#tgcf donghua lb

[llycaons]

we already know tgcf is a fantastic and unrealistic romance but I love this scene bc it's so blatant about it hc is like 'hmmm nope! if you idealize the RIGHT person you're fine! living entirely for someone else is totally great!' and then he's vindicated by the narrative so yes DO idealize your romantic partner they CAN do no wrong you SHOULD literally worship them you WILL have a perfect happy ending l m a o

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[ocdhuacheng]

Manhua!san Lang is too cool, donghua!san Lang is a nervous wreck but also somewhat of a bastard, novel!san Lang is literally the pettiest motherfucker on the planet

[lanchang]

obsessed

[sailortera]

[jenovacomplete]

FINALLY... I FINISHED THE NOVEL... INCLUDING ALL BONUS CHAPTERS... IT IS ONE IN THE MORNING

my thoughts, as best I can convey them rn, is that the novel manages to be a weaker story than the web series (and probably other adaptations, although I haven't seen them). this happens because of a lot of little things that add up, but the biggest culprit is just that the novel treats being a novel as secondary to being a romance. this is at its worst in scenes like the guanyin temple (they only talk abt wanting to sleep w each other, not untangling any of the complicated feelings they have) -- wangxian are not part of the world, the world is part of wangxian. it's why information is conveyed the way it is -- in massive exposition dumps, weird asides and wwx seeing something the audience has no chance to. having said that, it's not bad! there is stuff I like!! it's just that it's very very very unpolished and it Reeks of "you decided to use a politically charged story about the nature of power and responsibility as the backdrop to your smut and didn't think that through". which is like, fair but also since there are other adaptations that make more of an effort wrt the Good Shit it's hard for me to recommend it

I think the novel is worth a read if you've consumed another adaptation, are already attached to the characters and want to see the source material, but that's also never a place you want to be in as a creator. I will say though, it's got SUCH a vibe about it thanks to the horror elements but those are also underutilized because Gay Porn More Important Than Musing On The Nature Of Mortality I Guess

uhhh tldr watch the untamed then read the novel if you want a more fleshed out look at the murder mystery arc(tm). to be clear the untamed is not perfect either and I will absolutely be writing out some Thoughts on it sometime but as an introduction to the universe it succeeds way more and just has more to offer imo

[zhuhongs]

Xiao bai and shadow wei wei are gonna be like a a parallel to zhao yunlan and shen Wei right? Bc Shen Wei is from dixing and zhao yunlan is from haixing huh....

[mousehole5000]

 tgcf lb the second. chapters 7-13

love that we’re getting fu yao and nan feng described as “two little pretty boys” amazing and completely as expected also everything theyve done is 10000% funnier now

The military officials heard their impromptu, slapstick live comedy and couldn’t help but smile. The dissatisfaction in their hearts had dissipated a lot, and they felt a bit more closer to the other three. This resulted in the sedan chair becoming much more stable. - tbh it is often true that if you make people laugh they are more likely to like you in my experience. to be fair what xie lian did was funny theyre a funny trio

okay time for some creatures and beings. base slaves do sound terrifying no thank you i do not like hordes. remind me a bit of husks from mass effect and those were the worst so. also xie lian wielder of silk ribbons i like it

im very :eyes: at fu yao and nan feng rn. i think theres more going on with them..... i have suspicions but we’ll see

well goodbye butterfly boy who crushes skulls and spiritual arrays and sick boots and taught me what a vambrace is. im guessing we shall meet again i have the strangest feeling that ive heard about you

In fact, all of the dead people in this room wore wedding garments while smiling even in death. - grim!!! spooky!!!

The moment he finished saying that, he pinched that corpse’s face twice. The youngster only felt that the skin beneath his hands felt smooth like tofu, making people’s hearts feel itchy.  - eww!!!! also dont feel up the corpse buddy wtf. also everyone leave little ying alone

Drip, drop. Drip, drop. This created the frightening scene of a forest filled with corpses as blood rained down from above. even more grim!! - happy halloween kids

When he heard Fu Yao’s explanation, Xie Lian thought in his heart, ‘This name was truly unnecessary. If it was a ‘Devastation’, then it was a ‘Devastation’. If it wasn’t, then it wasn’t. Just like how there were only the phrases, ‘ascended’ and ‘haven’t ascended yet’. There were no such things as ‘near ascending’ or ‘approaching ascending’. On the contrary, adding on a ‘near’ word made people feel awkward. - nevermind the deaths, xie lian needs to make some points about semantics. it has nothing to do with the situation at hand and i love it

QI RONG IVE HEARD ABOUT YOU FROM MY MUTUALS!!! terrified

Who knew how many times he had already said that phrase tonight. Every time something happened, Xie Lian would have to say it at least thirty to forty times. However, there would always be people who turned a deaf ear to his warnings. He felt truly quite helpless. - not sure if this is be xie lian is dressed up as a bride or if its just his bad luck. or if its bc thats just how people are. either way i feel you buddy

