#the yin-yang master

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Asian dramas and relationship dynamics (Pt.1)

There are my favorite relationship dynamics as a list. Opposites attract + power couple

Drama: I Am Nobody /  异人之下 Characters: Zhuge Qing & Wang Ye Screentime: Minor I like it when characters are different in a way they could complement one another, but at the same time they are similar in terms of what is important for people to stay stuck together. Zhuge Qing is public, easy-going and wants to be friends with Wang Ye. Wang Ye is mysterious, reflexive and doesn't want to be bothered by other people. But no one can beat extrovert if he decided to be friends with you =) Plus, they are united by their superpowers: they are both powerful sorcerers and their sorcery is very similar in its nature. So they can compete and learn from each other and, if necessary, kick enemy's ass together. ̶A̶n̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶i̶r̶ ̶d̶y̶n̶a̶m̶i̶c̶s̶ ̶h̶a̶s̶ ̶g̶o̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶c̶k̶ ̶B̶L̶ ̶v̶i̶b̶e̶s.̶ By the end of season 1 they are OK and together.

Drama: Mysterious Lotus Casebook / 莲花楼 Characters: Di Feisheng & Li Lianhua Screentime: Secondary Di Feisheng is a leader of a demonic sect, a former slave and a very straightforward man. Li Lianhua is a former leader of a righteous sect and an extremely sly man with not-so-bad background. But both of them are the best martial artists in Jianghu and went through a lot together. One wants everyone to leave him alone, another wants to be with him together forever. Both of them don't give a damn about everything that happens in the world but they care for each other. B̶L̶-̶v̶i̶b̶e̶s̶ ̶a̶r̶e̶ ̶a̶t̶t̶a̶c̶h̶e̶d̶.̶ The ending of the drama is obscure but I'd like to think they both are alive and happy together.

Drama: The Blood of Youth / 少年歌行 Characters: Xiao Se & Ye Anshi Screentime: Secondary A leader of a demonic sect who has an ultimate martial knowledge and a former best righteous martial artist, who is suffering from decease and can't fight anymore. What can unite them? The answer is: the similar mindset. They both had a great power and lost it, they both are shouldering great responsibilities which don't make them happy. Despite the fact that they should be on the opposite sides in Jianghu world, they are still good friends. M̶a̶y̶b̶e̶ ̶B̶L̶-̶f̶r̶i̶e̶n̶d̶s̶,̶ ̶a̶l̶t̶h̶o̶u̶g̶h̶ ̶X̶i̶a̶o̶ ̶S̶e̶ ̶h̶a̶s̶ ̶a̶ ̶g̶i̶r̶l̶f̶r̶i̶e̶n̶d̶.̶ There is a small extra ep at the end of drama, when they meet each other again in a very romantic way. Just search for it.

Drama: The Legends / 招摇 Characters: Lu Shiqi & Qin Qianxian Screentime: Minor She is from a demonic sect. He is from a righteous one. She is immune to the impact of spiritual power. He is the one of the most powerful people in terms of spiritual power. She is dumb, straightforward and pure-hearted. He is blissed yet sensible and burdened with difficult moral choices. They could be an ideal Yin-Yang couple. But they have BE, because it's "The Legends", everyone should die in here Т_Т.

Pride and Prejudice + power couple

Drama: The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity / 晴雅集 Characters: Bo Ya & Qing Ming Screentime: Main This dynanics is similar with the previous one, but here we are focused on how they ended up together. Bo Ya has prejudice against demons-yao and believes all of them should be executed. He meets half-demon-sorcerer Qing Ming who helps him to overcome his prejudice. Finally, they become friends (or̶ ̶m̶a̶y̶b̶e̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶o̶n̶l̶y̶ ̶f̶r̶i̶e̶n̶d̶s̶) and together they win over the evil forces. At the end they are separated but there is a hope they meet again.

Drama: Wuliang / 无量 Characters: Po Xiao & Feng Ren Screentime: Main People of different social status both seek to get a magical sutra. During a road trip they exchange opinions on the sutra and how to use it and change each other's mind. In the end it turns out that they together saved the world and can be finally together. As friends, of course.

