#bring hyx

[lostintherealmsofthefandoms]

Who wants to starts the year clowning??

There's also a rumor about how China wants to compete better with K-Dramas so they were planning to release all their danmeis this year, with new rules, hard censorship. Other rumor said that a drama adapted from a danmei novel started be shoot this month.

[lesbiansluffy]

chu wanning, craving friendship and companionship so very deeply:

mo ran, feral and unhinged: shizun pay attention to me~

[mm-yy]

Sweet dreams, Mo Ran.

[kukuandkookie]

SO

2HA MANHUA ANNOUNCEMENT HUH

HOW’S EVERYONE FEELING??? Because I think I’m about to go feral!!

I do find it funny that I was just spam-reblogging 2ha and lamenting HYX still not releasing at 5:00 am and now this happens 🥺

And okay I guess this is kinda ⚠️ spoilers ⚠️ but I know I know; everyone’s screaming about the gorgeous art and it is BEAUTIFUL but I need to talk about the quotes they chose for the #2ha manhua character art 😭

First up:

TXJ: “地狱太冷，楚晚宁，你来殉我”

“Hell is too cold. Chu Wanning, I’ll take you to the grave with me.”

—ch 57

This line’s obviously super iconic!! The 殉 character especially has me going 🥲 because of its various definitions:

AND THEN CWN GETS TWO QUOTES AND WELL

CWN YOU ABSOLUTE ANGEL THE QUOTES ON YOURS MAKES ME SCREAM 😭😭😭😭

“是我薄你，死生不怨”

“It was I who wronged you. I won’t blame you, in life or in death.”

—ch 100

“我会一直和你在一起，是生是死，我带你回家”

“I will always be with you. In life or in death, I will bring you home.”

—ch 276

[dangermousie]

Stills from the upcoming The Dreamer in the Spring Boudoir adaptation and barf yikes!

From the arch smirk on Peng Xiaoran’s face which brings back the memories of awfulness that was Jun Jiu Ling to Ding Yu Xi’s whole vibe which is utterly wrong for contained, ruthlessly calculating (former) Trash Man to the rest of them where I can’t even tell who they are supposed to be like and the fact that they all look 12 and that costumes and decor look cheap as hell, this is one adaptation I will not be watching.

Oh well, they can’t all be HYX in terms of perfect casting and pools of money (and not like we will ever see HYX anyway) so blah blah blah.

[thegreymoon]

hello, a lot of hate twt on 2ha, tgcf and svsss for pedophilia trope. And on a sidenote, hate on the parents of Tohru from the manga/anime Fruits Basket because of Age gap. Almost all the complaints are from Westerners. What's your stand on the matter, for research purposes only. *coughs

Hi, anon!

My stand is that antis of all forms, shapes and sizes should shut the fuck up, but since that is unlikely to happen, my policy is to block them on sight. Explaining/arguing/debating with these people is never going to work for the same reason it doesn't work on their close cousins: right-wingers, conservatives, puritans, fundamentalists, anti-vaxxers, conspiracy theorists and extremists of all kinds.

They are not interested in facts or logic, it is never about protecting the children or whatever other lofty goal they are preaching. It is about leeching off your emotional energy to fill that void inside that made them resort to bullying complete strangers online in the first place. It is all about exerting power and controlling others because they feel powerless in their real life and moral grandstanding on the internet gives them that sweet, sweet ego boost. Every time someone engages with their bullshit, they get the validation they crave. Every time they manage to exert any amount of influence over complete strangers, be it simply upsetting someone or actually managing to ruin someone's life, they get that high of feeling in control that they so desperately lack in their own lives.

My advice is that you should not expend any effort on these people, they are emotional vampires and they will drain you of your time, energy and simple enjoyment of things that are meant to be enjoyed. Do not give them a platform. Just block and move on to more worthwhile things.

While I do not always manage to follow my own counsel because I am only human and therefore impulsive and very fallible, I have, nevertheless, managed to drive my success rate up to 90% by always keeping in mind this wonderful quote:

Arguing with idiots is like playing chess with a pigeon... No matter how good you are, the bird is going to shit on the board and strut around like it won anyway.

