#ling qi audio drama

[xueyuverse]

I would just like some clarification if you can help! I see you post excerpts from the web novel and say uncensored on them. Does the web novel follow the books with extra info or are they the same? What is the difference between the two?

There is a lot of new content in practically 80% of the novel revised version, right? In the uncensored version there are only the scenes that were actually censored. Some new content in the revised version:

Characters like Lang Ying (the ghost child) and Prince An Le were cut.

Xiao Ying recognizes Xie Lian and calls him "prince" before she dies, so I have a theory that she replaced Lang Ying's role (I haven't finished reading it yet).

Xie Lian chose Lang Qianqiu as a disciple to protect him from Qi Rong, who chased and haunted him when he was a child. As for the Gilded Banquet massacre, Xie Lian knew that it was Qi Rong's work, and at the time, he suppressed him.

Xie Lian cannot enter the Xianle Imperial Mausoleum because the place's enchantment recognizes Xie Lian as the prince who destroyed Xianle.

Xie Lian's feelings towards Hua Cheng are also much more intense, in the Ganbler's Den arc, for example, their interaction is hotter than in the original, with lines like Xie Lian asking Hua Cheng to spend a night with him and Hua Cheng replying that "it would be my first time".

In the Qi Rong arc, Hua Cheng doesn't take Xie Lian straight to his lair, but rather takes him to wander around different cities for days under the pretext that he needed Xie Lian's help with something. It's in this new content that we have Hua Cheng competing for a golden flower and, upon winning, he gives the flower to Xie Lian.

Mu Qing appears to be much more concerned about Xie Lian as well, he's always teaming up with Feng Xin to help and protect him. When Hua Cheng "kidnaps" Xie Lian, for example, in the original the only one who appears together with Shi Qingxuan is Feng Xin, in this version he, together with Mu Qing, ask for Shi Qingxuan's help disguised as Nan Feng and Fu Yao to find he.

Jun Wu's influence is also sharper. For example, his influence on Ling Wen is more apparent than in the original, with her always saying that he's good and fair and that he is "someone who forgives easily", always trying to convince Xie Lian that everything will work out for him cause the final decisions are in Jun Wu's hands.

The censored version cuts kissing scenes and other hot scenes, while the uncensored version has more freedom, although it's still a little censored. In the Mount Tonglu arc, for example, in the uncensored version, Hua Cheng is practically touching Xie Lian's entire body, while Xie Lian cries during the kiss.

The audio drama even adapts this revised version, so if you've seen any scene from the ad, or are following the updates, know that it's the same.

For now this is all I have :)

[web-novel-polls]

Baihe Tournament Bracket

(Winner's) Round 1

The Beauty's Blade vs. Feng Ling Yu Xiu

Purely by Accident vs. Fangsi

The Baihe Tournament will be a double-elimination tournament. Round 1 will be posted Saturday, May 8th, 2023, at noon CST and will remain open for 24 hours.

Under the cut is the extra information about the 10 competitors. Please let me know of any errors, missing content warnings, and the main pairing of the Witch Nichang.

Clear and Muddy Loss of Love 

Author: Please Don’t Laugh (请君莫笑)

Other Names: JWQS / Jing Wei Qing Shang, 泾渭情殇

Media Type: Webnovel

Chapters: 303 Chapters + 4 Extras (Completely Translated)

Main Pairing: Qiyan Agula x Nangong Jingnu

CW: ableism, abuse to a main character, abuse to a side character, age difference (arranged marriage at 14 and 18), child abuse, graphic violence, homophobia, major character death, minor character death, racism, rape as a plot point (mentioned, not depicted), sexism, sex scenes, torture, animal death (horse dies:/), genocide, imperialism, class disparity 

Links: Carrd, Fan Trailer, Wiki

Description: Qiyan Agula was born to the Khagan and Khatun of the Chengli Tribe and raised as their eldest son and successor. When war with the nearby Wei Kingdom breaks out, Qiyan Agula’s family is killed. Qiyan Agula - now simply Qi Yan -  joins the Wei Kingdom planning revenge but is promised marriage to the most favored Princess of Wei - Nangong Jingnu. 

Female General and Eldest Princess 

Author: Please Don’t Laugh (请君莫笑)

Other Names: FGEP, 女将军和长公主

Media Type: Webnovel, manhua, Audio Drama CD

Chapters: 168 Chapters + 15 Extras (Completely Translated)

CW: war, death + more unknown

Links: Carrd, Wiki

Main Pairing: Lin Wanyue x Li Xian

Description: When the Huns destroy her village, the fourteen-year-old Lin Wanyue takes the identity of her twin brother, Lin Feixing, to join the army and claim justice for the 118 villagers killed. In the military, she meets Lin Yu, a younger comrade saved by her, and later the visiting Princess of Li, Li Xian, who is dedicated to ensuring her sickly eight-year-old brother can safely ascend to the throne as Crown Prince.

Purely by Accident 

Author: Leng Qian Shan (冷千山)

Other Names: 纯属意外

Media Type: Webnovel, Audio Drama CD

Chapters: 52 Chapters + 2 Extras (20 Chapters Translated)

Main Pairing: Wei Zisong x Chu Feichen

Summary: “Through an unlikely series of events, bandit chief Wei Zisong finds herself engaged to Chu Feichen, the emperor’s eldest daughter. Through an even more unlikely series of events, they fall in love.” (via Carrd) 

Couple of Mirrors

Other Names: 双镜, Double Mirror, Shuang Jing, 雙鏡 

Media Type: manhua (Original Material), Drama, novelization/novel 

Manhua Author: noftB (福特) 

Main Pairing: You Yi x Yan Wei 

Links: Carrd

Source: “You Yi is a young, innocent, and kind-hearted socialite and a successful author, living with everyone's adoration and envy. Her perfect life is turned upside-down when she discovers a betrayal by the two most trusted people in her life. With no one left to turn to, she finds refuge in the friendship and support of Yan Wei, a young photographer with a cold personality. Unbeknownst to all, Yan Wei has a deadly secret identity.” (via imdb.com)

Feng Ling Yu Xiu 

Other Names: Soulmate Adventure, Spirit Wind Elegance, Sunflowers 

Media Type: Donghua

Episodes: 12

Main Pairing: Feng Ling’er x Bai Yuxiu

Where to Watch: Bilibili, GoGoAnime

Summary: “It is rumored in the martial world that a mystery white-haired girl suddenly appeared around the thief Feng Ling Er. She is so powerful that many martial arts masters can’t defeat her. The girl’s identity, the source of her power and her influence to the world all caused discussion among the public. But Feng Ling Er and the white-haired girl named Bai Yu Xiu never care about it. They travel the world with pleasure, unaware of a great conspiracy coming towards them.” (via MyAnimeList)

The Beauty’s Blade

Author: 封刃作书 / Feng Ren Zuo Shu

Other Names: Mei Ren Jian / 美人剑

Media Type: Webnovel 

Chapters: 51 Chapters + 1 Extra (Completely Translated)

Main Pairing: Fu Wanqing x Yu Shengyan

Links: Novel Updates

Description: Fu Wanqing is the fiery yet calculating daughter of the righteous faction’s leader who falls in love with Yu Shengyan, the aloof head of the evil faction who has come out of seclusion to cure one of her martial sisters. (based on Brasdf’s Novel Updates review)

Matrilocal Marriage 

Author: Please Don’t Laugh / 请君莫笑

Other Names: RUZHUI, 入赘

Media Type: Webnovel

Chapters: 297 Chapters + 4 Extras (Completely Translated)

Main Pairing: Yun An x Lin Buxian

Links: Carrd, Novel Updates

CW: sexism, pregnancy, cheating + more unknown

Description: Yun An volunteers to travel through time and record the truth behind a military revolt, but when she enters the time machine, she finds herself in the unknown Yan Kingdom, where men are considered the superior gender. The wealthy merchant Lin family, without a son, has announced they’re searching for a handsome son-in-law to marry the only legitimate daughter, Lin Buxian. (based on NovelUpdates)

Fangsi 

Author: Xuan Jian (玄笺)

Other Names: Presumptuous, 放肆【娱乐圈】

Media Type: Web Novel

Chapters: 226 + 114 Extras/Fanwai Chapters (Translated to Chapter 26)

