#and so is danyin

[waitineedaname]

im now halfway through lbfad!! this show is so sweet

[clj-art-blog]

Wedding in Cangyan Sea (option two) | DFQC & XLH | CH, XF, SQ View all art CLJ 360°

[nothingwronghere]

would you fuck your clone?

[xiaohuayaos]

Honestly the reason the "love triangle" in lbfad works so well for me is easily because it's not completely lazy?

So many love triangles in romances are very clear cut and you can typically tell who is going to "win". Usually one pairing is written with far more care than the other, and for sure we get that with Dongfang Qingcang and Xiao Lanhua. They get the meat of the story, but regardless Changheng and Xiao Lanhua do have a really nice chemistry. When you watch them together you can easily see the alternate universe where this is a story about /their love/ There's just this genuine sweetness that aches from their early scenes together that makes it a little bit painful to watch- like I love.... the love between The Fairy and The Devil, I do. They have such great chemistry and they're so, so fun together-The difference of this cold and dark and brooding entity and the little flower spirit that charmed him is everything I could ask. It was never a question that I wanted to see them together in the end but there was still moments with Changheng that just made me go Oh, maybe it really will be him and her in the end...

then of course it doesnt happen. And I'm so happy to see my favourite duo together in the end, because they are just so good together, but its a little sad, too. I don't want Changheng to sit around with his heartbroken, I feel kind of terrible for him... and god if that isn't a better love triangle than I ever anticipated.

[tejoxys]

I'm rewatching Love Between Fairy & Devil... I forgot so much of this show, like Danyin sitting around in Changheng's body with ":3" all over her face. I love her

[vegaseatsass]

I have to pry myself off the computer for real but tomorrow will someone please talk to me about Love Between Fairy & Devil now that I've finally watched it a year after the rest of the internet, and how Fairy Danyin is the best character, and Danyin/Changheng is the most lesbian (and/or gnc)/gay solidarity ship ever, and I am so stunned that they textually ended with Danyin admitting her original thing for Gods of War is that she wanted to become one herself - i.e. there was some "idk if I want to be him or be with him" to her Changheng pining - and with her demonstratively labeling Changheng her xiongdi???????? They are bros in every lifetime!! And should go on Chidi/Danyin Changheng/Ronghao double dates!!!

Someone please talk about this with me.... tomorrow.

[starrygazingpie]

Tropes that get me every time:

When the mean girl bully figure changes and grows and genuinely becomes a friend to the main girl

[winepresswrath]

i want fic written to my exact specifications about minor ships in small fandoms where most of the content is presumably in another language. what am I supposed to do? write it myself?

[amynchan]

I FINISHED LOVE BETWEEN A FAIRY AND A DEVIL!!!

*flops over*

IT WAS!! VERY GOOD!!! AND I'M MAD ABOUT IT!! X'D

[birbfeeder2artisticboogaloo]

why is an angry dust cloud shouting at my wife

[waitineedaname]

thirteen episodes into lbfad! the yearning coming off of this man is unreal

[harocat]

We have spent the last couple days in LBFAD discord matching up all the major characters to what kind of cat they would be. Their catsona? Anyway this is vital information and we decided we must compile it.

Dongfang Qingcang:

Xiao Lanhua:

(I'm pretty sure this is a cat on douyin and her name might be Luna? If so, that's appropriate.)

Shangque:

Not a cat!! He's just so clearly a dog. In specific, we decided on a Rottweiler because they have somewhat of a scary reputation, but naturally he is sweet and loyal and just lets all the cats ride on him.

Changheng:

Ragdoll!

Danyin:

Jieli:

We decided on a tortie, but then it was like 'what about a split faced tortie because duplicity?'

Xunfeng:

Naturally.

Ronghao:

???? do the markings vanish when he's pretending to be normal Ronghao and not the Lord of Haishi?

Chidi:

The ever elegant Abyssinian.

Yunzhong:

(NGL this is kind of mean to Wilfred, the very lovable cat in the pic, but... we thought it was funny.)

Xiao Run:

He would SO be a golden retriever, but if he had to be a cat, there is only one possibility...

[nyapetaleijon]

i think that the thing i love most about lbfad is that the women are so compelling. like. the cast is fairly evenly split (which can be a surprise tbh) but all of the major characters have really compelling lives and storylines! xiao lanhua of course as the main character, but then chidi nuzi being the god of war. her whole sacrifice thing. danyin being the initial low stakes antagonist and then kind of being on friendly terms and her whole quest to become the next god of war. jieli just wanting to run her shop scamming people but going along with xlh because theyre genuinely good friends. the women of cangyan hai. sansheng and siming dont have a ton of story but the little hints are COMPELLING! they all have their own rich internal lives That Dont Revolve Around Men. truly lbfad is one for the ages. and for the lesbians.

[xiaohuayaos]

I'd say yes even if he offered me half a pack of cigarettes and a warm can of beer as a betrothal present, tbh

[nemainofthewater]

Oh no! We have to infiltrate a sect/brothel/imperial palace/imperial academy but women/men aren't allowed! What can we do???

WELL

If there is one thing that Cdrama has taught us, it's that changing your clothes and hair makes you unrecognisable even if you don't change your make-up. If you're more worried, then perhaps you can add a fake moustache (it never fails!)

*I'm actually a little unclear if the actress is meant to be portraying a man at this point, but she doesn't remove her make up so I'm counting it

Propaganda, examples, and write-ins absolutely welcome!

[historicalasiandramas]

WHAT A SHOW. WHAT A CAST. WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO NOW??

My final thoughts:

kinda shipped Shang Que and Xunfeng at the end ngl

Danyin and Changheng ending up as bros is actually so good??? I wish more dramas had m/f besties.

also uhhh Danyin gender moments??? Like she's presented as this beautiful fairy but it's never been about being a woman for her. Danyin is about competence and hated Orchid at first because she's clumsy and her power is weak. She's a fangirl of Chidi and originally wanted to become the next God of War. Actually, I would love that for her??? CH is a wifeguy and I never really thought he was suited for the job

the way CH IMMEDIATELY went to the mortal world after the war ended tells me exactly what I suspected: he's never felt comfortable being immortal. He wants to wander. Maybe he'll fall in love with a mortal and have to fight his brother. I will always create scenarios where Changheng has to fight Yun Zhong. I want to fight him.

Actually, if DFQC returned, that means that Orchid/Xiyun can become his Moon Queen and presumably move back to Canyang Sea. Before she goes, maybe she can pardon Siming and her husband and bring them back to Shuiyuntian? Fate has already been altered by a lot of people and she let them lol. Just let her move back into Shuiyuntian.

Can we make Xunfeng an ambassador to Shuiyuntian while we're at it? Now that I think about it, CH/Xunfeng would be HILARIOUS. DFQC would be like "first you fall in love with my wife and now my BROTHER? wtf is wrong with you???"