With HYX coming very soon, which will bring with it a whole new influx of idiots, I warmly recommend this approach to everyone.

[shijiujun]

guys, i’m deleting all asks that mention cql in comparison for any sort of reason. mostly because i disagree with a lot of takes but also don’t really know how to put it into words properly without offending like a bunch of people and also while certain asks and comments are factually correct on some level, there are a bit more factors to things than just the statistics itself, and am also done with how ppl entirely miss the point of some of my posts (not eaxctly for the anon who just messaged asking me about why i posted their ask on my twitter but for all the asks i’ve gotten and had to delete)

yes i do post some of the anon asks that make me go ?????? on my Twitter :D and I will continue to do it, I leave my Tumblr MOSTLY fight free but some asks really make me go ???? and then i leave that to Twitter where fights are more easily processed basically :D 

also some of you might not mean it, but i swear the way some asks come off, it inevitably is read in a certain way. i can’t figure out if you’re praising CQL against all other shows or what because of the way the ask is written, so I tend to delete - and then rant on Twitter XD i’ve deleted that post but yep :DDDD 

inevitably if you mention it or put it in the same sentence, people on both sides are going to be really unhappy, it’s unfortunately the byproduct of dedicated and sometimes opposing fandoms even if unnecessarily opposing - emotions and tensions run high. better to just avoid it entirely especially for me on tumblr where it’s supposed to be clean and nice and :DDDDD

to the anon, please feel free to head to my twitter! i agreed with the second part of your ask, but the first part had me going like :/ it might not have been intended that way but it did come across as that so :D sorry in advance if you did not mean it that way and i misconstrued your intentions, but yeah my fight response when i see CQL and then in comparison with even like guardian is like :/ i have a lot of opinions on that, so XD

so i apologize if i overreacted and misunderstood your ask, i do admit i am definitely quite a bitch. no excuse if i hurt you but yep. please also yeah, unfollow and feel free to like rant back about me here, wherever you’d prefer for that (as you can probably tell mine is twitter), if I’m not the person you thought I was XD I’m not being sarcastic here haha like truly, from the bottom of my heart. A lot of content and asks bring out my fight response and I really am not nice, in any sort of way. I think a lot of you might actually already feel this from the way I answer some asks XD

this is NOT a CQL hate post. i love CQL, which makes it even harder to like answers asks because i inevitably end up hurting a lot of my CQL moots as well even indirectly, so yeah i’m just DONE okay hahaha

(i did compare shl/spl/hyx but that was a factual comparison of sorts, no hate on all the content, it’s just some arguments really have no basis and coming as a cross fandom fan it’s like are we even in the same fandoms sometimes)

[yuhengofthenightsky]

At the end of the day, I don’t mind that HYX has made Shi Mei a woman. But I hope they won’t undermine the character because of the change of gender. I want them to preserve the original story. I want them to shock the viewers when it’s time to reveal Shi Mei’s background. I want that agonizing transition from the reserved & kind Shi Mei into the determined & ready to risk it all for the cause Shi Mei. I want to see Shi Mei with all the agency, motivation & resourcefulness. I want the tragic, resentful & full of hatred Shi Mei. I want to see Shi Mei’s final shattering sacrifice. And, I want to see Shi Mei 2.0 earning their redemption. I want HYX to make it so hard for us to either hate or love the character because, yes, Shi Mei hurt & killed people who had nothing to do with the suffering of the Butterfly-Boned Clan but if your people were treated the way that the Butterfly-Boned Clan folks were, would you not be angry? Would you not seek revenge on the society that violated, abused & murdered your people? Would you not give everything to bring them home safely? Honestly, Shi Mei is one of the most well-written, poignant and complex antagonists I have ever read in fictional works and I hope the live adaptation can do Shi Mei justice, regardless of the gender. 

[razberryyum]

More 2HA Live Action (Hao Yi Xing) Thoughts

(potential novel spoilers)

I’m still trying to resist the urge to repost leaked photos/videos since the paparazzi and fans taking them are actually disrupting production, so they're really not a a good thing to be encouraged, but damn, with each new image that gets leaked my resolve is being tested (and just in case it’s not obvious, the images above are from other shows the actors were in). The ones that kill me is of course when RanWan are shown side-by-side...the height difference is just too adorable!! I really wish Team HYX would release official stills or bts vids soon since that should discourage the hunger for these sneaked glimpses and I can FINALLY openly salivate over HYX without feeling guilty.