Main Pairing: Tang Ruoyao x Qin Yinong

Summary: “Tang Ruoyao, only 22 years old, has just received the award titled “Queen of Film.” What a bright future she must have! The next day, headline after headline named her the “Little Qin Yinong.” Tang Ruoyao’s fans were furious; Qin Yinong had developed a terrible reputation: she had a face that could only bring disaster. Whether women or men, it didn’t matter.. she had been to bed with most of the industry! She is not yet married yet she has a daughter, and her daughter is already a few years old! You shameless media, you insult our Tang Ruoyao with this comparison! Fans of Qin Yinong were also offended. Qin Yinong’s arms were heavy with both domestic and international awards. How could Tang Ruoyao compare with that? ...Soon, the news broke out: Qin Yinong and Tang Ruoyao would co-star in a sapphic film.” - NovelUpdates

The Witch Nichang

Author: 八千岁

Other Names: 魔女霓裳

Media Type: Webnovel

Chapters: 226 Chapters + 34 Extras (Novel Updates)

Main Pairing: 

CW: absent parents + more unknown

Description: “The story begins as such, the main character transmigrates into the body of a young girl named San’er. While living in the mountains with her family she happens to treat and Wuxia master and eventually the MC begins her journey as the wuxia master’s disciple.” (Xirl0128’s Novel Updates Review)

Didn’t Know General Was Female

Authors: Buxie Mei (不谢梅) and Rong Qing (荣青)

Other Names: DKGWF, 不知将军是女郎[重生]

Media Type: Webnovel

Chapters: 45 Chapters + 3 Extra (2 Chapters Translated)

Main Pairing: Rong Jiahui x Zhongli Luo

Links: Novel Updates

Description: “Rong Jiahui has spent 8 years in a pointless marriage, unhappy and envious of the luck of other women. When she hears of Marquis Zhongli Luo returning from the battlefield, victorious and apparently looking for a wife, she regrets treating him coldly when he was being fostered in her home as a child. Cue a climactic death via choking, and Jiahui is back in the past! This time she plans on thoroughly wooing Zhongli Luo so that she may secure a happy future. Of course, things aren't that easy when Zhongli Luo is actually a cross dressing woman.” - Indelible Faith’s Novel Updates Review

Mistress, I Was Wrong

Author: Cross My Mark / Yan Guo Wu Hen / 雁过吾痕

Other Names: 女主大人，我错了

Media Type: Web Novel

Chapters: 383 Chapters (171.5 Chapters Translated)

Main Pairing: Tong Yao x Dongfang Wanyu

CW: rape + more unknown

Links: Novel Updates

Description: Tong Yao transmigrates into Dongfang Minghui, a cannon fodder villain that fought with the protagonist of “A Genius In-Making, Rise of the Waste” for a man. To survive, she chooses to hug the female protagonist’s thigh. 

The General’s Manor Young Concubine Survival Report

Author: Wind's Little Bell / 风的铃铛 / Feng De Lingdang

Other Names: 将军府小妾生存报告

Media Type: Web Novel

Chapters: 14 Chapters (Completely Translated)

Main Pairing: Bo Qingbo x Xiang Tiange 

Links: CompletedBaihe Carrd, Novel Updates

Description: Bo Qingbo wakes up as the new Concubine of the General’s Manor and must figure out the connection between the original Bo Qingbo, her husband Prince Yixing (Qu Xiang), and the Prince’s official wife, the formidable General Xiang Tiange.

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i feel like i should make a post saying what my blog is about. i mostly use tumblr on mobile (i know), and mostly i just kinda use it casually, lurking around, and saving/rbing stuff that i like. so don’t expect too much organization or original content here. but the stuff i do make myself, i tag with #made by suna.

i’m (currently) into danmei/bl, which this blog is mostly dedicated to. but again i am a disorganized mess so i will probably like and rb other stuff on here too.

if you know any good gl media set in ancient asia, please please please let me know because i am desperate for it but cannot find it anywhere :C

i consume most danmei in chinese since i grew up in china and am a native speaker, so sometimes i may be confused about the english names of places/things/people’s titles in these works. please be gentle ^_^

if you scroll down far enough you can find random stuff i rb’d before i really knew how tumblr worked and before i got into danmei so you can just ignore them :’)

under the cut: what i’ve watched/read, what’s next on my list, and my sloppy tagging system. i might update it whenever, or not. we’ll see c:

here is the list of things i’ve read/watched/am into:

mo dao zu shi / grandmaster of demonic cultivation by mxtx

i’ve watched chen qing ling / the untamed (live action adaptation)

i’ve read the book

i’ve watched the q animation

i’m a few eps into the animated adaptation but i need a subscription to continue so i put it on pause for now

have not listened to the audio dramas

my ships:

lan wangji/wei wuxian, lan xichen/jin guangyao

my no-no ships:

jiang cheng/wei wuxian, jiang cheng/wen qing, wei wuxian/wen qing

ships that i don’t feel too much about either way:

jiang cheng/nie huaisang, 3zun

any of the junior ships (they’re all so cute together, any pair would work well tbh lmao)

tian ya ke / faraway wanderers by priest

i’ve watched shan he ling / word of honor (live action adaptation)

have not watched the shl concert

have not read the book

started a little bit on the prequel book qi ye / lord seventh

my ships:

wen kexing/zhou zishu, ye baiyi/rong changqing, cao weining/gu xiang, jing beiyuan/wuxi (basically all the canon ships)

du pusa/qiao luohan (the two ladies out of the four scorpion assassins)

luo fumeng/liu qianqiao (tragicomic ghost/beauty ghost)

my no-no ships:

ye baiyi/wen kexing (seriously who came up with this? no judgment to people who enjoy it but personally it’s really not for me lmao)

ships that i feel neutral about:

hanwenzhou

tian guan ci fu / heaven official’s blessing by mxtx

i’ve watched season 1 of the animated adaptation

i’m looking forward to the live action adaptation!! (hopefully airing in 2023) i’m not sure what name it’s going by yet

i’ve just started on the book

and a long time ago i’ve watched nirvana in fire / lang ya bang, which is not bl but is still a great period drama. 10/10 recommend

on my list next, in no particular order, are the following:

svsss

2ha

sha po lang

qiang jin jiu

love between fairy and devil (bg, not bl)

kinnporsche (thai, not chinese)

hannibal (also not chinese)

feel free to send recommendations my way!!

i have an awful tagging system, but basically:

#woh -- word of honor/tian ya ke stuff

#wenzhou -- wen kexing/zhou zishu

#woh gifs, #woh fanfic, #woh fanart, #woh fan comic

#mdzs -- mo dao zu shi/chen qing ling stuff

#wangxian -- lan wangji/wei wuxian

#mdzs fanfic, #mdzs fanart, #mdzs fan comic

#tgcf -- tian guan ci fu stuff

#hualian -- hua cheng/xie lian

character tags: #wen kexing, #zhou zishu, #wei wuxian, #lan wangji, etc

my stuff: #made by suna

[ao3feed-xicheng]

Flutist's Encore

by Shriyen Cold. Warm. Cold. He didn't even know. The resentful energy caressed him. Tried to control him. Whispered sweet, sweet revenge into his ears. But he didn't fight back. "Let them kill me," he thought. He didn't feel like living anymore. He didn't even remember what his name was. Wei Ning? Ah, that didn't sound right.. Wen Ying? Nope, not that either. Oh yeah. His name was Wei Ying, courtesy name Wei Wuxian. He didn't even remember his parents. They were both male, he recalls. How is that possible, he doesn't know. A hand shoots down to his belt. Suddenly, he remembers pristine white robes. He commands the resentful energy to stop, and it stoops down, curling at his feet like an obedient dog. Wait no, he hates dogs. He's absolutely terrified of them. Oh. Shit. "A-" UPDATES EVERY TUESDAY Words: 195, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 魔道祖师 | Módào Zǔshī (Cartoon), 魔道祖师 | Módào Zǔshī (Audio Drama), 魔道祖师Q | Módào Zǔshī Q (Cartoon), 魔道祖师 | Módào Zǔshī (Webcomic) Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Categories: M/M Characters: Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji, Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian, Hua Cheng (Tian Guan Ci Fu), Xie Lian (Tian Guan Ci Fu), Feng Xin (Tian Guan Ci Fu), Mu Qing (Tian Guan Ci Fu), Meng Yao | Jin Guangyao, Jin Guangshan, Nie Huaisang, Nie Mingjue, He Xuan (Tian Guan Ci Fu), Shi Qingxuan, Shi Wudu, Ling Wen (Tian Guan Ci Fu), Pei Ming (Tian Guan Ci Fu), Guzi (Tian Guan Ci Fu), Qi Rong (Tian Guan Ci Fu) Relationships: Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji/Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian, Hua Cheng/Xie Lian (Tian Guan Ci Fu), Jiang Cheng | Jiang Wanyin/Lan Huan | Lan Xichen, He Xuan/Shi Qingxuan, Feng Xin/Mu Qing (Tian Guan Ci Fu), Jin Ling | Jin Rulan/Lan Yuan | Lan Sizhui, qi rong - Relationship Additional Tags: How Do I Tag, No beta we die like wei wuxian, Crossover, tgcf/mdzs, mdzs/tgcf, Not A Fix-It, Hurt/Comfort, no cliff scene via https://ift.tt/2nb8BTf

