fa Rahm became home, but who would do anything to protect it.

[immloveanime]

JIN-ROH

[talk-danmei-to-me]

The results are in and we have an official order for my Summer of Danmei reading and reacting:

Thanks to everyone who voted 💗 and feel free to send reccs for the books that you think should feature next season 😉

In the meantime, danmei has also cured my writer's block, so feel free to check out the 90s Yaoi/Danmei mash ups and canon compliant smutty one shots and angst I'm currently peddling on ao3:

I'm sure more fandoms will be added as the summer continues 😉

[poorwhayfairingstranger]

I've had an idea for an au rumbling around my mind for a while now.

I don't know how many of you have read or ever heard of Beware Of Chicken, but in the first chapter, the protagonist Jin Rou dies But is able to hold on to life by clinging on to an ancestral spirit from another realm. Essentially, using the spirit's energy to drag both of them back into his body, saving his cultivation. The spirit just so happens to be a Canadian farmer.

Basically, it's the original owner of the body.And the trans migrator sharing a body and whoever's experiencing the most intense emotions at any given time is the one controlling the body and when the Transmigrator wakes up the first time after they both come back to life in Jin Rou's Body, he freaks out because he knows the genre he knows the tropes.And decides to just nopes the hell out of the entire situation and Leaves the sect to go become a farmer in the most unimportant province in the entire Empire.

Gradually, over the course of years their souls gradually fuse into one. So by the end of the third book in the series, they're 1 person With the memories of both.

So now I want an alternate universe where. Sj and sy Get stuck together in the same body and Leave the sect as officially asuppose to Become A rogue cultivator and start studying Animals and Plants. Eventually meeting lb When he's assigned to a night hunt And some of the Older disciples Recognize him.

There's no system in this au So everyone just thinks he went a little bit insane after his key deviation And decided to just leave for his own sake. But it looks like He's doing much better Now that he's not the peak Lord anymore. Over the course of a few years and a lot of chance meetings lb Falls in love With the combined sjsy.

I think a lot of this story would be dedicated to the shen's dealing with their past traumas and Constantly arguing in their own head, but helping each other get Over there past and build a future they can actually live in.

[jaggedcliffs]

I'm hoping Shui Long Yin gives me some prime Luo Yunxi content, since after watching Till the End of the Moon, none of the other cdramas have scratched that itch

I've already expressed my feelings about Love is Sweet. I'm still surprised I made to halfway through, but that was the power of Jiang Jun

I only got about 9 episodes into Follow Your Heart before giving up because the drug smuggling story wasn't interesting enough, and renewing my IQIYI subscription wasn't worth watching wuxia cop Jiang Xinbai do wuxia cop things.

Now Ashes of Love finally gives me a Luo Yunxi character I enjoy with some excellent whumpy content, but this rec list wasn't kidding about the old-fashion love story between the leads. Fuckboy Xu Feng rejects the powerful women around him for a naïve woman who's easy to control, and somehow his bullying, negging, threats, and manipulations succeed in making her fall in love with him 🤮 Tragically, Jin Mi also abandons her goals and delightful personality midway through

I'm also not entirely sure why I'm supposed to care about Xu Feng when Run Yu is experiencing several types of trauma, remembering childhood trauma, and then realizing his own powerlessness to obtain justice as he is trapped in a corrupt, cruel, and unjust system (and must therefore gain for power).

[fae-of-the-wild]

Jin looks at the world he has woken up in and promptly goes:

And that brings me such joy.

[auncyen]

so despite idle musings I have not inflicted sickfic on Hikari (yet). But there is something idly tossing around in my head about post ch. 3 Hikari hearing about Rou's death through gossip around Wellgrove and having a moment of "I thought I held the shadow back enough. did I not? Did I NOT? How badly did I injure him I thought he wasn't injured too badly but it was night, maybe I missed something, he did run and I'm still not sure why"

he's like. trying to figure out a way to ask his companions how injured Rou was, but surreptitiously, because he does not want to draw anymore attention to the episode he was having in case questions start getting asked, and meanwhile the Shadow is gleeful to tell him that yes, of course he was the one responsible for Rou's death, doesn't he remember how eager he was to fight? to spill blood?

Basically Hikari fighting Rou under the shadow's influence and Rou later dying is very like Hikari fighting Jin Mei under the shadow's influence and Jin Mei later dying with the biggest difference we don't know when Hikari finds out Rou died/see any reaction over that. Like he's got to find out by the end of his chapter five, and at the end of his chapter five he'd probably be assured enough to just ask the other travelers if he was uncertain about the events of the night. If he found out sooner, though...

[kdram-chjh]

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[pctaldrunk]

the f4 of this blog tbh

[tewwor-moving]

slice of life scoop interaction call ( accepting ) — @xinxiins

Ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen…

A hand reaches for the next ring of flattened dough only to see a peculiar indentation in the middle. One that looks an awful like a indents of teeth to be exact. Brows furrow and lips are drawn into a frown, Yunseo looks down and sees the culprit at the table's edge.

There sits a flour muzzled creature; all innocent and pitiful. A low pathetic whine, emits from the dog. “No,” he says with a stern calmness that only makes the heart wrenching noise grow in volume. “Rou–” A small push with a his shin and light bark fires back. "You can't have any of the dumpling skin. You don't even like it anyways." Still his dog persists with a craning neck and light clack of teeth for another nibble.