That being said, from what I've seen, RANWAN LOOKS SO DAMN GOOD. Luo Yunxi really is a dream-come-true Chu Wanning!! The more I see of him the more perfect he is. As expected, it's literally like Shizun coming to life!! He’s so beautiful, it’s unreal.  Chen Feiyu is really handsome and physically-speaking he definitely is giving off strong Mo Ran/Taxian-jun vibes. I’m just waiting to see him in action to be completely sold. I'm at 70% now: I just need to hear him say "Shizun" and see how his Mo Ran looks at CWN to go to full 100%.  If after all this they don’t have any chemistry, ngl, I’m gonna be pretty devastated. It’s like, how can two people who are so visually perfect for their roles NOT work out on screen? That would just be so beyond disappointing I don’t even want to think too much about that possibility lest I end up jinxing it. 

The ladies look so awesome too. Chen Yao as Shimei looks beautiful and elegant, and Song Jiutong (actress Huang Yun Yun according to dramawiki) looks stunning. I’m still unsure about Xue Meng and probably will continue to feel that way until I see him in action. I can’t help it: the way I pictured Meng Meng is just really not what Zhou Qi is bringing to the table so I’m almost fascinated by that unexpected choice and I’m dying to see why they chose him. I look forward to apologizing to him for ever doubting his suitability. 

I think we’ve seen the back of someone who could be Nangong Si...he just seems tall. That’s really the only impression I have of him right now. There’s strong indication that both little Mo Ran and Xia Sini has been casted (according to the two young actors’ weibos) but Team HYX oddly has still not made any official announcements on them yet. I’m just happy that baby Mo Ran and Xia Sini are a part of the show; these two little actors are going to have to shoulder some pretty dramatic scenes and since they’re already so adorable, if they are even remotely good actors, I have no doubt that they will be breaking our hearts into a million pieces. 

I love all the ensembles everyone has been wearing, especially CWN and Mo Ran’s. They need to release a coffee table book with all the actors in their different outfits. I also hope that they will have Luo Yunxi and Chen Feiyu perform a duet as RanWan, a beautiful, heart-wrenching duet, in addition to individual character songs, much like The Untamed did. If Team HYX handles the show like Team CQL, then we 2HA fans can really finally breathe a sigh of relief. 

Oh! Another leak that got my heart racing were the hints of Butterfly (Caidie) Town, since Butterfly Town means RanWan makeout session and WEDDING. Of course I’m not insane and think they’re gonna actually be able to keep the make-out scene in the show...there’s no way that would pass censorship unless there’s a HUGE policy change in China all of a sudden...but they definitely can keep the wedding part since it could be all played off as one big misunderstanding. LYX as CWN in red wedding robes? Holy crap, I might not survive that. 

One last note, regarding the title “Hao Yi Xing”: I always thought it meant “Follow the White Robe” since the Chinese characters could be interpreted that way. I thought it was actually a really romantic title since I figured it was intended to represent Mo Ran’s obsession with Chu Wanning as he’s always following that person in white. But then a fellow fan offered an even better explanation of the Chinese title (@shizunwontons on Twitter):

The title seems even more beautiful now.  How all that then translates to “Immortality”, which is the English title? Not really sure; but I just really appreciate the thought that Team HYX put into the Chinese title. I will take it as further indication that the show is indeed in good hands and continue to have faith.

[haitangblossoms]

It’s past midnight in China, which means HYX’s year is here!!! 