[mtlasana]

Ling Qi Audio Drama Confirmed

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Translations above provided by Al! Thank you for subbing it! 

General Info:

Mao'Er FM in collaboration with Tencent Dongman and BeiDou Penguin will be releasing the Ling Qi audio drama adaption. The original VAs  Liu MingYue and  Li LanLing will be reprising their roles as Duanmu Xi and Yang Jinghua. 

The first season, which looks to be starting 20th May will be broadcast each Wednesday as a FM Exclusive. 

Note: Apologies if any of this is wrong as I’m translating this from the Twitter post

I’ve put the same video that I’ve linked above on the Ling Qi discord (Server ID dfMzJ6A) - feel free to join in on the convo under the #audio-drama channel 

★Production Team★

Produced by: Mao'Er FM, Tencent Dongman, BeiDou Penguin

Producer: YaYa

Casting: Beidou Penguin

Director: Shan Xin

Audio Planning: Da Xiong

Technician: Liu LeXi

Scripting: Xiao Yu

Visual Design: Yua Qi

Audio Post-processing: Da KeNing

Video Post-processing: Xiao Yue

★Voice-Acting Team★

Duanmu Xi/narrator: Liu MingYue

Yang Jinghua: Li LanLing

Qin Shiyao: Chen NianRu

Yin Zhe: Teng Shin

Ling: Hao Xianghai

Situ Lv: Lin MaoMo

Duanmu Luoyue: Huang ZhenJi

Yang Ning: Guo Sheng

[mtlasana]

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★Production Team★ 

Produced by: Mao'Er FM, Tencent Dongman, BeiDou Penguin 

Producer: YaYa 

Casting: Beidou Penguin 

Director: Shan Xin 

Audio Planning: Da Xiong 

Technician: Liu LeXi 

Scripting: Xiao Yu 

Visual Design: Yua Qi 

Audio Post-processing: Da KeNing 

Video Post-processing: Xiao Yue 

 ★Voice-Acting Team★ 

Duanmu Xi/narrator: Liu MingYue 

Yang Jinghua: Li LanLing 

Qin Shiyao: Chen NianRu 

Yin Zhe: Teng Shin 

Ling: Hao Xianghai 

Situ Lv: Lin MaoMo 

Duanmu Luoyue: Huang ZhenJi 

Yang Ning: Guo Sheng 

😱😱

‪AN AUDIO DRAMA IS COMMING!!! This will be by the same ppl who did the mdzs audio drama! The two main VCs from the donghua will be reprising their roles!!!

[foxstens]

still not over the tgcf manhua pv

[douqi7s]

About

I translate and subtitle things from Chinese to English (mainly baihe/GL), write original fiction, and make the occasional fanvid (do people still say fanvid).

This post will be regularly updated with things I've perpetrated done.

Where Else You Can Find Me

Twitter: douqi7s

Wordpress (translations, original fiction, random bits and pieces): douqi.blog

YouTube (subtitles for webdramas, short films and audio dramas): douqi7s

Translations

To Embers We Return, a historical cyberpunk baihe novel by Ning Yuan (ongoing)

Jianghu, a wuxia baihe short story by L Si X Xi Y (complete)

Purely by Accident, a historical baihe romcom novel by Leng Qian Shan (complete)

Couple of Mirrors, a (mostly) text translation of the manhua based on the drama of the same name (complete)

Couple of Mirrors Novel Extra, a translation of the extra written for the Couple of Mirrors novelisation (complete)

For smaller translation projects, see this page.

Subtitling Projects

Purely by Accident, a baihe audio drama based on the novel of the same name (ongoing)

Legend of Yunqian, a GL xianxia mini webdrama (complete)

Legend of Yunze (Season 1, Season 2 and Special), a GL xianxia mini webdrama (complete)

Led Astray by Love, a GL historical/transmigration mini webdrama (complete)

The Vampires, a GL vampire-themed mini webdrama (complete)

A Practical Guide to Being a Superstar's Assistant, a GL entertainment industry mini webdrama (complete)

Ye-Mu (aka Wicked Wealthy Women), a soap opera-style mini webdrama (complete)

Ye-Mu 2, a soap opera-style mini webdrama (complete)

A Flower for Three Lifetimes, a xianxia mini webdrama (complete)

Nü Er Hong, a GL wuxia mini webdrama (complete)

The Calabash Siblings, a mini webdrama based on the animated series of the same title (complete)

The Lost World, a contemporary GL mini webdrama (complete)

When the Moonlight is Shining, a contemporary GL mini webdrama with fantastical elements (complete)

Various GL MVs

Various GL short films

Original Fiction

What If They Had a War, and Nobody Came?, a GL wuxia/historical short story

Editorial Work

I have provided or am currently providing editorial support for the following projects:

Reading the Remnants, a translation of the baihe novel Wen Guan by Qi Xiao Huang Shu (ongoing)

Exploring an Empty Tomb, a translation of the baihe novel Tan Xu Ling by Jun Sola (ongoing)

Burn, a translation of the baihe novel Shao by Chu Dao (ongoing)

Mosquito Bite, a translation of the baihe short story Wenzi Bao by Agent3144 (complete)

第九宫的吉迪恩, a translation of the science fiction novel Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (complete)

第九宫的哈罗, a translation of the science fiction novel Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (complete)

第九宫的诺娜, a translation of the science fiction novel Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (complete)

赛克斯博士的神秘研究, a translation of the science fiction short story The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex by Tamsyn Muir (complete)

尚未发送, a translation of the science fiction short story As Yet Unsent by Tamsyn Muir (complete)

Curation and Recommendations

List of recommended baihe novels

List of Chinese GL short films

last updated: 28 October 2024

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Danmei Roundup

I suddenly realized that ever since MDZS opened the doors, I’ve steadily gone through a good amount of danmei. 👀 Since I’m apparently doing anything except write my final paper, I compiled a list of stories I’ve come to know either through their novels or audio drama adaptations (or both). Any of them look familiar? lol

Adding/updating the list as I go + highlighting some of my favs.

