#tgcf readalong

[xieliansbignaturals]

Xie Lian's incorruptible chastity meat and balls are a bit bland, Chengzhu? I'm sure corrupting them will fix that.

[iztarshi]

rules: In a new post, post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it

Tagged by @readalong

Some of these are very old... WIP doesn't mean I'm actually working on it, it's more of a conceptual status.

The Magnus Archives

Ceylon Snippets

De-aged Peter Snippets

A Little Knowledge

Familiar Magic

Poems

Spop

Space Bats

Community Service

Volunteer

Signal to Noise

Utena

Vexed to Nightmare

Pokemon

Daemons

Horsepeeps

Rules of Engagement

TGCF

The Sword

Where There's a Weasel

and six untitled I got very disorganised here

Girl Genius

Magical Girl AU - Jäger Arcana

rottmnt

Jäger AU

Gods AU

ALT 4 - Experimentation

untitled

The Turtle Nexus

tmnt (it's 87 but that's what the folder's titled)

Five Times The Boys Met April Unexpectedly (And One Time They Went Looking For Her)

Raphael vs Aoi

(Febuwhump)

Day 1: Helpless

Day 4: Obedience

Day 10: Killing in Self-Defense

Day 21: Unresponsive

Tagging @magicalspacedragon @gelpenss @sroloc--elbisivni @kithnkin

[wuxian-vs-wangji]

Long time cyber-stalker, first time anon. I started following you back when you did your TGCF readalong and it never ceases to amaze me how you can pick up on teeny details and figure out some of the biggest plot twists of novels...

[meishamoved]

oh....

[lasagnajpegs]

heaven's official blessing is wild because one moment you're bawling over attempted suicide and then you start book 5 with a mecha fight

[peaceinambiguity]

“Do you think I have anything worth scheming for?” All i can think about is how little Xie Lian thinks of himself, like, he’s such a content guy cause he has such nonexistent expectations of people and in turn expects to be viewed the same due to his history. I’m BIG sad 

[rhysand-vs-fenrys]

Haha it’s so funny I followed you back then for ACOTAR content then I discovered you love TGCF and the untamed as well 😅😅😅😅

Hehehe, what can I say? We have good taste!

It also proves what I keep saying:: ACOTAR fandom people would go FERAL for MXTX’s novels and the show adaptation (soon to be adaptations!)

I'm reading "Scum Villain's Self Saving System" now!!

My Untamed/TGCF page is @wuxian-vs-wangji, though I did a whole readalong for TGCF over at @tgcf-readalong XD

[jun-wu]

can someone do a tgcf readalong w me or like a bookgroup or something so i can actually reread AND FINISH it b4 the live action bc i will never do it alone

[cnovel-readalong]

Readalong is stalled for a bit, but I promise it will resume eventually. I decided kind of late to do a re-read (well, re-listen to the audio books) for my other fandom series before the new novel comes out February 16. I have to put 5-6 hours a day into it to finish on time, so I haven’t had time to read TGCF (even though I really really really really really want to read TGCF)!

If I make my goal of finishing February 10, that gives me 5 days to enjoy TGCF before the novel is released and that fandom demands my focus for a bit :)

[xieliansbignaturals]

Hua Cheng, meeting Xie Lian at the bridal sedan: Your Highness!!! 😭 How soon is too soon to let you know that my entire soul is yours? I've been waiting for centuries, and finally you're here, dressed in wedding robes, holding my hand…

Xie Lian: Wow this guy's hands are so pretty. Ooh, his legs too. He's so powerful but gentle! He'd be a great husband. I wonder what his face looks like? Better tie him up with Ruoye ASAP.

[wuxian-vs-wangji]

From now on my TGCF readalong posts will appear on my new sideblog--

@tgcf-readalong

[touchmycoat]

A friend says QiRong gives her mixed feeling, something about a not so very well done redemption in her opinion? so I’m curious to see what’s the whole deal with him haha he defo annoyed me, but I think it makes him interesting. When I read he looked like XL I was like is this a clone thing? A long lost twin? But no, he’s just the annoying cousin lmfao lolol

I think I’m just dumb cause I was like wait pei jr did what? For what? When I watched the song his, So when I read I think I understood his thoughts behind it better

My friends are afraid I won’t like MuQing so I’m like *sweats profusely* what does he do I’m scared. He is either hated or loved there’s no in between, or so I’ve been told

As for spoilers well I know who Nan Feng and Fu Yao are, that beefleaf have a tragic ending (but not why or what happened, and also something about MingYi... I think? Like that’s it there something about him but, again, idk the what) , Xie Lian is... someone but I’m blanking on the name so thanks for that brain! There was something else I got spoiled but I can’t remember and ah! Well I know MuQing has a mother and that may or may not be very important, like I know she exists but not for what purpose

And idk I don’t think xl having a cream pie kink is a spoiler LMAO but I know that too

omg you're making me think that qi rong is kind of the opposite of xue yang for me? XY has the genius and charisma and tragic backstory, but in execution, he squicks me out. QR on the other hand is an annoying fuck, an annoying fuck, and an annoying fuck, but in execution, he's, ,, hilariously charming??? like don't get me wrong he's a fucking bastard in every way but i don't mind his presence at all lmao. as for his redemption arc, i'm not too mad 'cause i don't think he was meant to be redeemed in a way that matters, so whether or not it succeeded can totally be up to the reader.

also omg, long lost twin. that's thematically prescient, i love it :eyes:

NO I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND LMFAO re: xiao pei. To make it worse i read the book first and totally was like, ", huh? what's going on?"