Regardless of which side of the world you’re on, I hope 2021 will bring you whatever you need, whether that is health, peace of mind, money, personal success, someone there for you, the hugs of your loved ones - whatever you need or wish for, I hope this is the year it comes to you for free. Thank you for spending these last months around, you certainly made my days better and I’m looking forward to see this corner of the fictional world go mayhem soon~

[mejomonster]

This morning has been wild for 2ha fandom and the day is not finished yet. First, Tencent uploads a post with their upcoming dramas and Hyx is not included, then they deleted it, later they said they will increase the cost of their membership, people started speculating it's because Hyx will drop soon, because it's their most expensive proyect to date, later the director of Hyx posted a leaked video of Ranwan and deleted it shortly after. The fandom has now fallen in conspiracy theories like if you search for Mariah Carey's Without you on Youtube, the first result you get last 4:15 minutes, hinting at the possible 4/15 date for Hyx. At this point, I'm laughing for not to cry tbh

1 thanks for the update this sounds freaking wild

2 don’t mind me just browsing wtf happened on Twitter and Weibo

I mean all of these things might have meant something. But also to calm myself down lol I do think there’s chiller possible explanations? ToT

1 I think them not including an hyx poster may not be that weird at all? I heard shows deal with censorship backlash less if they do not advertise at all pre-airing (so no trailers until the day it’s airing already, no banners on the website about it upcoming ahead of time, etc). I heard that’s what happened with word of honor, which is why there was zero news of the show until it had already started airing. I wasn’t around in the cdrama fandom when The Untamed was released but I heard they also had no advertising or news about it about to air, til the day it released. So for hyx to get no official advertising/hype material released by Tencent itself seems pretty normal whether it’s gonna air or not. (I’m just guessing - I don’t think youku released absolutely any info of word of honor before it started airing? I don’t remember even a banner on their sites or trailer ahead of time. Whereas Rattan was able to release both of those several days ahead of airing).

Though, Tencent deleting the thing about upcoming dramas might have been to calm down panic about hyx not being on it. (Imma... get on Weibo see what ppl are saying...)

2 idk why cost of membership would increase just for one single show. This is probably just coincidental timing?

(Into theory mode it could more be they are concerned their planned/airing shows would split their audience instead of drawing additional so they wanna make up the difference, or contrastingly they think it will bring them new audiences and wanna milk it for all its worth... which could apply to shows we already see airing as much as future ones they know are slated..?)

3 ok I want a link to the director posting a leaked ranwan video surely someone backed it up... ;-; screenshot what happened... that’s the only ???!!?? Thing that is distinctly a member of the hyx team doing something. (Although also not sure director has anything to do with air date, he could just have wanted to share/build hype/who knows, since a video doesn’t = a confirm release date, it is fun tho). I mean... unless his post had some date mentioned in it...ahhh

Yeah this is a messy day dang

[solplparty]

[R&B] HYXE (하이세) - epilogue (Feat. Aden) https://youtu.be/XZfJgpz5DJI HYXE(하이세) w/ Aden(에이든) THE FIRST LIE 'THE LIE : PALETTE' #HYXE #하이세 #epilogue #Aden #알앤비 [Lyrics] No way 다시 돌아간 끝에 까맣게 Burn away 끝내 지키지 못했던 어리고 작은 기억 조각 하나로 살아가 이제 그만 Go away 사랑하지 않았던 것처럼 I’m the bad guy cause I can’t sing without the stories written by us 기억나지 we used to talk every night about our mental health 언제나 나를 담았던 어제의 나만을 찾았던 언젠가 너를 잃었던 널 마주했을 때 So baby that was my last cry I’m just beggin' you not to cry 여린 내 마음을 touched 희미하게나마 걸어가 침묵이 반복되어 we down Can’t set you free, what should I do Can’t take you in my damn arms too Can’t let you be the one I lost 널 도려내 봐도 No way 다시 돌아간 끝에 까맣게 Burn away 끝내 지키지 못했던 어리고 작은 기억 조각 하나로 살아가 이제 그만 Go away 사랑하지 않았던 것처럼 It's been a while since we last met 마치 어제인 것 같은데 A lot of time has passed since then 여전히 나는 널 잊지 못해 네 기억에 살아 잠 못 들어 내일이 오지 않아 How could I do it all without you 너 없인 아무 이유 없어 babe And I love you 하나만 기억해줬음 해 And I miss you 너의 기억 속에 서 있을게 너무 애틋했던 차마 놓지를 못했던 그날 너의 손의 온기만 남아 No way 다시 돌아간 끝에 까맣게 Burn away 끝내 지키지 못했던 어리고 작은 기억 조각 하나로 살아가 이제 그만 Go away 사랑하지 않았던 것처럼 NEW는 영화, 음악, 드라마, 극장사업, 스포츠 등 다양한 엔터테인먼트의 분야를 아우르는 종합 콘텐츠 미디어 그룹입니다. MUSIC&NEW의 유튜브 채널을 구독하시고 K-POP 아티스트들의 신곡과 뮤직비디오, 미공개 독점 영상 등을 가장 먼저 만나보세요. NEW (NEXT ENTERTAINMENT WORLD) content media group always thrives to bring the best new entertainments like movies, music, drama, sports and musicals to the audiences. Subscribe and stay tuned to MUSIC&NEW's YouTube channel to get your eyes on newly released songs, music videos, exclusive videos and etc of K-POP artists. MUSIC&NEW 뮤직앤뉴