Period Fantasy: Wuxia, Xianxia

人渣反派自救系统 — 墨香铜臭 (Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System — Mo Xiang Tong Xiu) *system/transmigration*

魔道祖师 — 墨香铜臭 (Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation — Mo Xiang Tong Xiu)

天官赐福 — 墨香铜臭 (Heaven Official’s Blessing — Mo Xiang Tong Xiu)

铜钱龛世 — 木苏里 (Copper Coins — Mu Su Li)

二哈和他的白猫师尊 — 肉包不吃肉 (Dumb Husky and His White Cat Shizun — Meatbun Doesn’t Eat Meat)

Sci-Fi/Survival (? idk what 无限流 is called)

全球高考 — 木苏里 (Global Examination — Mu Su Li)

地球上线 — 莫晨欢 (The Earth is Online — Mo Chen Huan)

Modern Setting

Crime/Mystery

犯罪心理 — 长洱 (Criminal Psychology — Chang Er) 

默读 — Priest (Silent Reading — Priest)

破云 — 淮上 (Breaking Through the Clouds — Huai Shang)

皮囊 — 潭石 (Skin — Tan Shi) 

Gaming

你师父我人傻钱多 — 莫晨欢 (Your Shifu is Stupid Rich — Mo Chen Huan)

网恋翻车指南 — 酱子贝 (How to Fail at Online Dating — Jiang Zi Bei)

你亲我一下 — 引路星 (Give Me a Kiss — Yin Lu Xing) *celebrity* 

Schoolyard Romance

我喜欢你的信息素 — 引路星 (I Like Your Pheromones — Yin Lu Xing) *abo*

伪装学渣 — 木瓜黄 (Fake Slackers — Mu Gua Huang)

信息素说我们不可能 — 毛球球 (The Pheromones Say We've Got No Chance — Mao Qiu Qiu) *abo* 

Celebrity/Entertainment Business

我嗑了对家X我的CP — PEPA (I Ship My Adversary x Me — PEPA)

情敌每天都在变美 — 公子于歌 (My Love Rival is Getting Prettier Every Day — Gongzi Yu Ge) *system/transmigration*

我只喜欢你的人设 — 稚楚 (I Only Like Your Persona — Zhi Chu)

营业悖论 — 稚楚 (Fanservice Paradox — Zhi Chu) *boy group*

小行星 — 微风几许 (Little Asteroid — Wei Feng Ji Xu) *abo*

落池 — 余酲 (Falling Into the Pond — Yu Cheng)

迪奥先生 — 绿野千鹤 (Mr. Dior — Lv Ye Qian He) *crack/amnesia*

职业替身 — 水千丞 (Professional Body Double — Shui Qian Cheng) *rebirth*

没钱 — 吕天逸 (Broke — Lv Tian Yi) *system/supernatural*

营销号说你喜欢我 — 螽斯 (Clickbait Media Accounts Say You Like Me — Zhong Si)

Supernatural/Fantasy

论以貌取人的下场 — 月下蝶影 (The Consequences of Judging a Book by Its Cover — Yue Xia Die Ying)

我开动物园那些年 — 拉棉花糖的兔子 (Those Years I Opened a Zoo — La Mian Hua Tang de Tu Zi) *system*

临时保镖 — 绿野千鹤 (Last-Minute Bodyguard — Lv Ye Qian He)

Slice-of-Life/Other

飞鸥不下 — 回南雀 (Flying Gulls Never Land — Hui Nan Que) *adopted brothers*

安知我意 — 北南 (Know My Heart — Bei Nan)

刺青 — 不问三九 (Tattoo — Bu Wen San Jiu)

燎原 — 不问三九 (Wildfire — Bu Wen San Jiu) 

烧不尽 — 回南雀 (Eternal Burning — Hui Nan Que)

腹黑和腹黑的终极对决 — 羲和清零 (Behind the Scenes Hunter — Xi He Qing Ling) *corporate battle*

… … …

And then there are some more I started to various extents:

这题超纲了 — 木瓜黄 (Beyond the Outline — Mu Gua Huang) *schoolyard*

不要在垃圾桶里捡男朋友 — 骑鲸南去 (Don’t Pick Up Boyfriends from the Trash — Qi Jing Nan Qv) *transmigration/system*

魔尊也想知道 — 青色羽翼 (Mo-Zun Also Wants to Know — Qing Se Yu Yi) *period fantasy/system*

可爱过敏原 — 稚楚 (Adorable Allergen — Zhi Chu) *schoolyard/adopted brothers*

欢迎来到噩梦游戏 — 薄暮冰轮 (Welcome to the Nightmare Game — Bo Mu Bing Lun) *sci-fi/transmigration/survival?*

恶性依赖 — 金刚圈 (Unhealthy Attachment — Jin Gang Quan) *modern*

营养过良 — 芥菜糊糊 (Nutrition Overload — Jie Cai Hu Hu) *cats*

S.C.I. 谜案集 — 耳雅 (S.C.I. Mystery — Er Ya) *crime/mystery*

嚣张 — 巫哲 (Audacious — Wu Zhe) *schoolyard* 

穿成反派总裁小情人 — 林盎司 (Transmigrated as the Villain CEO’s Little Lover — Lin Ounce) *transmigration/entertainment business*

一不小心和醋精结婚了 — 一枚纽扣 (My Accidental Husband is Full of Vinegar — Yi Mei Niu Kou) *modern*

碎玉投珠 — 北南 (Sui Yu Tou Zhu — Bei Nan) *80s/90s setting*

兼职无常后我红了 — 拉棉花糖的兔子 (After I Started Working as a Wu Chang, I Became Popular — La Mian Hua Tang de Tu Zi) *modern/supernatural*

新时代，新地府 — 林知落 (New Times, New Hell — Lin Zhiluo) *supernatural/modern/crack*

两A相逢必有一O — 厉冬忍 (When Two As Meet, There Must Be One O — Li Dong Ren) *abo/schoolyard*

破云2：吞海 — 淮上 (Swallow the Sea — Huai Shang) *crime/mystery* 

[hunxi-guilai]

okay so this is completely random ig but? I just read that the voice actors of the donghua (&audio drama) were actually voicing the characters from the web series? But I'm unsure of what they actually mean by that (because when I looked it up there were two different results I got and now I'm confused if it's now WYB's voice playing LWJ or the voice actor from the donghua/audio drama??) I'm sorry if this is a dumb question

hi there! no worries, it gets tricky when there are three forms of moving media with individual casts. Let's see if I can get some comparison lists up:

Wei Wuxian:

CQL: actor - 肖战 Xiao Zhan / VA: 路知行 Lu Zhixing

MDZS donghua: 张杰/阿杰 Zhang Jie (a-Jie)

MDZS audiodrama: 路知行 Lu Zhixing

Lan Wangji:

CQL: actor - 王一博 Wang Yibo / VA: 边江 Bian Jiang

MDZS donghua: 边江 Bian Jiang

MDZS audiodrama: 魏超 Wei Chao

Jiang Cheng:

CQL: actor - 汪卓成 Wang Zhuocheng / VA: 王凯 Wang Kai (no, not the LYB one; 凯叔 Kai-shu)

MDZS donghua: 郭浩然 Guo Haoran

MDZS audiodrama: 彭尧 Peng Yao

Lan Xichen:

CQL: actor - 刘海宽 Liu Haikuan / VA: 凌飞 Ling Fei

MDZS donghua: 金弦 Jin Xian

MDZS audiodrama: 王凯 Wang Kai (yes, Jiang Cheng’s VA in CQL)

Jiang Yanli:

CQL: actor - 宣璐 Xuan Lu / VA: 白雪岑 Bai Xuecen

MDZS donghua: 李诗萌 Li Shimeng

MDZS audiodrama: 乔诗语 Qiao Shiyu

Jin Guangyao:

CQL: actor - 朱赞锦 Zhu Zanjin / VA: 苏尚卿 Su Shangqin

MDZS donghua: 杨天翔 Yang Tianxiang

MDZS audiodrama: 姜广涛 Jiang Guangtao

Nie Huaisang:

CQL: actor and VA, a talented boi - 纪李 Ji Li

MDZS donghua: 刘三木 Liu Sanmu

MDZS audiodrama: 齐斯伽 Qi Sijia

Jin Ling:

CQL: actor - 漆培鑫 Qi Peixin / VA: 张思王之 Zhangsi Wangzhi

MDZS donghua: 苏尚卿 Su Shangqin (yes, Jin Guangyao’s VA in CQL)

MDZS audiodrama: 李兰陵 Li Lanling

Wen Ning:

CQL: actor - 于斌 Yu Bin / VA: 李昕/大昕 Li Xin (Da Xin)

MDZS donghua: 邵彤 Shao Tong

MDZS audiodrama: 藤新 Teng Xin 

Lan Sizhui:

CQL: actor - 郑繁星  Zheng Fanxing / VA: 陈锦闻/锦鲤 Chen Jinwen (Jin Li)

MDZS donghua: 陈张太康 Chenzhang Taikang

MDZS audiodrama: 钱文青 Qian Wenqing

Lan Jingyi:

CQL: actor -  郭丞 Guo Cheng / VA: 刘康 Liu Kang

MDZS donghua: 王晨光 Wang Chenguang

MDZS audiodrama: 夏侯落枫 Xiahou Luofeng

*do note that some of these names may be stage names

Whew, okay, that was a lot of internet trawling just now. I got this information from 1) the baidu-baike pages, 2) the audiodrama art cards, and 3) good old-fashioned googling, so they may not be 100% accurate

EDIT: for those of you unfamiliar with the practice of dubbing in Chinese media, check out this post!