"Sorry, can you take over? I'm going to feed her real quick—" Another attempt at the small discs and Yunseo finally gets up to usher the foster dog towards a food bowl across the room.

[asumi2020202]

Hi! Can I request a Tantai Jin x Female!Reader oneshot. Reader is his betrothed, she and Tantai Jin celebrate the Qixi festival together and finally confess their feelings for one another when the fireworks start.

Also I am SOOOO GLAD that someone is finally writing about TTEOM and Tantai Jin! 😃😃 There are hardly any fivs about him 😭😭

Thank you

Pairing: Tantai Jin x Reader

Summary: Tantai Jin is someone who was treated with harshness and cruelty. Yet somehow he finds his comfort in his betrothed.

A/n: This is before he actually accepted himself to be the devil god. This is written in the timeline where he hadn't discovered the evil bone yet. And thank you so much for the request, I hope.you enjoy. Thank you for reading!

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Ye Y/n, the youngest daughter of the Ye family. Growing up, she was always treated like her sister Ye Xiwu. But instead of being a spoiled brat like Xiwu, she liked to help people.

It had been some weeks since their father discussed that Y/n was to be married to son of Concubine Rou and the King of Jing, Tantai Jin.

All knew that he was hated by the king who still blamed him for the death of Concubine Rou.

_________________________________________

It had been two weeks since Tantai had arrived at the Ye household. Y/n's family wanted her and Tantai Jin to be married as soon as possible to be in good terms with the King.

_________________________________________

Y/n was walking by when she saw Tantai Jin get harrassed by the servants. She walked in the room and asked the servants to apologise to him and leave.

Y/n held tantai's hand and led him to her room. She asked him to sit down as she set the table in front with food.

Tantai Jin was confused at her behaviour but he accepted the affection.

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Throughout the weeks of their betrothal Y/n and Tantai got closer. Y/n took care of him more than he thought he deserved. She earned his trust by the weeks.

Two days.. it was only two days for their marriage. Y/n forced him to come with her to the Qixi Festival.

Not wanting to sadden her, Tantai Jin agreed. Y/n looked through the shops while Tantai followed behind, smiling to himself.

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While strolling through the festival, you bought two meat stuffed buns for the both of you to enjoy.

You went to Tantai and gave him his bun along with a bright smile. As you both were about to move forward, the fireworks started.

You looked up at sky, eyes filled with amazement. Tantai Jin only looked up for a second. His gaze returned to your face. Oh.. how beautiful and ethereal you looked.

Tantai walked closer to you as your gaze shifted from the sky to him. He gave you the bun back.

For a second you thought he didn't like it and were about to apologise when he took your face in his hand and kissed you.

Your eyes went wide. Cheeks flushed. Ears bright red. He pulled away and looked at you.

"Thank you...Y/n.. for being with me. I can never show enough gratitude but thank you for letting me love you.."

You, without a second thought, took his face in your hands. The buns on the ground.

"You are all that I want.. and I would give you the moon but my hands are too small to grasp it all.. so I can only give you my heart and hope that you accept it.." said Tantai as you were left in awe, and let out a gentle smile and nodded.

His hand went inside his upper coat, pulling out a hairpin. It was silver, with pearls embedded and hanging.

He gently placed the pin on your hair bun. You smiled at him as the two of you turned your gaze back at the sky to continue watching. You smiled to yourself when you heard at little

..Thank you......

-Lillian

[mehmetminded]

I am rotating blorbos again.

Even more than Rou Jin, The Lord Magistrate is Beware of Chicken’s idea of a good man.

His entire life is bent to being the best leader for his people that he can be to the point that he isn’t even NAMED IN THE TEXT. He is smart and charismatic but also pragmatic and down to earth. He wants no fame or recognition beyond the gratitude of the people he has helped.

Even as his stoic façade is shown to the audience for what it is, it isn’t presented as a failing. We commiserate with the Lord Magistrate as he is dealing with these beings who could smear him against the wall with a breath. He does his best under some frankly absurd pressure.

He’s a slightly egotistical nervous wreck and BoC says THAT DOESN’T MATTER.

One of the primary themes of BoC is that actions speak louder than words. The Lord Magistrate isn’t a perfect person, but regardless of his reasons, he is working his ass off every day to make sure that the people in his care are safe and happy.

The fact that he has a praise kink doesn’t factor into it.

[talk-danmei-to-me]

In honour of me being on the penultimate tgcf book, to celebrate my 1 month anniversary of becoming a danmei blog and using my love of polls, I've decided to let tumblr decide the order I read and react to my Summer of Danmei!

(We all know my Wangxian obsessed ass is going to start MDZS the second I finish book 8)

(Highest percentages determine the order)

[str8aura-no-not-that-one]

finally reading Beware of Chicken and going through the very interesting experience of reading a satire of a genre i have no foreknowledge of. I'm picking up on the parts that are meant to be parody, and understanding in some semblance the original tropes, but the majority of the elements meant to be taken at face value by readers are completely lost on me.

Helping the process along somewhat is the fact that Jin Rou clearly shares DNA with a classic HiE/isekai fic anon; good-natured but immature, obsessed with Earth pop-culture and looking for a good time and entertainment over power or status. These recognizable elements make the book a lot more palatable than it might have been had it a more serious protagonist, or one equally ingrained in satire of Xianxia archetypes.