Drama: Oh No! Here Comes Trouble / 不良執念清除師 Characters: Pu Yiyong & Cao Guangyan Screentime: Main Pu Yiyong looks like lowlife, studies very bad and hates Cao Guangyan, who is self-confident, smart and thinks low of Pu Yiyong. But a mysterious case with ghosts forces them to interact and they find out, that together they are a perfect team. Honestly speaking, this little series couldn't develop this topic as good as I hoped, but it's a really interesting story, so you can watch it for the ghost detective plot and get this type of relationship in addition. It's a Taiwanese drama, so BL-jokes and dalliance with a viewer were huge, but it didn`t help much. Still a nice dynamics and a good drama. Us vs the World

Drama: The Untamed / 陈情令 Characters: Wei Wuxian & Lan Wangji Screentime: Main I don`t like the novel, but I like drama exactly because here I can see this dynamics. In the past life of Wei Wuxiang Lan Wangji was not strong enough to go against the whole world to protect his friend (well, in the novel they are lovers, but it kills the main idea of this dynamics by turning it into "I do it all just to get into your bed", which is meh), and his friend died. Suddenly, 16 years later, he gets a chance to choose once more: to be a part of society and watch once more his friend dying or to be with him against everyone this time. The moment he chooses to be with Wei Wuxian against the whole world I felt cathartic pleasure. The drama ends up on a little bit obscure but positive note.

Drama: Word of Honor / 山河令 Characters: Zhou Zishu & Wen Kexing Screentime: Main A former king's assassin who is at the brink of death and just wants to live the time left in silence and a birdy master of the most skillful criminals find each other, find out that they are brothers-in-teachings and decide to fight against the world together just to live in silence and enjoy each other's company. When one thinks it's his last second of life, the other comes to help him even if they both can't beat the greater number of enemies and will die for sure. Catharsis! The drama has a small extra ep where they are together and all right.

Drama: The Legends / 招摇 Characters: Li Chenlan & Lu Zhaoyao Screentime: Main Them, again! The first half of the drama they have enemies-to-lovers dynamics, but then, when they find out the truth about Zhao Yao's death and about feelings for each other, they turn into Bonny and Clyde and go annihilate the righteous guys who are in fact not-so-righteous. And it makes me feel cathartic, too. A very catharsis-causing dynamics, indeed! It's little obscure, but they will be fine at the end of the drama.

Drama: Dong Lan Xue / 东栏雪 Characters: Shen Yan & Chu Ningyuan Screentime: Main Two bad guys work together to get power in the palace. And get involved in romantic relationship during their power gaining. Nice story with an open ending.

Drama: Derailment /脱轨 Characters: Qi Lian & Jiang Xiaoyuan Screentime: Main It's a little story inside a big one about transmigrators that you can read in another of my posts. It lasts something like 1,5 eps of the drama but is a nice story itself. A lonely bellicose boy from a rich family runs away from home where no one cares for him and lives on the street. A lonely girl from an extremely poor family and being bullied by classmates tries to survive in this world. They meet each other and understand that it's easier to fight their fate together. Nice story, it's a pity that this one is too short and not a main plot of the drama.

Descent

Drama: The Spirealm / 致命游戏 Characters: Ruan Lanzhu & Ling Jiushi Screentime: Main

It's a really rare but interesting dynamics (and it is a huge spoiler to this drama itself, so beware): the god-like creature (a monster of the 12th door in the novel "Kaleidoscope of death" and a VR-virus in its adaptation, "The Spirealm") has to keep company to a mere person. During their journey, a god-like creature finds out that said mere person is not really mere, and unexpectantly develops feelings for him, which cause his "descent" and allow him to be a little bit less ethereal and a little bit more human. I like the drama more than the novel, but the lore and the story are great in both of them. The novel has HE and the drama ending is controversial: you can consider it as BE or as delayed HE, but it's heart-wrenching, powerful and logical. Also you can see: Asian dramas and relationship dynamics (Pt. 2) Asian dramas and my favorite types of characters Asian dramas and Love tropes Enemies to Rivals/Lovers recipe

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15 Days BL Challenge the Quadriquel

58. BL scene that made your imagination go wild

Type leaving the homies down in the lobby to get some dick. Because how long were Champ and Techno down in the lobby waiting for Type to let them up? Was it a quickie? Because Tharn really doesn't do quickies. I have questions my mind made up answers for. TharnType 2: 7 Years of Love.