Mu Qing, Jiang Cheng, and Shen Jiu are the ultimate Hate-Them-or-Love-Them trio when it comes to fandom, it seems. And that's so fucking fierce of them. I don't think MQ does anything unforgivable, and I love a poor bitch with Issues™ lololol. Obviously, I don't think he's beyond critique, and i'm a little obsessed with the direction MXTX took with him. I would love to know what you think, post-Book 2 and post-Book 4!!!

CAN I TELL YOU. I LITERALLY DIDN'T CLOCK NAN FENG AND FU YAO UNTIL BOOK 4 KLJSADNFLKJASNDLFKAJNSDLFKJANLDS I'M SUCH A BLIND BITCH I WAS JUST LIKE "oh hahaha that's great" and didn't, , connect the dots,,

ah, beefleaf <3 <3 to this day I still don't really understand why majority of fandom seems to portray them as fluffy lesbians—not that it's bad. I just...didn't have that urge, post-canon? Mingyi is also my Favorite Character of tgcf muah <3 <3 i'll say this—while i do love beefleaf, i am also perfectly content with them not being together

DIANXIA'S CREAMPIE KINK NFJNDJFNDJFNJDNFDNFDKNFKJNN like. good for hua cheng, honestly. okay but can ghosts nut

[meishamoved]

why did xie lian shyly asking for hua cheng's number (cuz lbr that's what was happening) have me like...

[peaceinambiguity]

Reading the little scenes of Hualian flirting is just too much but ?not enough? It’s like, soooo subtle but also, Hua Cheng is being so very obvious and I’m screaming at all the hand touching that’s happening. It’s really dawning on me that its gonna be a SLOOooooowwwwww burn and i’m just buckling up for the ride. Additionally, again, Lian with the poor idea of self worth, he hurts me

[rhysand-vs-fenrys]

How things will work starting tomorrow with the ACOSF readalong--

One of the things I had issues with (until I blocked enough blogs) with my TGCF readalong (that inspired my ACOTAR ones) was people commenting with nudge-nudge-wink-wink kind of things like “Oh just wait” or “You’d think that at this point wouldn’t you”.

That’s flat out stupid and no one likes it.

So to avoid stuff like that with my ACOSF readalong and to avoid people commenting like “I thought they revealed later this was that” or whatever- I know nothing going into SF and I’m happy with that I’m just pulling examples out my ass- I’ve decided to adjust the readalong a bit.

I’m going to save it all as drafts, and then start putting it through a handful of posts at a time once I’ve finished the novel.

There’s always stuff (like my “Fenrys Moonbeam” post) that I do as I’m reading, that stuff might still happen because it kind of gives you guys a benchmark to see my progress, but if I feel a readalong post has any potential to attract spoilers then I’ll draft it :)

As always, I look forward to this book, I’ll emphasize what I enjoy and just not talk about stuff I don’t. I choose to focus on positives. Oh, and just because so many people called Nesta OOC in FAS let me say one more time my official position::

It is physically impossible for Maas to write OOC (Out Of Character), she is these character’s god.  It’s not OOC, you just misunderstood the C. I don’t care if you don’t like that your fanfic interpretation of Nesta (or Cassian or whoever) doesn’t line up with canon. Canon is law.

I look forward to enjoying this book with you all soon!

[xieliansbignaturals]

Pinned post! (ok to reblog)

I talk about Mastodon every so often, so I tend to want a quick "and here's how to join" guide I can link to. Here it is! (updated Sep 2024)

First: the fandom side of Mastodon is great. There aren't a lot of us, but it's cozy and well-moderated. We have nice conversations and fun events. I'm currently running a daily mini prompt game, we've had ship bingo games go around, I want to get back to running character tournaments, and danmei read- and watch-alongs pop up every so often (there's a TGCF readalong ongoing). It's a bit like a cross between Tumblr and a Discord server.

Also: YOU CAN POST PORN. Full-on cocks in holes and everything! Or you can easily avoid it, because marking it as NSFW is required, and the filtering options are excellent.

Anyway. How to join:

The server I recommend is blorbo.social. It's an 18+ multifandom server, and it allows personal posts as well. The mods are fandom people who care about fandom creators (attributing works, preventing harassment, etc.) There is a 3,000 character limit per post (about 750 words, a bit longer than this post).

If that sounds good, here is a walk-through to minimize confusion. Of course, please do what you want, but I find that a lot of people want to be told what to do here!

Don't look at the app store yet.

Sign up on the website (blorbo.social/auth/sign_up) in your browser. No need to write an essay, just mention fandom

Wait for your approval email

NOW check the app store. If/when you want an app, search for "Ice Cubes" (on iOS) or "Moshidon" (on Android) (not "Mastodon")

When the app asks, your "server" or "instance" is "blorbo.social"

(You can also just use the website - I'm adding app instructions because everyone seems to want them!)

Add something to your profile to show that you're a real person, just like on Tumblr: you can add a profile picture and bio, and you can make your first post! You can introduce yourself and list tags for your favorite fandoms (it can be as simple as "hiiiii I like #TGCF!"). Pinning that post is also good.

Follow a bunch of people and hashtags, since there's no algorithm. You can search for "xieliansbignaturals", if you'd like to follow me!

From there, you'll figure it out! I'm very happy to answer questions, but I don't want to load this post with so much information that it's overwhelming.

I hope you'll consider joining us!