[thegreymoon]

As always, I love your tags 👇👇

#we’ve got to stop throwing people away#this is targeted at a specific perspective#that i think will probably become very common among ppl who go from hyx to 2ha#there is already a little of ‘mo ran must never forgive himself’ going around though#and i think that’s just... so punitive and bleak and a worryingly common way to think about people#it really is the phenomenon of once you set a baseline of behavior...#a good person can’t put a foot wrong and anything good a bad person does is praiseworthy#see: shi mei stan accts that hate on mo ran#i’m using good person and bad person as shortcuts of course#are bodhisattvas even expected to never think wrong?#i don’t think that’s how enlightenment works actually#lol from my extensive experience#still i do know a little about it

Also, don’t get me started on Shi Mei stan accounts hating on Mo Ran 🙄 I mean, I totally get the appeal of loving a pretty villain and the hot mess that he is (hell, I do it all the time, too), but, ffs, if you are doing this, please own it and don’t try to turn it into some fake-woke social justice issue! I am fascinated by their blind spots when they attempt to decry some sort of double standard about Mo Ran getting a happy ending when “they both did the same thing”. Umm... no? It was not the same at all!

First of all, Mo Ran committed the vast majority of his atrocities under mind control and after literally being driven insane. What Shi Mei did was all premeditated and with his consciousness fully intact. And before someone brings up the brothel massacre that came before the curse, let me just point out that these were people who had wronged Mo Ran directly and pushed him well beyond his breaking point. In contrast, Shi Mei’s first victims were people who had loved him. Sisheng Peak was the first to be destroyed and let’s remember that he had wanted to plant the flower in Chu Wanning, who had taken him under his wing when nobody else would and who was on the same side as him when it comes to the BBB issue. Also, once you commit to the whole ‘the end justifies the means’ philosophy and start doing the same thing that was done to you to innocent people, you have absolutely crossed the line into full villain territory. 

Also, everyone talks about how Chu Wanning was willing to tear both his body and soul to pieces to protect the people he loves, but the fact is, Mo Ran did this too! He literally gave everything he had for others, and he had so little to begin with. Even TXJ did this, his only act after he was finally freed in the 2.0 timeline was to protect the surviving world with what is left of his body and soul. In contrast, Shi Mei just took and took, not caring whom he killed and what he destroyed. 

And all this is before we even get to the main theme of this book, which is that in order to be redeemed, you have to repent first. I mean, if you are going to compare Mo Ran and Shi Mei, how do you not see this? When Mo Ran was freed, he felt pain, guilt and shame and took responsibility for what he had done. In contrast, Hua Binan never did and continues to believe he did nothing wrong. Putting full blame on Taxian-jun for the atrocity that he personally planned, orchestrated and put into motion was the height of audacity, and that is why he did not get any grace in the end. Even the second timeline Shi Mei understood this and embarked upon a proper path of repentance, which will probably lead him to peace before he dies and set him on a path to reincarnation. 

Anyway, the point is, Mo Ran earned his redemption and his happy end and his haters have no point. 

I can understand and respect Mo Ran not letting himself off the hook for what he did as TXJ. I agree that he shouldn’t before he knows it wasn’t his fault, and even though it hurts that he might still not after, I get it. He can’t be who he is, someone who really cares a lot, and forget about it just like that. He’d rather take too much responsibility than risk shirking any.

