#not gonna lie; I'm not a fan of the chapter title lmao

[pierregaslays]

hiii

Idrk what's the problem with these actresses fr. it all started with Ana and her actress istg I can't even see her face without feeling rage dmgsktkgs

we actually had a huge fight with Carla's actress too, now that I remember lol.

the funny thing with the Buck and Lucy mess is that you/we can actually see how that was supposed to end.... with them sitting besides each other at the HenRen wedding and everything.

after the finale, some actors posted pics on insta welcoming her (Lucy/Arielle) to the ~~family~~ so we assumed she was there to stay but! that also didn't happen.

also, the BuckTaylor relationship wasn't supposed to last that long lol (even though their 3 fans who thought they were endgame). back after Brawl in cell block there was a ~~fake~~ synopsis that talked about Eddie and Taylor butting heads over something. so there were theories about Taylor making a coverage on the whole thing outing Mitchell as the donor. we thought /that/ was supposed to start the problems between Buck and Taylor, and their eventual break up, but the synopsis was debunked (?) and so we were ~~blessed~~ with more of them together.

a whole thing happened with ghost stories too, we had a synopsis and a promo, it was supposed to be a Halloween ep and then! they changed everything. we were supposed to see the case of a girl who lived alone who thought there were ghost in her house but in reality it was a dude living in her attic or something, and instead we had a chapter full of Taylor Kelly... is the worst rated ep in IMDb to this day...

ALSO, someone was supposed to die in the last ep lmao. the articles talked about a big loss and I'm not gonna lie we hoped that big loss was Lucy 🤭😶

omg hiii

wait there was something wrong w ana’s actress AND CARLA’S??? i’m literally going insane what is actually wrong with them 😭

oh fr, you can def see how badly the scene cuts made it look at the wedding like? and then she just wasn’t there, well technically i just saw her but like i’m guessing i won’t see her much more? this whole thing is so messy especially after them welcoming her HSHDJF

wait so you’re telling me that we suffered through BuckTaylor when we didn’t have to 🥲 icl i do wish the fake synopsis was real also not just bc i love the idea of eddie and taylor butting heads bc in my head they def did a lot. but oh yeah! so blessed! so grateful we had to suffer through them for so much longer—

yeah icl i thought an episode titled ghost stories was going to be a halloween episode? it made so much sense? and honestly that synopsis sounds sooooo much better, kinda spooky, kinda fun and tbh? did we really need to know that about taylor like sorry your dad killed your mum or something but i don’t really care? HAJSKF not it still being the worst rated episode 😭😭

someone was supposed to die? STOP? NO WAY— you’re so real for hoping the big loss was lucy btw bc i am 100% certain i would’ve hoped the same

i’m literally living for this gossip btw!! thank you so much, you’re making my nights w this i love learning everything <33

[shijiujun]

hey so uh, it's 110% Not Your Job, but can i ask for like a crash course on these chinese bl series that are everywhere around me but i don't know them. like i'm familiar with the untamed or however many names it has but i'm seeing two or three more???? help please if you can thank you

hello!! oh no worries, i happened to be looking for a distraction too so this was timely hahaha although it’s a pretty broad question since there are so many new live adaptations coming out (and some which have already come out which are featured as bromances), but let me see if I can like round this up for you a little. 

*i may be giving you a bit more than you need or like irrelevant stuff, but i guess i’m bound to hit something hahaha

Okay so the chinese BL series you’re talking about is The Untamed, and since you said you’re familiar I won’t get into it in detail, BUT just for like flow’s sake:

The Untamed (Chen Qing Ling) is based on the danmei (BL) novel written by MXTX, called Mo Dao Zu Shi (and yes however many like English translations to this title there is), or MDZS for short. You watched the live-action, and there’s like a lot of other versions of it e.g. the anime, the chibi anime, audio dramas etc. etc. the list goes on. In case you still haven’t seen any of those, just glance through this masterpost made by @the-social-recluse​ - In any case, right now everything is sort of already out EXCEPT:

MDZSQ - chibi donghua, cutest shit you’ll ever see

More MDZS merch 

Some teasers from MDZS mobile game which has been one year and developing

Now moving on to other BL series floating around so frequently - MDZS is the second book that MXTX wrote. So there’s SVSSS (The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving-System), which is also called lovingly by others in the fandom by Scumbag System/Villain in short, this is MXTX’s first danmei novel. Right now if you’ve seen this on Tumblr, it’s the anime (donghua) version - 10 episodes only for Season 1, available on WeTV with subs, finished airing like a few weeks ago. Translations of the novel are definitely out in full somewhere.

