#love this book to bits

[mxtxfanatic]

Book of the Week: The Villain has Something to Say

Author: Mo Chen Huan (莫晨欢)

Genre: cultivation, rebirth, transmigration, danmei

Rating: E

My Synopsis: If you’ve ever thought to yourself “man, I wish wwx really had killed all those annoying cultivators at Nightless City,” then boy do I have a book for you! A mix between 2ha’s Mo Ran and mdzs’s Wei Wuxian, main character Luo Jianqing has double the trauma and double the hate as the heavens’ literal least favorite child: the villain! Watch as he defies fate by being reborn, immediately scheming to kill the transmigrator protagonist (the heavens’ actual favorite child), and trying to uncover what went so wrong in his first life as to cause his shizun and secret crush, Xuan Lingzi, to sign off on his death.

My Actual Review: Ok, so usually I absolutely hate when I read reviews that compare random danmei novels to mxtx works as a selling point, but Luo Jianqing really does give Wei Wuxian vibes in how charismatic he is, his personality, and his behavior around Xuan Lingzi, once they get together. Before that, though, he gives a lot of Mo Ran 1.0 as he tries to deal with the hurt of betrayal in the face of his shizun who he thinks hates him but also would obviously not remember said betrayal since it, for all intents and purposes, never happened. Despite all this, though, Luo Jianqing still feels like a unique character, and the story develops into a unique plot where the characters are trying, for the sake of the fate of the world, to rebel against the will of the heavens that has decided that only one (1) person deserves the entirety of all the good fortune in their entire reality, past and present.

I’m adding some content warnings for: grooming (maybe???), incest (maybe???), attempted sexual assault, and some slight dubcon between the main couple due to an aphrodisiac that doesn’t go all the way. However—and I say this knowing full well that it probably won’t make sense if you haven’t read the book—the first two content warnings for this book don’t really have… content? For instance, yes there is incest in the book, but it consists of a character constantly mentioning it to make the main pairing feel better about their “incestuous” shizun-disciple relationship. When you meet said incestuous characters, nothing about their interactions connote a romantic or sexual relationship. The incest reference could be removed and nothing about the story would change. Same about the grooming: for most of the story, we go into detail about how Luo Jianqing was raised by another disciple—which is vital information about his relationship with said disciple—the main pairing don’t get together until he’s 50, and before that, their relationship is completely chaste as far as we’ve seen. But then the author throws a random curveball near the end about the LI being in love with him “from before” he was 17. There is no character conversation about this. It is referenced nowhere else ever again. It could be wholly removed from the story and nothing would change. Take from that what you will.

Pretty sure the translation I read—though complete—was an mtl. Everything was still understandable, and I was able to get through it while still enjoying the plot and characters, but the constant grammar mistakes were annoying.

Translation: incomplete but currently updating

[decaffeinatedpartymuggoop]

My favorite thing about Annabeth is her wardrobe.

Cause like, Rick simplifies her clothes in a way a man would, and you can tell.

Cause in EVERY book, from The Lightning Thief to Chalice, she’s in the goddamn CHB shirt. With like some shorts or cargo pants. Nothing more, nothing less.

He’s made improvements over the years, giving her some other clothes. But he’ll always come back to old faithful.

Like, he most definitely did it on accident, but he made her so Adam Sandler and I love it

[suddenly-frankenstein]

his guardian angel

[pineapple-frenzy]

Book 2 au doodles

It's just a bunch of random moments with Zuko looking grumpy for most of them,,, he can be happy for at least one drawing tho

[songthursh]

Alright, I will start with this one then - everything starts with the glorious revolution and everything starts with the night watch 🌸

[wizard-laundry]

the text originally read "EGADS! DO MY EYES DECEIVE ME?"

[jackklinemybeloved]

[…]

Percy’s warning to fellow half-bloods in the audience, across different mediums.

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (2005) The Lighting Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical (2017) Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series Teaser (2023)

[spookywaffledio]

not too fond of nightwings

[sophfandoms53]

Anyway shout out to Dewey who constantly looked like he was having the worst time of his fucking life in the pitches

Just an 11 year old pissed off at the world it seems😭

[sigmalaussene]

Gay people do love glitters

art • commissions

[shirleyschmidts]

[mxtxfanatic]

Welcome to our Character Breakdown and Review: Mist Edition! Starting with our Main Cast:

Li Chun: baby! (please stop fucking up over women)

Tang Qi and Tang Le: honestly surprised they didn't use their twinness to fuck with people some more lmao

Zhou Mingxuan: that bubble world did him so dirty; glad he could bounce back

Duan Wen: if Song Qinglan can find himself a bf, I hope this old man can finally find himself a gf

Shen Yun: fuck—and I cannot stress this enough—this guy

Tianqiong of all eras: I don't think I've ever been angrier at a computer in my life

Ji Yushi: your shit father put you through so much, the least the universe could do is a throw a reliable bf your way

Song Qinglan: would I fall for a straight of my gender? No, but I see it, Ji Yushi (and Lin Xinlan), I really do

Song Qinglan x Ji Yushi: now this is what I call a mf dream team, let's go!!!!

Honorable mentions:

Chief Wang: the her in the bubble world giving them the escape key? A real one. The her embarrassing the fuck out of Song Qinglan by airing his dirty laundry like a smug mother in front of Ji Yushi? Also a real one

Big Beard: it was kinda rough at the beginning, ngl, but he came through!

Lin Xinlan: unfortunately, you were being persecuted for the wrong crimes smh

Final Thoughts:

This is one of my top 5 cnovels. Y’all don’t understand the way this book rewired my brain for a minute. Song Qinglan and Ji Yushi work so well as a team and a couple, and despite the rest of the team kinda moving together as a group, each of them actually does start to feel individualized as time goes on. I take issue with one thing, which is the handling of the “homophobia” misunderstanding and how it came about to begin with, but that’s more of a minor issue discussed here. Whatever genre you thought this was gonna be when you first started reading, it probably is not. Good luck!

[egophiliac]

lostinthebookwithstitch.jpg

this is all I can muster right now, too busy having my brain absolutely melted by the September schedule, what is happening

[delicioustarong]

Their last conversation... anyways this is the "sweet moments" I was talking about LMAO

Creator: @honeqq

(6/7)

Pt 1 | Pt 2 | Pt 3 | Pt 4 |

[voltaical-art]

am thinking abt toreador wyll…

[ricky-mortis]

Curtwen Week Day 4: Haunted