[keichin]

Catch Up Meme

Rules: answer + tag 9 people you want to get to know better and/or catch up with!

Tagged by @jockvillagersonly 😭💕

Favorite color: pastels, light and dusty pinks, and mint. My aesthetic is so girly. I'm a mixed between kawaii/cottagecore/farmhouse 🤣🌸

Last song/album: I'm so obsessed with this singer on TikTok named hrishi. You have to go listen to him, ahhh~~~ His song 20somethin (YouTube) is so pretty!!

Also, while I'm linking YouTube music videos, watch this beautiful boy dance and tell me you don't think of Xiao Hua 🌸😍🌸

Last Movie: We had a family movie night last night and watched Boss Baby 2 🤣 It was really cute and ridiculous. I also set up the kitchen like a movie theater lobby and sold my kids popcorn and candy and made them give me coins (that they got from my husband on the other side of the house, lol). It was extra but I am extra so it's fine 🤣

Currently Reading: Qian Qiu and Fox Demon Cultivation Manual. I have a few translated chapters to catch up on but I'm basically at the end?? Chapter 117 I think. I really like it but I'm still waiting to find Yan Wushi a redeemable gong/ML 🤣 He's such an asshole. FDCM is sooooooo cuuuuttteeeee, ahhhh. The ML in this is super sweet and caring and the MC is really adorable. The translations I'm dying for though are Han Shan's Sword Unsheathed. It's my favoriteeee and its only translated up to 34 and I think it got dropped. I'm so saaaaaddddddd 😭😭😭 It has such a cute audio drama too, that goes farther than the novel translations.

Currently watching: L.O.R.D. Critical World. I got distracted by it when it showed up in my recommendations....I'm supposed to be watching Tomb of the Sea!! But I really loved the Movie(s? I think there were two??) It feels like I watched it so long ago but I really liked the main characters (Kris Wu as Yin Chen 😍) so I started watching this series....The fringe on the Qi Ling is so intense lol.

Currently craving: I wish tltr had satisfied my bromance hurt/comfort kink 🤣 You can't have just hurt alone, otherwise its just PAIN, lol. That's all reboot was for me...with copious amounts of PangXie/PangEveryone.

Foodwise, maybe tom kha or curry. 🤤

Coffee or Tea? I love both soooo muuuuuch. 🤣 Prettily prepared tea and coffee and the atmosphere you drink them in. It's like a ritual. I have coffee every morning and then herbal tea with honey at night. Sometimes I'll make milk tea in the afternoons. All my mixing spoons are little flowers. I always have to have my favorite mugs. (I have too many mugs because I'm so obsessed with drinking coffee and tea 🙈)

🌸🌸🌸

Thank you for reading!! I tag @jaecomments and @bimiriyas if you guys are up to it!! 💖💕

[pumpkinpaix]

mdzs rough timeline

this isn’t meant to be definite! I’m mostly posting this so that @thewickling​ can take a look and see if there’s anything helpful in here while she finishes crafting her frankly incredibly referenced timeline. or so we can debate finer points lmao, though she definitely has the upper hand on research.

here’s what I have put together, though the dates used are re: Lan Wangji’s age, not in relation to Wei Wuxian’s death. Things I’m unsure about are marked with (?), and there are a lot of events that could take place in a range of dates that I’ve kind of just stuck in there for the sake of having them marked. I haven’t cross-referenced this in a while, and it’s working largely off of memory ;;; I just edited a bunch of this on the fly in the text editor HAHA so this may be off in several ways. I may eventually edit this into something more cohesive, but for now. have this mess.

Notes:

Mass Graves” = Yiling Burial Mound Jinlin Tai = Koi/Carp Tower I’m using both novel and audio drama as canon, plus some assorted bits of memory re: mxtx interviews

Approximate Timeline (using Lan Wangji’s age, starting with lectures at Gusu):

Year 15:

Lectures at Cloud Recesses

Year 16:

Wei Wuxian harasses the Poetry Florist lady (?)


Wen Ning meets Wei Wuxian at Qishan (?)

Meng Shi dies (?)

Meng Yao is kicked down the stairs of Jinlin Tai (?)

Year 17:

Burning of the Cloud Recesses

Lan Xichen flees and takes shelter with Meng Yao (currently working as a bookkeeper)

Indoctrination at Qishan (unclear amount of time: few days to a month?)

Xuanwu Cave (approx. 1 week)

Qingheng-jun dies and Lan Xichen becomes sect leader of Gusu

Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng return to Lotus Pier (unclear amount of time passes: few days to a month)

Massacre at Lotus Pier

Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng flee to Yiling with Wen Ning’s help

Golden Core transfer

Wei Wuxian is thrown into the Mass Graves for three months

Sunshot Campaign starts in earnest

Meng Yao is appointed Nie Mingjue’s new aide

Wen Xu is killed by Nie Mingjue

Wei Wuxian emerges from the Mass Graves and begins hunting Wen Chao

Wei Wuxian kills Wang Lingjiao

Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng kill Wen Chao and Wen Zhuliu

Lan Xichen speaks to Meng Yao regarding his ambition

Meng Yao sets off to meet up with his father’s sect in Langya

Nie Mingjue visits Jin Guangshan and asks after him only to discover JGS has not seen Meng Yao

Nie Mingjue discovers Meng Yao killing Lanling cultivators—Meng Yao flees

Year 19?:

Sunshot Campaign finally arrives at Qishan: Meng Yao assassinates Wen Ruohan

Meng Yao is recognized as Jin Guangshan’s son and given the courtesy name Jin Guangyao

3zun swear blood brotherhood

Year 20:

Nighthunt at Phoenix Mountain (in the audio drama, S3E01, Wei Wuxian mentions that he is 20+ years old at this point)

Lan Wangji goes to Yunmeng and meets Wei Wuxian (flower throwing episode)

Opinions about Wei Wuxian begin truly shifting now that Sunshot is largely over

Four Sects continue hunting down the Wen remnants

Wei Wuxian runs into Wen Qing who begs for his help saving Wen Ning

Confrontation with Jin Zixun at Jinlin Tai

Qiongqi Dao 1.0: Wei Wuxian flees with the Wen Remnants to the Mass Graves

Mianmian leaves Lanling Jin sect in defense of Wei Wuxian

Jiang Cheng goes to the Mass Graves and confronts Wei Wuxian: they set a duel and declare him exiled

After some months, Lan Wangji arrives in Yiling and brings news of Jiang Yanli’s upcoming wedding

Wen Ning regains consciousness

Wei Wuxian has a first family meal with the Wen remnants

Jiang Yanli and Jiang Cheng visit; Wei Wuxian names his future nephew

Jiang Yanli and Jin Zixuan are married

Year 21:

Jin Ling is born

Wei Wuxian is invited to his one month ceremony and begins working on his present

Qiongqi Dao 2.0: Jin Zixun and Jin Zixuan are killed

Three days later, Wen Qing and Wen Ning turn themselves in to protect Wei Wuxian and the rest

Lan Wangji speaks in defense of Wen Ning and Wen Qing

Wen Ning loses control and begins killing people at Lanling

Wen Qing is executed; Wen Ning is imprisoned

Wei Wuxian rushes to Lanling to try and retrieve their remains and hears about the plans to besiege the Mass Graves

Wei Wuxian goes to Qishan directly and confronts the sects for their hypocrisy

Wei Wuxian loses control and Jiang Yanli is killed

Lan Wangji takes Wei Wuxian and hides him away in a cave, defends him against 33 of his elders

Lan Wangji takes Wei Wuxian back to the Mass Graves

Lan Wangji returns to Gusu and is punished with 33 blows from the discipline whip and bedridden

First Siege of the Mass Graves: Wei Wuxian is killed by demonic backlash; the Wen remnants are massacred and thrown into the Blood Well (except A’Yuan, who hides in a tree)

Lan Wangji drags himself to Yiling to search for Wei Wuxian, finds only A’Yuan, whom he brings back to Gusu and gives the name Sizhui

Year 22:

Jin Guangyao marries Qin Su (?)