But that’s his perspective. I need everyone else to understand that he would have had to be a LITERAL bodhisattva to have avoided it, and that is just not a reasonable expectation to have of anyone, let alone a 15 year old, let alone one who had been hurt to that extent. To never have a vengeful or hateful thought? No one could do it, so if we can’t have mercy on Mo Ran, then who? Does everyone really only get one shot at doing life perfectly, and if they ever mess up they have to live in shame forever? How can we live that way?

[dangermousie]

Apparently Immortality is being pushed back again 😭 It feels like we'll never see it at this rate

Honestly, with the way cdramas are aired, I never expected it to air on April 8 and would frankly be surprised if it airs on the 15th. I never believe the air dates until they actually release official posters with air dates - so for example the rumor of The Long Ballad airing this Wednesday is not something I think will actually happen.

Of course, even with official air dates nothing is certain (I will ALWAYS bring up Novoland Eagle Flag being abruptly yanked from the schedule 20 minutes before it was scheduled to air) but it’s at least highly likely.

As it is - I won’t believe HYX is airing until I am clicking play on the first ep, hyperventilating like a mad thing and probably sobbing from the sheer overload of seeing the credits.

[shijiujun]

It’s still a bit early for me, but I wanted to wish you a happy Chinese New Year!! I hope the Year of the Ox brings good fortune and joy to you!!! 🧧🧧🧧🧧 (I’m going to miss watching the lion dance this year because my family is not going out due to COVID 😢)

Have a great day, and thanks for sharing all the danmei CNY greetings haha!! I love the TGCF donghua one so much 😍😍😍 and the various wangxian ones are adorable as well. The HYX one is cool too, but they really just need to give us the trailer already HAHAHA 😩

HI THANK YOU!! Sorry I got to this late hahaha been a wild day visiting and could only do photo posts HAHAHA. Gosh we are so blessed with all the different artwork for CNY all at one go!!! Totally amazing ;-;

Honestly I’m half disappointed and half relieved that we didn’t get the HYX trailer because - that’d be too much excitement and I am still not ready HAHAHAH

[deng-yi-deng]

@thymianne you will have to get in line 😂 (I think it's a pretty long line, so bring water and snacks!)

But seriously. - even though this started as a hey maybe we will get another lyx drama this year yay! post, I have opinions about what's going on, so I'm putting them under the cut so you can all scroll past it.

The climate is absolutely terrible for airing HYX any time soon. Tencent has too much to lose if they even look like they're thinking about pushing back against the rules. Remember - all the new rules (and enforcement on other platforms like jjwxc) are not just about controlling cultural expression (soft power), but also about the money - which is flowing legally and not so legally through the c-ent biz.

The penguin spent a lot of money on HYX and wants to make a lot of money back. And they know they can! Sheesh, danmei fans can spend - I mean, how many little plush dolls and standees does one girl need?* But the state wants/needs to limit the amount of money and influence all the commercial media channels have, which is part of the reason for the rules - not just macho (homophobic, militaristic, etc) posturing.

2022 is not looking good. The new requirement that more programs be made about the Party doesn't just affect dangai, they're also going after silly celebrity programs now. Does this mean we're only going to get shows about the Long March or the Korean War? Good heavens - no one wants that. People want entertainment. And they'll get it, but it will just be a little more low-key, and maybe a little less than what they have now. Tbh, there are too many crappy dramas being made and [money being laundered via said crap dramas] so maybe there is an upside to this, though tiny.

BUT DO NOT LOSE HOPE. Rules are constantly being made, then loosened. In the end everyone wants to make money, especially governments and those who are part of governments.

The penguin will keep HYX in the closet for a while (cough cough) and bring it out when it's safer. It's gonna be a long wait, and it will suck. And if the wait gets too long they might try to get creative and release it overseas?? (that's probably a long-shot so don't quote me on that) Sadly, I don't think we'll ever get the Harper's cp cover shoot that everyone else got but that my boy deserves. 😤 But that's OK too.

*many it seems. i'm gently mocking- because i'm not a danmei fan and also don't collect cutesy things it seems a waste to me, but then again i waste money on plenty of other things that aren't good for me so *shrug*

is the penguin 🐧 taunting us?