“Excuse me for this.” Xie Lian grabbed a hand from each bride before placing them on each other’s necks. The two brides suddenly touched something and were very surprised. Since they couldn’t see anything, they began to fiercely destroy each other. - xie lian stop being funny fjlkajdfs;kasj also right after this he goes into his street performer spiel upon being applauded. amazing

the visual of this fight with the villagers inside the ruoye loop and all the brides is pretty sick. also xi lian on the spirit phone to ling wen while the villagers cheer is very funny

heteronormativity obfuscates another mystery... but also a possessive jealous bride walking on her knees... thats quite a figure!! and tbh it is interesting that everyone assumed that the ghost was a bridegroom who didnt want to see happy couples and not a bride who didnt want to see happy couples. congrats xie lian for thinking

bruh she ripped his skull out and it screamed

i mean the indiscriminate killing of innocent women is bad but other than that im on her side tbh fuck this general pei guy

ow wtf i just cried a little bit. xie lian’s reassurance to little ying... her response.... wtf ;_;

As for the matter between General Pei and Xuan Ji, unless one was directly involved, it was better not to comment on who was right or wrong. He could only pity those seventeen innocent brides, the military officials and drivers who had escorted them. It truly was an unexpected disaster.  - valid. still sympathetic to her tho i just am

human face plague..... bruh. okay might have to alternate between reading this and watching hannibal not sure i wanna do those together

He really wanted to hang a sign on his back saying, ‘Ascension is not as good as collecting scraps’ and promote it in the mortal world.  - this lb is officially just funny xie lian moments now

The meaning behind his words were basically, the female ghost Xuan Ji causing trouble could not be blamed on General Pei, because she originally did not have the ability to cause it. If they wanted to pin the blame on someone, then they should pin it on Green Ghost Qi Rong, for it was him who took in Xuan Ji and gave her the ability to harm people. - told you. i was right to blame the men

i have indeed seen the donghua trailer so my suspicions that butterfly boy was indeed hua cheng being confirmed are just like. yep. exactly as expected.

i read the second half of chapter 12 on my phone so i didnt get any quotes but hua cheng rise to infamy funny. xie lian listening to it all and just going “hehe silver butterflies pretty” is also funny

i forgot that xie lian was in debt but im glad he paid it off good for him be free

After a while, Ling Wen really couldn’t stand it anymore and privately told him, “Your Highness ah, the things you send in the spirit communication array are all very good, however, I’m afraid that even a Heavenly Official a few hundred years older than you wouldn’t send them.” - fakhlsdfjakl; ling wen really told xie lian he was facebook grandparent posting in the spirit communication array

Since he couldn’t fix this, then it was still better to just forget about it. Xie Lian gave up on this issue, and as a result, stopped being gloomy as well. - you know what i respect that attitude i really do. xie lian said well ill just get over it and he did. i need to do this with twitter

However, this kind of problem didn’t exist for Xie Lian. With the curse upon him, he was no different compared to mortals, and thus could eat everything. And because he was a seasoned veteran of a hundred battles, no matter what he ate, he wouldn’t die. Whether it was a steamed bun that had been lying around for a month, or pastries that already sprouted some green mold, he would definitely be fine after eating those things. Since he had a constitution like this that defied the heavens, he actually got by alright during the period he collected scraps. - im sorry i know i keep saying it but xie lian is so funny i love him fjasdlfsdjfadksl literally king of eating garbage i love him so much

okay more hua cheng lore next time. and this interloper in the cart... ok

[llycaons]

I'm finally watching s2 for real. the atmosphere IS very fun and true to the book, but like...not to be a killjoy but I hate that hc let that guy gamble his daughter's life. I hate it so much and it's bullshit that the justification of 'it's mutually consensual' is the last we hear about it. that woman never agreed to this! you can't bet other people like you own them! that might be the worst thing hc ever does like genuinely I don't understand why more people don't talk about it like he's at the head of an organization that allows people to use other human beings as bartering chips...or at least lets the men use their female family members. but he's treated in the fandom (and canon) like all his behavior is justified bc he's funny and sexy and devoted like...jesus christ. I feel so wild like how have I never seen anyone talk about this

[llycaons]

uh oh do you think some of these people might be bad guys

[llycaons]

love the attention that goes into this flashback but golden banquet and an le are the smallest blip on the radar for me...I want to see my husband quan yizhen. my beloved who breaks into people's houses to give them gold bars and who throws beds at pei ming *dreamy sigh*

[llycaons]

why did they go for the flattest most expressionless face here

[llycaons]

in response to fxmq both visiting xl and almost immediately getting into a fistfight....this is such a funny line when you remember that xl is not only the exact age as fx and mq but as a teenager himself used to make them play the idiom game when they argued like they were toddlers and he was their teacher. or parent

[llycaons]

I think season 2 of the donghua has been on the whole better than s1 just because of the quality of the material they adapted. it did have an extremely racist scene a few episodes ago, but the ban yue plot in s1 was quite possibly worse.

most of my complaints are less about the adaptation, which is on the whole very good, and more about the basic premise of the story, including the racism and the flaws in the writing for the love interests and the romantic arc. I don't think the donghua added enough unique flair to be truly a great adaptation, but I liked the extra flashbacks and the little ferret/fox nod they included. a good adaptation, and one done with care and attention. I will be watching season 3 because by then the plot will actually be good, hopefully

[llycaons]

yeah so no flashback??? NO HOOK FOR S3???? also

this is the stupidest expression im sorry but he looks like. idk. some kind of muppet

[llycaons]

I actually kind of like the season finale montage bc it sums up the series up until now fairly well and hints to backstory stuff with hc. it seems fitting for the slow and deliberate pace the donghua is taking. I had to pause it because I got too secondhand embarrassed but if there's no flashback to book 2. why