*Xue Yang massacres the Yueyang Chang clan

Xiao Xingchen takes him into custody

Jin Guangshan insists on keeping Xue Yang

Mo Xuanyu is invited to study at Lanling

Jin Guangyao begins playing guqin for Nie Mingjue

Xue Yang massacres Baixue Ge and blinds Song Lan

Xiao Xingchen takes Song Lan to Baoshan Sanren and gives him his eyes

Xiao Xingchen disappears

Xiao Xingchen meets A’Qing

Xiao Xingchen and A’Qing take in Xue Yang and begin living in Yi City

Nie Mingjue qi deviates

Jin Rusong is born

*Yueyang Chang massacre is stated to take place 10 years prior to the present, which would put it at year 24, but Jin Guangshan must be alive for at least a time afterwards—Jin Guangshan’s death is stated to take place 11 years prior to the present, which puts it at year 23. I’m prioritizing JGS’s death, because Lan Wangji describes the tragedy of Xiao Xingchen as taking place 1-2 years after Wei Wuxian’s death (being bedridden, he cannot pursue the issue), thus it makes sense that YYC massacre takes place earlier than stated.

Year 23:

Jin Guangshan is killed

Mo Xuanyu banished from Lanling (?)

Year 25:

Song Lan comes to Yi City and is killed

Xiao Xingchen commits suicide

A’Qing is killed by Xue Yang

Year 26(?):

Jin Rusong is killed

Year 34 (Present Day):

Mo Xuanyu sacrifices his body to Wei Wuxian

Events at Mo Village

Dafan Shan; run into Jin Ling and Jiang Cheng; Wen Ning appears

Lan Wangji takes Wei Wuxian back to the Cloud Recesses

Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji set off on their quest to find all the body parts

Jin Ling at the Nie clan’s saber hall

Nie Huaisang shares information

Jiang Cheng catches Wei Wuxian; Jin Ling lies about Wen Ning and frees Wei Wuxian

Wei Wuxian takes on Jin Ling’s curse mark

Wei Wuxian frees Wen Ning from the influence of the nails

Yi City

Drunk Lan Wangji part 1

Nie Mingjue’s body assembles itself and attacks without a head

Lan Xichen shows up

Discussion conference at Jinlin Tai

Wei Wuxian finds Nie Mingjue’s head and an address in Yunping

Qin Su commits suicide

Wei Wuxian’s identity is revealed and he and Lan Wangji flee to Gusu

Wei Wuxian, Lan Wangji and Lan Xichen search for the music Jin Guangyao was playing

Lan Xichen tells Wei Wuxian the story of their parents

Jin Guangyao tells Lan Xichen that Wei Wuxian has kidnapped children in Yiling

Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji go to Yiling to rescue the kids; meet Wen Ning along the way

The adults arrive afterwards and Su She’s plot is revealed

Wei Wuxian makes himself into bait, the Wen remnants rise from the Blood Well and save him and the kids

Wen Ning realizes who Lan Sizhui is

Everyone travels to Yunmeng

Sisi and Bicao share their stories

Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji have a confrontation with Jiang Cheng; Wen Ning reveals the Golden Core situation

Wei Wuxian, Lan Wangji and Wen Ning travel to Yunping

Drunk Lan Wangji part 2

Final confrontation at the Guanyin temple

Approximate relative ages at the start of the story, as I understand them: Wei Wuxian: 15 Lan Wangji: 15 Jiang Cheng: 15 Nie Huaisang: 15 Jin Zixuan: 15/16 (I like to think 16) Jiang Yanli: 17/18 Lan Xichen: 18 (at most) Nie Mingjue: 19/20 Wen Ning: 13/14

[rigelmejo]

February Progress Update, March Goals:

(Updated as it’s now the end of the month) How February went:

Chinese novel chapters read in February (so far): 27 (a huge amount! Last month’s was 8. This month - 4 were Guardian, the rest are 寒舍)

Chapters I studied with Listening-Reading Method: 2 (Catch me barely doing L-R and just reading Guardian instead...)

Chinese shows watched: 6. (I expected this number to shoot up and I was right! Word of Honor - tian ya ke adaptation - is airing and I am watching the raws first then the English subs as they release. I’m also maybe going to start Anti Fraud League since I finally finished ep 1. YouTube recommended me another Zhen zhehan drama - he plays Zhou Zishu in woh. It’s called Demon Girl and I’d had it in my list to practice anyway with when I got bored since it’s set 1920-1940s, one of my fave drama settings, featuring a demon heroine in which demons are like mutants who live among us. Which happens to be my LITERAL favorite story setup - mutants/monsters/etc sci fi or supernatural setup in which the story uses it to tell fantastical tales while also commenting on real social issues. Some stories do it better than others - In The Flesh and Bureau of Transformer do excellently, Love and Redemption and Guardian do some fascinating stuff with it, Heroes touches on it only a little compared to Xmen which is known for it, and Merlin often failed to commit to a strong message. But regardless - if a story has this Setup I will ultimately wanna see. So that show definirely has 3 selling points now: my Fave story setup, a heroine as the lead, and an actor I like as the other lead. I also found Mystic Nine and LORD Critical World in HD on a chinese site so I’m very tempted to just watch them in chinese only since it’s more convienient then the english sub links I have for the shows. An interesting update: trying to watch a show this month was easier than in the past - last month I could barely watch Any shows, and before that I distinctly remember shows being harder to catch the details. I watched Anti Fraud League ep 1 fully this month and caught all details roughly without pausing - and like 3 sentences of exposition on main character Mi Huo I paused and replayed the scene just to catch all the chinese subtitles and clarify I understood correctly. I think I got about 90% of the details - because I was a little vague on some word meanings and just guessed on those. And grasped 100% of the overall plot. which is well beyond where I was at month 10-11ish last time I tried watching shows. Also yay! A detective show felt as easy as watching a fluff romance which is so great, because I like this genre much more! Although I am going to give a grateful shout out to Granting You A Dreamlike Life because... while the shows first 15 eps I did watch are Not My Thing, I watched it like 8+ months into learning and it was both a challenge and easy enough TO watch and keep watching. Which made it great for improving. I really think it helped a lot. And I also think... at this point I probably could rewatch guardian without eng subs and be fine. When I watch shan he ling today I guess I’ll find out if I can handle a wuxia plot though without eng subs lol)

Japanese Audio listened to: 14 (no change, this is since start of year)

Personal books read: 11 (since 2021 started - so 6 books in February. I have been reading SO MUCH lately, I’m really excited? I’ve been meaning to read so many of my books I just hadn’t gotten around to it. This is also likely to increase as I’m about to finish dmbj 2 next time I pick it up).

Some other things:

@a-whump-muffin​ u inspired me and sometime soon I will be trying to play KH in japanese again, and looking at ur super amazing grammar guide u made ToT (I might try nier automata if its bearable just because I’m playing all the drakengard/nier games right now but... the language is a lot more sci fi so i’m not sure that’d go well... also i want to check if my final fantasy type-0 has japanese language settings...). But like... I am definitely up for looking at a grammar guide, and looking up words on my phone as I play. Now that’s a study method i could DO maybe ToT and also like!!! ultimately i want to do it anyway!!! i just figured it would be drowning and chickened out! but like. to study doing what u wanted to do anyway in the language??!!! wowwww ;-; i mean that’s basically why i’m reading chinese but u get the idea

Other japanese updates: I’m still listening to quickleur I just haven’t done any listening lately (u can tell by the L-R status above lol). It did help a lot though even the bits I listened to, as far as refreshing my mind on particles and verb endings. And the explanation on sentence structures u gave @a-whump-muffin​ !! (who is god tier if ur studying japanese they are <3 <3 )

Part of the ‘personal books read’ goal - I’m counting any textbooks I read in that category, in the hopes if I frame it in my head as reading for personal interest instead of studying, I will do it. Ideally I would LIKE to read my DeFrancis Chinese books, Chinese Nature Method grammar book, Chinese Sentence Patterns book, 2 books I just ordered, my japanese reading books (the 1st one a good refresher the 2nd one literally could be... my textbook for years its got so much). Those chinese books in part because WOW I am so used to so much grammar in context when reading, but when I go to produce language I’m a hot MESS. And I think just like... I really should read those books and fill in the gaps in my understanding and like solidify the correct understanding of what I can comprehend. Sometime.... I ALSO should read my Alan Hoenig chinese characters book. But will I???? AHA. I forgot to mention in my last reading post - but brute forcing learning the hanzi has been going fine actually. I was concerned just looking up hanzi when reading, that I would struggle to learn the new ones. But I can confirm that reading has gotten easier, and I’ve picked up a LOT of hanzi I was previously brute force looking up repeatedly while reading. So like... as long as this keeps working, I’ll keep doing it. I’m very lazy and the path with least resistance and mental exhaustion is what I’ll keep doing, if it works, even if it might be slower. (Although I do think the hanzi books I have are very useful and have helped me speed up progress when I used them).

