#and to be clear there's nothing wrong with CQL/MDZS being your first chinese media that's cool if it is! | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

shen-daozhang · 1 year

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god grant me both the confidence and the audacity of an anglophone MDZS/CQL fan who has never consumed another piece of Chinese media declaring that very common xianxia and danmei tropes are exclusive to or were done first by said media, or that common Chinese phrasing is copying off of MXTX (:

#i had this in my notes for like six months because i am a coward #but i saw something this morning that SET ME OFF so here we go even tho i feel like i'm going to regret this #and to be clear there's nothing wrong with CQL/MDZS being your first chinese media that's cool if it is!#cql got me back into cdramas myself after like 10 yrs #but i mean... look we all know what i'm talking about here yes?#we've all encountered it yes?#also sidebar i read a comment about the fan being traditionally seen as a feminine object and i wanted to bite maim kill #it was about a scholar's fan #to be clear it was in a discussion about a piece of media that takes place in china and i'm like..... idk how to tell you this fam #but scholars fans are associated with men?? and if you watched/read almost any other wuxia you'd see it get used as a weapon A LOT???#western tropes are not universal????#ANYWAY

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