An absolute mess, but an organized one

Tried to do a manhua but failed

Everyone thought the donghua wouldn’t air on time either (it has a history of dropping development halfway) but it did

Would probably be the most entertaining if ever dealt with a live-action

And then there’s arguably, the most beloved child out of all three novels (at least right this moment) - TGCF (Tian Guan Ci Fu, or Heaven Official’s Blessing). This is the third and so far last (???) danmei novel MXTX has written, main pairing invented love. Strawhat-wearing scrap collector smiley angel with devoted kid-turned-adult-turned-ghost-king who follows smiley angel for like many years because he loves him. Anyway, if you’re seeing this, once again on Tumblr a lot, it’s the donghua version you’re seeing. Still airing, I think we’re midway through the whole season, the yelling starts Saturday (Asia time zone) and then extends into Sunday, sometimes Monday.

There’s like a god-tier Eng translation in full for TGCF by Suika

There is a manhua for this as well, only like 45 chapters in, but the time Jan/Feb 2021 rolls around, the donghua would have overtaken the manhua progress on the storyline HAHAHA

Apparently the director/production team who did CQL/The Untamed managed to get the rights to filming its live-action, but heh nothing much about that just yet aside from casting rumours and fans worrying that the casting will be done wrongly and also that they won’t be able to do justice to the story.

Alright now that we’ve more or less cleared MXTX and what everyone is hyping over (for good reason), let’s move on to the other CHINESE BL stuff you could be seeing (although I feel like you might not actually be asking about this), and these will all be live-actions (I’m also only clearing SOME of this year’s stuff, so none from before 2020, don’t ask me why I didn’t leave Guardian or SCI up here):

✨✨✨ Already aired, done and dusted or maybe ongoing, just ones I see on my dash and notifs so I definitely am biased ✨✨✨

The Sleuth of Ming Dynasty (Cheng Hua’s Fourteenth Year) - Many episodes, much bromance, base novel is gay af, but live action is cute af. Read more here and full translation is not yet done I think

My Roommate is a Detective - THIS IS A SPECIAL MENTION. NOT BL. Doesn’t even have like a book to go along with it, it’s just I’ve seen people getting into this again and creating content, so idk, imma just leave this here. It ain’t BL but it got the most glaring BL-esque relationship I’ve ever seen in my life. You’ll get what I mean if you watch it

The Lost Tomb Reboot - AGAIN another special mention, because many handsome young-ish men who you know, head into tombs, much bromance. Based on a huge series of novels, totally not BL, but as always with like a lot of men put into one story, ships happen. This year as well, in case you’ve seen it floating around

✨✨✨  Upcoming Chinese BL live-action adaptations, confirmed + casting + filming. You may have seen some of these because like posters were recently released etc. - As far as I know these are all slated for 2021 ✨✨✨

Faraway Wanderers (Tian Ya Ke) - A danmei novel by Priest, filming wrapped up, should be airing soon. Leads are pretty cute, although I’m sure they’ll turn this bromance. One of the male leads is known for a lot of period web dramas, and Gong Jun, the other male lead, is known for more contemporary modern dramas, but damn Gong Jun’s jawline

Winner is King (Sha Po Lang) - Another danmei novel by Priest, filming wrapped up recently as well if I recall? Posters recently released, and this is arguably Priest’s most famous and popular danmei

Immortality (Hao Yi Xing) - A super popular danmei novel called 2ha or The White Husky and His White Cat Shizun by Meat Bun. Filming also... wrapped? I think, because posters came out the next day and everyone from Earth to Pluto went mad, definitely one you should look out for next year spring i think, but I’m pretty sure there’s gonna be a hell lot more teasers, posters etc. coming up and then half of danmei Tumblr will probably go into cardiac arrest

The Society of Four Leaves (Zhang Gong An) - Ehhhh I think this hasn’t yet been filmed but casting was recently confirmed (contentiously).  Concept posters are up though. This technically isn’t classified officially as a BL. There are no CPs officially in the novel, but apparently it’s very like idk flirty etc., also slated for next year

*There are a few more by Priest, e.g. Liu Yao, but no concrete news that I’ve seen (by now like at least 60% of her danmeis either have a live-action contract or a donghua contract or both lmao)