I learned how to make gifs this month and I’m overwhelmed with all the stuff I could try to do? Idk its very cool i’m very excited about it.

Goals for March:

Basically, we’re sticking to the quite steady study plan I’ve had the past few months, which has boiled down to: read chinese, L-R, listen/watch if desired, do something listening related in japanese if desired. It’s not well rounded or anything but I’m making steady progress and its easy to keep doing.

Anything in bold is what I’m doing right now/likely to do (although we know how often I just derail).

Read chinese novels. (This can include Guardian. Currently includes: hanshe, guardian. On hiatus: Tian Ya Ke).

Listen-Read Guardian. (Reading guardian in Any way is the priority so if this happens yay, but if it doesn’t I’ll be happy if I’m still working through guardian and just postponing the listening part).

Optional. Play video game in japanese, use a dictionary and grammar guide when confused af. This one’s imminently likely just because the instant I get Nier remastered I’m playing it, and also playing Nier Automata etc games, so like... the opportunity and desire to play the japanese versions of games I want to do that with WILL hit me. 

Optional. Watch chinese shows. This one’s also likely because a priest novel drama adaptation just dropped (Word of Honor, shan he ling, tian ya ke/Faraway Wanderer’s adaptation) and I don’t want to wait for the english subs. 

Optional - unlikely (I’m not in the mood to listen to stuff lol). Audios. Keep listening to Japanese Quicksleur when there’s down time (like playing games), and Chinese Spoonfed audio if I feel like it. 

Personal. Keep reading while I’ve got the motivation to. I am really enjoying getting through all these books I’ve wanted to read for so long. 

BELOW I will eventually link a list of story recs (also see tag rec list for more):

Poyun 破云 (recced)

Poyun 破云 2

一级律师 by 木苏里 (recced)

盗墓笔记 series

默读 by priest

他们的故事 by 一根黄瓜丝儿 

寒舍 by 夏灬安兰 pingxie supernatural au

818 (pingxie)

鎮魂 by priest (chapter 4)

天涯客 by priest

Qi Ye 七爷 by priest

六爻 by priest

FGEP

犹记斐然 foxghost rec

一受封疆 foxghost rec

女主大人 我错 gl

将军府小妾生存报告 gl

夜半衣寒 by 夏灬安兰 pingxie (can u tell i like this author)

(瓶邪同人)所谓一切发生在网配+番外 (writer and radio voicer pingxie au)

死亡万花筒 kaleidoscope of death

将军府小妾生存报告  

女主大人，我错了  

魔女霓裳

公主饶命 GL

民政局领到了媳妇

In progressing difficulty, books I want to read and should be ready to read now, a la foxghost’s recommendations:

那些風花雪月 by Gong Zi Huan Xi (took 14 months of study before I tried to read this, did try, did not click with me lol)

不正當關係 by Gong Zi Huan Xi (foxghost said this was the same difficulty as the story above, so I’m probably ready for this one too).

*SCI 谜案集 by ErYa (I’ve heard this somewhat easy to read, is a good story, and since its case-centered I think it would be a good intro to later reading books like Silent Reading by Priest)

龍圖��卷集  by ErYa (There is an audiobook on Ximalaya!)

黑風城戰記  by ErYa (sequel to novel above)

Then the recommendation says you should probably watch a lot of shows for some vocab (I sort of do so I’ll see how that helps me out), and you can start tackling xianxia, like Priest’s “六爻, and then 鎮魂, then 殺破狼, and pretty much any other of GZHX’s works.” I would guess this point is when Tian Ya Ke would be more my reading level, when 六爻 is, at the beginning. I would guess after 鎮魂 is when I could try to tackle Can Ci Pin. Sha Po Lang is steampunk and fantasy, so I would guess it has some of the sci fi type words - so if I’d be ready for that, I might be ready for Can Ci Pin at the same time.

[putris-et-mulier]

The Untamed/Módào Zushi/Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation/The Founder of Diabolism

I keep getting comments asking what all the stuff I'm posting is so this is for you guys

Módào Zushi (translates as Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, often abbreviated as MDZS) is a Chinese novel written by Mò Xiāng Tóngxiù, it's a xianxia (historical martial arts fantasy) danmei (BL/male gay romance.) The novel, comic and audio drama has explicit gay content but because of censorship laws the cartoon and drama doesn't; a slightly gayer edit of the drama is currently being released as a "special edition" through  WeTV.

Links to all the adaptations translated in English:

Novel 

TV show (also available on Netflix)

Carton

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Audio drama

Characters:

I'm just doing the ones most shipped

Yunmeng Jiang Sect

Wei Wuxian (a.k.a. Wei Ying, a.k.a. the Yiling Patriarch) played by Xiao Zhan, member of the boy band X Nine

Shipped with: Lan Zhan (canon), Wen Ning

Jiang Cheng (a.k.a. Jiang Wanyin) played by Wang Zhuocheng 

Shipped with: Lan Xichen

Gusu Lan Sect

Lan Zhan (a.k.a. Lan Wangji, a.k.a.Hanguang-Jun) played by Wang Yibo, member of the boy band UNIQ. Often referred to as a K-pop group, UNIQ it is half Korean and half Chinese made under a Chinese label, they disbanded in 2018  

Shipped with: Wei Wuxian (canon)

 Lan Xichen (a.k.a. Lan Huan) played by Liu Haikuan  

Shipped with: Jin Guangyao, Jiang Cheng

Lan Sizhui  played by Zheng Fanxing

Shipped with: Jin Ling, Lan Jingyi

Lan Jingyi played by Guo Cheng 

Shipped with: Lan Sizhui, Jin Ling

Lanling Jin Sect  

Jin Guangyao (a.k.a. Meng Yao) played by Zhu Zanjin

Shipped with: Lan Xichen

Jin Ling (a.k.a. Jin Rulan) played by Qi Peixin

Shipped with: Lan Sizhui, Lan Jingyi

Xue Yang played by Wang Haoxuan

Shipped with: Xiao Xingchen

Qinghe Nie Sect

Nie Huaisang played by Ji Li 

Shipped with: Jiang Cheng

Qishan Wen Sect

Wen Ning (a.k.a. Qionglin) played by Yu Bin 

Shipped with: Wei Wuxian  

Baoshan Sanren disciples 

Xiao Xingchen played by Song Jiyang 

Shipped with: Song Lan, Xue Yang

Baixue Temple disciples 

Song Lan (a.k.a. Song Zichen) played by Li Bowen 

Shipped with: Xiao Xingchen

[scarletlich]

Mo Dao Zu Shi Card Game Translation (joke trailer from audio drama)

“Oh I’m cackling there’s a joke video in Season 1 of the audio drama where they made a fake trailer for a card game with all the main characters and it’s ICONIC I love it so much.

Here are my very bad translations, along with the original text for each card. If someone has better ideas for how to make these more poetic, or more accurate to a game (I don’t have much experience with video game terminology), go ahead and fix my mistakes.

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魏无羡 Wei Wuxian

凶尸召唤 Summon Fierce Corpses

复活敌我双方所有坟场的卡牌，并为己所用。

Resurrect the cards in the graveyard for both sides, not necessarily controlled by the user.

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蓝忘机 Lan Wangji

隔空闭嘴 Shut Up

沉默对方的英雄一炷香的时间，对方英雄将无法使用任何技能。

“Silence” opposing heroes for one incense stick of time, opposing heroes are unable to use skills.