Go Yoo Han telling Choi Yeon Woo about his face blindness. The way I obsessed over that confession, because who would've known? The way everything Yoo Han did prior to that moment kind of clicked for me. He was so straightforward with his words and his compliments to Yeon Woo's appearance weren't just him flirting. And finally it confirmed that they sort of completed each other. Literal mind blowing moment for me. Color Rush.

Nagisa and Shun's kitchen makeout scene. Because how far would they have gone if Sora had not walked in? They both looked about ready to devour each other right there in the kitchen. Did anyone write a fic about that? His the Movie.

Wen Kexing's ONE sword fight. Oh it's my fave fight from the entire series and I love damn near all the fight scenes. Kexing's sword fight was so fucking iconic and he was so smug and he kicked that man's ass. That fight tickled the right side of my brain. 100/10. Word of Honor.

Rain riding Payu. That is literally my most favorite love scene in any Thai BL and I am still so obsessed with it. And more importantly we got to see Payu's blissed out look?????? It's imprinted in my memory for the rest of time. Love in the Air.

Hira and Kiyoi's lil makeout session under the covers. Because in my mind Hira never stopped and ran away because Kiyoi said 'ouch'. No in my version Hira listened to Kiyoi and ravaged that man the way he so desperately craved. Utsukushii Kare: Eternal.

Boya becoming one of Qiming's Spirit Guardians. Oh gawd, Boya choosing to give up his spirit to protect Qiming and the entire city was one of my fave scenes. Qiming didn't want him to do it but Boya trusted him to keep his body safe while he was battling above. It was a great moment between them and it also led to Qiming finally perfecting his protection sigil. The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity.

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I want to draw some real people again and can't decide the fandom, so. Here we go

*live action. I can't edit it anymore and now all of you know how stupid I am, ehh

I promise, I'm trying to figure out how to put some more world building notes here but my time management is super shitty rn

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Monday Fic Recs

Boya/Qingming (The Yin-yang Master)

Thunderstorms In The Mountain by mountainrose

Boya travels the wilds, driven from his city, and finds a new home.

I absolutely adored this! The writing is beautiful, the story of them meeting and falling in love is beautiful.

Hei Xiazi/Xie Yuchen (DMBJ)

I Got Ninety-Nine Problems And You're Number One by strandedchesspiece

Xie Yuchen is having a bad week. Hei Xiazi takes him out. There's a goat involved.

This is hilarious, but also really sweet. These idiot boys I am so fond of them.

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The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity costume appreciation: ✦ Fangyue's golden gown & black robe ✦

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The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity (2020)

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Whether full shirt off or with a cleavage low enough to tantalise, these characters are causing nosebleeds right, left, and centre

Write-ins, propaganda, and images are welcome!

ÉDIT - that moment when you see the typo in the poll options just after posting but you can’t edit a poll 😭

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THE YIN-YANG MASTER: DREAM OF ETERNITY 晴雅集, 2020. ⇄ FANGS OF FORTUNE 大梦归离, 2024.

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Some screencap study this year, with pencil on paper

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"HOUSEKEEPING"

a short Yin Yang Master fancomic i did for funsies last year.

Sharing here for spooky month :)

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Boya. One of us will face the real culprit. You must be careful. Take care.

The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity (2020)

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𝒾 𝒸𝒶𝓃'𝓉 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒸𝒽 𝓎𝑜𝓊

Yin Yang Master: Dream of Eternity (2020) // Fangs of Fortune (2024) dir. by Guo Jingming

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Fangs of Fortune | The Yin Yang Master: Dream of Eternity

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Wang Zi Wen as PRINCESS FANGYUE The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity

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the yin yang master: dream of eternity

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Shows/Fandoms I'm interested in or have seen

The Spirealm

Killer and Healer

SCI Mystery

Evil Minds 1 and 2

Winter Begonia

Original Sin

Guardian

The Untamed

A League of Nobleman

Dr Qin (2016)

HIStory 3 Trapped

0713 Reformed Boy Group

Advance Bravely

Beloved Enemy

Yin Yang Master Dream of Eternity

Desire Catcher

DMBJ Series (Mystic Nine, Tomb of the Sea, Reunion)

Tientsin Mystic season 1 (Replacing Li Xian was a bad move)

L.O.R.D. Critical World

The Devil Judge (Not finished)

Might have forgotten some but this is the bulk of it. So feel free to ask me stuff about them and I'll be happy to provide answers