✨✨✨  Upcoming Chinese BL donghua adaptations (2021-ish). All by Priest✨✨✨

*Throwing this in just as a by the way thing, because these are also recent news (these two weeks). There might be more but I haven’t seen anything yet personally :D

Imperfection (Can Ci PIn) - Space AU, the novel won like two national literary awards if I recall like last year? Anyway a brief trailer recently came out last week I think, and main lead is handsome af, and once again it’s space and space wars so it’s pretty cool

Silent Reading (Mo Du Zhe) - Novel is called Mo Du, and honestly I think the donghua has been like teasing fans for like idk years, but it looks like we’re finally getting to the donghua as the team previewed the first ep like... two weeks ago live to an audience? Modern crime thriller thing, there’s a masterpost going on Tumblr

Lie Huo Jiao Chou - Another Priest fan favourite, a historical + modern danmei combination. Much angst from what I’ve seen, but donghua teaser looked good also, released also last week

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anyway hopefully some part of this or at least one part answers your question? if not, just send me another ask or like, DM me hahahaha

[boundinparchment]

HELLO IT IS I AND I HAVE COME HERE TO TELL U I'VE READ DEUS IN ABSENTIA (I hope I spelled that correctly). AND OH MY GOD IT'S SO WHAUENEICOAPAHSOAOXNXN HEAVENLY AJSJEODKOD👹👹👹👹

OMG IT WAS SO GOOD LIKE OFC DOTTORE BEING DOTTORE THE START WAS ROCKY considering he's a villain duh but I'm fine with that, actually I love it lmao BUT I LOVE HOW EVEN IF WE WERE SCARED (cause dottore), we didn't cower in fear but at the same time we didn't act stupid by being stubborn 😭 (I've read way too many fics with this situation and sometimes I just can't). It's a perfect mix of being respectful and being firm WHAT I'M SAYING IS READER IS CAPABLE AND I LOVE THAT YAY (I'm bad with words ok, I'm fluent in keyboard smashes)

THE SLOW TRANSITION OF US BEING SKEPTICAL OF DOTTORE'S IDEALS TO US BELIEVING IT RARARARARA im not even gonna lie to u when the whole book was being explained in chapter 4 (5?? 6??) I was riding the train already LIKE I BELIEVE U DOTTORE I BELIEVE U. I was convinced already lmao

THEN WE SMOOCHED oh my god we smooched OMFHSUDUWJSJ WE SMOOCHED RARARARARARA the way it was set up was so soft too im just here giggling and screaming dying toe curling blushing jumping off a cli

anyways the nickname "archivist". at first i was 😬 archivist and now im 🥰 archivist like yessir im ur archivist KSIDISKAKAKA

BUT THE LAST CHAPTERS I WAS LIKE NO DOTTORE MY BB GIRL NOOOOOO DON'T DO THIS TO ME WE COULD FIX YOU UP WE COULD INSTALL ALEXA INTO YOU PLEASEE DONT LEAVEEEEEE

then gasp segment is here and we lived happily ever after yay 😭 i mean it when i say it's yay cause a life without- I CANT EVEN SAY IT, IT'S TOO MUCH 🤧

The whole point of this screaming is to say that I am excited for your soulmate au and I found out like these week that there were 2 new chaps already uploaded :') the chapters are good and i can't wait to witness ur big brain has to say to the mic 🎤💥💥

I'm really glad you enjoyed it!

The reader character in that fic is the one I'm probably proudest of (not that I've written that many multi-chapter reader fics, usually just requests when I offered requests)! I like a capable character, reader or otherwise, it's something I always strive for when writing. I find it more compelling, personally, although there is something to be said for the whole character-growth-of-powerless-to-gaining-power thing.

Pretty sure the Archivist is one of my better reader characters. I might have initially gotten the title idea in place of a name from TMA but it...worked within the story, so...yeah...I’m not a fan of seeing “Y/N” in fic, just a personal preference lol.

Truthfully, if it hadn't been for the leaks and the Lazzo trailer, I wouldn't have known how to end that fic. The clones threw me a curve ball but like...a workable one. Let's just say that, uh, the ending would have been a lot different if not for the segment lore.

My big brain is currently trying to figure out the soulmate AU, I have a single note on my phone that makes sense conceptually. DIA was like...I had An Ending and a Goal in mind when I started the fic. Here? I'm still trying to figure it out. We'll suffer together!

But I'm really happy to hear you're loving it so far, even though not much has been established yet!