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江澄 Jiang Cheng

打断狗腿 Break Your Dog Legs

造成50点电属性伤害，当对方英雄是金凌时，令其处于“胆怯”减益状态。

Deal 50 points of lightning damage. If the opposing hero is Jin Ling, Jin Ling receives the “Frightened” negative status effect.

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蓝曦臣 Lan Xichen

弟弟识破 See Right Through Little Brother

当对方英雄是蓝忘机时，可看到对方的所有手牌。

If the opposing hero is Lan Wangji, view all cards in the opponent’s hand.

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温宁 Wen Ning

凶尸复活 Revive as a Fierce Corpse

在魏无羡在场的情况下，死亡后以凶尸将军的形态复活，攻击力翻倍。

If Wei Wuxian is present, after death revives as a fierce corpse and deals double damage.

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蓝思追 Lan Sizhui

快喝辣粥 Come Drink Spicy Congee

对全场江氏阵营以外的英雄造成50点火焰伤害，同时治愈对方所受的毒伤害。

Deals 50 points of fire damage to non-Jiang Sect heroes, heals all poison damage.

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金凌 Jin Ling

灵犬召唤 Summon Spiritual Dog

召唤一只灵犬辅助战斗，当对方英雄是魏无羡时，可直接将其驱逐出场。

Summon a spiritual dog to aid in battle. If the opposing hero is Wei Wuxian, remove Wei Wuxian from play immediately.

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蓝景仪 Lan Jingyi

心直口快 Speak Your Mind

场面一度十分尴尬，大概率造成沉默效果。若对方英雄为蓝家阵营时，小概率被禁言。

Intense awkwardness on the field, high probability of causing the “Silenced” effect. If opposing her is from the Lan Sect, a small probability of becoming “silenced”.

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金光瑶 Jin Guangyao

诚恳面具 Trustworthy Mask

对对手造成80%的几率混乱，当对方英雄为聂明玦时，80%几率的激怒。

80% chance of causing opponent to be “confused”. If opposing hero is Nie Mingjue, 80% chance of causing him to become “enraged”.

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聂明玦 Nie Mingjue

走火入魔 Qi Deviation

对全场造成100点伤害，自爆。

Cause 100 damage to all heroes, destroys self.

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晓星尘 Xiao Xingchen

一颗糖果 A Piece of Candy

无差别回复敌我双方50%的血量。

Heal both sides for 50% max health.

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宋岚 Song Lan

耐心有限 Limited Patience

缩短攻击的CD时间，并提升自己50%的攻击力。

Shrink the attack’s CD time (I have no clue what this means), and increase own attack power by 50%.

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薛洋 Xue Yang

花式嘲讽 Creative Mockery

对对手造成100%几率的激怒，50%几率的混乱。

100% chance to cause opponent to become “enraged”, 50% chance to cause opponent to become “confused”.

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聂怀桑 Nie Huaisang

一问三不知 Head Shaker

现阶段没有任何卵用的技能，效果不明。

Currently has no useful skills, effect unknown.

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This is a fake game by the way, the trailer was made as a joke and is in the extras for Season 1 of the audio drama. I greatly appreciate that they made this though.

[hunxi-guilai]

I think resentful energy as a force for corruption is meant to be a biased assumption on the part of people who hold too tightly to tradition - everything about wwx's mental and physical state can be explained easily by trauma and lack of golden core, and he had v dark moments post-LP massacre and pre-burial mounds too, eg when he contemplated killing Wen Ning to be on the safe side. That said, I also think this is more clear in the book (not sure about the audio drama) and cql has scenes 1/?

(a follow-up to this ask, and also vaguely related to this one on cultivation worldbuilding)

whew, okay, got a lot of asks about CQL worldbuilding that I’m going to attempt writing a response to but might totally fail, because 1) CQL worldbuilding makes my Brandon Sanderson-loving heart cry actual tears of blood, 2) I’ve only watched CQL and listened through the audiodrama once each so I’m definitely forgetting details and moments, and 3) worldbuilding questions can only be definitively answered by the original author of the text, rip.

on cultivation + immortality:

so the assumption that cultivators are working to gain some kind of immortality is pulled from reading the practices and goal of spiritual Daoism into the cultivation of CQL (you should also check out this post, which is an incredible resource on Daoist influences in CQL). I don’t know if the show itself ever explains why people cultivate; they just kinda do, y’know. They’re born into it. And this is also a world that regularly deals with vengeful dead, so to a certain extent, it’s a valuable societal occupation.

the show leaves it pretty vague as to how resurrection affected Wei Wuxian’s golden core; in the book, I believe, the author confirmed that Wei Wuxian eventually succeeded in forming a new golden core with Mo Xuanyu’s body, so that opens the possibility of wangxian both becoming immortal cultivators together. The show changes these aspects of the novel by questioning whether or not Wei Wuxian was ‘truly dead’ for those sixteen years (see: Wei Wuxian’s line about not knowing where he was, the lack of a confirmed dead corpse, the ineffectiveness of Lan Wangji’s Inquiry), and also bringing him back in the same(ish) body (the qualification is for the extremely upsetting realization that @cangse-sanren​ smacked me over the head with, which is Wei Wuxian’s post-resurrection body doesn’t appear to have the same scars as his pre-resurrection body does -- check out the scene where he’s scandalously/scantily-clad post-Jin Ling stabbery). 

Basically, there’s enough ambiguity in the show that you could make an argument for Wei Wuxian successfully forming a new golden core after the end -- enough of his physical body changes visibly onscreen that you could make an argument for his capacity for spiritual cultivation to return. Likewise, his usage of Suibian in the confrontation at Jinling Tower can be read both ways: on one hand, he can use his spiritual peijian without a golden core (Wen Ning says as much in episode 46 -- he just can’t wield it effectively for very long). On the other hand, Wei Wuxian unsheathing Suibian for the first time since the Burial Mounds might suggest that he now has the ability to wield a spiritual pejian once more.

Again! Super ambiguous! Could go either way! 

how tf does cultivation actually work?

ya got me there; I’ve got not clue. 

My working understanding of cultivation is that you perform various cultivation-related tasks -- meditation, training, etc etc -- to boost your spiritual energy reserves, which can be used for various tasks including but not limited to 1) talisman usage, 2) sword surfing, 3) various spells, 4) magic music. At some point a golden core is formed, which rapidly accelerates your power gain. Presumably, this process could truck along indefinitely, except for the risk of qi deviation (explored in this post). As far as I can gather, the more power you have, the more controlled you have to be of your mental/spiritual/emotional state because a large disruption could cause you to slide sideways into qi deviation.

how resentful energy/demonic cultivation factors into this:

so anon makes a compelling point in their essay up there that Wei Wuxian’s instability post-Sunshot pre-Nightless City could be caused by the immense trauma he goes through rather than his cultivation with resentful energy. This is true! We don’t know how much of Wei Wuxian’s downward spiral can be attributed to either factor! I doubt Wei Wuxian himself knows!

I’m still inclined to believe that resentful energy possesses an inherently higher risk of corruption, because like the anon mentioned in the original discussion on demonic cultivation, it’s like working with radiation, or other dangerous substances. The odds of spiritual energy pushing you over an emotional/mental/spiritual cliff into qi deviation are much, much lower than the odds of resentful energy pushing you over the same cliff. I’m pretty sure Lan Yi says in her infodump that Xue Chonghai was actually an illustrious cultivator, powerful and disciplined and famous and respected, who went dark when he started experimenting/exploring the possibilities of demonic cultivation with the yin iron.

Could Xue Chonghai have been a power-crazed megalomaniac with superb acting skills from day one? Sure. Might he have underlying trauma that caused his mental instability? Absolutely -- we see him for approximately twenty seconds, go wild with headcanons. But just like the way journalists who report from warfronts often get slammed with powerful depression from seeing so much death and destruction around them all day, I think resentful energy cultivation also does the same to a person. Is corruption inevitable? Well, no -- but it’s overwhelmingly likely.

I think anon is absolutely right in that resentful energy is not inherently a force for evil -- it’s just another force in the world, as Wei Wuxian says in episode 4, that can be used. It’s a riskier, more dangerous force to work with than your run of the mill spiritual energy, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t work with it -- just that you need to be careful, and follow your ahistorical fantasy China OSHA guidelines about it.